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Champions League T20 names umpires

By thedarknight ⋅ October 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Three men on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Elite Panel of umpires will officiate at the Champions League Twenty20, which begins in India on 8th October. Daryl Harper, Billy Bowden and Billy Doctrove will lead a team of umpires which also includes ICC International Panel members Russell Tiffin, Brian Jerling and Amish Saheba. ICC match [...]

BCCI re-negotiates deal with IMG

By thedarknight ⋅ September 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Cricket Board has renegotiated its deal with the event management firm IMG, putting an end to the bitter dispute between the two parties which had thrown the high-profile Indian Premier League in jeopardy. IMG will now be paid Rs 27 crore, a reduction of Rs 6 crore from the stipulated amount, for their services [...]

Sehwag to lead Delhi in CL T20

By thedarknight ⋅ September 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Recuperating from a shoulder surgery that ruled him out of the ongoing tri-series in Sri Lanka and the subsequent Champions Trophy, Virender Sehwag will lead Delhi Daredevils in next month’s Champions League, the organisers of the Twenty20 event announced on Tuesday. Sehwag had undergone the surgery in England during the Twenty20 World Cup and remains [...]

Sanjay Dutt meets Lalit Modi, eyes IPL team

By thedarknight ⋅ September 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Bollywood stars are lining up at the IPL franchise window. Actor Sanjay Dutt has met IPL boss Lalit Modi in Mumbai to discuss the possibility of bidding for an IPL team. The meeting comes on the heels of another big name Bollywood star, Salman Khan meeting the IPL Commissioner. Two more teams will be up [...]

IPL hit by gambling charges over SMS game

By thedarknight ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian Premier League chiefs were defending themselves against government charges that the lucrative Twenty20 event in South Africa was “encouraging gambling and betting.” Sports minister Manohar Singh Gill lashed out at an IPL mobile phone SMS contest in which participants win cash prizes for correctly guessing the sequence of runs scored in the subsequent over [...]

IPL launches SMS game

By thedarknight ⋅ May 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Indian Premier League recently launched an SMS cricket game 6UP that allows users to predict the outcome of a live game. Launched by IPL commissioner Lalit Modi in Durban, the game has already raised questions about the element of betting in it. According to the rules of the game, the entrant will have to [...]

Heavy fines for slow over rates during IPL

By thedarknight ⋅ April 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Heavy fines ranging from $20,000 to $360,000 await captains and teams which fail to bowl their 20 overs inside the stipulated time during the Indian Premier League starting on Saturday. Each team will get 80 minutes to bowl its 20 overs with breaks of seven-and-a-half minutes each after every 10 overs in the matches that [...]

IPL will boost South African economy: Modi

By thedarknight ⋅ April 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

South African economy will gain immensely by the oraganisation of the cash-rich Indian Premier League, its Chairman Lalit Modi said while also thanking the wholesome support they got from the hosts. Modi said they received tremendous support from the South African Government at national, provincial and local levels and also from Cricket SA for holding [...]

IPL opener at Newlands in doubt

By thedarknight ⋅ April 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Indian Premier League has run into rough weather in South Africa after a dispute over the use of member suites at the Newlands Cricket ground, according to a newspaper report. The Newlands is scheduled to host the opening match of the second edition of the IPL between the Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians [...]

Modi finds multiple partners for IPL in SA

By thedarknight ⋅ April 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Indian Premier League today announced a list of strategic partnerships with leading South African business vendors for the smooth conduct of the second edition of Twenty20 event in South Africa. “We are proud of our affiliations with some of South Africa’s leading businesses each of whom I am certain will play an integral role [...]

AP, other agencies to boycott IPL games

By thedarknight ⋅ April 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Associated Press will not be covering this year’s IPL tournament in South Africa because organisers have imposed unacceptable conditions on media outlets covering the event. The AP and major international news organizations Reuters and Agence France-Presse sought to persuade Indian Premier League organisers to change their minds about terms and conditions imposed on media. [...]

South Africans line up for IPL tickets

By thedarknight ⋅ April 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The IPL has already created quite a buzz in South Africa. It took just a couple of hours for the opening game on April 18 to be sold out. Clearly, the tournament is all set to take the Rainbow Nation by storm. The cheerleaders will be there, as will the best players in the world, [...]

Tickets sold out for IPL opener

By thedarknight ⋅ April 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The IPL in South Africa has got the best possible start as tickets for the opening day extravaganza have been sold out within two hours. IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said that the unprecedented rush for tickets will result in a full house at Newlands, Cape Town on April 18. “We are expecting a [...]

IPL to start from April 18 in South Africa

By thedarknight ⋅ March 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

South Africa will be hosting the second season of the Indian Premier League to begin from April 18. The deal was sealed after IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi met Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola on Tuesday afternoon and South Africa agreed to offer full support to the IPL. South Africa have also assured top security [...]

Weather provd decisive: Modi

By thedarknight ⋅ March 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Ending three weeks of suspense and uncertainty, the IPL chose South Africa for hosting the second edition of the highly popular Twenty20 cricket tournament that will start from April 18. The decision to host the tournament in South Africa in preference to England was taken primarily on account favourable weather conditions here, IPL Commissioner Lalit [...]

No semis or finals in India: Modi

By thedarknight ⋅ March 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has ruled out the possibility of hosting at least the semi-finals and final of the Twenty 20 league in India. “We explored all possibilities of moving the semi-finals and final to India. But it would have been too exhausting for the players. Players have to go back to England for the [...]

Avoiding poll dates not enough: Chidambaram

By thedarknight ⋅ March 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Home Minister P Chidambaram says there could be “problems” during the Indian Premier League even if the organisers avoid a clash with polling days in a host city as election in a neighboring state may stretch the security set-up. “It is not security only in that state. You see, if election is taking place in [...]

No shortened IPL: Lalit Modi

By thedarknight ⋅ March 21, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The BCCI’s crucial Working Committee meeting on Sunday will end the confusion over the future of the IPL, but its commissioner Lalit Modi has promised the tournament will not be truncated. “There are no chances of truncation,” Modi told reporters after a BCCI Working Committee meeting involving Board President Shashank Manohar, ICC vice-president Sharad Pawar [...]

IPL told to revise its schedule again

By thedarknight ⋅ March 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Ministry of Home Affairs has yet again asked organisers to draw a fresh schedule for the second season of the Indian Premier League after a high level meeting on Friday. This is the second time the schedule of the IPL will have to be re-worked. IPL chairman Lalit Modi had said that he has [...]

Modi rushes to meet officials to save IPL

By thedarknight ⋅ March 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

With the Indian Premier League plunging into uncertainty, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and CEO Sundar Raman are expected to hold discussions with Home Ministry officials on Saturday to salvage the high-profile event. Soon after the Home Ministry issued a statement asking the IPL organisers to re-work the dates as it was not feasible to hold [...]

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