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
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
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
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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IPL TEAMS
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MORE ON IPL
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ABOUT ENGLISH PLAYERS AND THEIR VIEWS
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THE DEATH OF ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL
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GLOBLE NETWORK OF IPL
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IPL: THE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OF CRICKET |
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MEDIA BOYCOTT IN INDIA
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ICL VS IPL
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ACTOR CROWE SET TO BUY IPL FRANCHIES
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BCCI RELEASE DETAILS ON HOW IT WILL SELL IPL
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IPL Schedule 2009
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Comments
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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 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.
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 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.
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.
* 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.
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.
“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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
GLOBLE
NETWORK OF IPL
Ø 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.
Ø 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.
Ø “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 you
have the grand Champions League, like the UEFA model which has taken football
to such heights.”
Ø 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.
Ø “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.
Ø 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 advisor to ICC in July would be to “ensure that cricket moves to
the next level in world sport” in this direction.
Ø 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”.
Ø 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.
Ø “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.
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 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
Ø 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.
Ø 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.
Ø “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.
Ø “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.
Ø “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.”
Ø 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.
Ø 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.”
Ø 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.
Ø The Hindu, a leading broadsheet, attacked the IPL’s policies in
a scathing editorial.
Ø “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.
Ø The IPL tournament lines up eight teams bought by franchises who
selected their players via a multi-million dollar auction last month.
Ø The tournament marks the first time that international
cricketers will put aside national allegiances to play for privately-owned and
city-based teams.
Ø Top cricketers have been offered huge pay packets to take part
in the 44-day, 59-match extravaganza across cricket-mad India.
Ø Moves by sports organisers to curb media rights have largely
failed in the past.
Ø FIFA tried imposing similar restrictions on photo coverage of
the 2006 World Cup but backed down under a threat of a worldwide boycott.
Ø In September last year, organisers of the Rugby World Cup
settled at the last minute after a long dispute over media rights.
Ø 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.
Ø A compromise was reached after the match to allow the agencies
to cover the second Test in Hobart.
ICL VS
IPL
Ø 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.
Ø 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.
Ø Lara’s delayed arrival had raised speculation that he may be
pulling out.
Ø 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.
Ø “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.
Ø The main difference between the ICL and the soon to be launched
IPL or Indian Premier League is clearly the star power.
Ø 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.
Ø It is a safe haven for recently retired players and those who
are on the fringes of domestic cricket in India.
Ø “Cricketers have been brave to defy their national boards in
seeking this opportunity to play in the ICL,” said Chris Cairns.
Ø However, the biggest difference between the official IPL and the
unofficial ICL is sponsorship.
Ø 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.
Ø “Essel group has truckloads of money,” said Navjot Sidhu, NDTV’s
cricket expert.
Ø 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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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 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
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Date
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Time (GMT)
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Match Details
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Venue
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Fri 10
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14:30
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Rajasthan Royals v
Delhi Daredevils, 1st match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Jaipur (D/N)
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Sat 11
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10:30
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Kolkata Knight Riders v
Deccan Chargers, 2nd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Kolkata (D/N)
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Sat 11
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14:30
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Chennai Super Kings v
Bangalore Royal Challengers, 3rd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Bangalore (D/N)
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Sun 12
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10:30
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Delhi Daredevils v
Kings XI Punjab, 4th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Delhi (D/N)
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Sun 12
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14:30
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Mumbai Indians v
Rajasthan Royals, 5th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Mumbai (D/N)
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Mon 13
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14:30
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Deccan Chargers v
Chennai Super Kings, 6th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Hyderabad (D/N)
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Tue 14
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14:30
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Bangalore Royal
Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders, 7th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Bangalore (D/N)
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Wed 15
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14:30
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Kings XI Punjab v
Mumbai Indians, 8th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Mohali (D/N)
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Thu 16
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10:30
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Deccan Chargers v Delhi
Daredevils, 9th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Hyderabad (D/N)
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Thu 16
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14:30
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Chennai Super Kings v
Rajasthan Royals, 10th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Chennai (D/N)
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Fri 17
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14:30
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Mumbai Indians v
Bangalore Royal Challengers, 11th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Mumbai (D/N)
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Sat 18
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10:30
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Kings XI Punjab v
Deccan Chargers, 12th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Mohali (D/N)
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Sat 18
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14:30
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Kolkata Knight Riders v
Delhi Daredevils, 13th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Kolkata (D/N)
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Sun 19
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10:30
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Bangalore Royal
Challengers v Rajasthan Royals, 14th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Bangalore (D/N)
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Sun 19
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14:30
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Mumbai Indians v
Chennai Super Kings, 15th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Mumbai (D/N)
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Mon 20
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14:30
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Kolkata Knight Riders v
Kings XI Punjab, 16th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Kolkata (D/N)
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Tue 21
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14:30
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Delhi Daredevils v
Mumbai Indians, 17th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Delhi (D/N)
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Wed 22
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14:30
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Rajasthan Royals v
Deccan Chargers, 18th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Jaipur (D/N)
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Thu 23
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14:30
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Bangalore Royal Challengers
v Kings XI Punjab, 19th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Bangalore (D/N)
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Fri 24
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14:30
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Mumbai Indians v
Kolkata Knight Riders, 20th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Mumbai (D/N)
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Sat 25
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10:30
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Chennai Super Kings v
Kings XI Punjab, 21st match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Chennai (D/N)
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Sat 25
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14:30
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Delhi Daredevils v
Bangalore Royal Challengers, 22nd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Delhi (D/N)
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Sun 26
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10:30
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Deccan Chargers v
Mumbai Indians, 23rd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Hyderabad (D/N)
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Sun 26
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14:30
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Rajasthan Royals v
Kolkata Knight Riders, 24th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Jaipur (D/N)
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Mon 27
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14:30
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Kings XI Punjab v
Bangalore Royal Challengers, 25th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Mohali (D/N)
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Tue 28
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14:30
|
Mumbai Indians v Delhi
Daredevils, 26th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Mumbai (D/N)
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Wed 29
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10:30
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Chennai Super Kings v
Kolkata Knight Riders, 27th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Chennai (D/N)
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Wed 29
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14:30
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Kings XI Punjab v
Rajasthan Royals, 28th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Mohali (D/N)
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Thu 30
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14:30
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Deccan Chargers v
Bangalore Royal Challengers, 29th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Hyderabad (D/N)
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May 2009
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Date
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Time (GMT)
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Match Details
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Venue
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Fri 01
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14:30
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Chennai Super Kings v
Delhi Daredevils, 30th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Chennai (D/N)
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Sat 02
|
10:30
|
Mumbai Indians v Deccan
Chargers, 31st match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Mumbai (D/N)
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Sat 02
|
14:30
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Kolkata Knight Riders v
Rajasthan Royals, 32nd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Kolkata (D/N)
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Sun 03
|
10:30
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Kings XI Punjab v
Chennai Super Kings, 33rd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Mohali (D/N)
|
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Sun 03
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14:30
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Bangalore Royal
Challengers v Delhi Daredevils, 34th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Bangalore (D/N)
|
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Mon 04
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14:30
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Deccan Chargers v
Rajasthan Royals, 35th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Hyderabad (D/N)
|
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Tue 05
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14:30
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Delhi Daredevils v
Chennai Super Kings, 36th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Delhi (D/N)
|
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Wed 06
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10:30
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Kolkata Knight Riders v
Mumbai Indians, 37th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Kolkata (D/N)
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Wed 06
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14:30
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Rajasthan Royals v
Kings XI Punjab, 38th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Jaipur (D/N)
|
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Thu 07
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14:30
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Bangalore Royal
Challengers v Deccan Chargers, 39th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Bangalore (D/N)
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Fri 08
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14:30
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Kolkata Knight Riders v
Chennai Super Kings, 40th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Kolkata (D/N)
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Sat 09
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10:30
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Kings XI Punjab v Delhi
Daredevils, 41st match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Mohali (D/N)
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Sat 09
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14:30
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Rajasthan Royals v
Mumbai Indians, 42nd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Jaipur (D/N)
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Sun 10
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14:30
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Deccan Chargers v
Kolkata Knight Riders, 43rd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Hyderabad (D/N)
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Mon 11
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14:30
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Delhi Daredevils v
Rajasthan Royals, 44th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Delhi (D/N)
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Tue 12
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10:30
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Mumbai Indians v Kings
XI Punjab, 45th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Mumbai (D/N)
|
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Tue 12
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14:30
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Chennai Super Kings v
Deccan Chargers, 46th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Chennai (D/N)
|
||
Wed 13
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14:30
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Kolkata Knight Riders v
Bangalore Royal Challengers, 47th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Kolkata (D/N)
|
||
Thu 14
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10:30
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Rajasthan Royals v
Chennai Super Kings, 48th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
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Jaipur (D/N)
|
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Thu 14
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14:30
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Delhi Daredevils v
Deccan Chargers, 49th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Delhi (D/N)
|
||
Fri 15
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14:30
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Bangalore Royal
Challengers v Mumbai Indians, 50th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Bangalore (D/N)
|
||
Sat 16
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10:30
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Delhi Daredevils v
Kolkata Knight Riders, 51st match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Delhi (D/N)
|
||
Sat 16
|
14:30
|
Deccan Chargers v Kings
XI Punjab, 52nd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Hyderabad (D/N)
|
||
Sun 17
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10:30
|
Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore
Royal Challengers, 53rd match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Jaipur (D/N)
|
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Sun 17
|
14:30
|
Chennai Super Kings v
Mumbai Indians, 54th match, Indian Premier League, 2009
|
Chennai (D/N)
|
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Mon 18
|
14:30
|
Kings 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
2.
it is
greatttttttttttttttttttttttt
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.
You are showing aggressive things on television, which is very wrong in my point of view.
4.
i am a c.a. inter and
persuing m.b.a please consider me for a job
5.
u r doing a fblus
job.keep it up
6.
Dear Mr. Lalit Modiji,
Greetings from Bikaner
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sir,
I am working as Assistant Professor (Horticulture) at Plant Biotechnology Center , Rajasthan Agricultural University , 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.
Sir,
I am working as Assistant Professor (Horticulture) at Plant Biotechnology Center , Rajasthan Agricultural University , 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
I am looking forward for your positive reply.
Thanking You,
With Warm Regards
Praveen K.Singh
Plant Biotechnology Center
Rajasthan Agricultural University
Beechwal,Bikaner-334006 (Rajasthan)
Mobile : 09414708648
Plant Biotechnology Center
Rajasthan Agricultural University
Beechwal,Bikaner-334006 (Rajasthan)
Mobile : 09414708648
7.
hi ipl is truely super
8.
Kolkata Knight Riders
should change their team combination immediately other wise they will not be
able to perform in future games.
9.
its very good to
watch…….amazing fantasy allover world…..
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;
second batting team will win;
i want sponsorship as this research
will be a boon ;
kindly advice;
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.
12.
kiwi empire is an great
empire
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
Shanmu
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 will any requirment for marketing related work kindly
inform me i can send my CV for the further purpose.
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
gaurav.alwaysfriends@gmail.com
gaurav.alwaysfriends@gmail.com
16.
good job
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
18.
Thank’s for the all
information …
19.
HI
I find really interesting things out here. i shall b thankful to the site creaters. they hd done superb job.
I find really interesting things out here. i shall b thankful to the site creaters. they hd done superb job.
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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?
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.
21.
IPL Twenty20 is a true
cricket,really manoranjan ka baap…….hai.what a cricket yaar…….justimagin….
22.
its a great tournament
23.
We need a change in
Bangalore’s RC team.
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.
Ghaatiya approach.
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.
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….?
If i wish to be a part of team i.e. if i wish to play for IPL then is there any chances….?
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!!!
If YES then I WANT TO JOIN MY CITY KOLHAPUR FOR IPL. please send me details!!!
28.
It was really superb. IPL
brought many talented young crickters.
29.
Warne Captaincy was
amazing, as a coach, as a captain, as a player he had done job well. He was
handling pressure situation very nicely.He is the best spin wizard.Thanks to
shane warne and thanks to BCCI.
30.
I am a mba final year
student in the last semester..Plz cosider me dor any job opportunity.
very nice post, i certainly love this website, keep on it ipl news live
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