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Chappell’s talent hunt for IPL’s Jaipur team
Chennai, Mar 11 (ANI): Former Indian cricket team coach Greg Chappell, who has been hired to coach the Jaipur team of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has scouted for talent for the team.
“It’s a challenging job. I think finding talent and developing talent for the future is going to be very important not just for […]
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Mascarenhas Off To IPL
All-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas has become the first England player to sign up for the Indian Premier League.
The 30-year-old, who has been given permission by Hampshire to play in the forthcoming tournament, was snapped up by Jaipur for £50,000 at the latest player auction this morning.
With the IPL starting next month and running until […]
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T20 star Misbah lapped up fast, Yousuf turns stale
Mumbai: Pakistani batsman Misbah-ul-Haq was lapped up in quick time but his compatriot Mohammad Yousuf suffered the ignominy of not being bid for during the second phase of the Indian Premier League (IPL) players’ auctions here on Tuesday.
Misbah, who was picked for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa last year at the expense of […]
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Shane Warne at Jaipur’s helm in Indian Premier League
AUSTRALIAN spin legend Shane Warne will captain/coach the Jaipur squad in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.
Team owner Emerging Media reported the appointment of Warne, who also captains Hampshire, overnight.
Emerging Media’s chief executive Fraser Castellino said Warne’s achievements made him the ideal choice as captain and coach.
“Shane has been a winner throughout his career. His […]
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Will India’s cricket league work?
The upcoming Indian Premier League cricket tournament is a heady cocktail of sports and commerce on a level that has never been attempted in the game before.
The multi-million pound, International Cricket Council-sanctioned Twenty20 tournament will feature eight city franchises - Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Jaipur, Chennai, Chandigarh and Hyderabad - playing a total of 59 […]
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Warne to lead Jaipur team in IPL
NEW DELHI (AP) - Australian spin bowler and Hampshire captain Shane Warne will lead the Jaipur squad in the inaugural edition of the lucrative Twenty20 Indian Premier League, team owner Emerging Media said Wednesday.
Emerging Media’s chief executive Fraser Castellino said Warne’s achievements made him the ideal choice as captain and coach.
«Shane has been a
winner throughout […]
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Warne to lead Jaipur team
The Emerging Media-owned Jaipur IPL franchise is all set to announce Australian spin-wizard Shane Warne as their captain for the tournament. The decision to appoint Shane Warne as the skipper was confirmed by Fraser Castellino, the CEO of the franchise.
On Warne’s captaincy, Castellino said, “We will confirm his appointment on Wednesday. We are just going […]
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Langer ditches IPL for county commitment
Former Australian opener Justin Langer has ditched IPL for English county cricket.
Langer said he will honour his commitment to Somerset instead of playing for the Jaipur team in the multi-million dollar Twenty20 tournament starting on April 18.
Langer had no takers when he was first put up for auction on Wednesday in Mumbai but Jaipur later […]
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IPL fines Jaipur franchisee for underspending
The Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council has penalised the Jaipur franchise for not meeting the mandatory minimum amount set for buying players at Wednesday’s gala auction of cricketers.
The organisers had set a minimum $3.3 million for all franchise teams to be spent on the auction, but Jaipur bought eight players shelling out only $2.9 […]
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