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Royal Challengers will perform: Mallya
The second season of the Indian Premier League is about six months away, but Bangalore team owner Vijay Mallya - who seems to be in a bring in the change mode - is gearing up to make his side a competitive unit.
Via CricketNext
Mallya hunting for England Players
“Absolutely we will be looking at England players,” confirmed Vijay Mallya, owner of the Bangalore Royal Challengers. “Some swapping around will have to be done but we will be looking at English players and I have set my team management working on the composition of the squad for next year.”
More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/05/29/scipl129.xml
Now, Mallya bats for rival teams
Vijay Mallya has ensured that his brands do not fall out of Indian Premier League (IPL) viewership, though his team Royal Challengers (RC) Bangalore bowed out of the tournament. After RC’s series of defeats, the UB Group chairman decided to cash in on his smaller investments in rival teams such as Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Daredevils, [...]
Blame game - Franchise Cricket royally challenging?
Dravid is bearing the brunt of disappointing performance by the Royal Challengers team. After CEO Charu Sharma was fired, Mallya has taken potshots on Dravid.
Mallya said: “I had a separate list of players that I wanted. But since Dravid is such an iconic player I trusted his judgment. And Charu Sharma also backed him. After [...]
Mallya hunts for winning formula for Royal Challengers
Mallya says: “I had a separate list of players that I wanted. But since Dravid is such an iconic player I trusted his judgment. And Charu Sharma also backed him. After seeing the final list, my friends told me it looked like a test team. But I backed both of them thinking that they advised [...]
Dravid saved Venky from axe
Following the team’s dismal performance in the Indian Premier League, CEO Charu Sharma’s head was the first to roll and he was replaced by Brijesh Patel, the KSCA secretary. It is learnt that Venkatesh Prasad was saved the axe as skipper Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble stepped in for the beleaguered coach and persuaded Mallya [...]
Royal Challenger’s CEO Charu Sharma sacked
Under performance has taken it’s first toll. Charu Sharma, the CEO of Royal Challangers of Bangalore has been sacked citing team’s poor performance on the field. Looks like Dr. Mallya is a tough task master. So Who’s Next?. This would add further pressure on the team and we might even see radical changes in team [...]
Royal Challenger’s CEO Charu Sharma sacked
Under performance has taken it’s first toll. Charu Sharma, the CEO of Royal Challangers of Bangalore has been sacked citing team’s poor performance on the field. Looks like Dr. Mallya is a tough task master. So Who’s Next?. This would add further pressure on the team and we might even see radical changes in team [...]
Misbah lands into trouble endorsing liquor brand
Another controversy for the IPL and for Misbah-ul-Haq who is playing for the Bangalore Royal Challengers team. TimesNow article states that “The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is in a fix after allowing Misbah-ul-Haq to play for liquor baron Vijay Mallya-owned Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL as it is in conflict with its policy of [...]
Ramadoss targets IPL on surrogate liquor ads
After facing heat over cheergirls, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is now under the scanner of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss who criticised the cricket body for allegedly promoting liquor through surrogate advertisments at their cricket matches. IPL CEO Sundara Raman denies charges saying that IPL is not promoting liquor through advertising.
Read more: http://www.livemint.com/2008/04/29171420/Ramadoss-targets-IPL-on-surrog.html
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