India’s cricket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, believes the Indian Premier League has helped his players find form ahead of their World Twenty20 title defence.
India won the inaugural World Twenty20 two years ago in South Africa and Dhoni thinks his side, helped by their IPL experience, have a great chance of repeating that success.
He said: “Here [...]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is looking forward to uniting all the talents at his disposal during the World Twenty20 in England after competing against his team-mates in the Indian Premier League.
India are the defending World Twenty20 champions after winning the inaugural edition in South Africa two years ago.
Since then the IPL, a lucrative franchise [...]
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 [...]
South Africa is pulling out all the stops as it prepares to host cricket’s Indian Premier League in Cape Town.
Given that the IPL’s opening ceremony is just four days before the South African national elections, it is no wonder that cricket and political posters are vying for the top spot in outdoor advertising.
Along [...]
CRICKET Australia has forbidden Shaun Tait from playing in the Indian Premier League, meaning the South Australian quick will forfeit his $500,000 pay cheque from the Rajasthan Royals.
With a watchful eye on its growing ranks of walking wounded fast bowlers, CA has refused to release Tait because, it says, he is yet to recover from [...]
The Indian Premier League may bring unforseen riches to the world’s top cricketers, but not everyone has fallen for the lure of the lucre.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting and senior pro Michael Hussey opted out of the IPL’s second season starting in South Africa on Saturday to rest tired limbs after a back-breaking schedule.
Having played non-stop [...]
International Cricket Council lacks ‘common sense’, otherwise it would have created a separate window for the Indian Premier League, said spin legend Shane Warne.
A vociferous advocate of a separate window for the Twenty20 event, Warne said no international matches should have been scheduled for the month of April to allow all players compete in the [...]
In a place where Bollywood is the buzzword, where superstars like Shilpa Shetty, Preita Zinta and Shah Rukh Khan are the attractions, it’s ironic that the man nicknamed “Hollywood” is the main drawcard.
He may have retired two years ago, but Australian legend Shane Warne is the biggest star of the Indian Premier League. The fact [...]
Kamran Khan, the 18-year old Rajasthan Royals rookie left-arm seamer who has shot into prominence after taking a wicket off a yorker in an IPL warm-up game against the Cape Cobras over the weekend, has expressed his happiness at receiving a US$24,000 contract with the franchise but wished he had received the money sooner as [...]
