The South African advertising industry has hailed the success of Indian Premier League’s (IPL) ad campaigns, which were conceptualised in just two weeks.
The IPL, which clashed with the general elections in India, was shifted to South Africa in just four week’s time.
According to John Davenport, creative head of the advertising agency Ireland Davenport, the biggest [...]
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 [...]
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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A businessman who checked in at the Port Elizabeth beachfront hotel on Tuesday (14/4) evening got the shock of his life when he discovered a stash of ZAR450,000 in cash in his safe.
Altech Autopage Cellular boss Stephen Blewett, thought he was in the midst of a mafia movie gone horribly wrong – especially since [...]
It was really exciting to see these young guns create ripples with their performances, which in many cases was match winning.
Last year’s IPL gave us some magnificent players like Ravindra Jadeja (Rajasthan Royals) and Rohit Sharma. Rohit is the part of Deccan Chargers and made 404 runs at 36.73 including four half centuries.
His [...]
Sri Lankan cricketers will be wary, changed men when they line-up at the IPL, their first foreign assignment since they were caught up in the bloodbath of Lahore.
On March 3, gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan team bus en route for the third day of the second Test against Pakistan in the city.
Eight Pakistanis died; seven [...]
Soft drink major PepsiCo today said its newly-launched drink Nimbooz has become the official beverage sponsor of the IPL franchisee team Kings XI Punjab.
The IPL tournament will be held in South Africa from 18 April.
“We are thrilled to announce the association of Nimbooz with the Kings XI in IPL’ 09. Nimbooz is proud to associate [...]
