Conflicting Signals on IPL 4 Auction

Posted by Ashok on Jan 06, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Advertisement There have been conflicting signals over the IPL player auction. Although the BCCI is prepared for the January 8-9 event in Bangalore, it is preparing for any eventuality. Conflicting Signals on IPL 4 Auction According to sources, the BCCI has received complaints from players of Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab over non receipt of payments and the board is not taking chances. The governing council... 

IPL 4 Players Auction live on SET Max

Posted by Ashok on Jan 06, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Advertisement SET Max will telecast live the players’ auction for the fourth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be held in Bangalore on Saturday and Sunday. IPL 4 Players Auction live on SET Max MAX, the official broadcaster of the Players’ Auction and the IPL, will telecast a ring side view of the event on both the days as the team owners battle it out to buy their desired players... 

IPL 4 Ten Teams, 74 games

Posted by Ashok on Jan 05, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Advertisement The IPL Governing Council meeting on Wednesday decided that there will be a total of 10 teams and 74 games in the IPL4 season with sources saying that Kochi and Pune are going to miss out on home matches. IPL 4 Ten Teams, 74 games Earlier, the Governing Council meeting was called by the BCCI to take some major decisions for the upcoming IPL season which is scheduled to start right after the... 

IT Dept may Question Lalit Modi Through Video Conferencing

Posted by Ashok on Jan 01, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Advertisement Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, who is currently in London, is likely to be questioned by the Income Tax department through video-conferencing on alleged financial irregularities. Lalit Modi The Income Tax department had asked the Finance Ministry to suggest a way forward to question Modi, at whose premises it had conducted searches in April this year, sources in the department said. The... 

IPL 350 Players Rady to Auction

Posted by Ashok on Dec 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Advertisement A host of world class players will go under the hammer in Bangalore on Saturday, January 8th and Sunday January 9th as the 10 franchises look to rebuild their teams ahead of the fourth edition of the mega rich tournament. IPL 350 Players Rady to Auction “The DLF IPL auction is indeed a very exciting prospect. I am confident that IPL fans throughout India and across the world will be... 

Prince of IPL

Posted by Ashok on Dec 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Advertisement Like the drama in a T20 clash, the tussle between N Srinivasan and Lalit Modi characterised and reshaped IPL this year. Prince of IPL When it came to IPL in 2010, what happened off the field was more dramatic than the game. The year was defined by the power struggle between two contrasting cricket administrators and their fluctuating — and inversely-proportional — fortunes. On one side... 

Modi Summoned by Police in IPL case

Posted by Ashok on Dec 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Advertisement The Crime Branch wing of the Chennai police have issued summons to suspended IPL comissioner Lalit Modi and six other top honchos of the sports management company World Sports Group over alleged criminal misappropriation of funds. Modi Summoned by Police in IPL case The present summons is to question him about the charges raised by the BCCI in the complaint filed with the Chennai city police... 

Court Halves Rajasthan Royals Guarantee Money

Posted by Ashok on Dec 28, 2010 | 1 Comment

Advertisement The Bombay High Court has halved the quantum of the security guarantee Rajasthan Royals will have to furnish towards player payments for the next two years and to cover their contract with the Indian board. The reduction – from $20.83 million to $10.63 million – will be accompanied by a lessening of the franchise’s purse at next month’s player auction. Court Halves Rajasthan... 

Geoff Lawson is Kochi Franchise Coach (Source)

Posted by Ashok on Dec 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Advertisement Contrary to news reports, former Australian fast bowler and ex-Pakistan team coach Geoff Lawson has already been named as the coach the new Kochi IPL franchise in the T20 League’s 2011 edition. Geoff Lawson is Kochi Franchise Coach “We have already informed the Cricket Board (which owns IPL) that Lawson will be the coach. The details of his contract are being worked out,” a Kochi... 

PCB Wants Players to Feature in IPL 4

Posted by Ashok on Dec 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

Advertisement The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants its players to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and dismissed the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) claims that it had not contacted the IPL organisers for the purpose. PCB Wants Players to Feature in IPL 4 Pakistani cricketers, who were forced to miss the last two editions of the lucrative tournament, failed to find a place...