Indianfan_Hyd Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Indian fans want to see us play IPL: Afridi Afretard invites himself to IPL :haha: KARACHI: All-rounder Shahid Afridi said on Wednesday he was disappointed that Pakistani players could not take part in the lucrative Indian Premier League, calling for more support from across the border. The 29-year-old was reacting to news that Pakistani players will miss the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) due to a delay in securing visas for the Twenty20 event in India. ‘Pakistani players are the most sought-after in India:hysterical: and if they play there it would be the first step towards the revival of cricket between the two countries,’ Afridi told AFP. IPL commissioner Lalit Modi ruled out Pakistani players’ participation in the league after the deadline for completing all formalities – including obtaining visas for the March 12-April 25 event – elapsed on Monday. ‘We are world champions of Twenty20 cricket and the whole world wants to see us play, including the Indian fans who ask us about our participation,’ Afridi said. Afridi starred in Pakistan’s World Twenty20 win in England in June this year, grabbing man-of-the-match awards in the semi-final victory over South Africa and win over Sri Lanka in the final. But he had failed to produce his destructive batting when he and other Pakistani cricketers took part in the IPL’s inaugural season in April-May 2008, with Afridi playing for Deccan Chargers. Pakistani players were then denied permission by Islamabad to play in the second edition earlier this year due to growing political tensions with India. The Pakistan Cricket Board said last week that Islamabad had granted permission to the players to take part in the third season of the IPL, but the delay in securing Indian visas created an obstacle. Five Pakistan cricketers – Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir, Abdul Razzaq, Misbah-ul Haq and Kamran Akmal – have existing contracts with IPL franchises. Seven other Pakistanis, including Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar, had contracts terminated by the respective franchises after the inaugural edition. Afridi said security would not be a problem for Pakistani players in India.:haha::haha::haha: ‘We have played in India in even worse circumstances,’ said Afridi, referring to a tour of India in 1999 when Hindu extremists made threats against Pakistani players. ‘Cricket must go on, the whole world wants to see Pakistan and India play together,’ he added. India stalled a series with Pakistan after the attacks in Mumbai last year, which New Delhi blamed on a Pakistan-based militant group. The attacks also prompted New Delhi to refuse permission for the national team to play in Pakistan earlier this year. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showpost.php?p=890407&postcount=315 :crazy4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hiten. Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Jesus. Can we have all the threads related to IPL in the IPL 2010 thread :wall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 By publishing a news piece suggesting Indian fans want to see your players it has destroyed any credibility that it had. The piece wasn't suggesting that Indian fans want to see our players, it was stating what AFRIDI said. Thats his opinion, nothing wrong in quoting somebody, unlike other news agencies across the border... So you really believe Indians want Paks in IPL? I'm not talking about the content, I'm talking about your comment on Dawn, which couldn't be further from the truth. On the other hand, yeah I do believe Indians want Pakistanis in the IPL :eyedance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feed Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Broad, Anderson turn down IPL deals England fast bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson will not play in next year's Indian Premier League. More... Broad, Anderson turn down IPL deals December 14 2009 at 12:30PM London - England fast bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson will not play in next year's Indian Premier League, British media revealed on Monday. The seamers were in line for exciting opportunities in the cash-laden climes of the IPL but will instead turn their full attention to their international careers. Andrew Flintoff injured his knee while playing in the IPL last year while Kevin Pietersen had to deny claims he aggravated an Achilles injury while training with Bangalore Royal Challengers. BBC radio quoted Broad, who also turned down an India stint last year, as saying that his "number one priority" was to represent his country. - Sapa-AFP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachinism Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Well done Jimmy and Stuey :cheer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomainK Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Pakistanis need to learn from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 oh snap,they just left million dollar offers on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 who the hel offered them to play in first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelig Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 who the hel offered them to play in first place :dito: Remember Michael Clarke:giggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gunner Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 who the hel offered them to play in first place Exactly the question I had. Who was stupid enough to make an offer to these two morons. :cantstop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianfan_Hyd Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 They offered a chance to play in IPL themselves...and declined... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Bond Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 both are good bowlers, especially twenty20 good bowlers... thatis great news, gayle this is the way to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gunner Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 both are good bowlers' date= especially twenty20 good bowlers... thatis great news, gayle this is the way to go... O Rly? Let me introduce you to the famous episode where Yuvraj met Broad..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hiten. Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 O Rly? Let me introduce you to the famous episode where Yuvraj met Broad..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViruRulez Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Base price for 2 new franchisees in 2011 will be 4 times the base price of franchises in IPL 1 The IPL will include two more teams from the 2011 season and will auction the franchise rights at a base price of $225 million, the league's commissioner Lalit Modi announced on Thursday. That figure - double of what the most expensive franchise was sold for in 2008 and more than four times the base price in that first auction - is, in an uncertain market, a sign of the league's confidence in itself and the Twenty20 format. That valuation is all the more surprising given that the franchises will almost certainly be based in relatively small markets - the metros and bigger cities already have teams. The favourites to be host cities for the two teams are Ahmedabad and Lucknow. However, signs of the IPL's growing net worth were evident in February when Rajasthan Royals, the then IPL champions, sold a 11.7% stake in their franchise for approximately US$15.4 million. That put the valuation of the franchise at around $140m, more than double the $67m paid for it a year previously. The league's expansion will see a much longer fixture list - 94 games as opposed to 59 in the first two seasons if the format remains the same - and accommodating it in the 45-day window without compromising players' fitness, and keeping the international calendar in mind, will be a challenge. Modi's announcement followed a meeting of the IPL's governing council at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai that was also attended by board president Shashank Manohar and secretary N Srinivasan. He announced details of next season's league, which will begin on March 24 in Hyderabad - home to the current champions, the Deccan Chargers - with the final and the third place play-off on April 25 at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The semi-finals will be held in Bangalore. Another important decision taken today was to remove the two-player cap on centrally contracted Australian players in each IPL team. The cap had been in response to Cricket Australia's concern of an exodus from its pool of contracted players when the league started. Modi also said he had received requests from 12 Pakistan players to be part of the auction for the third IPL on January 19. Each team has been allotted $750,000 to make new signings at that auction. The player auction for the fourth IPL will take place after the Champions League in the third or fourth quarter of 2010. The process for the players would be on the same lines as during the inaugural edition but said only "certain" players would be bid without going into much details. "The current franchises would be allowed to keep a certain number of players, the modalities are being worked out." Is Lalit Modi being over zealous now. He has increased the base price by 4 times and the base price for the 2 new owners in IPL 4 will be twice the amount paid by Ambani for the costliest team Mumbai. :omg: And it is now sure that the 94 games would be there from IPL 4 but the games would be played in the same 45 days as is the time frame right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViruRulez Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/current/story/440027.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap_Brannigan Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Is Lalit Modi being over zealous now. He has increased the base price by 4 times and the base price for the 2 new owners in IPL 4 will be twice the amount paid by Ambani for the costliest team Mumbai. :omg: And it is now sure that the 94 games would be there from IPL 4 but the games would be played in the same 45 days as is the time frame right now. Addition on 2 teams is only 4 extra game for each team. There are too many international players in any one team and a lot of them never play. I am sure that a window will be found in the FTP calendar by 2011 and pretty much every international player would want to play in IPL. 4 extra games or not, frankly, the leagues have to learn to rotate their players around. 224 million $ will not fly when the most profitable team earns only 30 million $ in profits. Sure more games means more TV revenue, but still the extra few million $ will not offset the franchise price esp in cities like Ahmadabad and Nagpur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViruRulez Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Addition on 2 teams is only 4 extra game for each team. There are too many international players in any one team and a lot of them never play. I am sure that a window will be found in the FTP calendar by 2011 and pretty much every international player would want to play in IPL. 4 extra games or not, frankly, the leagues have to learn to rotate their players around. 224 million $ will not fly when the most profitable team earns only 30 million $ in profits. Sure more games means more TV revenue, but still the extra few million $ will not offset the franchise price esp in cities like Ahmadabad and Nagpur. frankly speaking it is still quite beneficial for corporates .. they get 2 months of advertisement each year and huge publicity through their teams .. and on top of it they make profit... even if the corporates dont make profit yet it is a very profitable publicity as it is quite cheap for them compared to TV ads .. even if they dont make profit yet it would be quite profitable and cheap publicity for big corporates like Tata, Wipro, HCL etc. though I am not sure any of the other bigges are interested or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViruRulez Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 IPL 2010 - News, Views and Opinion thread. Latest: Modi threatens Aussies Melbourne, Dec 22 (PTI) IPL chairman Lalit Modi has threatened to terminate contracts of Australian players and ban State sides from the Champions League if they fail to release their players for the third edition of the T20 event. Dates of the last round of the Australia's domestic competition -- Sheffield Shield -- and the mega BCCI event are clashing but Modi wants States sides to release their contracted players for the competition. Modi said they respect players' commitments to their countries but wont' mind if players skip domestic duties for IPL. "The IPL 2010 season is in March-April, when a lot of domestic tournaments will still be on. This is a one-off situation. The IPL requires No-Objection Certificates from the home boards for players to participate in IPL. "This was essentially done to protect the FTP (Future Tours Program) commitments. Hats off to Modi. He is now making the Aussies bow down and remove their arrogance :hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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