Knight Riders Ropes Webster As Mental Skills Coach

March 9, 2012

For the first time in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Kolkata Knight Riders has appointed the popular sports psychologist, Rudi Webster as the team’s mental skills coach for the upcoming IPL season. Rudi, who has influenced players’ minds like Virender Sehwag, Brian Lara, Greg Chappell, Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards, thought that there is so [...]

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Owais Shah Joins Rajasthan Royals As Substitute For Shane Warne

March 9, 2012

Rajasthan Royals has roped the England batsman, Owais Shah as a substitute for Royals’ former captain Shane Warne, who has retired from all cricket-forms during last IPL edition. Owais Shah, who has been associated with Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders and also with obsolete Kochi Tuskers Kerala in earlier tournaments, was actively a part in [...]

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Railways Wicketkeeper-Batsman Mahesh Rawat Joins Pune Warriors

March 8, 2012

Railways glovesman Mahesh Rawat on 5th March, joined in the team Pune Warriors for the forthcoming fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Mahesh Rawat, who played in the first season of the IPL T20 for Rajasthan Royals, was not grabbed by any franchisees in the last 3 IPL editions. However, this year, Rawat [...]

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Looking Forward To IPL : Pragyan Ojha

March 8, 2012

Pragyan Ojha, Left-arm spinner, unnoticed for the squad of Asia Cup, wishes to utilize the upcoming fifth season of Indian Premier League to have a return to the Indian Team. He stated that he was waiting for the upcoming IPL season to establish himself. Pragyan Ojha was chosen as the 2nd spinner for Border-Gavaskar Trophy [...]

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UltraTech Cement Is Rajasthan Royals Principal Team Sponsor For IPL-5

March 6, 2012

UltraTech Cement, a division of the Aditya Birla Group, on 6th March announced that they would be the principal sponsor for Rajasthan Royals in the 5th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL-5), 2012. The organization has been connected with the squad since the 1st edition of IPL as main sponsor in 2009 and 2010 editions [...]

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Deccan Chargers Sign Five Players For IPL-5

March 6, 2012

Hyderabadi Deccan Chargers have signed 5 players on Monday including Sydem Ahmed Quadri, all rounder from Hyderabad, Abhishek Junjhunwala, middle-order batsman from Bengal, and 3 uncapped cricketers for the 5th season of Indian Premier League (IPL). The Deccan Chargers stated in a press release today, “The 3 uncapped cricketers include left-arm spinner Sneha Kishore, right-arm [...]

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Tanmay Mishra Relishes IPL Challenge

March 5, 2012

Tanmay Mishra, middle-order batsman from Kenya states that it is every cricket player’s dream that they play in the rewarding Indian Premier League (IPL) that consistently attracts even the great stars. 25-year-old, the India-born, Tanmay Mishra will be the first Kenyan cricketer to feature in the IPL when he joins Deccan Chargers, the Hyderabad based [...]

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Daredevils Sign New Zealand Skipper Ross Taylor From Rajasthan

March 5, 2012

Kiwi’s captain Ross Taylor will shift to Delhi Daredevils from Rajasthan Royals for the 5th season of Indian Premier League. In the first 3 seasons of the IPL, Ross Taylor played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, till he was signed by Rajasthan Royals in the IPL-4 Player Auction, 2011. TA Sekar, Team Mentor of Dardevils said [...]

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Kings XI Punjab Sign Gurkeerat For IPL V

March 5, 2012

good performance in the Vijay Hazare North Zone tournament by Gurkeerat Singh Mann has helped him grab the contract to sign with Kings XI Punjab for the 5th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL). The middle-order young cricketer has been in the core batting team of Punjab in the Vijay Hazare, scoring 236 runs in [...]

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BCCI Makes a Pitch For Rs 900-cr IPL Insurance Cover

March 5, 2012

The IPL (Indian Premier League) is going to be the largest sporting show for the Indian cricket board – even larger than the ICC Cricket World Cup – at least in the aspect of Insurance coverage. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is looking for an event cancellation insurance cover of Rs [...]

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Parvinder Awana To Play For Kings XI Punjab In IPL 5

March 5, 2012

Delhi’s paceman Parvinder Awana has shown outstanding performance in the Ranji Trophy and he stood as the 4th highest wicket-taker with his 28 scalps in 6 matches. Impressed with his performance, the Kings XI Punjab has signed Parvinder Awana who belongs to the village Haraula in Noida. Receiving an IPL deal from KXIP on Friday, [...]

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Mumbai Indians Sign Richard Levi For IPL-5

February 28, 2012

Mumbai Indians have signed up the Twenty20 Record Man, Richard Levi as a replacement for Australian batsman Andrew Symonds for the 5th season of Indian Premier League. The 24 year old opening batsman Levi, who saved his name in the records with the fastest century in International Twenty20 last weekend breaking earlier records of Brendon [...]

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Pune Warriors Buy Hopes And Dinda From Daredevils

February 27, 2012

Pune warriors have bought the Australian all arounder, James Hopes, and the India fast bowler, Ashok Dinda, from Delhi Daredevils. Both the players have signed the contract for 2 years, on Sunday. James is the second foreign player to be bought by Pune Warriors in the transfer window, after they defeat Mumbai Indians in the [...]

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Delhi Daredevils Appoint Mahela Jayawardene As Vice-Captain

February 25, 2012

Daredevils on 22nd February appointed Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene as their vice-captain for fifth season of IPL. The tem mentor of Delhi Daredevils, T.A.Sekar stated that it was a simple decision to take. He added, “Jayawardene has an outstanding track record as a head of men and represents great respect from his team mates.” [...]

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Deccan Chargers Sign Kenya’s Mishra As “Indian”

February 21, 2012

According to latest reports, Deccan Chargers of Hyderabad has signed 5 Indianuncapped players for the IPL 2012, and one of them is Tanmay Mishra. Tanmay, who was born in Mumbai and who has played 37 ODIs for Kenya, has never played List A or first-class matches for any Indian team; however a representative from Deccan [...]

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Deccan Chargers Sign Odisha’s Biplab Samantray For IPL-5

February 21, 2012

The dependable right-hand batsman from Odisha, Biplab Samantray is going to be the 3rd Odia player to play in money-spinning Indian Premier League, after Haldhar Das and Pargyan Ojha. He is going to turn up for Deccan Charges from Hyderabad for this Twenty20 Chapionship of IPL 5. Ashirbad Behera, OCA Secretary said that Biplab Samntray [...]

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Reports: IPL Teams Oppose Foreign Players Allowance To Pune Warriors

February 21, 2012

As per the recent reports, it is considered that franchises of Indian Premier League are not going to support Sahara Pune Warriors fielding 5 foreign cricketers in 5th edition of IPL. After BCCI and Sahara called peace last week, BCCI stated that the Sahara Pune Warriors could field a 5th foreign player in the team’s [...]

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