Seventeen slots were filled in over two hours of the 2009 IPL auction in Goa. Here is a list of the players who have been bought at the auction (base price in brackets; all numbers in US$): Pool A Shaun Tait to Rajasthan Royals 375,000 (250,000) JP Duminy to Mumbai Indians 950,000 (300,000) Andrew Flintoff [...]
Star England players Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff on Friday emerged as the world’s most expensive cricketers after being sold for a whopping $1.55 million (approx Rs 7.35 cr) in the Indian Premier League auction, surpassing Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who had fetched Rs six crore in the inaugural edition. In an auction telecast [...]
India won their fourth consecutive ODI and their ninth on the run overall as they won the fourth match of the series against Sri Lanka. They now lead 4-0 in the series. Electing to bat first, Indian made 332/5 with the help of knocks from Gautam Gambhir (150) and Dhoni (94). Suresh Raina remained unbeaten [...]
India in Sri Lanka, 2009 Sri Lanka vs India, 4th ODI R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, February 5, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) & Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Third Umpire: Gamini Dissanayake (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 67 runs Man of the Match: Gautam [...]
Having clinched the five-match series by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead, India will try out some of their reserve players when they take on Sri Lanka in an inconsequential fourth one-dayer on Thursday, seeking to notch up a record-breaking ninth consecutive win. Scorecard – India vs Sri Lanka – 4th ODI – Colombo Although the [...]
India beat Sri Lanka in the third ODI by 147 runs at Colombo and take an unassailable 3-0 lead to win the series. They have already won the first two ODIs and are now on an eight match unbeaten run. Scorecard – India beat Sri Lanka – 3rd ODI – Colombo Spinner Pragyan Ojha took [...]
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and Dubai-based businessman Raj Kundra have picked up 12 per cent stake worth over USD 11.6 million in the Rajasthan Royals franchise team that won the inaugural 2008 season of the Indian Premier League. “It’s a strategic business investment. I always support the underdogs as I am myself one. Rajasthan Royals [...]
England’s dethroned captain Kevin Pietersen and Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke are to command the top two reserve prices of 1.35 and one million USD, respectively, during the second Indian Premier League players’ auction to be held in Goa on February 6. England’s charismatic all rounder Andrew Flintoff’s base price has been pegged at USD 950,000 [...]
India in Sri Lanka, 2009 Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd ODI R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, February 3, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) & MG Silva (SL) Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 147 runs Man of the Match: Yuvraj [...]
India go head to head with Sri Lanka in the 3rd ODI of the current series and are in a comfortable position leading the series by 2-0. They will be looking to complete the series win here in Colombo itself and take their run of ODI wins to a continuous eight. Scorecard – India vs [...]
With the Pakistani cricketers ruled out of the second edition of the Indian Premier League, affected franchisees would be allowed to use the money for inducting substitute players, IPL Chairman Lalit Modi said here on Monday. Modi said once the auction on Friday gets over, franchisees which had Pakistani players in their ranks, would be [...]
Pakistan has barred its cricketers from competing in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament in the wake of last year’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai. “We have been informed by the foreign ministry today that the situation is not conducive for Pakistan cricketers to travel to India,” Sports Minister Aftab Jilani said on Monday. Jilani last [...]
Sourav Ganguly might have walked into the sunset of his cricketing career, but the former India captain said on Monday that he is still good enough to play both forms of the game at the international level for at least a year. Asked if he is still good enough for international cricket at 36 years [...]
Former Test player Sarfraz Nawaz and senator Enver Baig believe India had a role in the ICC’s decision to take away the Champions Trophy’s hosting rights from Pakistan as it wants to “isolate” the troubled nation in international cricket. Senator Enver Baig said he was disappointed that Pakistan had been deprived of a major cricket [...]
Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza registered their first Grand Slam title together, crushing Andy Ram and Natalie Dechy in straight sets in the mixed doubles final of the Australian Open here on Sunday. The Indian wild card pair proved too good for the Israeli-French duo, thrashing them 6-3, 6-1 in 55 minutes. The win also [...]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday decided to take away the hosting rights of the Champions Trophy from Pakistan after several member boards expressed reservations about touring the troubled country. The new venue for the eight-team event would be decided by the ICC before its next scheduled meeting in April, the ICC said after [...]
The ICC on Sunday virtually authorised the BCCI to decide on the Indian Cricket League’s plea for official recognition, saying member countries would determine if a match or tournament within their territory was “approved or disapproved”. The ICC board on the second-day of its two-day meeting agreed new regulations governing domestic cricket events and “approved/disapproved” [...]
India captain MS Dhoni has reclaimed the number one spot in the ICC ODI rankings following his unbeaten knock of 61 runs in the first ODI against Sri Lanka. In the latest ICC rankings released on Saturday, Dhoni has replace West Indies captain Chris Gayle. Meanwhile, South Africa’s Jacques Kallis has slipped two places to [...]
IPL architect and Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) president Lalit Modi has been taken away by the police for questioning for the alleged misuse of Rs 22 lakh of BCCI funds meant for RCA. The complaint was filed by Anil Singh Shekhawat, a Samajwadi Party member, who also runs a local cricket club. Modi rushed to [...]