Fans who have become accustomed to Twenty20 matches lasting just three hours are in for a surprise during the second season of the IPL – they will now last for three-and-a-quarter hours. Part of the appeal of the shortest form of the game is the non-stop action but IPL games will now take longer...
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Cape Town awaits IPL Celebrities
Cape Town is getting ready for the biggest celebrity invasion of the year as the off-field stars of the Indian Premier League (IPL) converge on the Mother City. As a popular holiday destination and film-shoot location, Cape Town is no stranger to the rich and famous, but with the glamorous Twenty20 tournament due to...
South African players have advantage of IPL venue
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...
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...
IPL Venue move to U.K. or South Africa
India’s Indian Premier League(IPL) matches may be moved to the U.K. or South Africa to avoid domestic security concerns, the Press reported, without saying where it got the information. The Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) took the decision to relocate the 45-day twenty20 tournament overseas after authorities said they couldn’t guarantee security...
