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Astle not sure about availability of players for IPL

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

MUMBAI: Former New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle on Monday sounded skeptical on whether the BCCI-backed Indian Premier League will succeed in bringing top foreign players due to the packed international calendar.     "IPL (floated by the Indian Cricket Board), Indian Cricket League (of which Astle is a part of) and the Stanford ...

Three S.African cricketers join new Indian league

Monday, November 12th, 2007

MUMBAI - West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, batsman Chris Gayle and three South African cricketers have signed up for the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL), organisers said on Wednesday. The South African trio who have joined the Twenty20 league which is due to start next April are all rounder Jacques Kallis, ...

Gayle, Kallis among top IPL recruits

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

South Africa's Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Makhaya Ntini were among the five foreign players who on Wednesday signed for the $3 million Indian Premier League (IPL), the Indian cricket board announced. West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan and his teammate and ace opener Chris Gayle were the other two who have ...

Actor Crowe set to buy Indian Premier League franchise

Monday, November 5th, 2007

SYDNEY • Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe and friend Peter Holmes are all set to buy a franchise in the newly launched Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket event, a report said here yesterday. Crowe and Holmes, who own the South Rugby League Club, may well hire players like Australian captain ...

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 ...

Warne opts for less salary at IPL

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Sunday, 16 September , 2007, 19:07    Melbourne: Legendary Shane Warne has signed with the Indian Premier League, for "significantly less" amount than what was reportedly offered to him by the rebel ICL, media reports said today. Warne has inked the deal for less than USD 600,000, the minimum figure reportedly offered by ...