head coach Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Ahh so know we see the haste in retiring. Not as some said about aussies knowing when to bow out unlike indians carrying on for money. So saint gilly retired for £££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ IPL is a 3-weeks deal in between tours. He did retire from Tests gracefully but decided to play IPL because he has got cricket left in him. That doesnt mean he is acting like certain Indian players who hang in there until they are chucked out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HariSampath Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Krish Srikkanth retained as consultant for Chennai in IPL . Chennai has announced a contest for team name.....everyone have a say and enjoy !!! http://ipl.c2il.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandan Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 IPL cricketers to net high-scoring fees Aminah Sheikh / Mumbai January 31, 2008 The Indian Premier League (IPL), promoted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), will be quite a money spinner for cricketers playing in the Twenty20 league. The auctions are slated sometime in February, though the exact date is yet to be announced. Expectations are that stars like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh will rake in close to Rs 2 crore to Rs 3 crore in just one season of 59 match-days. Under the rules, the four top stars will be bound to play in their home grounds in Mumbai (Tendulkar), Kolkata (Ganguly), Mohali (Singh), and Bangalore (Dravid), and will not be a part of the players’ auction. But their prices will be fixed so that they are paid 15 per cent more than what the most expensive player fetches through the auction process. Industry sources estimate that the other Indian players like Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Robin Uthappa and S Sreesanth will command around Rs 40 lakh for one year. M S Dhoni, the captain of the Indian Twenty20, may go in for Rs 75 lakh to Rs 1.2 crore. Overseas players are expected to rake in between Rs 1 crore and Rs 1.5 crore each season. The teams have a lot to choose from. Among the international stars to play in the IPL will be Australian fast bowler Brett Lee and retired spinner Shane Warne, stars from Pakistan like Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi, Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya and South Africa’s Shaun Pollock, among others. A team also needs to include emerging local talent, and young regional players may earn close to Rs 20 lakh to Rs 25 lakh, said sources. It is said that the BCCI has informed the eight team-owners that each of them has to spend $50,000 on each player in 2008, and a total of $3.3 million in 2008 on the entire squad. At the moment each senior cricketer plays up to 45 match days in domestic cricket (if his team is successful), taking the annual match fee earnings of local players up to Rs 16.2 lakh. The BCCI announced that domestic cricketers would be paid Rs 36,000 per match day in the current financial year, from around Rs 26,000 per match day in the last fiscal. SPENDING SPREE *Each team owner to spend a minimum of $3.3 million on the entire squad of 16 in 08. *Each players should get a minimum of $50,000 in 08. *Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid to earn 15 per cent more than the highest player fee.Expected to rake in Rs 2 crore to Rs 3 crore. *M S Dhoni to get around Rs 75 lakh to Rs 1.2 crore per season. *International players like of Shane Warne will earn in the range of Rs 1 crore to Rs 1.5 crore per season. *Players like Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Robin Uthappa, Sreesanth expected to command around Rs 40 lakh for one year. *Young regional talent may get nearly Rs 20 lakh to Rs 25 lakh. Note: The bidding process will be held only in the first year of IPL, in the years that follow team owners will have to surce players directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineleg Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 IPL cricketers to net high-scoring fees The auctions are slated sometime in February, though the exact date is yet to be announced. Expectations are that stars like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh will rake in close to Rs 2 crore to Rs 3 crore in just one season of 59 match-days. . Crores have become like lakhs or even thousands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hiten. Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Crores have become like lakhs or even thousands Remember Amitabh's KBC's advertisement ? He use to tell the viewers that it takes one complete lifetime for some to manage to gather crore rupees. In today's cricketing world it seems that AB's that particular line makes no sense....but in real life it still stands firm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartikey Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 why isnt Kumble in the list with the Big 3 and useless? so the BCCI now feel that useless has done more then Jumbo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HariSampath Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I wonder who will be willing to pay crores to Dravid and ganguly for T20....maybe Mumbai may pay crores to force these 2 to play for other sides LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanakya Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I wonder who will be willing to pay crores to Dravid and ganguly for T20....maybe Mumbai may pay crores to force these 2 to play for other sides LOL Shar Rukh will for Ganguly. Kolkata will then treart Shah Ruck with the same reverence as Mithun Da. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartikey Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Shar Rukh will for Ganguly. Kolkata will then treart Shah Ruck with the same reverence as Mithun Da. :D I just wanna see the reaction Dhoni gets from the Eden Gardens crowd. He'll probably be treated the same as symonds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zub2006 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 anyone knws if it will be screened in the uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suraj Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Ponting sees trouble brewing at CA Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on Thursday said Cricket Australia (CA) should not come in the way of players' participation in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) by raking up sponsorship issues. Ponting said it would be "unfair" if CA stopped players from participating in the BCCI-backed venture to protect its sponsors. He said the Australian Cricketers' Association would oppose CA's interference. "There are already some globally-protected sponsors of Cricket Australia, there are a couple of them," Ponting told reporters on the eve of the tri-series match against Sri Lanka here on Friday. "I don't think Cricket Australia would be able to make any of their other sponsors global sponsors. If they tried to do that I'm sure the players' association would have something to say about it. "It would be a little bit unfair if that was the case," he added. BCCI vice-President Lalit Modi had on Wednesday warned that Australian cricketers were in danger of losing out on participation in IPL if their Board continued to demand promotion of their sponsors during the League. Likening IPL to county cricket Ponting compared IPL to English County championship and said CA should also look at the Twenty20 series as a domestic tournament. "It's (IPL) a domestic competition (of India), as county cricket is. There's never been any worry about Cricket Australia releasing guys to go and play county cricket," he said. "That's the reason Cricket Australia backed it all in the first place, because it was a domestic tournament and it wouldn't be actually taking Australian players away from their domestic competitions or the Australian team," he added. 'My back is better' On his troubling back, Ponting said it would still take some time to recover completely. "My back has been better, I must admit. It's just something that I have to get on top of," he said. We've been pretty cautious with it over the past few days. I'll be right to get through the rest of this series," he added. http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=1246698&navname=Sports%20&moreurl=http://publication.samachar.com/ndtv/sports/ndtv.php&homeurl=http://sports.samachar.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkay Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Money Talks! Does n't? Did I see Money / Monkey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandan Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Australians come a step closer We are here to work in through the players' contracts ... The MoU covers the obligations of the players and the IPL ANIL AMBANI, CEO, Reliance energy NOTWITHSTANDING Cricket Australia's (CA's) reservations and their existing national commitments, top Australian players are all set to sign on the dotted line with the Indian Premier League (IPL). Neil Maxwell and Steve Atkinson, representing cricketers from Down Under, were here on Thursday to facilitate the signing of Memorandum of Understanding between the players and the IPL. "It is the Long Form Agreement, a two-page document. We had a discussion with Lalit Modi (IPL Commissioner and a VicePresident of BCCI)," Maxwell told Hindustan Times. "We are here to work through the players' contracts ... The MoU covers the obligations of the players and the IPL." CA had raised the issue of protection of its sponsors when the Australian players take part in the IPL. But Maxwell believed the players were well within their right to sign up. "The CA has to work that through with the BCCL As Modi had said on a number of occasions, the sponsors don't get protection when the Australian players play in the English County," he said. Also, the Australian team is scheduled to tour Pakistan around the same time the inaugural IPL - 59 matches over 44 days - is to be held, although the political situation has raised doubts about the fixture going ahead. Maxwell said that CA was yet to convey to the players a final decision about the tour, one way or the other. Asked how the IPL would fit into the international calendar when the Test-playing nations were committed to the Future Tours Programme at least till 2011, Maxwell said, "The IPL has a role in the calendar each year It is only going to grow in significance in time." Moody for IPL The list of players represented by Maxwell included Tom Moody, the former all-rounder who coached Sri Lanka to the World Cup final in the West Indies last year. "After what happened last month, a lot of players want to rebuild and strengthen their ties with India," Maxwell said. The Mumbai matches, it was decided, would be held at the Brabourne Stadium. 20 per cent of tickets for state associations BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said that it had been decided to reserve "20 per cent of the tickets to the state associations." Allotting tickets for matches to the club members and the local state association had been foreseen a thorny issue. Shah did not give a clear reply when asked if that percentage also included the members of the Cricket Club of India (CCI), set to host the Mumbai matches, though. The eight franchises are scheduled to meet the IPL bosses over the next two days when many prickly issues are to be sorted out. Meanwhile, it is learnt that the player auction is tentatively set for February 20. IN THE LEAGUE Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Stephen Fleming, Brett Lee, Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Nathan Bracken, Cameron White, Mike Hussey, Jason Gillespie, Justin Langer and Tom Moody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartikey Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 anyone knws if it will be screened in the uk it will probably be on Max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandan Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Tough to prepare wickets for IPL: Daljeet Australian curator Les Burdett summoned to liven up dead pitches The wickets are being used since September and though the Ranji season finished in December, the work- load hasn't reduced DALIEET SINGH, Chairman, Grounds and Pitches Committee AS THE euphoria generated in the wake of the Indian Premier League (IPL) signing billion-dollar business deals is gradually waning, the challenges it will have to deal with are also cropping up by the day The latest, in addition to availability of players and apparent differences over sponsorships with Cricket Australia, is the challenge to prepare the wickets suiting the demands of this particular format of the sport. "It's going to be a huge challenge for the curators to prepare the wickets for the league. It's the end of the seasons and wickets would be pretty dead by now, offering low and slow bounce," said BCCI Grounds and Pitches Committee chairman Daljit Singh. "All people come to see in this format of the game is slambang batting. We want wickets that can offer scores at least in excess of 150 and ideally around and beyond 180, something possible only if the wicket offers bounce and pace conducive for stroke-play," he said, adding they, however, have little time to spruce up the wickets to the expected level. Nevertheless, he said, no efforts would be spared to achieve the goal. "The BCCI has invited Les Burdett, a curator in Adelaide, to take stock of the situation and suggest how wickets could be brought up to the desired level," said Singh. Burdett is curator at the Adelaide Oval since 1978, and is credited with having laid superb pitches in several countries. Singh also said that he would ask associations hosting the IPL games to close down their grounds as early as possible. "The wickets are being used since September and though the Ranji season finished in December, the workload hasn't reduced as the associations continue to hold institutional cricket, corporate cricket, leagues and district cricket," he said, suggesting it would take a huge effort to restore vitality to the wickets. ___________________________________________ If good cricket is wanted then good pitches have to be produced as ot was in SA. Or else you'd only get to see the boring match that we witnessed today at Sydney between Australia and SL with a slow and dusty pitch with no pace whatsoever in the track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb1991 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 2 months should be enough to liven up the pitch in normal conditions, but getting a thin covering of grass (which speedens pitches) in Indian spring/summer may be a tough task. 20 per cent of tickets for state associations This is extremely promising. Chandan, may I request the source of the above articles please. I do not doubt their credibility, I was wanted to post them on another forum which has stricter laws about posting articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear23 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 IPL -- Price Tag for Players PRICE TAG FOR INDIAN PLAYERS $4,00,000 Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni $2,50,000 Anil Kumble and Harbhajan $2,00,000 Virender Sehwag, Sreesanth, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Robin Uthappa, Murali Kartik and Dinesh Karthik $1,75,000 Irfan Pathan $1,50,000 Rohit Sharma $1,25,000 Mohd Kaif, Suresh Raina and Yousuf Pathan $1,00,000-$1,25,000 Joginder Sharma $1,00,000 Munaf Patel and Ishant Sharma http://cricket.indiatimes.com/Want_Dhoni_in_your_IPL_team_Start_bidding/articleshow/2768265.cms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MundaPakistani Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Lets see if dsr cries about discrimination against Pathan:giggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumble_rocks Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Waiting for the usual "I am disappointed" line by VVS and Rohan..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 why is ganguly listed before dravid and dhoni after yuvraj? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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