Posts Tagged "Indian Premier League"

T20 cricket provides an opportunity to savour cricket royalty.

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It features some of the best players in the world and its television rights were sold in 2008 for a staggering US$1.6 billion over ten years, yet in Australia you would be hard pressed to know that cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL) is currently underway.

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You don’t realise how big the IPL is until you’re in India when the circus works its way across the country.

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Cricket’s spotlight shines solely on the Indian Premier League (IPL) during April and May.

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Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar have begun plotting the Mumbai Indians’ IPL game-plan via text message.

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Although a Test cricket devotee, I have started enjoying T20s. In limited doses it is entertaining, but in excess, it can spoil a batsman’s concentration and technique.

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Club v Country. It’s an age-old dilemma in most sports and a constant source of friction for administrators. The clubs provide regular competition with games each and every week.

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If ever a high-profile sportsperson wanted a lesson in how not to go about damage limitation, then they need only look as far as Kevin Pietersen’s attempts to appease his teammates without actually saying sorry at any stage.

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What can a cricket fan turn his attention to in the off-season of an Australian summer? Major League Baseball.

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The West Indies, seventh in the ICC Test rankings, were recently locked in battle with fourth placed Australia with six of its top warriors unable to join the clash.

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Cricket Australia’s current crop of fast bowlers are getting injured far too often. In most cases, they have no one to blame but their pre-match regimes.

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Shaun Marsh hit an unbeaten 68 off 40 balls as Kings XI Punjab defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets on Sunday in Sachin Tendulkar’s comeback match in the Indian Premier League.

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The Indian Premier League faces a test of its popularity as the fifth edition of the money-spinning Twenty20 event gets under way this week amid concern about cricket fatigue among viewers.

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I love cricket. However every year around the time of the Indian Premier League, I do my best to avoid every cricket website, news story, TV station, and anything else to do with the game. The reason is simple. I hate Twenty20 cricket.

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When the Indians stepped onto English soil, they were relishing their newly-won status as the No. 1 Test side in the world. For the first time since the rankings were introduced, India stood on top, something many observers felt was more significant than winning the World Cup. Then the cricket started.

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A bonus scandal inquiry that seeks to determine how monies were channeled to Cricket South Africa (CSA) officials following its hosting of the Indian Premier League in 2009 has revealed that CSA CEO Gerald Majola had, in fact, received a bonus eight times his monthly salary.

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The Indian Premier League has not honoured the contracts of some foreign stars and not paid them despite repeated reminders, the world players’ union said on Friday.

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Indian cricket fans around the world can be forgiven for feeling like they’ve woken up in the nightmares of the past.

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After a gruelling seven weeks and 74 matches, the Indian Premier League finally came to an end amid the usual glitter and glamour but left unanswered questions.

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Mike Hussey helped the clinical Chennai Super Kings clinch their second Indian Premier League title in a row with a 58-run thrashing of Royal Challengers Bangalore in a lop-sided final on Saturday.

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