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IPL 2012 auctions

Sourav Ganguly: MS Dhoni’s fate in IPL 9 and 10 should be left to team owners

Sourav Ganguly refused to elaborate any further on the topic of the IPL players draft for the new franchises of Pune and Rajkot.

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Gautam Gambhir retained as Kolkata Knight Riders captain for IPL 7

  Gautam Gambhir will be retained as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League  (IPL).   The Shahrukh Khan– owned franchise also retained prolific West Indies mystery spinner Sunil Narine.   It was under Gambhir’s captaincy that KKR won their maiden IPL title two years ago and...

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IPL franchise owners take notice of explosive Richard Levi

By Kushan Sarkar

 

South African opener Richard Levi who scored the fastest century in the history of T20 International during his knock 117 off 51 balls against New Zealand has made the IPL franchises owners sit up and take notice after being ignored at auctions in Bangalore, earlier this month.

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BCCI hopeful of positive outcome from talks with Sahara

Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla said Wednesday that talks are going on between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Sahara India in a cordial manner and hoped a positive outcome by this week.

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BCCI ropes in Shashank Manohar to resolve dispute with Sahara

The bigwigs of the BCCI and Sahara Group on Wednesday started another round of discussions in a desperate bid to break the stalemate over the participation of Pune Warriors in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League.

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BCCI will not change IPL rules for Sahara: N Srinivasan

Indian cricket board president N.Srinivasan on Monday said the board was ready to walk an extra mile to address the issues raised by Sahara India on the sponsorship deal but made it clear that exceptions cannot be made by bending rules in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

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FICA concerned about the future of Pune, Kochi IPL players

By Amit Kumar Das

 

Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) CEO Tim May has expressed concern for the players of the IPL franchise Pune Warriors who have been left with no team to play for after the withdrawl of their owner Sahara India last week.

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N Srinivasan, Subrata Roy set to meet to discuss Sahara grievance

By CricketCountry Staff

 

Sahara India may reinstate their cricketing ties with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), when Sahara head Subrata Roy and BCCI president N Srinivasan meet this weekend to discuss the issues which led to the corporate giant's pull out from sponsorship of the national team. 

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Lalit Modi is making baseless comments on IPL 2 auction: N Srinivasan

By Kushan Sarkar

 

BCCI president N Srinivasan on Tuesday rubbished Lalit Modi's claim that the 2009 IPL auction of Andrew Flintoff was rigged and said that the former Commssioner was only seeking "publicity" by making such baseless statements.

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Pune players should not be deprived of playing IPL this year: Subroto Roy

Sahara Group's chief Subroto Roy on Tuesday said that he is open to negotiations with the BCCI as far as his IPL team Pune Warriors is concerned but made it clear that the group is no longer keen in sponsoring the Indian cricket team.

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