The IPL is set to make its second major concession in a week, with executives close to a compromise with the South African provinces over the allocation of corporate suites. Indian officials had initially demanded control over the boxes, much to the chagrin of their South African hosts, but a series of meetings during the [...]
Cape Cobras v Rajasthan Royals, Cape Town
The Rajasthan Royals’ warm-up for next week’s IPL began with defeat to the Cape Cobras at Newlands. The defending IPL champions, fielding an XI that included rookie Indians and a few first-time overseas names, did well in the field but couldn’t reach the target of 143 set by the [...]
Major international news agencies would not be covering this year’s IPL because they are unhappy with the tournament’s media guidelines. They had boycotted the previous year’s IPL for the same reason.
The News Media Coalition, the umbrella body that comprises global news and photograph agencies Reuters, AP, AFP and Getty Images, has failed to get the [...]
Brett Lee has flown to South Africa in a bid to advance his comeback from ankle surgery, and will seek to train with the touring Australian one-day side in the coming days. Lee’s trip across the Indian Ocean comes amid speculation he could be in the frame for a surprise recall to the Australian squad [...]
Andrew Flintoff, who was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for US$1.5 million in the second auction, believes the IPL will help him reach his peak for a busy summer. Flintoff has signed on for two weeks with Chennai and intends to absorb as much as he can from team-mates and opposition in a bid [...]
Shah Rukh Khan, owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders, has hit back at Sunil Gavaskar’s comments about franchise coach John Buchanan, and asked Gavaskar to stay away from issues concerning his IPL team.
In his column for the Hindustan Times, Gavaskar termed Buchanan a “failed former cricketer making a living telling international players to [...]
Jerome Taylor, the West Indies fast bowler who was picked up by Kings XI Punjab in this year’s auction, has withdrawn from the IPL due to an injury. Taylor sustained the injury from a motor vehicle accident.
He has been replaced by the 26-year-old South African left-arm fast bowler Yusuf Abdulla, who made an impressive Twenty20 [...]
The tickets for the double-header in Cape Town on April 18 between the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, and Rajasthan Royals versus Royal Challengers Bangalore, have been sold out within hours of going on sale online, the IPL said in a media release today.
The IPL had announced the sale of online tickets for the [...]
The elections in South Africa on April 22, four days after the IPL starts in the country, the crime rate in cities like Johannesburg and the limited time available are some of the key challenges facing the league’s security managers, according to Nicholls Steyn & Associates, who are handling the tournament’s security.
Nicholls admitted that moving [...]
Few players better exemplify cricket’s changing landscape than Tyron Henderson. A journeyman allrounder – Middlesex represents his seventh club across two countries – Henderson found success late in his career in the 20-over format. The result? A $650,000 contract with the defending IPL champions, the Rajasthan Royals, at the age of 34.
Henderson can scarcely believe [...]
