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‘Tendulkar wanted match-winners in IPL’
The Reliance Industries-owned Mumbai franchisee had gone to last month’s IPL players auction armed with a strategy and wish-list outlined by master batsman Sachin Tendulkar and executed them to a large extent, according to the chief representative of the franchisee.
The President and Chief Marketing Officer of Reliance Retail Limited, R Balachandran said he would give […]
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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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ICL out to give IPL a run for its money
New Delhi: In a bid to give the rival Indian Premier League a run for its money, the Indian Cricket League on Friday announced its 20s Grand Championship, to be held at three venues from March 9 to April 7.
The major attraction of the tournament will be the addition of two more teams — Ahmedabad […]
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Tendulkar will be roaring success in Twenty20 too: IPL Mumbai
Sachin Tendulkar may have played a solitary Twenty20 International, but his Indian Premier League (IPL) Mumbai team owners Reliance Retail are confident he would be a roaring success even if he is pushing 35.
Some experts wonder if Tendulkar would be as big a success in the hit-and-run, energy sapping T20, the shortest version of the […]
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‘It’s all about big money’
Though the players’ auction in Mumbai generated widespread excitement, the cricketing fraternity in India is divided over how the IPL would impact the game. By Vijay Lokapally.
It was a nice joke. At the end of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, when a cricketer was asked if he had some time to spare, he […]
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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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Sachin lost out to Dhoni because of iconic status: Vijay Mallya
BARCELONA, February 27: Cricket icons like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid would have gone for a much higher price than the $1.5 million that Mahendra Singh Dhoni commanded, said Vijay Mallya, the owner of the Bangalore franchise in the Indian Premier League.
Speaking to a handful of reporters on the sidelines of his Formula […]
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IPL: Rahane joins Mumbai
Promising opening batsman Ajinkya Rahane and Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar are among the four domestic players to be roped in the Reliance Industries Limited-owned Mumbai team for the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL). Maharashtra’s batsman-wicketkeeper Yogesh Takawale and Baroda’s wicketkeeper-batsman Pinal Shah are the other signings.
With these four signings, the Mumbai team now has 12 […]
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IPL bid losers get to keep co-sponsor wicket
Mumbai, Feb 25 Corporates who lost the Indian Premier League (IPL) team franchisee and the title sponsor bids are in no mood to back out. While Hero Honda has already been named as the co-sponsor, in lieu of $4.5 million per annum for a period of three years, valuing the co-sponsorship in excess of $ […]
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IPL plans global play to cash in on T20 format
MUMBAI: If you thought that the Indian Premier League (IPL) is as big as it gets, then you’re in for a surprise. With preparations on in full swing for the Indian domestic club cricket to debut on April 18, the IPL governing council led by Lalit Modi is simultaneously working towards the international Champions 20:20 […]
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