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.