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A
PROJECT REPORT
ON
INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MBA
BHAGWANT UNIVERSITY, AJMER
SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY
DR. SUDHINDER SINGH CHOUHAN DEEPAK VAISHNAV
HOD – DEPT OF MANAGEMENT MBA 2ND SEM
BHAGWANT UNIVERSITY, AJMER ENROLL NO-108027003014
BHAGWANT UNIVERSITY, AJMER
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PREFACE
I collect the information with the secondary source information of the IPL. I
have tried my best level for doing various analysis for making the report with the
avaiable data. And I have provided the correct and relevant information and data in
the report.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the guideline of
BHAGWANT UNIVERSITY, AJMER for M.B.A curriculum to understand the
Indian Premier League (IPL) in the cricket world.
DEEPAK VAISHNAV
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am very much thankful to our all faculty members of our department for
providing me useful information about the projet report and how to be make the
report.
I am extremely thankful to our faculty member Miss. Shweta Goyal for
help me in getting information about Indian Premier League (IPL) in our country
India.
I am also thankful to my friends who have halped me directly or indirectly
in getting information, knowledge, and prepration of the report.
DEEPAK VAISHNAV
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CONTENTS
Sr.No. Particulars Page No.
1 INTRODUCTION 5
2 IPL TEAMS 7
3 MORE ON IPL 9
4 ABOUT ENGLISH PLAYERS AND THEIR VIEWS
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5 THE DEATH OF ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL 13
6 GLOBLE NETWORK OF IPL 18
7 IPL: THE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OF CRICKET
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8 MEDIA BOYCOTT IN INDIA 23
9 ICL VS IPL 27
10 ACTOR CROWE SET TO BUY IPL FRANCHIES 30
11 BCCI RELEASE DETAILS ON HOW IT WILL SELL IPL
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12 IPL Schedule 2009 35
13 COMMENTS 41
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INTRODUCTION
The BCCI launched the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the lines of football’s
English Premier League and the National Basketball League (NBA) of
the US.
The IPL is a professional Twenty20 cricket league created and promoted by the
BCCI and backed by the ICC. The Twenty20 league is set to debut in April 2008,
with eight teams comprising a minimum of 16 players each. The league will last
for 44 days and will involve 59 matches.
The IPL works on a franchise-system based on the American style of hiring players
and transfers. These franchises were put for auction, where the highest bidder won
the rights to own the team, representing each city. The auction for the same took
place on January 24, 2008 and the total base price for the auction was $400
million. The auction went on to fetch $723.59 million.
The Mumbai franchise owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited
(RIL) was the most expensive franchise - fetching $111.9 million closely followed
by Vijay Mallya’s United Breweries which paid $111.6 million for the Bangalore
franchise. Media house Deccan Chronicle won the Hyderabad chapter of the IPL
for $107 million, while India Cements’ Chennai franchise cost $91 million.
Bollywood also made its presence felt with two of its leading stars bagging the
ownership of their respective teams - Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla’s Red
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Chillies Entertainment buying out Kolkata for $75.09, while Preity Zinta and her
beau Ness Wadia bought the Mohali team for $76 million.
GMR , the infrastructure development group which who are involved in a project
for revamping the Delhi airport, bagged the ownership of the Delhi team for $84
million and the Emerging Media , consisting of its CEO Fraser Castellino, Manoj
Badale and Lachlan Murdoch and other investors won the rights for the Jaipur
franczhise for $67 million.
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IPL TEAMS
1) Bangalore Royal Challengers: The Bangalore team was
bought by Vijay Mallya’s UB Group for $111.6 million to own the
team for 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Rahul Dravid is the captain of
Bangalore Royal Challengers. Team India’s bowling coach,
Venkatesh Prasad is the coach of the team.
2) Kings XI Punjab: The Mohali team was bought by Bollywood
diva Preity Zinta, her industrialist beau Ness Wadia, along with
renowned industrialists Karan Paul and Mohit Burman for $76
million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Yuvraj Singh is the
captain of Kings XI Punjab. Australia’s Tom Moddy is the coach of
the team.
3) Chennai Super Kings: The Chennai team was bought by India
Cements for $91 million to own the team for 10 years. Team India
ODI and T20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain of
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Chennai Super Kings. Former South Africa cricket team captain
Kepler Wessels is the coach of the team.
4) Kolkata Knight Riders: The Kolkata team is owned by
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her
husband Jay Mehta for $75.09 million for a 10-year period. ‘Icon
player’ Sourav Ganguly is the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders.
Australia’s John Buchanan is the coach of the team.
5) Deccan Chargers: The Hyderabad team was bought by
Deccan Chronicle, a media house, for $107 million for a 10-year
period. Team India’s Test player VVS Laxman is the captain of
Deccan Chargers. India’s fielding coach, Robin Singh is the coach
of the team.
6) Mumbai Indians: The Mumbai team is owned by Mukesh
Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited for $111.9 million for a
period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Sachin Tendulkar is the captain of
Mumbai Indians. Former Team India manager, Lalchand Rajput is
the coach of the team.
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7) Delhi Daredevils: The Delhi team is owned by GMR Holdings
for $84 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Virender
Sehwag is the captain of Delhi Daredevils. Australia’s Greg
Shipperd is the coach of the team.
8)Rajasthan Royals: The Jaipur team was bought by UK-based
company Emerging Media for $67 million to own the team for a
period of 10 years. Former Australian spin bowler Shane Warne is
both the captain and coach of Rajasthan Royals.
MORE ON IPL
* Title Sponsorship Rights: On February 13 2008, Indian real
estate developer DLF Universal secured exclusive rights to the IPL
title sponsorship worth Rs 200 crore (over $50 million) for five
years.
* Television Rights: On January 14 2008, it was announced that
a consortium consisting of India’s Sony Television network and
Singapore-based World Sports Group secured the rights of the IPL.
The record deal has a duration of ten years at a cost of $1.026
billion.
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* On February 20 2008 , the auction of 77 players took place in
Mumbai. Team India ODI and Twenty20 skipper Mahendra Singh
Dhoni and Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds emerged the
costliest Indian and overseas players respectively.
* Each team will play the other seven teams home and away, the
top four teams at the end of the group stages will proceed
through to the semi-finals. The first match is slated for April 18
between Team Bangalore and Team Kolkata.
* Team Composition: All teams must have at least four players
from their respective Catchment Areas and four Under-22 players.
The players from Catchment Areas could be an iconic player, a
Ranji player or an U-22 player.
Each team can buy a maximum of eight overseas players but only
four would be able to take the field in a match.
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ABOUT ENGLISH PLAYERS AND THEIR VIEWS
English cricketers wanting to play in the Indian Premier
League next year may be asked to give away their central
contracts by an adamant ECB, which has made it clear that
international engagements are top priority.
England team Managing Director Hugh Morris has
categorically stated that the England Cricket Board (ECB) can
release the interested cricketers for only two weeks as scheduled
Tests and ODI programmes cannot be altered. And those wanting
to go for the full event may be asked to forego central contracts.
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“We will be playing Test matches in the early part of May
and clearly that will have an impact on the amount of time that
players may or may not go to IPL.
“My understanding is that the ICC, IPL and the ECB have
made it very clear from the word go that international cricket
takes precedence over domestic tournaments and I think that will
be the case. That’s the very clear message we get from ICC. I
understand that is what IPL think as well,” Morris was quoted as
saying by ‘The Daily Telegraph’.
English players are yet to sign this year’s central contracts
with the ECB, but there is every possibility of a standoff between
players and the Board.
“I think we’ve made it very clear that we are very happy
for the players to have a window of opportunity for the players to
play in the IPL,” said Morris.
“Last year at the IPL, the Australians were only there for
25 per cent of the time because they had a Test series in the
West Indies,” he added.
As per IPL rules all cricketers participating in the Twenty20
tournament need a ‘No Objection Certificates’ from their
respective boards.
Kevin Pietersen has said he did not stay up all night in
Jamaica, where he was on tour with the England side, awaiting
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the results of the IPL auction on February 6. Pietersen emerged
the big winner along with team-mate Andrew Flintoff at the event
in Goa, earning annual contracts worth US$1.55 million each,
making them the highest-earning players in the league. However,
Pietersen said he was wary of flaunting around his dollars while
his friends were coping with the global economic crisis.
THE DEATH OF ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL
The success of the IPL has made it clear that something has
to give to accommodate it, and on the current evidence that
something will be the 50-over game
When you consider how much the Indian Premier League
borrowed from World Series Cricket, it¹s quite ironic that its
success might lead to the eventual extinction of the pajama
cricket that was the cornerstone of the Packer revolution. As
much as World Series cricket was about fair pay, improved TV
coverage and superior marketing of the sport, it was also about
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establishing one-day cricket as a distinct entity, played in
coloured clothes, under lights, and in front of crowds that came
expecting to be entertained.
It was razzmatazz with some substance. Packer¹s focus was
on gladiatorial fast bowlers, and the strokeplayers that could take
them on. Three decades later, the IPL advertised its players as
warriors. When Andy Roberts fractured David Hookes¹ jaw with a
vicious bouncer, people knew that the World Series wasn¹t some
hit-and-giggle enterprise. The IPL had a similar moment, when
Zaheer Khan left Dominic Thornely looking like a young Mike
Tyson had seen to him. Packer was a pioneer and an original, and
the IPL¹s copycats succeeded because they took his blueprint,
adapted it to an Indian context, and threw in a dash of Bollywood
for good measure.
This year, after an uninterrupted run of 28 years, Cricket
Australia pulled the curtain down on the annual tri-series. It¹s fair
to say that its decline had mirrored that of the one-day game.
After the spectacular success of the ICC World Twenty20 in South
Africa, and the inaugural IPL season, the one-day game is on life-
support, and it may only be a matter of time before the plug is
pulled. Crowds and television audiences caught in the thrall of the
Twenty20 game are unlikely to shed a tear.
It¹s amusing to hear greats of the past talking of how the
IPL¹s success could have dire consequences for Test cricket.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The Test-cricket
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constituency is a distinct one, and it generally consists of people
who have played the game at some level, whether that¹s back
garden, park, first-class or international. More importantly, it¹s a
group of people that appreciate what Milan Kundera called
Slowness, those not obsessed with instant gratification.
Such fans will never abandon Test cricket for the crash-
bang-wallop thrills that Twenty20 offers. He or she may go and
watch Dumb and Dumber, but it¹s never going to replace 400
Blows or In the Mood for Love in his affections.
Sadly, one-day cricket has no identity. In that respect, its
like your stereotypical Bollywood movie with the hackneyed script
that tries to have something for everyone, and ends up having
nothing. It says much about the lack of imagination of those that
administer the game that the 50-over game has evolved so little
since the Packer years.
Compare that with Lalit Modi. You may not like the man or
his hubris, but he has taken an existing concept, fine-tuned it, and
ensured that the cricket world will never be the same again. After
Sunday night¹s final, which could have been scripted by Gregory
Howard of Remember the Titans fame, Modi and the IPL hold all
the cards, while the ICC and other boards have next to nothing to
bargain with.
The last World Cup in the Caribbean was a fiasco, an object
lesson in how not to organise an event. Poor crowds, overpriced
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tickets, a lack of atmosphere and an interminable schedule all
combined to make it perhaps the worst of all major competitions.
In contrast, the IPL¹s head honchos didn¹t behave like stentorian
schoolmasters, and the entertainment package that accompanied
the games attracted everyone from five-year-olds with temporary
tattoos to middle-aged women who had decided to forego a
staple diet of TV soaps.
Where now for the IPL? After what happened on Sunday
night, there¹s little doubt that the second season will be huge.
Despite the concerns of the ECB and others, every single one of
the world¹s top players is likely to take part. If they do try to
prevent the likes of Kevin Pietersen from playing, they¹ll only end
up being checkmated like the Australian Cricket Board were after
Packer¹s bold gambit.
What is likely to happen is this: Both England and Australia,
and perhaps South Africa and Pakistan too, will endeavour to jazz
up their own T20 events so that they can at least compare to the
IPL. A Champions League will surely result from it, because the
stupendous response in India has confirmed that people are ready
to invest both time and money to watch the best play the best,
even if it’s only over three hours.
The franchises, none of whom are likely to be too perturbed
by the huge amounts invested in the first year, also have a role to
play. Manoj Badale, of the Emerging Media group that owns the
Rajasthan Royals, reckoned that it would take a couple of years
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for the club culture to truly take root, but you can rest assured
that teams like Rajasthan won¹t be spending the next 10 months
idle.
The reality is that no league can prosper if it operates only
over six weeks. American Football has the shortest season of any
major sport, but even that lasts 16 weeks, and then a month of
play-offs. The football [soccer] seasons in Europe, the NBA in
North America and Major League Baseball all last much longer,
which is why they become such an integral part of fans¹ lives.
What does the Indian cricket fan do now? Next up is a tri-
series in Bangladesh, followed by an Asia Cup that features teams
like Hong Kong. It¹s the classic champagne-followed-by-flat-beer
scenario, and it will be interesting to see what the TV ratings are
like. Back when Doordarshan, the national broadcaster was all we
had, everyone watched it. Then, with the onset of cable TV, no
one bothered.
The IPL has created a revolution, especially in the fan
demographic, but has now left town. For the moment, the talk is
of creating a four-week window, most likely in April. It¹s only a
band-aid solution. In the long run, we¹re looking at a three-month
season where teams play weekend games and the occasional
midweek one as they do in the major football leagues. Those will
alternate with Champions League games featuring the top sides.
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A six or eight-month period might be set aside for Test
cricket and other bilateral contests, but the fact is that cricket
needs a 50-overs-a-side game between India and Hong Kong like
it needs a hole in the head. After watching McGrath against
Jayasuriya and Warne against Ganguly, why would anyone settle
for such mediocrity? Unless one-day cricket can reinvent itself,
and four innings of 20 overs each is the best suggestion I¹ve
heard, it has one foot in the grave, with the fact that the World
Cup is the jewel in the ICC crown being the only thing keeping it
alive.
It¹s an opinion that even players share. Stephen Fleming
was New Zealand¹s finest captain, the one who led them to their
only major one-day triumph, the ICC Knockout in 2000. ³I am
worried about the amount of one-day cricket, how much appeal
one-day cricket is going to have with tournaments like this,² he
said. ³I think the majority feels that it could cause a problem for
the international calendar.²
The response to the first season of World Series Cricket,
with the forces of orthodoxy ranged against it, was so lukewarm
that a desperate Packer was reduced to counting the cars in the
parking lot. No one saw Modi doing anything similar, and the
perfectly scripted final has guaranteed that all the franchises will
be counting next year are even bigger gate receipts. As for one-
day cricket, the message has been bellowed out through a
foghorn. Transform or perish.
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GLOBLE NETWORK OF IPL
The Indian Premier League, which will wrap up its inaugural
season on June 1, is just the first step of a “grand vision”
that will eventually lead to the birth of a network of similar
franchise-based models across the major cricket-playing
nations culminating in the annual Champions League that
will rival its football counterpart in terms of quality, money
and glamour, a top IPL official has said.
England is working on developing their Twenty20 model;
South Africa is convinced by the success of IPL and is already
reviewing their current franchise format; Cricket Australia
may launch their IPL version as soon as next year; and even
Pakistan is thinking seriously about starting their edition of
IPL.
“This is the grand vision,” IS Bindra, an influential member of
the IPL governing council, told Cricinfo. “The vision is to
move cricket to the next level, and get each league in each
country to resemble the English Premier League with an
exciting mix of international and national players. And then
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you have the grand Champions League, like the UEFA model
which has taken football to such heights.”
The immediate task is to start the Champions League as
planned from this year. Officials of the BCCI-backed IPL are
understood to be meeting a team from Cricket Australia in
Mumbai on May 30 to explore whether the event, involving
the top two domestic Twenty20 teams from five countries,
can be held in England between September 28, when the ICC
Champions Trophy in Pakistan ends, and October 9, when
the India’s home Test series against Australia starts.
“The problem is the four-day practice match on October 2-5.
We will try to work out a solution with Cricket Australia
because the IPL franchises who will be part of the Champions
League will want to have their best players available,”
Bindra said.
Bindra, who recently returned from a trip to Melbourne
where he briefed the directors of Cricket Australia on the
mechanics of organising a franchise-based league there, said
one of his focus areas after taking over as the principal
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advisor to ICC in July would be to “ensure that cricket moves
to the next level in world sport” in this direction.
The concept, Bindra said, is backed by senior officials of the
major cricket boards. Giles Clarke, chairman of the English
and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), “has expressed interest in
the model” after being briefed by Lalit Modi, the IPL
chairman, last month; James Sutherland, the chief executive
of Cricket Australia, has confirmed interest in staging an IPL-
style competition the following season; and Nasim Ashraf,
the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), is “very
keen to launch a similar tournament there” after having
deputed two representatives to participate in the planning
stages of the IPL last year and “learn from the process”.
In fact, Cricket Australia had invited Bindra last month to
brief its board of directors on the concept at a resort near
Melbourne on May 7-12. “There was a formal brainstorming
session and an informal briefing, and the concept generated
a lot of interest among the audience which included former
cricketers like Allan Border and Mark Taylor. What I had
suggested was a franchise model similar to IPL. But there
might have to be some local adjustments.
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“For instance, when we discussed the IPL within the BCCI,
the question was whether the teams should be owned by the
local state associations or private franchises. Some of us
strongly suggested the franchise model because only then
can you acquire top players for the teams and make the
competition truly global. But the BCCI is a non-profit body
and has to look after the state associations, too. So a
compromise was arrived at, and we have IPL teams owned
by franchises and run in collaboration with state
associations. But Australia would have lesser problems since
they have a corporate model of governance and have much
fewer associations — six, I believe, compared to 30 in India,”
Bindra said.
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IPL: THE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OF CRICKET
At the time of going to press on April 24, Indian Premier
League had produced only two last-over finishes, only three
outstanding batting performances, a minor lathi charge and
temporary darkness at Eden Gardens.
However, this Twenty20 jamboree was always expected to
be as much about the game as about the associated things and
atmosphere.
A bloke fell out of a stand at Eden as he strained to catch a
glimpse of Shah Rukh Khan. Skimpily-clad cheerleaders are
complaining of being leered at. Social historian Ramchandra
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Guha, on the other hand, is fulminating in protest against their
presence.
Board of Control for Cricket in India’s version of the English
Premier League remains a cricket tournament, but only just so.
Naturally, while some of the old faithful are keeping away, newer
crowds are coming in to drive viewership data beyond the
boundary.
Depending on where you stand, a crowd is also a section of
consumers and target audience. Naturally, advertisers are taking
a fresh look at their strategies and debating mid-course
corrections.
MEDIA BOYCOTT IN INDIA
The inaugural Indian Premier League was facing a media
boycott on Thursday after the influential Indian Newspaper
Society joined calls for “offending” accreditation conditions
to be lifted.
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The Indian media has protested loudly over the IPL’s decision
to ban websites from covering matches and to prohibit
international and local news agencies from supplying
photographs to online clients.
“The accreditation terms failed to address the issues of
intellectual property rights belonging to media as well as
issues of press freedom,” INS president Bahubali Shah said
in a statement.
“The Indian Newspaper Society hopes a serious attempt will
be made by the Indian Premier League to remove offending
terms and conditions for media accreditation.
“In the absence of remedial action by the Indian Premier
League, members of the Indian Newspaper Society will be
forced to take an adverse view on the question of coverage
of IPL matches.”
The Twenty20 competition, promoted by the Indian cricket
board and featuring stars from around the world, opens April
18. The deadline for accreditation was Thursday.
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The London-based international News Media Coalition called
the accreditation terms “a serious and unprecedented
curtailment of the freedom of the press to fully report events
of public interest.”
The NMC focuses on the threat from excessive controls on
the flow of news to the public, and is supported by
newspapers, agencies and press freedom bodies around the
world.
The Hindu, a leading broadsheet, attacked the IPL’s policies
in a scathing editorial.
“Greed and arrogance and a total lack of common sense
seem to be driving the IPL along a path of confrontation,
which will surely bring on a media boycott,” the daily
predicted.
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The IPL tournament lines up eight teams bought by
franchises who selected their players via a multi-million
dollar auction last month.
The tournament marks the first time that international
cricketers will put aside national allegiances to play for
privately-owned and city-based teams.
Top cricketers have been offered huge pay packets to take
part in the 44-day, 59-match extravaganza across cricket-
mad India.
Moves by sports organisers to curb media rights have largely
failed in the past.
FIFA tried imposing similar restrictions on photo coverage of
the 2006 World Cup but backed down under a threat of a
worldwide boycott.
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In September last year, organisers of the Rugby World Cup
settled at the last minute after a long dispute over media
rights.
Two months later, global news agencies boycotted the
coverage of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in
Brisbane after Cricket Australia imposed similar restrictions.
A compromise was reached after the match to allow the
agencies to cover the second Test in Hobart.
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ICL VS IPL
One of the most hotly debated issues in Indian cricket right
now is the advent of the rebel Indian Cricket League and
whether it stands a chance against it’s more high-profile and
official cousin, the IPL.
The jury is still out on whether the ICL can survive the
competition, but as of now the Boses at the Essel owned Zee
group are going all out to sell the ICL product.
The Essel Group’s Indian Cricket League or the ICL flaunting
its big names — Brian Lara, Chris Cairns, Marvan Atapattu
and Inzamam-ul-Haq are in India gearing up for the kick off
on Friday the 30th of November.
Lara’s delayed arrival had raised speculation that he may be
pulling out.
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But the former West Indian captain says he always intended
to keep his commitment even though this league is totally
unofficial and does not have the backing of the ICC.
“The ICC is trying to encourage new countries like China and
America to play cricket. I am disappointed it is not
supporting a league where so many international stars are
participating,” said Brian Lara.
The main difference between the ICL and the soon to be
launched IPL or Indian Premier League is clearly the star
power.
The IPL has already signed on 50 of the top current players
in the world. But most cricketers believe that there will still
be a place for the ICL.
It is a safe haven for recently retired players and those who
are on the fringes of domestic cricket in India.
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“Cricketers have been brave to defy their national boards in
seeking this opportunity to play in the ICL,” said Chris Cairns.
However, the biggest difference between the official IPL and
the unofficial ICL is sponsorship.
While the IPL hopes to raise a 1000 crores from TV rights,
the Essel group backed ICL still does not have any sponsors.
It has only got partners for drinks, uniforms and travel. But
maybe that is to be expected for a new venture.
“Essel group has truckloads of money,” said Navjot Sidhu,
NDTV’s cricket expert.
So, the ICL is the definite underdog, but they have promised
slick coverage, great action and more importantly a platform
for players to earn more money.
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ACTOR CROWE SET TO BUY IPL FRANCHIES
Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe and friend
Peter Holmes are all set to buy a franchise in the newly launched
Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket event, a report said here
yesterday.
Crowe and Holmes, who own the South Rugby League Club,
may well hire players like Australian captain Ricky Ponting and
fiery paceman Brett Lee to play for the Rabittohs cricket side in
Indian city of Mumbai next year, a report in the Sun-Herald
reported.
The proposed alliance between Souths and the IPL
continues a fresh approach to sporting investment by Crowe and
Holmes a Court. They have announced a plan to abolish poker
machines inside the Souths football club and the Rabbitohs have
been the subject of a six-part documentary.
The Souths, a football club of considerable merit, is
tinkering with the idea of launching a cricket side to take part in
IPL, which commences with a Twenty20 event next year in April.
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Earlier this year the club formed a ‘global partnership’ with
English club Leeds. The two clubs will play a trial match in
Jacksonville, Florida, on Australia Day next year.
Crowe’s global appeal as an Academy Award winning actor
has allowed Souths to try things other clubs could only dream
about. He had prime time on ESPN’s top rating Monday Night
Football show to talk about his efforts to rebuild the Rabbitohs
and their US trial match, the report added.
Organisers of the IPL are seeking applications by potential
owners or investors in franchises, which will contest a Twenty20
tournament in India next April. The top two teams from the IPL, as
well as those from Twenty20 competitions in Australia, England
and South Africa will enter an international Champions Twenty20
league. That league will offer $5m in prize money to the winners.
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BCCI RELEASE DETAILS ON HOW IT WILL SELL IPL
India’s cricket authorities released terms for owning teams
in their proposed Indian Premier League, projecting the franchises
as both a profit-making business opportunity as well as platforms
for corporate branding. The prospectus, however, doesn’t set any
minimum bid price for tenders set to be floated later this month.
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BCCI vice-president and chairman of Indian Premier
League, Lalit Modi Successful bidders will get to keep 80% of
revenues in the first two years of operations.
Their share gradually goes down to 50% in year 11.
Revenues are expected to be generated through television rights,
sponsorships, tickets, food and other sales as well as premium
and box seats.
The 75-page document, which comes with interspersed
pictures of cricketers, notes that the league’s format of just 20
overs per team is one that is now most preferred by fans of the
game. It claims that 76% of Indian cricket fans favour it over one-
day matches and five-day Test matches and notes how it will get
high television ad rates.
During the recent India-Pakistan cricket series, Test
matches shown on channel Neo Sports attracted Rs3 lakh for a
10-second spot while one-day matches got Rs5.51 lakh for a
similar slot.
But, a similar spot during the final of the Twenty20 World
Cup in South Africa earned broadcaster ESPN Star Sports
Rs800,000, the prospectus notes. The league will be “a must
have, prime time content for broadcasters” who will have 12,744
10-second ad spots during a typical season, the prospectus said.
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Other than suggesting what ad spots might sell for, the
prospectus gives little clues on suggested prices for those
aspiring to buy teams. “The bid will require each bidder to state
the total franchisee fee they are offering for an initial 10-year
period,” it says.
In earlier interviews, the league’s chairman and vice-
president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Lalit Modi,
had said the price would be $50 million (Rs198 crore). The league
will take “cricket to a whole new level that once upon a time ago
seemed like a fool’s dream,” Modi wrote in the prospectus.
“It means we finally revive domestic cricket.” Apart from
the franchise fee, a bidder would have to pay player and staff
salaries, stadium leases, security, travel and accommodation.
The league will publish an intention to tender (ITT) later this
month and the auction of players will follow immediately after the
franchises have been awarded. The ITT will name cities and
stadium terms with bidders allowed to bid for multiple locations.
The league is scheduled to begin in April at the start of
India’s fiscal year when new advertising and marketing budgets
kick in. Some major sponsors of cricket had mixed reactions to
owning teams.
One top official at Pepsico India Holdings Pvt. Ltd, who
didn’t want to be named, said his company wasn’t interested and
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that “our calendar is full.” A Bharti Airtel Ltd spokesperson said it
was “premature” to discuss buying a team. Future Group
chairman Kishore Biyani said: “There would be a very strong
chance we will participate.”
IPL Schedule 2009
The DLF Indian Premier League will be played from April
2009 onwards. Below is the IPL schedule for all the IPL matches
games in the IPL.
You can get the IPL match timings also below.
April 2009
Date Time (GMT)
Match Details Venue
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Fri 10 14:30Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils, 1st match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Jaipur (D/N)
Sat 11 10:30Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers, 2nd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Kolkata (D/N)
Sat 11 14:30
Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers, 3rd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Bangalore (D/N)
Sun 12 10:30Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab, 4th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Delhi (D/N)
Sun 12 14:30Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals, 5th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mumbai (D/N)
Mon 13 14:30Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings, 6th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Hyderabad (D/N)
Tue 14 14:30
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders, 7th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Bangalore (D/N)
Wed 15 14:30Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians, 8th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mohali (D/N)
Thu 16 10:30Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils, 9th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Hyderabad (D/N)
Thu 16 14:30Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals, 10th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Chennai (D/N)
Fri 17 14:30Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers, 11th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mumbai (D/N)
Sat 18 10:30 Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers, 12th match, Indian
Mohali (D/N)
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Premier League, 2009
Sat 18 14:30Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils, 13th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Kolkata (D/N)
Sun 19 10:30Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals, 14th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Bangalore (D/N)
Sun 19 14:30Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings, 15th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mumbai (D/N)
Mon 20 14:30Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab, 16th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Kolkata (D/N)
Tue 21 14:30Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians, 17th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Delhi (D/N)
Wed 22 14:30Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers, 18th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Jaipur (D/N)
Thu 23 14:30Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab, 19th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Bangalore (D/N)
Fri 24 14:30Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders, 20th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mumbai (D/N)
Sat 25 10:30Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab, 21st match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Chennai (D/N)
Sat 25 14:30Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers, 22nd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Delhi (D/N)
Sun 26 10:30Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians, 23rd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Hyderabad (D/N)
Sun 26 14:30Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders, 24th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Jaipur (D/N)
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Mon 27 14:30Kings XI Punjab v Bangalore Royal Challengers, 25th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mohali (D/N)
Tue 28 14:30Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils, 26th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mumbai (D/N)
Wed 29 10:30Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders, 27th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Chennai (D/N)
Wed 29 14:30Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals, 28th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mohali (D/N)
Thu 30 14:30Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers, 29th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Hyderabad (D/N)
May 2009
Date Time (GMT)
Match Details Venue
Fri 01 14:30Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils, 30th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Chennai (D/N)
Sat 02 10:30Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers, 31st match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mumbai (D/N)
Sat 02 14:30Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals, 32nd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Kolkata (D/N)
Sun 03 10:30Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings, 33rd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mohali (D/N)
Sun 03 14:30Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils, 34th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Bangalore (D/N)
Mon 04 14:30 Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals, 35th match, Indian
Hyderabad (D/N)
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Premier League, 2009
Tue 05 14:30Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings, 36th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Delhi (D/N)
Wed 06 10:30Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians, 37th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Kolkata (D/N)
Wed 06 14:30Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab, 38th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Jaipur (D/N)
Thu 07 14:30Bangalore Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers, 39th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Bangalore (D/N)
Fri 08 14:30Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings, 40th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Kolkata (D/N)
Sat 09 10:30Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils, 41st match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mohali (D/N)
Sat 09 14:30Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians, 42nd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Jaipur (D/N)
Sun 10 14:30Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders, 43rd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Hyderabad (D/N)
Mon 11 14:30Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals, 44th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Delhi (D/N)
Tue 12 10:30Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab, 45th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mumbai (D/N)
Tue 12 14:30Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers, 46th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Chennai (D/N)
Wed 13 14:30 Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers, 47th match, Indian Premier
Kolkata (D/N)
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League, 2009
Thu 14 10:30Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings, 48th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Jaipur (D/N)
Thu 14 14:30Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers, 49th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Delhi (D/N)
Fri 15 14:30Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians, 50th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Bangalore (D/N)
Sat 16 10:30Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders, 51st match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Delhi (D/N)
Sat 16 14:30Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab, 52nd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Hyderabad (D/N)
Sun 17 10:30Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers, 53rd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Jaipur (D/N)
Sun 17 14:30Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians, 54th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Chennai (D/N)
Mon 18 14:30Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders, 55th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mohali (D/N)
Tue 19 14:30
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings, 56th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
Bangalore (D/N)
Thu 21 14:30 1st Semi-Final, Indian Premier League, 2009
Chennai (D/N)
Fri 22 14:30 2nd Semi-Final, Indian Premier League, 2009
Chennai (D/N)
Sun 24 14:30 Final, Indian Premier League, 2009
Mumbai (D/N)
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COMMENTS
1. I am looking for a job to work with ‘ICL’ as a Business
Development / Corporate Communications Manager”. I have
already got a offer from the rebel leagie but would be more
happy to be associated with a genuine govenment body like
yours. Kindly email me the address of the person whom i can
send my ‘CV’ to for further pursual.
Regards
Smitesh Shah
Comment by Smitesh Shah — October 3, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
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2. it is greatttttttttttttttttttttttt
Comment by paras — April 26, 2008 @ 5:16 am
3. The way advertisement is coming on IPL teams on
television…it’s absolutely wrong way of producing the
things. The way you are showing like you are from Delhi
daredevils team and I am from royal challengers team so
now we have personal interest of quarrel.
You are showing aggressive things on television, which is
very wrong in my point of view.
Comment by Renu Dixit — April 28, 2008 @ 6:21 am
4. i am a c.a. inter and persuing m.b.a please consider me for a
job
Comment by aniket sharma — April 29, 2008 @ 3:25 am
5. u r doing a fblus job.keep it up
Comment by ajay,mukesh,akash — April 29, 2008 @ 4:49
am
6. Dear Mr. Lalit Modiji,
Greetings from Bikaner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sir,
I am working as Assistant Professor (Horticulture) at Plant
Biotechnology Center , Rajasthan Agricultural University ,
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Bikaner . Indian National Science Academy (INSA) has
nominated me under Inter-Academy Exchange Program, for
Poland (Unconventional Breeding Method Laboratory,
Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture,
Skierniewice) for a period of Three months. INSA is providing
only 50% travel grant. Economically I am not in a position to
bear the expenses in Poland . Average monthly expenses in
Poland will be around 2000 US Dollars for Boarding, lodging ,
and internal travel etc.
I seek the financial support of 8000 US Dollars ( Travel,
Boarding, lodging ,security insurance and internal travel
etc. ) for my visit in Poland . I request you to partly support
my research visit in Poland.
This visit will provide me an opportunity to work in a multi-
cultural environment and will strengthen our diplomatic
relations with Poland . More Over, the proposed Molecular
Marker based Research Program for the Improvement of
Horticultural Crops will be beneficial for the development of
Horticulture Sector in the country . The purpose of the visit is
for the noble cause of Science in general and humanity in
particular.
I am looking forward for your positive reply.
Thanking You,
With Warm Regards
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Praveen K.Singh
Plant Biotechnology Center
Rajasthan Agricultural University
Beechwal,Bikaner-334006 (Rajasthan)
Mobile : 09414708648
Comment by Praveen K. Singh — April 29, 2008 @ 10:25 am
7. hi ipl is truely super
Comment by prahald meena — April 30, 2008 @ 4:15 am
8. Kolkata Knight Riders should change their team combination
immediately other wise they will not be able to perform in
future games.
Comment by Santanu Ganguly — May 2, 2008 @ 8:08 am
9. its very good to watch…….amazing fantasy allover world…..
Comment by alwyn — May 2, 2008 @ 11:58 am
10. I have developed a planetary system’to forecast
whether first batting team or
second batting team will win;
i want sponsorship as this research
will be a boon ;
kindly advice;
Comment by s.n.rao — May 3, 2008 @ 7:15 am
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11. i want scot styris and harshell gibbs of decccan
chargers to play in the team for the rest of the games and
also i want to congratulate to gillchrist for his achievement
against mumbai indians.
Comment by revanth — May 3, 2008 @ 10:16 am
12. kiwi empire is an great empire
Comment by revanth — May 3, 2008 @ 10:17 am
13. The IPL which was launched this April is going well. It is
providing lot of entertainment to the people around the
world who love cricket. In a cricket crazy nation like India,
the IPL is creating waves. Thank you for the concept. Finally
one more question did you allow only the players recognized
by BCCI or else did you have any ideas to bring in the
players directly to IPL who has skills and lots of promise. Did
you have any ideas to select the players thru any
competition, if so we are looking forward for the opportunity.
Thanks and regards
Shanmu
Comment by Shanmugasundaram — May 5, 2008 @ 5:10 am
14. i want to do some work with IPL or u u can say that i am
looking for a job in IPL. i’m doing MBA in marketing. if there
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will any requirment for marketing related work kindly inform
me i can send my CV for the further purpose.
Comment by makeen ahmad — May 7, 2008 @ 2:17 am
15. DEAR SIR
I GAURAV WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU THAT WHY THE NORTH-
EASTERN GUYS DO NT ANY CHANCE TO PLAY ANY
TOURNAMNET IN RANJI OR ANY INTERNATIONAL MATCHES
AS,I HAVE STOPPED PLAING CRICKET AND AS WERE DOING
COACHING IN THE NEHRU STADIUM AT GUWAHATI, BUT NO
RESULT , SO I HENCE REUEST YOU THAT KINDLY FIX A
MATCH BETWEEN MY TEAM AND ANY IPL TEAM AND I WILL
SELECT THE PLAYERS FOR FIVE TOP CLASS ONE DAY
MATCH , HOPE YOUR TEAM DO NT VE SCARED BY MY ONE , A
CHALLENGE FOR YOUR IPL TEAM , FROM A PROMISSING
PLAYER, I AHVE NOT PLAYED MUCH BUT CAN PLAY MUCH
BETTER .
THANKING YOU
GAURAV JAIN
Comment by gaurav — May 9, 2008 @ 10:14 am
16. good job
Comment by manoj — May 9, 2008 @ 10:26 am
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17. When we go to watch the 8 o clock match, we tend to
miss the earlier 4 o clock match. Hence it would be nice if
the 4 o clock match is telecast on the big screen before the
start of the 8 oclock match
Comment by R Srinivasan — May 10, 2008 @ 2:28 am
18. Thank’s for the all information …
Comment by Ravi kumar shrivastava — May 15, 2008 @
9:40 am
19. HI
I find really interesting things out here. i shall b thankful to
the site creaters. they hd done superb job.
with regards
Rohit Kumar
+919888312108
Comment by Rohit Kumar — May 16, 2008 @ 11:59 pm
20. Dear Sir,
I suggest the format of the IPL can be modified to make it
more competitive and at the same time, cut it short. Why
not have all teams play each other once in the first round,
then have the top-6 teams play each other once before the
semi-final?
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It would definitely cut down the number of games. The
number of games in that case would be 28 + 15 + 2 + 1 i.e.
46 matches if there are 8 teams or 45 + 15 + 2 + 1 i.e. 63 if
there are 10 teams.
This can be coupled with the possibility of having franchise
owners allowing temporary transfer of players representing
eliminated teams with something like a reserve price- which
would mean there would be something in it for everyone.
Comment by Ashok — May 17, 2008 @ 9:10 am
21. IPL Twenty20 is a true cricket,really manoranjan ka
baap…….hai.what a cricket yaar…….justimagin….
Comment by pankaj agrawal — May 23, 2008 @ 3:41 am
22. its a great tournament
Comment by Partho Bose — May 26, 2008 @ 5:57 am
23. We need a change in Bangalore’s RC team.
Comment by Sagar — May 26, 2008 @ 7:26 am
24. Kya Ghaatiya combination banaya hewi. Saaaqlo itna
paisa kisis aur chhes mei lagao. kyo is paise ko out of cuntry
ke playesrd ko dete heo. kya tumhara India mei players nahi
hei?? Kya Hocky, Foodbaal, Table Tannis etc games nahi hei
jinko promote kiya jaa saake.
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Ghaatiya approach.
Comment by Kuch Bhi — May 26, 2008 @ 8:05 am
25. I THINK THAT 8 O’CLOCK STARTING TIME IS VERY LATE
IT SHOULD BE 7 O’OCLOCK AND DAY GAME TIME SHOULD BE
3 O’COLCK. SO THAT IN CASE OF ANY RAIN DELAY THERE
WILL BE A LOT OF TIME FOR PALY.
Comment by KULDEEP SINGH — May 27, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
26. Dear Sir ,
If i wish to be a part of team i.e. if i wish to play for IPL then
is there any chances….?
Comment by gurubhai — May 29, 2008 @ 1:09 am
27. Any city of india will join the IPL Tornament is that
possible?
If YES then I WANT TO JOIN MY CITY KOLHAPUR FOR IPL.
please send me details!!!
Comment by shailesh shinde — June 1, 2008 @ 4:35 am
28. It was really superb. IPL brought many talented young
crickters.
Comment by Velmurugan.D — June 2, 2008 @ 5:53 am
29. Warne Captaincy was amazing, as a coach, as a
captain, as a player he had done job well. He was handling
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pressure situation very nicely.He is the best spin
wizard.Thanks to shane warne and thanks to BCCI.
Comment by Velmurugan.D — June 2, 2008 @ 6:00 am
30. I am a mba final year student in the last semester..Plz
cosider me dor any job opportunity.
Comment by kshitij — March 21, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
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