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ECB told to open mind to ICL

Professional Cricket Association chief executive Sean Morris has warned the England and Wales Cricket Board not to resist allowing English players to join the Indian Premier League.
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IPL chairman Lalit Modi claimed England’s top players are keen to […]

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‘Knight Riders can profit in 1st year’

Mumbai: They don’t call him King Khan for nothing. With each passing day it appears Shah Rukh Khan is outsmarting all other team owners in the IPL with a marketing blitz. CNN-IBN reports on how his Kolkata Knight Riders are likely to recover their costs and actually make a profit in the first year itself.
“I’m […]

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SRK’s Kolkata: Knight Riders of IPL storm

Kolkata: Even as the second auction was on, one team unveiled its name - Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata team will be called the Kolkata Knight Riders and the star was in his element at the launch.
“Iss team mein do gundey hain - ek lamba gundey hai aur ek ‘Dada’ hai - hum Delhi mein gundey […]

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IPL will bring an evolution in world cricket: Buchanan

Kolkata, Mar 10 (IANS) Former Australian coach John Buchanan today said the Twenty20 form of cricket and Indian Premier League (IPL) will help bring an evolution to world cricket.
Buchanan, attached to the Kolkata Twenty20 team, landed in the city a day before Kolkata Knightriders’ boss Shah Rukh Khan arrives here. He said: ‘I am excited […]

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Buchanan arrives in Kolkata with IPL assignment

Former Australian coach John Buchanan arrived in Kolkata Monday as part of his fact-finding mission for the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Buchanan, who will coach the Kolkata team for the IPL, is expected to have talks with Sourav Ganguly, who will lead the Kolkata team.
Shah Rukh Khan is expected to arrive in Kolkata on Thursday […]

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Kolkata IPL ticket issue resolved: CAB president

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Prasun Mukherjee Wednesday claimed that the Indian Premier League (IPL) match-ticket issue raised by the CAB’s constituent clubs has been “resolved”.
“So far as I am concerned the issue whether or not the IPL matches at the Eden Gardens would be held was resolved at […]

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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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IPL matches to be played at Eden

KOLKATA, February 26: The warring factions in the Cricket Association of Bengal on Tuesday agreed that Indian Premier League matches would be held at the Eden Gardens, but there were differences of opinion over distribution of tickets and funds among affiliates and members.
Briefing newspersons after a two-hour Special General Meeting […]

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India’s Kolkata Taps Top Zimbabwe Batsman Taibu For 44-Day Tourney

An Indian cricket team has recruited Zimbabwean player Tatenda Taibu to play in April in an eight-team, 44-day Indian Premier League tournament for a $125,000 fee.
Taibu will join top international batsmen on India’s Kolkata cricket team in the round of 59 Twenty20 matches with a $3 million purse for the winning team.

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