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Missing stars leave India’s IPL cold
The cash-rich Indian Premier League has lost much of its sheen before it has started as foreign stars are being forced to drop out due to injuries and Test commitments.
Team owners will save millions of dollars in player fees since Australians and New Zealanders will only make a two-week appearance in the 44-day, 59-match multi-billion […]
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King Khan to take on Mithun Dada
It will be Shah Rukh Khan versus Mithun Chakraborty in cricket.
A fortnight after the gala launch of King Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders team for the multimillon dollar Indian Premier League, rival Zee-promoted Indian Cricket League has roped in ‘Mithun Dada’ to be the franchisee owner of one of its sides ‘Kolkata Tigers’.
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Shah Rukh Khan dragged to court
After the glitzy launch of the Kolkata Knight Riders, Bollywood star and the owner of the IPL Kolkata team, Shah Rukh Khan is in the dock.
He along with the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) — the local organiser of the Twenty20 tournament — have been dragged to court.
CAB and SRK are in a tight spot […]
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Kolkata Knight Riders Anthem
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Kolkata Knight Riders inspiring team anthem
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Saurav Ganguly on Kolkata Knight Riders
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Shah Rukh, Ganguly unveil Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and former India captain Sourav Ganguly Tuesday unveiled the name and logo for the team which will be called Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), at a glittering ceremony here.
As the team’s theme song ‘Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo’ (We will do it, fight […]
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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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It’s fantastic: Bollywood on IPL
Bollywood is proud that Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta have helped filmdom forge a lifetime’s bond with cricket with the Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions.
The industry reacts:
Bipasha Basu: “It’s fantastic that Preity and Shah Rukh now own a part of the team. If you have the money and the interest in the game, why […]
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Misbah signs for Kolkata outfit of IPL
Pakistan’s batting mainstay Misbah-ul-Haq on Wednesday signed up to play for the Kolkata team in the Indian Premier League set to start from April 18.
A source close to the Pakistan vice-captain said that Misbah had signed up for Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan’s team for $180,000.
“Misbah today signed the contract after getting a clearance from the […]
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