The Royal Challengers Bangalore are desperate to retain the services of Chris Gayle and they showed how when Siddharth Mallya, one of the directors of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise and the son of the owner, said that they have been in touch with the IPL over the rules of transfers, auction and retentions. The [...]
The fifth edition of the Indian Premier League will begin only in April 2012 but there are a few queries that the franchises want to get an answer to as quickly as possible. According to a survey conducted by IMG amongst the franchise owners of the IPL, the issue that they needed answering was related [...]
Rajasthan Royals claimed an eight wicket win over the Deccan Chargers in their first match of this edition of the Indian Premier League which was played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Shane Warne won the toss for the Rajasthan Royals and elected to field first. Shikhar Dhawan (24 off 15) and Ishank [...]
The domestic players are being forced in some instances by the IPL owners to join their side and this is leading to a lot of issues before the IPL. The situation has come to this head because of the strange rule that the IPL has kept which allows only Rs.30 lakh to be spent by [...]
Michael Bevan has been appointed the coach of the Kings XI Punjab side. He takes from fellow Australian coach Tom Moody who did not have a very successful last two years as the Punjab side lost in the first round of both the tournaments. Bevan was a very successful Australian batsman who averaged in his [...]
Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals have decided to submit the money that will act as guarantee against any kin of default to the Bombay High Court. Both franchises had earlier been banned from playing the IPL by the BCCI but they appealed against the decision and won their appeal. However, in turn, the court [...]
The Bombay High Court has ruled that the Rajasthan Royals will have to give the guarantee of $10.63 million only as compared to the $20.83 million that the BCCI had asked them for. However, it comes with a caveat that they will not be allowed to use their entire purse of $9 million to buy [...]
The BCCI has taken the matter against the High Court decision to allow Kings XI Punjab franchise to play in the IPL to court. The appeal will be heard in the court on Tuesday. The court’s decision meant that despite BCCI’s ban, they will be allowed to participate in the IPL’s next edition in 2011. [...]
According to the new rules in the IPL contracts with players, the cricketers could stand to lose out on a lot of money. It has also been reported that the player will get far lesser than what he gets signed for during the auctions. Earlier, the cricketers would end up getting almost exactly the same [...]