Archive for October, 2007

Ponting, Gilchrist, Lee, Symonds to set afire opening season of IPL

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Mumbai : The cream of Australian cricketing talent, led by captain Ricky Ponting and vice captain Adam Gilchrist, together with eleven other Aussies and Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi and Loots Bosman of South Africa have signed on to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL), which kicks off in April ...

Jason Gillespie joins Indian Premier league of BCCI

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Melbourne, Oct 27 : Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie is the latest entrant to join the Indian Premier league (IPL), the professional Twenty20 league venture of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Gillespie is one of the Cricket Australia's 25 contracted players, and said he was excited by ...

Rival cricket leagues do battle in India

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

NEW DELHI - India’s new-found fascination for Twenty20 cricket has turned into a tug-of-war as money, power and court battles overshadow the country’s most popular sport. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is determined to be the sole crusader of the lucrative crowd-pulling Twenty20 format in cricket-mad ...

Three Pakistan players join Indian board’s new league

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik and team mates Younis Khan and Mohammad Asif have signed up for the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL), organisers said on Thursday. New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum has also joined, taking to 29 the number of foreign players who have committed to the lucrative ...

Pakistan Skipper Shoaib Malik Joins Indian Premier League

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik along with fellow batsman Younus Khan and fast bowler Mohammad Asif have joined the official Indian Premier League (IPL). New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum is also the IPL's latest signing. "Malik, Khan, Asif and McCullum signed up with the IPL, taking the number of international cricketers to 29," ...

Indian Premier League snaps up top pair

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

The Indian Premier League has secured the services of South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock and Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar. The Twenty20 format league, which is due to get underway in April, was set up by the India Cricket Board to counter the rebel Indian Cricket League that is to feature West ...

McCullum joins Twenty20

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Brendon McCullum has joined a growing number of New Zealand test cricketers signing up to play in the Indian Premeir League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament. The Black Caps wicketkeeper was unveiled among the latest signings for the International Cricket Council (ICC) competition - establishment's answer to the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) ...

No request from PCB for T20 tie: BCCI

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

The BCCI on Wednesday declined that it has received any request from the Pakistan Cricket Board to accommodate a one-off Twenty20 international during the series against the arch-rivals starting next month. "Where's the question? We have not received any request from the PCB on the issue," BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said. News ...

Shoaib Akhtar, Pollock, Oram join IPL: BCCI

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Controversial Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, South African pacer Shaun Pollock and New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram have joined the $3 million Indian Premier League (IPL), taking the total number of players who have signed for April's first edition to 25. 'To have 'Rawalpindi Express' (Akhtar) play for an India club ...

IPL is becoming a worry for ICL: Pranab

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

While cricket enthusiasts in the country are closely following the ongoing recruitment war between the Indian Premeir League (IPL) and the Indian Cricket League (ICL), the latter’s coach Pranab Roy reckons that the BCCI’s counter-initiative is starting to give ICL a few worries. After the Zee-backed rebel project was launched ...