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Indian news broadcasters lift IPL boycott

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:51:45 +0000

Indian news broadcasters will cover the IPL after all, with the IPL and the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) resolving the dispute regarding tournament footage

News channels end boycott following pact with IPL

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:13:26 +0000

News broadcasters Friday ended their boycott of the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after an agreement with the cash-rich Indian league authorities. “The news broadcasters end boycott of IPL coverage. Let the show begin,” editor-in-chief of IBN network Rajdeep Sardesai said on his Twitter account. The development came hours before the IPL was scheduled [...]

Who will win the IPL 2010 Season III championship?

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:01:12 +0000

IPL Season 3 unfolds today. It should be an interesting one. Who will win the IPL 2010 Season III championship?

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Kings XI Punjab sign on Rusty Theron

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:57:46 +0000

Rusty Theron, the South African fast bowler, has signed up with Kings XI Punjab for the third season of the IPL

Deccan, Kolkata miss overseas stars in opener

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:39:35 +0000

It's the first of 60 matches: The defending champions taking on wooden-spoon winners, after a flashy opening ceremony, amid high security at a stadium neither calls home

IPL Bangalore – Royal Challengers 2010

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:38:28 +0000

Royal Challengers Bangalore (also referred to as RCB) is the team representing the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, the inaugural Twenty20 cricket tournament to be held in India. The team is owned by the liquor magnate Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group. Brijesh Patel is the CEO of the team and Rahul Dravid, the captain of the team is the Icon Player. Ray Jennings, the former South African coach, is the coach of the team and Venkatesh Prasad is the bowling coach.

Batsmen
R Dravid
V Kohli
MK Pandey
LRPL Taylor
RV Uthappa
Eoin Morgan

Wicket Keepers
Mark Boucher
Shreevats Goswami

All Rounders
B Akhil
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
JH Kallis
KP Pietersen
RE van der Merwe
CL White
Steven Smith
S Sriram

Bowlers
A Kumble – Captain
KP Apanna
D du Preez
A Mithun
Praveen Kumar
DW Steyn
R Vinay Kumar

Coach & Support Staff
Ray Jennings
Brijesh Patel
Sanath Kumar
Evan Speechley
Ramesh Mane

IPL Jaipur – Rajasthan Royals 2010

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:36:40 +0000

Rajasthan Royals is a franchise cricket team that represents the state of Rajasthan in the IPL. The team is led and coached by Shane Warne. There was no Icon Player and brand ambassador for the team and it is the only IPL team to have a foreign captain and coach. The Rajasthan Royals franchise is owned by Emerging Media group and is Chaired by Manoj Badale. Other investors include Lachlan Murdoch, Sir. Aditya S Chellaram and Suresh Chellaram. The Group acquired the franchise for $67 million.

Batsmen
SA Asnodkar
GC Smith
DR Martyn
MJ Lumb
FY Fazal
AA Jhunjhunwala
AG Paunikar
SA Quadri
AS Raut

Wicket Keepers
Naman Ojha

All Rounders
AD Mascarenhas
YK Pathan
J Botha
S Narwal
SB Wagh

Bowlers
SK Warne – Captain
Kamran Khan
M Morkel
MM Patel
Amit Singh
SW Tait
SK Trivedi

Coach & Support Staff
Darren Berry
Jeremy Snape
John Gloster
Sushil Tulaskar
Derek Sedgmen
Monty Desai
Satish Samant
Saurabh Walkar
Reuben Niekerk

IPL Mumbai – Mumbai Indians 2010

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:35:35 +0000

Mumbai Indians is a cricket team in the Indian Premier League. The team is led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is also the Icon Player for the team. The team is coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former manager of the Indian Cricket Team and is owned by India’s biggest conglomerate, Reliance Industries. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) purchased the rights for the Mumbai franchise of Indian Premier league for a total of $111.9 million during the auction on January 24, 2008. The RIL bid has made the Mumbai Indians the most expensive franchise in IPL, and hence won the right to hold the semi-finals and the final in Mumbai.

Batsmen
SR Tendulkar – Captain
S Dhawan
J-P Duminy
AT Rayudu
SS Tiwary

All Rounders
DJ Bravo
ST Jayasuriya
R McLaren
GR Napier
AM Nayar
KA Pollard
I Malhotra
AG Murtaza
R Sathish
KS Sahabuddin

Wicket Keepers
C Madan
AP Tare

Bowlers
CRD Fernando
Zaheer Khan
DS Kulkarni
SL Malinga
Harbhajan Singh
R Shukla

Coach & Support Staff
Robin Singh
Pravin Amre
Shaun Pollock
Jonty Rhodes
Ramji Srinivasan
Dr. Nitin Patel
Donald Shugg

IPL Kolkata – Knight Riders 2010

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:34:56 +0000

Kolkata Knight Riders (also referred to as KKR) is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Sourav Ganguly, who is also the Icon Player for the team, and coached by John Buchanan. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are black and gold. Knight Riders is one of the franchise of the eight team taking part in the Indian Premier League. It was bought by Bollywood actor ShahRukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband, Jai Mehta.

Batsmen
BJ Hodge
CA Pujara
OA Shah
MK Tiwary
Harshad Khadiwale

Wicket Keepers
Brendon McCullum
Wriddhiman Saha

Bowlers
AB Agarkar
VR Aaron
AB Dinda
M Kartik
BAW Mendis
CK Langeveldt
I Sharma
Iqbal Abdulla

All Rounders
SC Ganguly – Captain
AD Mathews
G Vignesh
LR Shukla
Rohan Gavaskar
Harpreet Singh
Mandeep Singh

Coach & Support staff
Dav Whatmore
Wasim Akram
Andrew Leipus
Adrian Le Roux

IPL Mohali – Kings XI Punjab 2010

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:32:09 +0000

Kings XI Punjab is a cricket franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League. The team is led by Yuvraj Singh who is also the Icon Player. The team is coached by Tom Moody, the former Australian all rounder. The owners of the franchise include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise.

Batsmen
AB Barath
K Goel
DPMD Jayawardene
M Kaif
RS Bopara
SE Marsh
TM Srivastava
Yuvraj Singh

All Rounders
IK Pathan
JR Hopes
RS Sodhi
Bipul Sharma

Wicker Keepers
Kumar Sangakkara – Captain
MS Bisla

Bowlers
L Ablish
B Lee
PP Chawla
RR Powar
SJ Srivastava
S Sreesanth
VS Malik
YA Abdulla
Amanpreet Singh

Coach & Support Staff
Tom Moody
Patrick Farhart
Trevor Penney
Alan Campbell
Colonel S. K. Mehta
Bhupinder Singh
David O Nosworthy