IPL relaxes media restrictions
The standoff between the Indian Premier League and the media over controversial guidelines to cover the inaugural tournament looks set to ease as the IPL governing body has issued relaxed guidelines for media to cover the Twenty20 extravaganza.
The IPL has toned down some of its earlier restrictions, especially benefiting the print media and their respective […]
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Dimitri Mascarenhas can be a big hit in the IPL
Rod Bransgrove, the Hampshire chairman, believes that the domestic Twenty20 game must be “sexed up” to match the rise of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after Dimitri Mascarenhas became the first England player to sign up for the competition yesterday.
Mascarenhas, 30, the leading performer in the 20-over internationals in New Zealand last month, became available […]
DLF win IPL title sponsorship rights
India’s leading real estate developer DLF Ltd has bagged the title sponsorship rights for the Indian Premier League extravaganza that is set to kick-off on April 18.
A statement from the IPL on Wednesday said the rights for title sponsorship were won by DLF “through a fair and transparent open bid process with a highest bid […]
Tax on Indian Premier League Twenty20 stars
Treasurer Wayne Swan has emerged as the lucky 12th man following the Indian Premier League Twenty20 auction. He will pick up nearly half of the combined total bid for the Aussie cricketers in the IPL frenzy that saw Andrew Symonds attract a whopping winning bid of $1.47 million.
As the Aussie players celebrate their massive […]
IPL will have worldwide impact: Warne
Spin wizard Shane Warne, who will captain Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL), feels the cash-rich Twenty20 extravaganza will be a huge boost for cricket.
“It is not a case of putting the Indian Premier League before my county. Yes, I am excited about coaching and captaining the Rajasthan Royals and I believe that […]
Lee sees auction as pivotal moment
When Brett Lee looks back at the Indian Premier League auction in 10 years he will judge it as a “massive landmark” that changed the game.Lee was picked up by the Mohali franchise for US$900,000 during the bidding and is looking forward to “having a bit of fun” whenever he has a chance to appear […]
Dhoni fetches $1.5m at Indian Premier League auction
India one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni went for a huge 1.5 million dollars on Wednesday as some of the world’s best players were auctioned off for the Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL).Chennai paid nearly four times the wicketkeeper-batsman’s base price of 400,000 dollars in the opening round of the novel sell-off, held before the lucrative […]
Hero Honda joins IPL as co-sponsor
Hero Honda Motors today signed on as co-sponsor for the Indian Premier League (IPL) scheduled to start from April 16, 2008.
Hero Honda has become the first co-sponsor to come on board.
Real estate major DLF has the title sponsorship rights for IPL for an amount of Rs 200 crore across five years (Rs 40 crore annually).
Pawan […]
IPL: Under-19 captain Virat Kohli goes to Bangalore
The Under-19 World Cup winning captain, Virat Kohli, has been bought by Bangalore, as a number of members of the Indian youth team that won the title in Malaysia went under the hammer in the second round of Indian Premier League auction here Tuesday.
Other Under-19 players who were picked by various franchises included left-arm seamer […]