IPL: A new horizon for Cricket, glamour and money too
In terms of popularity IPL has broken the many myth and opened a new horizon by connecting Bollywood, industrialists providing a new platform for cricket and money…in fact both.
The fate of newly produces T-20 format of Cricket could be in the grave of time, but certainly Indian Premier League (IPL) has made this an immortal. Of course opponents terms IPL as a Indian Paisa league, but in India where cricket is not only a sports but it has become a religion for the people, it has opened a new horizon where not only cricket but entertainment, glamour, adventure and money all are available with passion.
Although, the origin of IPL is full of controversy and quite interesting. First of all Indian Cricket League (ICL) was launched by Zee group which remained a flop show. In reply of ICL, then Vice President of the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) Lalit Modi envisioned the concept of IPL. He was inspired from the popularity of Football matches between the various clubs in Europe especially English Premiere League. The popularity achieved by the IPL in India was so significant that it was organised in South Africa when the Central govt. had refused to allow this during the general election in 2009.
The connection of Bollywood and Industrialist with Cricket is not new in India. But DLF IPL has open a new avenue for the Bollywood and industrialist to come together for a solid reason, certainly money, entertainment, glamour with Cricket.
After its launching in 2008, it has witnessed it four session in past. Now fifth session of the IPL is on board and cricket fever is likely to hit India in the chilly April to June.
The 45th match of IPL between Mumbai Indians and Pune Warriors will take place in Subrata Roy Sahara stadium of Pune. The match will start at 8 pm.
Kings XI Punjab marked a 4-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in 44th match of Indian Premier League. It was played in M Chinnaswamy stadium Bangalore.
Kings XI Punjab will hope to make matter equal with Royal Challengers Bangalore when they face them in M.Chinnaswamy stadium of Bengluru at 8 pm.
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In the 43rd match of IPL played in Sawai Mansingh stadium Delhi Daredevils thumped a 6 wickets win over Rajasthan Royals.
In the 42nd match of IPL played in Barabati Satdium of Cuttack, Deccan Chargers beat Pune Warriors by 13 runs.
n the 41st match of IPL played yesterday in M.A Chidambaram stadium of Chennai, Kolkata Knight Riders marked a 5-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings.
The 42nd match of Indian Premier League will be played between Pune Warriors and Deccan Chargers in Barabati Stadium of Cuttack, Orissa. The match will start at 4 pm.
Rajasthan Royals faces Delhi Daredevils in Sawai Mansingh stadium of Jaipur and the match will start at 8 pm.
It was 39th match of IPL and Delhi Daredevils marked a 1 run victory over Rajasthan Royals.
The 41st match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders will be played in Chennai from 8 pm onwards.
It was the 40th match of IPL in which Mumbai Indians marked a 5 wickets victory over Deccan Chargers.
The 36th IPL match between Pune Warriors and Deccan Chargers will start at 8 pm and will be played at Subrata Roy Sahara stadium of Pune.
The match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings got washed out all thanks to the downpour.
In the 33rd match played between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians in the PCA stadium of Mohali, MI defeated KXIP by 4 wickets.
The 32nd match of IPL will be played in Eden Gardens between Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers.
The match between Pune Warriors and Delhi Daredevils will be played in Subrata Roy stadium of Pune from 4 pm onwards.
In the 30th match of IPL played yesterday in Sawai Mansingh stadium of Jaipur, Roual Challengers Bangalore sealed a 49 run win over Rajasthan Royals.
Kings XI Punjab sealed a 6-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in yesterday match played in Wankhede Stadium.
In the 29th match of IPL and first IPL match that was played in Barbati stadium of Cuttack, Kolkata Knight Riders marked an easy 5 wicket win over Deccan Chargers.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will be eying for revenge of their previous loss when they face Rajasthan Royals in today's match to be played in Sawai Mansingh stadium of Jaipur.
The 27th match of the IPL will be played between Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors in Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium from 8 pm onwards.
The 26th match of IPL 2012 will be played in M.A. Chidambaram stadium of Chennai and it will start at 4 pm between efending champions Chennai Super kings and in-form Rajasthan Royals.
In the 25th match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab, the former marked a 5 wicket win over the latter.
In the 25th match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab, the former marked a 5 wicket win over the latter.
The 25th match of IPL 5 will be played in PCA stadium of Mohali between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore and it will start at 8 pm in the evening.
CSK marked a 13 runs win over Pune Warriors in the 24th match of IPL 5 played in M.A. Chidambaram Stadium yesterday.
Delhi Daredevils marked a 5 wicket win over Deccan Chargers in the 23rd match of IPL.
In today?s match Sourav led warriors will take on Dhoni?s Super Kings in M.A. Chinnaswamy Stadium, home ground of defending champions.
Deccan Chargers who have lost all their 3 matches of this IPL will hope to turn things around when they will face Delhi Daredevils in today's match.
Kolkata Knight Rider marked an 8 wicket win over Kings XI Punjab in yesterday match played in PCA stadium of Mohali.
Kolkata Knight Riders, which lost their previous match against Kings XI Punjab by just 2 runs, will look to turn things in their favors this time.
The 20th match, which was played in Sawai Mansingh stadium between Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers, saw the former one winning with 5 wickets.
In the 21st match of IPL played in the Chinnaswamy stadium, RCB marked a 6 wickets win over Pune Warriors.
The 21st match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Pune Warriors will be played in M. Chinnaswamy stadium of Bangalore from 8 pm.
The 20th match of IPL 2012 between Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers will be played in Sawai Mansingh stadium of Jaipur and will start from 4 pm today.
Delhi Daredevils thumped a 7 wickets victory over Mumbai Indians.
In a thrilling match played yesterday in Eden Gardens, Kings XI Punjab thumped a 2 run victory over the host Kolkata Knight Riders.
With the help of Ajinkya Rahane's century and fireworks by Owais, Rajasthan Royals marked a 59 run win over Royal Challenger Bangalore.
Sachin Tendulkar who sustained an index finger injury is still doubtful to play in today's match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils.
Kings XI Punjab struggling for 73 for the lost of 3 wickets in the important match of IPL against KKR.
Kolkata Knight Riders will look to avenge their previous defeat, as they take on Rajasthan Royals today in the 15th match of IPL.
In a low scoring match Kings XI Punjab came out victorious and took the revenge from Pune warriors.
Albie Morkel helped CSK in achieving the unachievable as they sealed a thrilling 5-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Kings XI Punjab will once again face Pune Warrior in the 14th match of IPL to be played in PCA stadium of Mohali, today.
Chennai Super Kings will play Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 13th match of IPL 5 that will be played in M. Chidambaram stadium and will start at 4 pm.
Mumbai Indians in a match played against Rajasthan Royals marked a 27 run win. Pollard was named man of the match for his all round performance.
Deccan chargers commence their IPL 5 campaign against two times winner Chennai Super Kings.
Royal Challengers will play their first match against Delhi Daredevils today in M. Chinnaswamy stadium.
Royal Challenger Bangalore will start their campaign in IPL 5 with a match against Delhi Daredevils.
In the 4th match of IPL 5 Kings XI will play against Rajasthan Royals in Sawai Mansingh stadium of Jaipur.
Mumbai Indians will face Pune warriors in Wankhede Stadium of Mumbai today.
Delhi Daredevils started their IPL 5 campaign with a 8 wicket win over host Kolkata Knight riders.
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who co-owns an Indian Premier League (IPL) team, believes that releasing films during the tournament is a risk that he would never take.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings will be chasing a hat-trick of titles in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that starts Wednesday. But the other seven franchises too can spring a surprise. The following is an analysis of all the nine teams taking part in the fifth IPL:
Swashbuckling batsmen and Kings XI Punjab captain-cum-coach Adam Gilchrist said on Monday that Kings XI Punjab might not have some big names but the team is a balanced squad for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that starts from Wednesday.
Chennai, April 3 (IANS) Pop icon Katy Perry has landed in India for her show at the opening of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) -- and says she is honoured to be in the country.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Indian Premier League (IPL) franchisee Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), co-owned by superstar Shah Rukh Khan, is going out of the way to engage fans by launching merchandise and tempting offers for their fans.
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar won?t lead the Mumbai Indians in the IPL 5 and management of team has handed over the captaincy to ace spinner Harbhajan Singh. Batsman Rohit Sharma will be the vice-captain of the team in IPL 2012.
Mumbai, Apr. 2 (ANI): Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Monday handed over the captaincy of Mumbai Indians in the fifth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament to off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
Mohali, April 2 (IANS) Kings XI Punjab captain-cum-coach Adam Gilchrist said Monday that the Mohali franchise might not have some big names but are a balanced side for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) beginning Wednesday.
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan don't seem to be ready to bury the hatchet yet, to go by their comments at two different events Monday.
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Ahead of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 5), Nokia and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Monday unveiled an interactive consumer engagement campaign 'Nokia Channel Me'.
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) He has given several performances but composer Lesle Lewis is eagerly looking forward to his stint at the opening ceremony of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Tuesday where he plans to belt out all fun songs.
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IPL 2012 is all set for a glittering start. To add sparkle to the starry night of opening ceremony of IPL 5 big megastar of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan and American pop star Katy Perry will land at ground of YMCA College of Physical Education. All the efforts to make this gala ceremony special have been made. Entire endeavor has been made to keep the audience spellbound on opening ceremony on Tuesday
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) As the fifth season of Indian Premier League (IPL) begins Wednesday Bollywood actor Salman Khan said Monday that filmmakers should not shy away from releasing their films during the cricket tournament as one of his hit films was released during the World Cup.
Star Group on Monday has won the television, internet and mobile broadcast rights of Indian cricket for a period of six years (2012-2018). The deal was finalized in Rs.3851-crore for 96 matches to be held in the next six years. These matches will be broadcast on television, internet and mobile phones........
Chennai, April 2 (IANS) The Rupert Murdoch-led Star Group Monday bagged the six-year broadcast and digital rights of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for all international and domestic matches at home.
The Chairman of beleaguered airline Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) Vijay Mallya has appealed the employees to have patience till April 10, as on and before April 10, salaries will be delivered to all from junior staff to pilots and engineers........
Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) Over 8,000 players, 552 teams, including 23 teams of girls, nearly 35 locations and more. As cricket fans get ready for the popular T20 Indian Premier League (IPL) season starting this week, Chandigarh has already got busy with its own version of gully T20 tournament.
New Delhi/Bangalore, Apr.2 (ANI): Staff members of Kingfisher Airlines have reportedly appealed to players turning out for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise-Royal Challengers Bangalore - not to fly on Kingfisher flights till their salary dues and other demands are cleared by the airline's management.
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Keeping in view the upcoming IPL season five, master blaster and Mumbai Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar joined the Mumbai Indians conditioning camp on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium.
In a bid to find an able replacement to Yuvraj Singh, Pune Warriors has signed Australian captain Michael Clarke for his debut season in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Veteran actor and Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, who is in Chennai to prepare for the opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season five has said that the city is his second home and he is surprised to see the progress in the city.
There is a chance for Delhi Daredevils to win a gold coin if they clinched the fifth edition of the India Premier League (IPL).
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is in Chennai to prepare for the opening ceremony of season five of the Indian Premier League (IPL), calls the city his second home and says he is amazed see the progress there.
Mumbai, Apr 1 (ANI): The Indian cricket team returned home early on Sunday morning after losing the one-off T20 international match against South Africa in Johannesburg on March 30.
Jaipur, April 1 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals' maverick fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth will perform with his experimental music band before the team plays its first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) fifth season at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here Friday.
Melbourne, Apr 1(ANI): Australian pacer Patrick Cummins plans to use his selection in Australia's under-19 team to secure a berth in the national Twenty20 World Cup team and perhaps even secure a place in the lucrative Indian Premier League.
Johannesburg, Apr 1(ANI): South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis is now eyeing the Twenty 20 World Cup after making a comeback in the short format of the game.
Wellington, Apr 1(ANI): Kiwi all-rounder Jesse Ryder will look after the expenses of his clinical psychologist and manager during his Indian Premier League stint.
Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) Sachin Tendulkar Saturday joined the Mumbai Indians conditioning camp at the Wankhede Stadium for the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) commencing April 4th.
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Glitz, glamour and game. The opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament will see a lot of fireworks in Chennai Tuesday - from American pop icon Katy Perry's performance to Indian dancing sensation Prabhu Deva's act to Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's poetry recitation.
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Delhi Daredevils squad stands a chance to win gold medals if they win the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Behind destructing the balling attack of opponent teams swashbuckling Indian batsmen Virender Sehwag has a softer side also. This veteran cricketer has supported the 'Dare to Care' campaign in a bid to empower Indian adolescent girls.
New Delhi, Mar 31 (ANI): Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag has lent support to the 'Dare to Care' campaign in order to empower Indian adolescent girls.
IPL 2012 with lot of expectations and fanfare is just about to roll out in a few days and as the history of this version of cricket shows, in the country which is now called to be the Mecca of cricket, IPL with its star lit, glamour rapped extravagan
Australian captain Michael Clarke will replace the marquee player Yuvraj Singh for Pune Warriors India in the Indian Premier League
With season 5 of Indian Premier League just on the verge of starting, selling of tickets for the IPL matches of Rajasthan Royals started today at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
The IPL 2012 is all set to launch the opening will be in YMCA College of Physical Education at Nandanam in Chennai on 3rd April.
9 Teams are participating in 2012 Indian Premier League, which is starting from 4th of April.
St Vincent (West Indies), Mar 22(ANI): Explosive batsman Chris Gayle is set to miss whole of Australia's tour of the West Indies after a meeting with West Indies Cricket Board officials failed to resolve issues related to his Indian Premier League (IPL) commitment.
Schedule of much awaited season five of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2012 has been declared. The matches of this nearly two months long cricket extravaganza will be played at 12 venues over 54 days in India.
St Vincent (West Indies), Mar 22(ANI): Explosive batsman Chris Gayle is set to miss whole of Australia's tour of the West Indies after a meeting with West Indies Cricket Board officials failed to resolve issues related to his Indian Premier League (IPL) commitment.
