IPL News (19th March 2009)

• AP says no to IPL: Andhra Pradesh government has not given clearance to IPL2. It's formal that iPL wil not be held in Andhra Pradesh.

• Jaipur not in IPL's revised schedule: Jaipur is not included in IPL's schedule submitted to the Home Ministry. So, as per the schedule, no matches are to be played in Rajasthan.

• Rajasthan Government Hits at Modi: Home minister of Rajasthan has hit out at IPL chairman lalit Modi saying that the Rajasthan givernment was never consulted. He went to add on that Modi had cheated the people of Rajasthan.

• Modi rubbishes allegations: Lalit Modi has rubbished allegations by Rajasthan Home minister calling them baseless and rubbish.

• IPL CEO says- Jaipur's exclusion inevitable: CEO of Indian PremierLeague, Mr. Sundara Raman said that for the schedule to satisfy all the criteria, the exlcusion of Jaipur from IPL2 was inevitable. He also said that the revised schedule has been submitted to the home ministry. He expessed hope that this schedule will be cleared.
  

• Karnataka clears IPL: Police commissioner, Bangaore has approved all the security arrangements for IPL. So, IPL will be held in Bangalore.

• Mallya confident about IPL2: Bangalore Royal Challengers team owner Vijay Mallya said that he was confident about IPL season 2 hapening.

• Delhi police expresses security concerns: Delhi police, yesterday voiced its concerns over IPL being held in Delhi. It said that security cover cannot be given for the elections and IPL at the same time.
  

IPL News (6th March 2009)

• India safe: Home minister Mr. P Chidambaram said that India is a safe venue for cricket matches.

• Matches to be played in Rajsthan are most likely to be shifted to a different date.

• Decision on IPL match rescheduling is likely next week.

• Rescheduling unavoidable: Home minister PChidambaram said that rescheduling of IPL matches is inevitable because of the security concerns because of the elections overlapping.

• IPL, a domestic affair: IPL chairman Lalit Modi has rubbished reports and speculations of a possibility of IPL matches being held outside India. He asserted that IPL is an Indian tournament and a domestic affair and will only be played in India.

• Possible Lashkar link to attack: There is a possible link of terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba in the attcck on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore near Gaddafi stadium. Reports in Pakistan are ruling out possibilities of involvement of Sri Lanka based LTTE and RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) of Indian intelligence.

• IPL duration the same: IPL supremo Lalit Modi has confirmed that theh duration of the second edition of IPL will be the same as was decided before. Only dates for some matches will be changed.

• No matches during counting day: Lalit Modi told that there would be no matches during the day on which votes will be counted. He said that whilst there can be matches during the election time during non-voting days, counting will be on nationwide. Thus the decision.

• Grateful to government: Modi said that he is grateful to government and home minister P Chidambaram for assuring security for IPL matches. He also ruled out the postponment of IPL tournament and said that there will be only some rescheduling.
  

IPL News (29th April 2009)

• RCB beat KKR: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight riders in a challenging clash of the underdogs of IPL. The opening partnership between Shrevats Giswami and Jaques Kallis made the foundation for RCB to chase a modest target of 139.
  

• Gony expresses confidence of winning: Chennai Super Kings bowler Manpreet Gony has said that his team's all round good performance this year will definitely win his team the title in IPL2. Last year they missed it by a whisker when they were knocked out in the semis.

• IPL gave boost to my career: Amit Mishra, the Delhi sensation believes that IPL has given him the necessary boost to his cricketing career as a leg spinner. He could find a prominent place in the Indian test team after the retirement of Anil Kumble and he made his presence felt clearly.

• Ganguly does not miss captaincy: Yeah ! Thats right. He is satisfied with his earliler captaincy assignments. And why not; the KKR are performing really badly under the current skipper, Brendon McCullum.

• Age not a factor in IPL: Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar has said that IPL is not a purely youngster's game. It is a cricketers game. Age is not a bar here. He has gone further to say that those who consider IPL as young man's game know nothing about cricket. The recent performances of Sanath Jayasurya, Shane Warne and Sachin himself stands testimony to the little master's ststements.

• Former cricketers want Ganguly as captain: Former cricketers have said that Ganguly should be revoked as captain of the ever struggling Kolkata Knight Riders as the present captain, Brendon McCullum is struglling to lead the team and make a mark. The formers feel that Ganguly has the ability to take the pressure off KKR and bring them the all needed respite from the current turmoil.

• "Fake" IPL blog makes KKR go frenzy: And the turmoil for the KKR has not ended with defeats, hick-ups and break-ups. The all new Fake IPL Player Blog is all the buzz in the internet and the blogging community. Blogging has rendered so much power to the user that he can express whatever he wants to. With "Bhookha Naans" and "Dildos", this blog receives thousands of visitors everyday and comments ranging from 100-1500.

IPL News (16th March 2009).

• Get state nod: Home ministry earlier this day made its stand tougher by asking IPL to consult the individual state governments before conducting IPL season 2. A postponement would be very disadvantageous for IPL as the next available dates for playing are the same period next year with this year having a crammed schedule.

• Sony pulls up IPL: Sony TV has filed suit against IPL to put a stay on IPL's aproaches to any other broadcasting house. Earlier IPL was looking for better and prospective oprions in this regard.

IPL News (20th February 2009)

• Ponting quits IPL: Ricky Ponting, the member of the Kolkata Knight Riders team has decided to pull out from the Indian Premier League. He said that his hectic schedule is the reason behind this.
  
  
• Relief for Modi: Supreme Court today, gave the green signal for Rajasthan Cricket Assembly elections. This gives some relief to IPL supremo Lalit Modi. Earlier there was a allegations against Modi that the donation announced by IPL for the cause of the victims of Jaipur blasts did not reach the concerned. The judgement will allow Modai himself to contest in the elections. The elections are scheduled to be held from March 1st.
  

• "No issue with the sponsours": Lalit Modi has denied of any pull-out by any of the sponsours of the second edition of IPL. He further said that the issues between BIg TV, MSM and Airtel will be sorted out.

• Foreign players' pulling out wont affect: This is what Lalit Modi said on the recent pulling out of foreign players liike Ponting - "The pulling out of one or two players will not affect the IPL which is much bigger. The players are also chosen by the teams based on their FTP (Future Tours Programme of the International Cricket Council) commitments, The IPL is structured around the FTP. It's designed in such a way that even while teams have a maximum of ten foreign players only four can play a time,"

IPL News (6th April 2009).

• Strategy break in IPL2: IPL season 2 might have a strategy break after every 10 overs apart from all usual breaks.

• Pakistani players may sue IPL: 5 Pakistani players may sue IPL. Because of India-Pakistan dispute, the did not get a chance to play in the IPL. Now that it will be held outside India in South Africa, they are demanding their incusion into IPL or a payout against the same.

IPL News (25th March 2009).

• IPL2 in SA: It's final. South Africa has been chosen to host the IPL Season 2. According to IPL chairman Lalit Modi, it is the conducive weather conditions in South Africa as compared to that of England during April-May that has led him to make such a decision. The tournament will begin on 18th April 2009.
  

• IPL destinations: These are six: Durban, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pretoria, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.There are opinions expressed by some that the team named after Indian cities would not be very popular in a foreign country and none of these teams will get the feel of playing in their home destination.

• Ganguly sidelined or dethroned? Problemaic challenges never seem to end for Kolkata Knght Riders captain Sourav Ganguly as he has been virtually dethroned from that post. The decision was taken by coach John Buchanan. In their joint press conference, Ganguly expressed his contention over the move. Buchanan proposed a model of multiple captaincy wherein there will not be one captain in particular for the team. Instead there will be many captains for a single match. Buchanan explained his stand by highlighting that the move was not to sideline Ganguly, but was to enable him to concentrate on batting when he is batting and fielding or bowling when he is doing the same. Names of New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum, West Indies captain Chris Gayle and Australian Brad Hodge are doing the rounds for the captain's role.

• Sony, WSG get IPL broadcasting rights: Multi Screen Media (MSM), formerly Sony Entertainment Television, and World Sports Group have been signed as the official broadcast partners for the DLF Indian Premier League in a fresh nine-year deal running through to 2017.

IPL News (9th April 2009).

• Lee and Symonds to miss IPL2: Australian pacers Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds will miss multi-billion dollar Indian Premier League because they will be playing for their national team against Pakistan in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. They are expected to lose at least around 50% of the money that they would have earned from IPL had they played there.

• IPL moves of multiplexes too ? There is all probability of this hapening as the stalemate between bollywood film producers and film theates and multiplexes over this issue is far from ending. Only the final big matches may be shown.
  

IPL News (Earlier).

• Mohammad Asif is banned for 1 year from IPL with effect from September when he was found guilty of consuming drugs during the last edition of IPL.

IPL News (12th March 09)

Blow to IPL schedule: Andhra Pradesh police says that it is not possible to hold IPL matches during polling days as the police forces would be needed for providing security for the elections. The same has been expressed by Andhra Pradesh government to home minister Mr. P Chidambaram.

IPL News (23rd March 2009)

• IPL shifted out: In what is called a very big blow to Indian fans, IPL2 will be held outside India because of problems in scheduling matches because of elections. Now Indian fans will have to travel outside India to watch a tournament which is known to be purely domestic purely Indian. There is also an opinion that this may affect India's image as a safe sports venue.

• BCCI-Guv blame game: The blame game between the BCCI and government has started with Home minister P Chidambaram lashing out at BCCI for deciding to hold IPL2 outside India. BCCI has put the blame on government for the same. It is not only these two between whom there is such a tiff, even the politics on this issue has started with the ruling an opposition parties engaging in similar blame game.

• Home minister reiterates stand: Home minister Mr. P Chidambaram has reiterated his stand on security that India is any day a safe destination for sporting activities.

• Eng, SA possibles: England and South Africa are the possible next venue-head for the troubled tournament series. England seems to be a hot favorite as of now. Lalit Modi is yet to receive proposals from both the cricket boards.
  

Other cricket news (9th April 2009).

• India creates history yet again: India created history as it defeated New Zealand in their own land in the test series by 1-0. It is believed that the right combination of experienced and the youth that is the factor that helped India apart from good captaincy and good team-effort. This is after 41 years that India is winning a test series against Kiwis in Kiwiland.

• Heroes return to heroes welcome: The Indian cricket team returned home to a heroes welcome after a successful one-day and test series against New Zealand.

• Team leaves to SA for IPL2: The Indian team doesn't have much sort of breather after their superb win in Kiwiland. Its now time to head for SA for IPL.