IPL teams that have more South African players in their side, especially Bangalore, have a clear home advantage now that the tournament has been relocated to that country, coaches and players from the league have said. Ray Jennings, the coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, which has five South Africans in the team, the maximum...
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IPL Deal for Rs. 8200 Crore
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) promoted Indian Premier League on Wednesday signed a whopping Rs. 8,200-crore Official Broadcast Partner agreement for nine years (up to 2017) with Multi Screen Media (MSM, formerly Sony) and World Sport Group (WSG). MSM will now bring the 59 matches live from South Africa on...
Modi confirms SA as IPL 2 Venue
South Africa will host the second edition of the multi-billion dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) from April 18 at six venues. The IPL Twenty20 championship will be played at Durban, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pretoria, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. With South Africa saying yes to IPL, League Commissioner and Chairman Lalit Modi’s search for a...
England weather threatens IPL 2
The contest between England and South Africa to stage the Indian Premier League (IPL) was hotting up as bad weather threatened to cool English hopes of staging the lucrative Twenty20 event. Organisers have had to take the second edition of the lucrative tournament out of its homeland, with the Indian government saying it cannot...
