Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels BCCI could have postponed the Players' Auction for the 5th edition of Indian Premier League after they came to know about Sahara India's decision to snap its sponsorship contract with Team India and also pull out of the IPL.
By Kushan Sarkar The relationship between Sahara Group and the Indian Cricket Board had turned from bad to worse in the past month but a "couple of not so cordial telephonic conversation" between the owners of Pune Warriors and the board top brass that had telling effect.
By Kushan Sarkar
The relationship between Sahara Group and the Indian Cricket Board had turned from bad to worse in the past month but a "couple of not so cordial telephonic conversation" between the owners of Pune Warriors and the board top brass that had telling effect.
By CricketCountry Staff Former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi has once again lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for their poor treatment of IPL franchises.
By CricketCountry Staff
Former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi has once again lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for their poor treatment of IPL franchises.
Sahara Group defended its decision to snap sponsorship ties with the Cricket Board and withdraw from the IPL, saying the relationship between the two has become so strained that it could not be possible to continue any longer.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday termed Sahara's pull out from sponsorship and the Pune franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as unfortunate and said it hasn't received anything in writing from the corporate major.
By CricketCountry Staff The full text of Sahara's release, which announces the group's dissociation with the BCCI and the Pune IPL team.
The full text of Sahara's release, which announces the group's dissociation with the BCCI and the Pune IPL team.
The BCCI made it clear that rules would not be bent for any IPL franchise but it would still reach out to aggrieved sponsors and Pune Warriors owners Sahara India "as soon as practicable to clarify its intentions."
In a surprise development, the Indian cricket team's longtime sponsor Sahara India today ended financial ties with the BCCI and also pulled out of the IPL by withdrawing from Pune Warriors' ownership just hours before the players' auction.