Having cut ties with the Indian Cricket League, Bengal batsman Abhishek Jhunjhunwala and left-arm medium pacer Eklak Ahmed are all set to play in the next edition of the Indian Premier League.
While Jhunjhunwala has been contacted by Rajasthan Royals and is doing duties for them in England, Eklak has got a call from Mumbai Indians after he accepted BCCI`s amnesty offer.
Eklak and Jhunjhunwala were among the 79 ICL players who benifited from the BCCI`s amnesty offer that allowed them to r... Read Full Story
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is proving costly for domestic tournaments conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). To accommodate the multi-million dollar league, the BCCI has decided to scrap the Deodhar Trophy for the 2009-10 season, after having cancelled the national T20 meet for the Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2008-09. “The IPL is scheduled to start on March 18 and if we hold all our tournaments, the domestic season will spill over to April. That’s why the De... Read Full Story
For those who wanted to know about the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), here is some news. The IPL III is tentatively scheduled to start on March 18, 2010. The tournament will last about 36 days, which means the final could be some time in the last week of April 2010. It could be on April 23. Read Full Story
Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar on Thursday said it was wrong to blame the Indian Premier League, held in South Africa in April-May, for defending champion India’s early exit from the Twenty20 tournament in England.
“I don’t think the IPL can be conceived in any other way. The home and away concept is so essential to it. This time it was played in South Africa, even there this (concept) worked. Our team got outplayed (in the World T20). I would not look too much into it,” he said after del... Read Full Story
Mohammed Kaif, who was sent back from South Africa before the start of the IPL-II, has been recalled by Rajasthan Royals to play against Middlesex in an exhibition match at Lord’s in London.
The pre-planned charity match between the champions of the inaugural Indian Premier League and domestic Twenty20 champions of England is scheduled for July 6.
Kaif was asked to attend a practice camp in Jaipur, from where he returned on Wednesday.
Kaif said he had no idea about any decision mad... Read Full Story
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala has become the first ICL ‘rebel’ from Bengal to be roped in by an IPL franchisee.
The talented middle-order batsman will be donning Team Jaipur colours during next year’s IPL-III.
Jhunjhunwala attended a week-long camp organised by the IPL-I champions at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Stadium under the supervision of Darren Berry, director, cricket operations, and former Team India physio John Gloster.
The camp, which ended on Wednesday, was arran... Read Full Story
The Pakistan Cricket Board has given a green signal to all-rounder Sohail Tanvir to play for his Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals in a charity match against Middlesex at Lord’s on July 6.
The sports management company which represents Tanvir said in a statement that Tanvir would represent the Rajasthan Royals in the match being played for the British Asian Trust.
Tanvir was the best bowler of the IPL in the first season and played a key role in his team’s titl... Read Full Story
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar advised young cricketers to aim for the India cap and said playing in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) could not be their ultimate goal.
“Today, parents are encouraging their children to take up cricket as a career option because of the IPL and the amount of money it provides. But the worrying factor is far too many youngsters see IPL as the be all and end all,” Gavaskar said at the inaugural Dilip Sardesai Memorial Lecture.
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Pakistan captain Younus Khan has advised his fellow players to revise their contracts with the Indian Premier League following the team’s Twenty20 World Cup victory.
“After all, these players are now World champions and highly marketable. There is more value on their performances,” Younus said.
He pointed out that top players like Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul and Misbah-ul Haq had signed contracts for $100,000 or less with the IPL when it was launched in 2008.
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More and more players would dump Test cricket and succumb to the lure of Twenty20 if the Indian Premier League does not get a window in the ICC calendar, warned former Australian stumper Adam Gilchrist.
Here to deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, Gilchrist would advice the administrators to embrace the shortest format of the game and create a window for IPL to stop elite players from turning their back on Test cricket and taking the Twenty20 plunge.
“We’ve very m... Read Full Story
