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England players in IPL fury

By admin ⋅ November 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

ENGLAND’S players were left angry and frustrated last night after talks about appearing in the megabucks Indian Premier League broke down.
Via TheSun

Cricketers pay for ‘Clarke blunders’

By admin ⋅ October 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian TV tycoon Kunal Dasgupta claimed England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Clarke had been ‘a discredit to his players and cost them a lot of money’ by not joining the Indian, South African and Australian boards in forming the latest Twenty20 tournament that has attracted a $900million TV rights contract from ESPN Star.
Via DailyMail

Modi eyes English players

By admin ⋅ September 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi has stated he is “certain” the second edition of the tournament will feature some of England’s top players. IPL officials are currently gearing up to follow this year’s hugely successful inaugural Twenty20 event, which saw the Rajasthan Royals emerge victorious.
Via Sportinglife

IPL team owners divided over $5-mn cap on hiring players

By admin ⋅ June 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise owners are sharply divided over the $5-million cap imposed by the cricket board for buying players. With the teams having the right to trade players from the upcoming season, a few franchise owners want the bar to be increased, or scrapped.
More: http://www.business-standard.com/common/
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Half of all players would quit England to play in India

By admin ⋅ June 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

England’s top players have given the England and Wales Cricket Board a shot across the bows after it was revealed half of them would consider quitting international cricket early to play in the Indian Premier League.
More: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/cricket/article.html?in_article_id=189230&in_page_id=44

IPL owes its success primarily to player commitment

By admin ⋅ June 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The close encounter in the finals at Mumbai, yet again, proclaimed the roaring success of the Indian Premier League. Kudos to the organisers who stood up to the challenge and put up a great product.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/04/stories/2008060456471800.htm

Pak IPL players not consistent enough, rues Rameez

By admin ⋅ May 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Former captain Rameez Raja rued Pakistani cricketers in the Indian Premier League have not lived up to the expectations even though he believes the IPL exposure would make them more responsible and better equipped to handle pressure situations.
More: http://cricket.expressindia.com/news/Pak-IPL-players-not-consistent-enough-rues-Rameez/314294/

Quotes of the day: Shastri

By admin ⋅ May 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Dhoni, Warne the best captains: Shastri
“Dhoni has been handling pressure extremely well and has the ability to come up with the unexpected… As for Warne, full marks to him for motivating a somewhat young team… Also, he has been leading from the front.”
WRIDDHIMAN SAHA (Kolkata Knight Riders, 23-year-old wicketkeeper):
An excellent ’keeper and a highly underrated [...]

No aussie pull-out from IPL

By admin ⋅ May 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi rubbished reports that Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Shane Warne along with teammates Shane Watson and Graeme Smith is quitting the tournament due to the bomb blasts in Jaipur, saying the trio are already on their way to the Pink City to play the next match there.
More: http://inhome.rediff.com/cricket/2008/may/15modi.htm

Mallya hunts for winning formula for Royal Challengers

By admin ⋅ May 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

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