Archive for March, 2008

IPL matches to be played at Lord's!

Marylebone Cricket Club and Surrey are mulling over a proposal by Indian premeir League organisers to hold exhibition matches involving IPL franchise teams at the Lord’s and Brit Oval this season, a media report claimed on Saturday.
The report said that MCC and Surrey have been approached by IPL organisers and the two clubs have not [...]

$24,850 for IPL player of the tournament

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri will choose the ‘Player of the DLF IPL Twenty20 championship’. DLF will present a trophy and cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs ($24,850) to the winner.
Sunil Gavaskar said the IPL would be hugely beneficial for the entire cricketing fraternity in the long run. “Choosing a Man [...]

IPL Teams – Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings is the Chennai franchise for the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the highest-paid IPL Player, and coached by Kepler Wessels. There is no Icon Player for the team.
Chennai Super Kings are a part of the eight club Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by [...]

IPL Teams – Bangalore Royal Challengers

Bangalore Royal Challengers is the team that is going to represent the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, the inaugural Twenty20 cricket tournament to be held in India. The team is owned by the liquor magnate Vijay Mallya, the chairman of UB Group. Charu Sharma is the CEO of the team and Rahul [...]

IPL Teams – Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians will be representative of the city of Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sachin Tendulkar, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former Manager of the Indian Cricket Team.
Reliance Industries Limited through its subsidiary Reliance Retail Ltd purchased the rights for [...]

Sri Lanka asks Pakistan to make way for Indian Premeir League

Sri Lanka have asked Pakistan to re-schedule a proposed one-day international series in order to allow their players to take part in the Indian premeir League (IPL), a top official said here Monday. Chief executive of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Duleep Mendis said the team would tour Pakistan only if the dates did not clash [...]

Kingfisher Airlines is Umpire Partner of the DLF Indian Premeir League

As per the agreement, Kingfisher Airlines will receive branding on the Umpires’ Uniform including their shirts and hats during the DLF IPL, along with several other activation opportunities around the property.  
The DLF Indian premeir League announced that Kingfisher Airlines has bagged the rights to being the Official Umpire Partner for the league and will also [...]