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Afridi aiming to better McCullum’s knock in IPL
Karachi (PTI): Pakistan’s flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi said he would be aiming to better Brendon McCullum’s awe-inspiring 73-ball 158 knock when he makes his debut for Hyderabad Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday.
The swashbuckling right-hander left on Monday for India to play in the IPL and said McCullum’s knock was fresh […]
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‘IPL already affecting international calendar’
The Indian Premier League has come in for flak from former Pakistan captains including Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram, who feel the cash-rich Twenty20 competition has begun to damage the international cricket calendar.
“The IPL has already started hurting the international calendar and in the long run it will encourage more private parties and organisations to […]
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IPL may lead to change in dates of Pak-SL series
BCCI may have promised that the Indian Premier League would not interfere in teams’ international commitments but the cash-rich Twenty20 venture has had an impact on the proposed one-day series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Sources close to top PCB officials said that the two boards had come under pressure soon after PCB Chairman Nasim Ashraf […]
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Delhi IPL team well balanced: Sehwag
Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag [Images] on Saturday insisted that his team has a good balance even though they could afford Australian tour hero Ishant Sharma because of his “high price”.
Sehwag said the gangling fast bowler was among the players he listed but decided not to bid for him because the franchisee would not have […]
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Aussie stars get green signal for IPL
Melbourne: Australia’s Test players are set to be allowed to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League before preparing at home for the May tour to the West Indies, the players’ union said Thursday.
The Australian Cricketers Association said Cricket Australia has indicated there will be no objection to Test stars Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee, Andrew […]
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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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Watson, Yousuf head list for second IPL auction
NEW DELHI, March 10 (Reuters) - Australia’s Shane Watson and Pakistani batsmen Mohammad Yousuf and Misbah-ul Haq will be among 25 internationals who will figure in a second players’ auction of the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday.
Eight franchises splashed out millions of dollars in frenzied auction last month to snap up many household […]
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‘Clouds over Aus’s Pak tour due to IPL’
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain and ex-Cricket Board Chief Executive Rameez Raja blamed the Indian Premier League for Australian cricket team’s reluctance to tour the country. Rameez said this was the first real example of how much damage the IPL could do to Test and international cricket in the long run.
“I think there is also reluctance […]
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IPL franchises should have spent more Pak players: Younis
Pakistan batting mainstay Younis Khan feels the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have made a big mistake by not spending more on Pakistani players.
Younis said he was surprised that not many Pakistani players were snapped up by the IPL franchises in the bidding held in Mumbai last month.
The teams brought only seven Pakistani players including […]
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PCB needs to change its policy on banning ICL players, says Rashid
Rashid Latif, aged 39, played 39 Test matches for Pakistan and 162 one-day internationals but was more noted for being the first player to go public on the match-fixing scandal in the nineties. He spoke with Bigstarcricket about his career and issues affecting Pakistan cricket, currently.
You have been doing some expert wicket-keeping coaching for the […]
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