IPL Kolkata: Jagmohan Dalmiya Throws A Spanner In The Works

The tussle that began inoccently enough with an email by the Cricket Association of Bengal(CAB) Chairman to Lalit Modi raising the issue of the 80:20 ratio for ticket allocation between Red Chillies Entertainment the owner of the Kolkata IPL franchise and CAB has been steadily snowballing. The associates and partners and other affiliates who used [...]

IPL Teams With The Players And Signing Amounts.

I guess I am repeating myself here. But I just thought having it all in one place will help people to refer to these pages when they need find which player is playing for a particular team. Also, a lot of things like team names, coaches, logos are yet to be decided for the majority of the [...]

IPL Chennai : Logo The Roaring Lion

IPL: Rs.160 cr ad spend planned

A huge campaign to popularize IPL in the country is being planned. Across the country starting next month television channels, newspapers and the Internet will become the target of ads by both the IPL and the franchisees.  The focus will on regional channels and newspapers as they want local loyalty for the local cities. Hold [...]

IPL News : No mood to give up on IPL

The losers of the IPL Franchisees bids are now trying other ways to get on the IPL bandwagon. Some want to use the co-sponsorship route others are in talks with the franchisees themselves to get sponsorship rights. Others are trying to sign up the players as brand ambassdors.

IPL Kolkata: Saurav Ganguly

Saurav Ganguly, will be the captain of yet to be named IPL Kolkata Team. The team owned by Red Chillies Entertainment of Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla will have some colorful characters like Ishant Sharma, Ricky Ponting and Sohaib Akhthar.
Saurav Ganguly was one of most successful captains in Indian cricket and lead his side with [...]

IPL: Michael Johnson Lost $500,000?

By deciding to stay out of the IPL the fast bowler from Australia has lost an estimated $500,000 according to reports.
Johnson with his fast bowling skills could have easily gone for lot more than that has his skills would have been sought after by the franchisees. Bret Lee was instance went for $900,000. Ishant Sharma [...]

IPL: Michael Clarke Puts Ill Father Before IPL

Michael Clarke will one of the few high-profile Aussies not playing in the IPL. The reason – his father who is battling Cancer. Clarke would like spend time with his ill father as he is recovering from chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Clarke has said he might take part in the future editions of the tournament [...]

IPL: Hero Honda Joins IPL As Co-Sponsor

Hero Honda jumped on the IPL bandwagon becoming the co-sponsor for the event. Hero Honda is the largest manufacturer of two-wheelers in the world for the past 7 years and always had a strong association with Indian Cricket.
After, the successful IPL auction that saw over 35 million dollars being spent to acquire players this is [...]

IPL: Yousuf Will Be Compensated

Md. Yousuf had signed up with the ICL but the Pakistan Board then persuaded him to abandon the ICL in favor of IPL. Yousuf followed the  Boards advice and signed up with the IPL.
The ICL went to court about the issue.
Amidst all this drama the IPL auction was held. With a court case hanging above [...]