After IPL- 2 was shifted out of India to South Africa because of security concerns, the new schedule of the cricket extravaganza has been released by the organizers. As per the new schedule, IPL 2009 will kick off at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on April 18. The summit clash of the event will ...

IPL (Indian Premier League) has signed a new nine-year agreement with Multi Screen Media (MSM, formerly Sony) and World Sport Group (WSG), declaring the two as the Official Broadcast Partners of the Indian Premier League, up to 2017. The deal was closed at a whopping sum of Rs. 8,200 crore. With ...

South Africa was on Tuesday (24th March) named as the host for the second edition of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.  Earlier, BCCI announced shifting the event out of India because of government's inability to provide adequate security cover. IPL commissioner Lalit ...

After Kevin Pietersen replaced Rahul Dravid as the captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers, it is the turn of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to get a new skipper. Some media reported that, New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum may replace the present incumbent Sourav Ganguly. Sources say that, ...

Former England skipper and star-batsman Kevin Pietersen has been named as captain of Vijay Mallya's Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The right-handed batsman will replace Indian Rahul Dravid, who captained RCB in last year's tournament. In the recent auction in ...

Putting down the curtain of suspense revolving IPL 2, BCCI president Shashank Manohar announced on Sunday (22nd March) that the T20 event will be held outside India. He held the state governments responsible for the decision to shift IPL overseas. The BCCI took the decision in an emergency meeting ...

IPL season two seems to be jinxed. While the news of the season being possibly cut short is still rife, there is yet another bad news - fast bowler S Sreesanth's injury. The player has had a stress-fracture in his lower back and will surely miss Indian Premier League's (IPL) season two, scheduled ...

New Delhi, Jaipur and Visakhapatanam have been dropped as venues in the latest schedule of the T20 Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament. After recent modifications in the previously declared schedule, the second edition of IPL is awaiting the green signal from the Home Ministry. The revised ...

The Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 tournament is facing a new trouble over telecast rights. Broadcast partner Sony Entertainment Television India, which is now known as Multi Screen Media, has moved to the court to protect its telecast rights. In its appeal filed in the Bombay High court, Sony ...

On Friday (13th March), the Indian Premier League T20 tournament was dealt a severe blow when the Ministry of Home Affairs rejected the tournament’s revised schedule. Clarifying the reasons, the Home Ministry said most states, where IPL matches are scheduled to be held, had security ...

Lalit Modi IPL Chairman today announced that two new venues — Ahmedabad and Vishakhapatnam — have been added to the eight cities which hosted IPL matches last year. There are chances that Dharamshala might also stage some games. The IPL -2 tournament will be played ...

The company responsible for the safety of the South African cricketers told the media that, players would not be allowed to go to India to play in the Indian Primer League T20 matches, if the security conditions there are deemed insufficient. Robert Nicholls, director of Nicholls, Steyn and ...

The chief of cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), Lalit Modi on Friday (March 6) announced that the tournament will be held in India but with a revised schedule. Earlier there were speculations that IPL might be moved to some other country due to security concerns especially after the attack on ...

This year's Indian Premier League twenty20 cricket tournament will kick start with the encounter between defending champion Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils on April 10. The opening match will take place in Jaipur, which is also the home venue for the Royals. The semi-finals of this year's IPL ...

A sessions court in Mumbai on Tuesday (February 24) granted anticipatory bail to Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi in a cheating case. Earlier a Jaipur-based social organisation Nagrik Morcha had filed a complaint of fund misappropriation against Modi. The organisation alleged that Modi, ...

After Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and David Hussey, now its Andrew Flintoff's turn to pull out from the second season of Indian Premiere League (IPL). According to reports, the England Cricket Board has indicated that Flintoff may not be allowed to participate in the IPL due to fitness ...

The skipper of Australian cricket team, Ricky Ponting has kept his national duty ahead and declared that he will not participate in this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) commencing in April. Ponting said that service to his nation comes first and he will not use the two-week break to play in ...

The Indian Premier League (IPL) drugs tribunal banned Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif for one year for failing a dope test during the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 tournament last year. The IPL drugs tribunal chaired by legal expert Shirish Gupte found Asif guilty of violating the ...

England's star batsman Kevin Pietersen is likely to be made the captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers for the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). During last year's IPL T20 tournament, Royal Challengers ranked second from bottom under the leadership of Rahul Dravid. In order to ...

To pull huge number of crowd, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty will bring out a promotional video next month for her team, the Rajasthan Royals. Recently Shilpa along with her boyfriend Raj Kundra has bought 12 per cent stakes in the defending Indian Premier League champion ...

England's all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and his team mate Kevin Pietersen set a new record in Indian Premier League (IPL) auction by becoming the most expensive players of the tournament.  Flintoff and Pietersen were bought by Chennai Super Kings and Bangalore Royal Challengers, respectively at ...

The vice-captain of Australian cricket team, Michael Clarke on Thursday (February 5) announced that he will not be able to participate in the forth-coming Indian Premier League (IPL) due to busy international schedule. Michael Clarke's decision of pulling out from IPL came a day before the ...

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her business partner Raj Kundra have acquired 12 percent stake in Rajasthan Royals team, last year's IPL champion. While interacting with the media Shilpa Shetty said that the acquisition is a strategic business investment. According to reports, Shilpa Shetty and ...

The foreign ministry of Pakistan has restricted the Pakistani cricket players from participating in the second season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). It is worth mentioning that just a couple of days ago Pakistan's sports ministry has approved the cricketers' participation in IPL. The Pakistani ...

Sachin Tendulkar-led IPL team Mumbai Indians has exchanged Robin Uthappa with left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan at no cost. Zaheer Khan who used to represent Bangalore's Royal Challengers will now play for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket championship.
 
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to remove Clive Lloyd, the West Indian legend, from his post as chairman of the ICC's Cricket Committee following his remarks that “Indian Premier League and the Indian Cricket League could ...

Champions League Twenty20 sponsor NRI industrialist Vikas Rambal is to buy IPL side Deccan Charger. Perth-based Vikas Rambal who is chairing the North West Chemicals and Fertilizers firm has become a tycoon in cricket business after sponsoring cricket matches. Last year he signed a three-year ...

The Indian Premier League, which has always been related to sensational stories, is in the headlines again. This time, IPL has been rocked by scandal, in which one of the players has turned out to be positive in the doping test. The identity of the player has not been been revealed. The sample was ...

If you saw the final match of the Indian Premier League between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings on Sunday 1 June, you weren’t alone. This is because echoing your cheers and groans there were millions of other cricket fans involved in the same act in their homes, offices, pubs, ...

The presence of the charismatic Salman Khan at Mumbai’s DY Patil Sports Stadium during the closing ceremony of the IPL final match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings on Sunday, June 1, quite made up for the absence of the King of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan from the scene. Infact, ...