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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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Take a break, find form: critics to Ponting
A day after Australia’s humiliating tri-series defeat against India, Ricky Ponting’s continuance as captain came under scrutiny with critics bluntly telling the beleaguered leader to take a break from the game and sort out his batting woes.
The critics blamed Ponting’s poor form for the defeat and said the team could have benefited if the captain […]
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Ponting excited to play in IPL
Reacting to the IPL bidding, Australian captain Ricky Ponting admitted that he was completely dumbfounded about the whole thing. He said the price that they commanded was completely out of their control, so there was no question of any jealousy among the Aussie players.
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IPL the new mantra for domestic cricketers
Ricky Ponting is aghast and Andrew Symonds is stunned by their Indian Premier League price tags, but for India’s domestic cricketers the showbiz event is not just about money. It is a springboard to international stardom.
For long they have played in front of empty stands, their heroics begging for appreciation, praised only by the peer […]
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Punter: I Thought I Was Worth More
Australia captain Ricky Ponting admits he is a bit disappointed with the low price he fetched during the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
The Kolkata franchise paid just $400,000 for Ponting while his Australian team-mate Andrew Symonds joined Hyderabad for $1.35million.
To make matters worse, David Hussey ($625,000) and Cameron White ($500,000), both not regular members of […]
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Ponting blames ICC for IPL revolution
Concerned over long-term effects of Indian Premier League’s money power, Australian captain Ricky Ponting has blamed the International Cricket Council for not acting in time to develop the Twenty20 format to its potential and trying to put lid on it.
Ponting said the luring private Twenty20 revolution in India was threatening to spoil the composition of […]
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IPL payments may split Australian dressing room
Cricket Australia (CA) has been warned the overflowing rivers of gold from the Indian Premier League - with Andrew Symonds collecting an astonishing $1.35 million - threaten to fracture the Australian dressing room, according to media reports here.
A highly placed Australian source confirmed Thursday night that noses were already out of joint over the huge […]
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I thought the price was a joke: David Hussey
Victorian cricketer David Hussey says he is both surprised and embarrassed by the staggering $675,000 purchase by Indian Premier League team Kolkata, reports Australian media.
Hussey, who clubbed the second-fastest one-day century in Australian domestic circuit Wednesday - a 60-ball innings against New South Wales at the SCG - said he initially thought the price was […]
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Yuvraj ’shocked’ at low price for Ponting
India’s middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh, an ‘icon’ player in the Indian Premier League or IPL, is said to have been shocked at the low price Australia’s skipper Ricky Ponting has commanded in the landmark auction.He said that his unavaibility in the first season could have been one of the reasons.
Yuvraj also said that the […]
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