he Indian Premier League (IPL) has made cash-starved Maharashtra poorer by around Rs 70 crore, alleged the state BJP on Friday. The party has accused the ruling Congress-NCP combine of giving undue concessions to ‘the most popular current entertainment show’ — the IPL.
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After leading Rajasthan Roayals to the final of the inaugural Indian Premier League, ace spinner Shane Warne now wants to be the “spin bowling mentor” for young talents in the country. Warne, after comprehensive a win against Delhi Daredevils in the first semi-final of IPL on Friday, said he wanted to come back India to [...]
Rajasthan Royals 192 for 9 (Watson 52, Yusuf 45, Maharoof 3-34) beat Delhi Daredevils 87 (Dilshan 33, Watson 3-10, Munaf 3-17) by 105 runs
Quite an anti-climax for a encounter of this sort. Never expected this encounter to be a hopelessly one-sided contest. Sehwag won the toss and put Rajasthan Royals into bat. Royals had a [...]
The Australians have found a stick to beat the Indian Premier League (IPL) with. They feel that the injury to their premier batsman Mathew Hayden is the result of excessive cricket, especially during the Twenty20 tournament that is reaching its climax this weekend.
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Picking up the dashing opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya for the forthcoming Asian Cup tournament in Pakistan, Sri Lanka’s national selectors indicated that the aging left-hander could well play for the national team till the next World Cup, local media reports.
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INDIAN cricket pundits and fans have been asking why Shane Warne never captained Australia after leading a team stacked with relative unknowns to the top of the Indian Premier League. The Rajasthan Royals defied pre-tournament predictions that they were candidates for the wooden spoon and finished in first place on the league table.
More: http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/
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The England and Wales Cricket Board are consulting with the game’s stakeholders on their plans to reshape the domestic game. The ECB are keen to launch an English version of the Indian Premier League which would include the world’s top players and teams from abroad - possibly the IPL winners and a West Indies all-star [...]
A good article from Business Today which gives an insight on the profit/loss details of all the franchises in IPL. A snapshot on how cricket’s new czars make money?
Mukesh Ambani, Mumbai Indians, Paid: $111.9 million
Vijay Mallya, Royal Challengers Bangalore,Paid: $111.6 million
T. Venkattram Reddy, Deccan Chargers, Paid: $107.01 million
N. Srinivasan, Chennai Super Kings, Paid: $91 million
G.M. [...]
Shah Rukh writes: “We had started with two outstanding victories to set the pace for IPL 20-20 cricket. Then, four times in a row, we have seen the match being given away at the last minute. The critics were quick to comment, but our war cry has never been silenced. If anything, the thirst for [...]
Contradicting reports: Earlier it was reported that ticket prices are being doubled and Reliance is cashing in on the IPL craze. Now another report says the prices are slashed.
“A spokesman for the franchise management said here that seeing the huge demand for tickets within the country and overseas, the organisers had decided to cut down [...]