Tag Archives: Protests against Sri Lankan cricketers in IPL

IPL 2013: David Warner captains Delhi Daredevils against RCB

By Indo-Asian News Service May 10, 2013, 9:10 pm

Australian batsman David Warner is leading the Delhi Daredevils against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Feroz Shah Kotla Friday.

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IPL 2013: Rajiv Shukla wants full strength teams to play in qualifiers

By CricketCountry Staff May 2, 2013, 11:36 pm

IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla spoke about the venue shift from Chennai to Delhi for the play offs and said that he wanted full strength sides to play in the qualifiers. The first Qualifier and Eliminator of the Indian Premier League was today shifted to Delhi from Chennai, putting an end to the uncertainty over the […]

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IPL 2013 knockout matches shifted from Chennai to Delhi

By Press Trust of India April 27, 2013, 8:24 pm

The first Qualifier and Eliminator of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament was on Saturday shifted to Delhi from Chennai, putting an end to the uncertainty over the venue for the crucial matches.

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IPL 2013 play-offs shifted from Chennai to Delhi

By Press Trust of India April 27, 2013, 7:22 pm

The first Qualifier and Eliminator of the Indian Premier League was today shifted to Delhi from Chennai, putting an end to the uncertainty over the venue for the crucial matches.

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IPL Governing Council to consult TN government on venue for Qualifier and Eliminator

By Press Trust of India April 22, 2013, 8:58 pm

Indian Premier League (IPL) authorities will ascertain whether the Tamil Nadu government will allow Sri Lankan players to play in the first qualifier and the eliminator here next month before taking any decision to shift the two crucial games to an alternative venue.

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IPL 2013 knock-out matches likely to be shifted from Chennai

By Press Trust of India April 20, 2013, 8:20 pm

The IPL Governing Council is likely to shift the Qualifier and Eliminator matches from Chennai in order to allow respective teams with Sri Lankan players, freedom to choose their best playing eleven.

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IPL 2013: Sri Lanka Cricket writes to Buddhist monks on player participation

By Press Trust of India April 5, 2013, 10:29 pm

Sri Lanka's cricket board today said it has addressed the concerns raised by the island's powerful Buddhist clergies on the participation of its cricketers in the ongoing sixth edition of the Indian Premier League.

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Indian Premier League of controversies

By Indo-Asian News Service March 31, 2013, 9:00 pm

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is known as much for its sporting and glamour quotient as for its controversies.

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Sachin Tendulkar will retire on his own: Rajeev Shukla

By Press Trust of India March 31, 2013, 5:04 pm

Senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla feels that Sachin Tendulkar should be allowed to retire on his own terms considering the huge contribution the veteran batsman has made to Indian cricket.

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IPL franchises to request governing council to shift knock-out matches out of Chennai

By Indo-Asian News Service March 30, 2013, 10:28 pm

Franchises with a strong Sri Lankan presence are slowly building up pressure on the Governing Council of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to shift their play-off and knockout matches out of Chennai.

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IPL 2013: Dinesh Chandimal rejected advances from Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors

By Press Trust of India March 30, 2013, 9:59 pm

Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka's T20 international skipper, has rejected offers to play in the sixth edition of the IPL, cricket board sources claimed.

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IPL 2013: Tamil Eelam students federation protests against Sri Lankan players

By CricketCountry Staff March 30, 2013, 8:45 pm

Members of the student federation of Tamil Eelam have demanded that the Sri Lankan players should not be included in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League. They have said that if a decision is not taken on the matter then they will stage a protest outside the house of the franchise owner. Tamil […]

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IPL 2013: Muttiah Muralitharan joins Royal Challengers Bangalore camp

By Press Trust of India March 30, 2013, 6:53 pm

Amidst controversy over Sri Lankan players' participation in Chennai matches of the IPL, spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan today joined Royal Challengers Bangalore's conditioning camp at the National Cricket Academy for the Twenty20 league, starting April 3.

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SLC can’t stop Sri Lankan cricketers from participating in IPL

By Press Trust of India March 30, 2013, 2:53 pm

Reacting to mounting pressure on the authorities to prevent the Sri Lankan cricketers from taking part in the upcoming Indian Premier League, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Saturday said it was powerless to stop the players.

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IPL 2013: Governing council should have called Jayalalithaa’s bluff

By Indo-Asian News Service March 28, 2013, 11:39 pm

The decision of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council to accede to the demand of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa not to field the Sri Lankan players in Chennai is fraught with danger, even if it is a carefully thought out political move by her or the centre.

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