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Entries for April, 2009

A Strong Batting Line-up for Kings XI Punjab in IPL Season 2

While the Kolkata Knight Riders have managed to rope in some big names in cricket like Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum, Punjab’s Kings XI haven’t been quite so fortunate. But nevertheless it will be foolish to consider them any less formidable than the former; as last year’s semi-finalists, the Kings XI are still a daunting [...]

Delhi HC restrains channels from using IPL cheergirl footage

The Delhi High Court restrained private television news channels ‘Aaj Tak’ and ‘Headlines Today’ from telecasting entertainment footage like cheer girls in action during the IPL matches starting on Saturday in South Africa.
The court in an interim order allowed the two channels to telecast three-and-a-half minute of deferred live visuals of a match but restrained [...]

Sehwag-Gambhir show set to sizzle

It is a nightmare that rattles the bowlers these days. For fans, they conjure visions of some exciting batsmanship in all forms of the game. The most destructive opening pair in today’s cricket leads Delhi Daredevils’ challenge as a domestic competition travels overseas.
Sehwag and Gambhir have often traversed successfully when the terrain has been [...]

McCullum replaces Ganguly as Kolkata captain

New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum will lead the Kolkata Knight Riders for the second season of the IPL, which begins on Saturday in South Africa. He has replaced former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who led Kolkata during the first season of the IPL.
The move has cleared some doubt regarding the multiple-captain theory proposed by [...]

IPL II insured for $286m, Dhoni highest among players

The second edition of Indian Premier League, beginning tomorrow here, has been insured for $286 million, more than double the amount $125
million spent last season, owing to terror threats.
Besides, the whopping sum for overall insurance for the tournament, India and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has attracted the highest individual insurance cover [...]

mig33 launches mobile fan clubs for IPL

US-based mobile community firm mig33 has partnered with five teams, including Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils to form mobile fan clubs for each of them to cash in on the IPL fever.
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Skipper Gayle leads Windies in IPL

West Indies captain Chris Gayle will head up the Caribbean swashbucklers at the second Indian Premier League tournament.
Gayle will hope to make up for his injury-hit season last year when he turns out for the Kolkata Knight Riders in South Africa, the venue for the competition after security threats saw it moved from India.
The 29-year-old [...]

Watson, Symonds, Lee all Aussies missing from IPL

With last year’s player of the tournament absent due to national commitments, and two others who’re among the highest-paid stars also missing, Australia’s contingent at the start of the second IPL season will be more notable for who’s not playing than those who make the trip to South Africa
There’ll still be retired spin bowling great [...]

Dhoni and Tendulkar lead starcast in opener

On last year’s form, Chennai Super Kings will be favoured to make a winning start to their IPL campaign on Saturday, but Mumbai Indians have a couple of key factors going in their favour which could well make all the difference. Sachin Tendulkar, who missed the first part of the tournament last year, is fit [...]

Cameras roll as IPL blasts off

The hype and hyperbole will end at Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday when the mass cast of players for “IPL II: Out of Africa” get down to cricket and try to provide the watching world with episodes of blockbuster physical – and not celluloid – entertainment.
Singing, dancing and beauty pageants will never be far [...]