Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt defended the punishments imposed on seven top players, saying strong action was needed to stamp out indiscipline in the national side.
Heavy security arrangements have been made in the vicinity of DY Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai where the opening ceremony of the IPL Season 3 will be hosted and first T-20 match would be played on Friday, police said.
Preity Zinta, Bollywood actor and co-owner of the KingsXI Punjab, is confident that change of guard in their IPL side would not have any adverse affect on the team’s performance since they do not support ‘I’ and ‘Me’ culture.
India’s premium manufacturer of 2-wheeled motorised vehicles – Hero Honda on Wednesday reportedly bought Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab for a whopping $260 million.
At a time when the BCCI is desperately trying to save Ferozeshah Kotla from an International Cricket Council (ICC) ban over last month’s ODI fiasco due to an ‘unfit’ pitch, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has sounded a warning to all venues across the country – please prepare ‘fit’ pitches for the Twenty20 event or face the music.
Most of his compatriots have developed cold feet about playing in the Indian Premier League in the wake of Shiv Sena’s threat but retired opener Matthew Hayden said he is very much looking forward to be part of the third edition of the Twenty20 extravaganza.
Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) after another operation on his troublesome knee that isexpected to sideline him for about six months.
