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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

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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

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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.

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DEEPAK
VAISHNAV

CONTENTS

Sr.No. Particulars Page No.


1 INTRODUCTION 5
2 IPL TEAMS 7
3 MORE ON IPL 9
4 ABOUT ENGLISH PLAYERS AND THEIR 11
VIEWS
5 THE DEATH OF ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL 13
6 GLOBLE NETWORK OF IPL 18
7 IPL: THE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OF 22
CRICKET
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 32
SELL IPL
12 IPL Schedule 2009 35

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13 COMMENTS 41

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.

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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.

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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 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
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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.

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* 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

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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

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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.

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“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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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


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➢ 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 you have the grand Champions
League, like the UEFA model which has taken football to such
heights.”

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➢ 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 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

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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.

➢ “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,
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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 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.

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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.

➢ 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.

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➢ “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.

➢ 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.

➢ In September last year, organisers of the Rugby World Cup settled

at the last minute after a long dispute over media rights.

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➢ 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.

➢ 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.

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➢ “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.

➢ “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.

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➢ 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.

ACTOR CROWE SET TO BUY IPL FRANCHIES

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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April 2009

Time
Date Match Details Venue
(GMT)
Rajasthan Royals v Delhi
Jaipur
Fri 10 14:30 Daredevils, 1st match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan
Kolkata
Sat 11 10:30 Chargers, 2nd match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore
Bangalore
Sat 11 14:30 Royal Challengers, 3rd match,
(D/N)
Indian Premier League, 2009
Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab,
Delhi
Sun 12 10:30 4th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals,
Mumbai
Sun 12 14:30 5th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super
Hyderabad
Mon 13 14:30 Kings, 6th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Bangalore Royal Challengers v
Bangalore
Tue 14 14:30 Kolkata Knight Riders, 7th match,
(D/N)
Indian Premier League, 2009
Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians,
Mohali
Wed 15 14:30 8th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils,
Hyderabad
Thu 16 10:30 9th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Thu 16 14:30 Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Chennai
Royals, 10th match, Indian Premier (D/N)

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League, 2009
Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal
Mumbai
Fri 17 14:30 Challengers, 11th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers,
Mohali
Sat 18 10:30 12th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi
Kolkata
Sat 18 14:30 Daredevils, 13th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Bangalore Royal Challengers v
Bangalore
Sun 19 10:30 Rajasthan Royals, 14th match,
(D/N)
Indian Premier League, 2009
Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super
Mumbai
Sun 19 14:30 Kings, 15th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI
Kolkata
Mon 20 14:30 Punjab, 16th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians,
Delhi
Tue 21 14:30 17th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Rajasthan Royals v Deccan
Jaipur
Wed 22 14:30 Chargers, 18th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings
Bangalore
Thu 23 14:30 XI Punjab, 19th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight
Mumbai
Fri 24 14:30 Riders, 20th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI
Chennai
Sat 25 10:30 Punjab, 21st match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Sat 25 14:30 Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Delhi
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Challengers, 22nd match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians,
Hyderabad
Sun 26 10:30 23rd match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight
Jaipur
Sun 26 14:30 Riders, 24th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Kings XI Punjab v Bangalore Royal
Mohali
Mon 27 14:30 Challengers, 25th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils,
Mumbai
Tue 28 14:30 26th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata
Chennai
Wed 29 10:30 Knight Riders, 27th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals,
Mohali
Wed 29 14:30 28th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal
Hyderabad
Thu 30 14:30 Challengers, 29th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
May 2009

Time
Date Match Details Venue
(GMT)
Chennai Super Kings v Delhi
Chennai
Fri 01 14:30 Daredevils, 30th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers,
Mumbai
Sat 02 10:30 31st match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Sat 02 14:30 Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Kolkata

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Royals, 32nd match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super
Mohali
Sun 03 10:30 Kings, 33rd match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi
Bangalore
Sun 03 14:30 Daredevils, 34th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan
Hyderabad
Mon 04 14:30 Royals, 35th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super
Delhi
Tue 05 14:30 Kings, 36th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai
Kolkata
Wed 06 10:30 Indians, 37th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab,
Jaipur
Wed 06 14:30 38th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Bangalore Royal Challengers v
Bangalore
Thu 07 14:30 Deccan Chargers, 39th match,
(D/N)
Indian Premier League, 2009
Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai
Kolkata
Fri 08 14:30 Super Kings, 40th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils,
Mohali
Sat 09 10:30 41st match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians,
Jaipur
Sat 09 14:30 42nd match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight
Hyderabad
Sun 10 14:30 Riders, 43rd match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
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Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan
Delhi
Mon 11 14:30 Royals, 44th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab,
Mumbai
Tue 12 10:30 45th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Chennai Super Kings v Deccan
Chennai
Tue 12 14:30 Chargers, 46th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore
Kolkata
Wed 13 14:30 Royal Challengers, 47th match,
(D/N)
Indian Premier League, 2009
Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super
Jaipur
Thu 14 10:30 Kings, 48th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers,
Delhi
Thu 14 14:30 49th match, Indian Premier League,
(D/N)
2009
Bangalore Royal Challengers v
Bangalore
Fri 15 14:30 Mumbai Indians, 50th match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight
Delhi
Sat 16 10:30 Riders, 51st match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab,
Hyderabad
Sat 16 14:30 52nd match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal
Jaipur
Sun 17 10:30 Challengers, 53rd match, Indian
(D/N)
Premier League, 2009
Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai
Chennai
Sun 17 14:30 Indians, 54th match, Indian Premier
(D/N)
League, 2009
Mon 18 14:30 Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Mohali
Riders, 55th match, Indian Premier (D/N)
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League, 2009
Bangalore Royal Challengers v
Bangalore
Tue 19 14:30 Chennai Super Kings, 56th match,
(D/N)
Indian Premier League, 2009
1st Semi-Final, Indian Premier Chennai
Thu 21 14:30
League, 2009 (D/N)
2nd Semi-Final, Indian Premier Chennai
Fri 22 14:30
League, 2009 (D/N)
Mumbai
Sun 24 14:30 Final, Indian Premier League, 2009
(D/N)

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

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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

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

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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

Praveen K.Singh
Plant Biotechnology Center

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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

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


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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 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

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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

Comment by gaurav — May 9, 2008 @ 10:14 am

16.good job

Comment by manoj — May 9, 2008 @ 10:26 am

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
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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?

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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