India in Sri Lanka 2008, First Test, Highlights
Posted July 25th, 2008 by Nanda 1 Comment »
IPL - Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers
Posted May 4th, 2008 by Nanda 1 Comment »
Spectacular batting from young gun Rohit Sharma went in vain as the visitors chased 164 easily. A 7 wicket win ensured the winning streak continued for Yuvraj Singh. Deccan find themselves at the bottom of the table with just 1 win. Marsh and Jayawardene batted superbly for the Kings XI. VVS Laxman seems to have found some form for the Deccan Chargers.
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IPL - Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab
Posted May 3rd, 2008 by Nanda No Comments »
Spectacular batting from young gun Rohit Sharma went in vain as the visitors chased 164 easily. A 7 wicket win ensured the winning streak continued for Yuvraj Singh. Deccan find themselves at the bottom of the table with just 1 win. Marsh and Jayawardene batted superbly for the Kings XI. VVS Laxman seems to have found some form for the Deccan Chargers.
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IPL vs ICL - Take 5
Posted December 14th, 2007 by Nanda No Comments »
In recent news, BCCI has made advance payments to a host of international players who are signed up to play in next year’s Indian Premier League. It has been reported on Cricinfo.com that Shane Warne is the highest paid of all with $400,000 as his sign-on fee. Glenn McGrath and Stephen Fleming were the second highest paid stars getting $350,000 each. The following is a list of all the players who have received their contracts so far:
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IPL vs ICL, Take 3
Posted October 19th, 2007 by Nanda 1 Comment »
More big names join IPL, the official league of the BCCI. The list now includes the following star players:
- Shaun Pollock - South Africa
- Jacob Oram - New Zealand
- Shoaib Akhtar - Pakistan
- Shane Warne - Australia
- Glenn McGrath - Australia
- Daniel Vettori - New Zealand
- Stephen Fleming - New Zealand
- Mahela Jayawardene - Sri Lanka
- Sanath Jayasuriya - Sri Lanka
- Graeme Smith - South Africa
- Mohammad Yousuf - Pakistan
- Brendan McCullum - New Zealand
- Shoaib Malik - Pakistan
- Younis Khan - Pakistan
- Mohammad Asif - Pakistan
The IPL boasts prize money of some $3 million and was created by the Indian cricket board to counter an unofficial version - the Indian Cricket League (ICL) - planned from next month.
The first edition of the IPL will feature eight franchise teams, with plans to extend that to 16 by 2010.
Each franchise will have a squad of 16 players to be comprised of local players, juniors, members of the Indian national squad and overseas professionals.
More pressure now on the ICL to compete with the IPL as a lot of big names have started to snub it off. But this was always going to happen. The ICL management should have worked with the BCCI rather than go against it. With the financial muscle behind the Indian board, the ICL will not have a long life, unfortunately.
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