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| ICL could be resumed if things go well for them
According
to the head of Zee Sports, Himanshu Mody, there is a chance that the company may
look to resume Indian Cricket League if things fell in place. Zee Sports
are the owners of the Indian Cricket League, which they had started four years
ago but had not been able to sustain till beyond
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Sri Lanka to send officials to talk to BCCI about SLPL
Given the decision by the BCCI to not send the Indian cricketers to participate
in the Sri Lanka Premier League, it has been said that the Sri Lankan sports
ministry has asked its board chairman and the secretary to meet the Indian board
over the issue. Accordingly, the Sri Lankan board chairm
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| IPL Governing Council meeting to take place on January 5
The governing body of Indian Premier League (IPL) will meet on Wednesday,
January 5 in order to converse on the IPL player auctions which will be held on
January 8 and 9 in Bangalore.
An official in BCCI confirmed that IPL Governing Council will meet on January
5 at Bandra Kurla Complex wh
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IPL to have a new franchise
The fourth edition of IPL will have a new franchise in it. According to reports
the team would be from Northern India. The news means that Kochi fate is
sealed now. IPL management representative said that the differences in Kochi franchises
are very likely to stay until the deadline of 27th
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| IPL 2 matches may be fixed according to British paper
Another British newspaper has revealed another blow to Cricket's integrity following
the News of the World's report of the spot fixing allegations on the Pakistan
players. This time it was the Sunday Times which revealed that the International
Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption and Security Uni
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BCCI refers Modi to disciplinary committee
The BCCI members have all voted in favour of accepting the charges that were levied
against Lalit Modi, the suspended chairman of the IPL. This was done at
the special general body meeting in Mumbai. This means that the charges will now
be sent across to the disciplinary committee consisting o
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| IPL franchises look to have more say before 2010 auctions
According to a report on a popular cricket website, many of the IPL franchises
have expressed their thoughts about what they want from the IPL before the forthcoming
auctions.
After Lalit Modi was suspended as the IPL chairman, two more franchises
have been added to the already existing ei
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Shashank Manohar removes himself from Modi hearing
The President of the BCCI and one of the members of the IPL Governing Council
has said that he will not be a part of the three-man disciplinary committee that
will decide on the future of the suspended IPL chief, Lalit Modi. Earlier, he
was said to have been on the panel that was to decide whe
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| Modi issued a third notice by the BCCI
IPL's suspended chairman, Lalit Modi was dealt another blow by the BCCI when they served him another notice. The charges for the notice on this occasion
were 'underselling the theatrical rights of the tournament', which he had sold
the contract to an agency to further distribute it the various t
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IPL Governing Council to have Chirayu Amin as interim chairman
The meeting of the Governing Council ended today at the BCCI office in Mumbai and a decision was taken to appoint Chirayu Amin as the new chairman
of the interim Governing Council. This interim committee will meet again in
a time span of around one month to decide on the course of action for
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| Taxmen visit the IPL offices in connection with Kochi franchise
The IPL controversy around the franchise of Kochi have continued unabated.
The latest to be added to the issue was the visit of the officials of the Income-Tax
department to the IPL offices in Mumbai on Thursday. It was described as inquiry
and not as a raid, but it only adds spice to the spec
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Ownership of Kochi franchise causes friction between Modi and Tharoor
Lalit Modi has strongly defended his actions about revealing the names of the
stakeholders of the Kochi IPL team on the social networking website, Twitter.
Modi had earlier tweeted about the people who owned the franchise and who were
the hidden stakeholders who held the free stake.
There we
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| Ownership of Kochi franchise causes friction between Modi and Tharoor
Lalit Modi has strongly defended his actions about revealing the names of the
stakeholders of the Kochi IPL team on the social networking website, Twitter.
Modi had earlier tweeted about the people who owned the franchise and who were
the hidden stakeholders who held the free stake.
There we
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Kochi and Pune added as two new franchises in the IPL
After weeks of suspense, the two new IPL teams have been added to the Indian Premier League on Sunday. The two cities which will also play in the fourth
edition of the tournament apart from the eight existing franchises are Kochi and
Pune, bought over by the Rendezvous Group and the Sahara Group
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| Modi rejects suggestions that South Africa will host Champions League
Confusion reigned regarding the venue of the Champions League T20 for 2010,
when it Lalit Modi said that the tournament hosts have not yet been decided. This
was in sharp contrast to what the Cricket South Africa had earlier said regarding
the same.
Earlier, Cricket South Africa had said tha
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PCB cancels all NOCs for Pakistani players for IPL
Only a day after the Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq was linked to the
IPL, the cricket board from Pakistan has revoked all the NOCs it had doled out
to its players. It has also said that none of the Pakistani players will be representing
in the 2010 edition of the IPL.
The chairman of the
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| Cairns planning to sue Lalit Modi over exclusion
97 international cricketers had registered themselves for the IPL auction list
for the third season of the tournament. This included 26 players from Pakistan,
apart from those from Ireland, Netherlands and even Canada. Zimbabwe had two representations
in Ray Price and Murray Goodwin, the latte
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IPL warns franchisees over meddling with internal affairs
The BCCI chief, Shashank Manohar has warned the IPL franchises which sent
a letter expressing dissatisfaction on the sacking of IMG from being the sports
management company handling the IPL. Manohar has said that the franchise had no
right to meddle with the internal affairs of the IPL and tha
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| Seven franchises oppose BCCI move while Chennai keeps mum
The Sports Management firm which managed the Indian Premier League for
the first two seasons, IMG, has said that there was no reason why their contract
should have been broken by the BCCI. This has led to speculations that the IMG
may be planning to take BCCI to the court regarding the same.
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BCCI and IMG on collision course after contract severed
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has severed its relations with
IMG, the company that had been hired to look into the organising and the conducting
of the Indian Premier League in its first two editions. This seems to have
happened because of the clash over payment with the sports man
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| Five million dollars for Chennai and Rajasthan
The Indian cricket board has made a huge surprise by offering a compensation package
of $5 million to both the sides which had managed to reach the finals of the previous
season's IPL's finals; the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals.
The two sides had managed to qualify for the inaug
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And now for the USA Premier League
USA has thrown its hat in the ring by announcing that they will soon have an IPL-like
T20 tournament in their country, which will be approved by the ICC. The USA Cricket
Association (USACA) chief, Don Lockerbie has revealed to the media that
the ground work for having such a tournament is alre
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| Champions T20 League expanded from 8 to 12 teams
The inaugural Champions T20 league (that was put off in 2008 due to the terror
attacks in Mumbai) will be held from October 8-23 in India, just after the Champions
Trophy that's to be played in South Africa. Also, there have been a few changes
made in the way the teams would be selected to pla
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Sohail Tanvir along with 3 other Pakistani players to meet Lalit Modi
In an interesting development, the four Pakistani players who were suspended from
participating in this year's IPL have planned to travel to South Africa
to meet the tournament commissioner, Lalit Modi. The statement came from
last year's purple cap holder Sohail Tanvir that the players would
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| Tactical time outs could be reduced says Lalit Modi
One of the major worries that has been bothering most teams so far in the IPL
has been the "tactical time-outs". Most players and officials including
Tom Moody, VB Chandrasekhar and even Sachin Tendulkar have been
pretty vocal about the fact that its something that the game can
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Commissioner Lalit Modi confirms Rajasthan Vs Bangalore will not be shifted
Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi today made it clear that
Saturday's match between Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers
will not be shifted from Jaipur in the wake of yesterday's blasts in the
Rajasthan capital.
"The next DLF Indian Premier League match schedul
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| Sudhir Nanavati to hear Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth tomorrow
Sudhir Nanavati, BCCI-appointed Commissioner probing the slapping row involving
Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth, will be wrapping up the investigation
after hearing both the players here tomorrow.
Harbhajan and Sreesanth have confirmed to appear before Nanavati, a lawyer, tomorrow
after bei
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Nanavati astonished at the slap gate footage of Harbhajan and Sreesanth
BCCI-appointed Commissioner Sudhir Nanavati, investigating the slapping
row between Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth, today said he was left stunned
after seeing the video footage of the incident.
"What I saw was shocking but it has made my job easier. It will also help
me in my further i
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| Shaun Pollock and Jacob Oram and Shoaib Akhtar join BCCI Indian Premier League
BCCI's Indian Premier League today added to its star cast by signing South African
all-rounder Shaun Pollock and New Zealand's Jacob Oram for next year's
Twenty20 competition.
The Indian Board also confirmed that Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has
joined the league.
"To have Akhta
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni men return to huge welcome
Victorious Indian cricketers arrived here this morning to a tumultuous welcome
following their triumph in the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in Johannesburg.
Thousands of cricket fans braved rain and waited for their heroes outside the
CSI airport. Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh,
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