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Chennai’s IPL team launched
CHENNAI: In a glittering function that had loads of dance and music, the Chennai Super Kings cricket team was launched here on Saturday.
The team — none of the foreign players could make it due to “prior commitments” — was introduced to the gathering.
Chennai Super Kings assistant coach, V.B. Chandrasekhar, described the team as a group […]
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Indian Premier League: Good bye sports It is all about big money
Whatever maybe the outcome of this “Great Tamasha,” it is bound to change the face of cricket and could well entice cricketers to put a price on their heads as TV channels and other stake holders come out with innovative methods to reap profits.
And now for 44 days from April 18, India’s great cricket tamasha […]
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IPL ‘cricketers will earn as much as Lampard’
Any regular reader of these pages who happened to be passing through the lobby of the Carlton Towers Hotel yesterday would have spotted Terry Venables conducting a meeting over a pot of coffee. They would have been rather less likely to notice the affable-looking Indian businessman in the brown corduroy suit. Yet this same man […]
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Pinal and Abhishek for Mumbai in IPL
Mumbai: The DLF Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Mumbai franchisee, Reliance Group, has signed up Baroda wicket-keeper Pinal Shah along with Mumbai players Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane and Maharashtra’s Yogesh Takawale.
“We signed Pinal Shah two days ago. All four will play in the inaugural season. We will make other announcements soon,” R. Balachandran, President and Chief […]
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Dalmiya to lead CAB members for bigger IPL pie
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) Led by former Indian cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya, a majority of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) members Tuesday sought a grater piece of the pie in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played here in April. At a special general meeting (SGM), at least 85 of the 121 […]
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Ravi Krishnan joins IPL Jaipur Franchise as Vice Chairman
Ravi Krishnan, former Managing Director of IMG South Asia, has joined the IPL Jaipur Franchise, owned by Emerging Media, as Vice Chairman. Ravi, with over a decade of Sports Marketing experience in India and Asia, had been in discussion with more than one IPL franchise before this appointment.
Commenting on his decision Ravi Krishnan said, “The […]
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Johnson lost $500,000 by staying away from IPL: Report
Melbourne: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson’s decision to miss the Indian Premier League (IPL) had cost him $500,000, a report has claimed. While several of Australia’s top cricketers joined the lucrative league, Michael Clarke, Johnson and gloveman Brad Haddin decided to stay away from it to focus on their international careers.Sunday Telegraph claimed that […]
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IPL: Misbah signs for SRK’s Kolkata team
MUMBAI, February 26: Had he not played that curious scoop off Joginder Sharma in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 against India in Johannesburg, Misbah-ul Haq would have achieved cult status. Instead, he ended up as a tragic hero.
But the level-headed 33-year-old was still one of the finds of […]
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Insurers in a spot over covering IPL injuries
MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League (IPL), apart from redefining cricket, has posed a few teasers. One of them is how to evaluate the financial risks involved with the game. In fact, hectic talks are on to structure innovative covers to protect the huge sums at stake.
One of the biggest risks is that despite […]
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How About an Indian-Style Football Premier League?
I felt a mixture of bemusement and enjoyment as I sat and watched the fascinating and lively auction for cricket’s upcoming Indian Premier League. But once I’d got over the amusement of seeing players being bought for different teams in an auction house and awarded their price as wages with no choice as to […]
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