Indian Premier League Cricket

The Champions League – after much deliberation about where it should be held – will after all be played in India. September 29 – Oct 9th will see the Champions sides from different countries locking horns at Mohali, Jaipur and Delhi. Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals will be the two Indians teams in the [...]

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Yes, the news is out. From 2011 you will have 3 more teams joining the present 8. The possible new teams will be from Pune, Vadodara or Ahmedabad, Lucknow or Kanpur. There has been clamour for more teams to join the fray and the BCCI buoyed by the unprecendented success of the IPL has decided [...]

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The IPL is a prime target for match fixing. Well, no crystal balls needed for that. Even your 14-year old nephew will be able to tell you that. Now, that the ICC has come out with a report about the dangers of IPL, match fixing and its effect on other forms of cricket.
IPL has seen [...]

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The huge money, the glamour and limited tournament time of IPL has many players salivating. They would gladly quit playing for their country if offered a chance to play in the IPL. A whopping 50 percent of the players polled some time ago said that they would rather play the IPL than for their own [...]

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Md. Asif can not expect any help from the PCB this time around. Asif has been bailed out on more than one occassion on drug charges. He and Shoaib Akhtar were first banned a few years ago and came out of it with the PCB backing. Again last month Asif was detained in Dubain for [...]

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During the IPL – the players were routinely tested for drugs and doping. One of the results came positive. It has now been revealed that MD. Asif might be the player who has tested postive. Asif was in fact in custody in Dubai for several weeks because he was in possession of a banned drugs. [...]

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Players voluntarily dropping out of national sides is unheard of. Atleast in India. Most Indian players will be outraged, disappointed, angry, sad if they were not selected for national side. Even if they were not playing well, even if they had fitness issues, even if they had to have some much needed rest. Several players, [...]

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The IPL Season coincides with the Sri Lankan Tour of England next year. Guess what? The Sri Lankan players in the IPL are up in revolt. They don’t want to miss the IPL for the English tour. Any guess who is going to win this round. Let’s see…

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Dhoni is tired of non-stop cricket for the past year or so. He has opted himself out of the team touring Sri Lanka for some much needed rest. Gary Kirsten, the coach of the Indian team agrees with the captain’s assessment.

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Dhoni has hinted at pulling out of the next month’s Sri Lanka Tour. He has playing non-stop cricket for last year or more and he hasn’t had any breaks. Almost non-stop cricket has tired him out and he wishes to pull out of Sri Lanka tour. This decision has to be conveyed to the Board [...]

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