Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, has said Shashank Manohar and N Srinivasan, the Indian board’s president and secretary, took the call – backed by other members of the league’s governing council – to shelve the tender process for the two new franchises at Sunday’s meeting in Mumbai. Modi’s…

The continuing TV news channels boycott notwithstanding, Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi expects a successful third edition of the cash-rich Twenty20 event starting March 12.
“The preparations are in full swing and there are no hiccups. We all are ready to go. We have planned a very good opening nigh…

MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, has backed the cap on overseas players in a playing XI, saying it was the best way to identify and groom local talent and calling on overseas players to compete amongst themselves for the four available slots in the team.
“If the overseas players want to find a place [...…

New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond is all set to declare himself available for the Indian Premier League, starting on March 12.
New Zealand Cricket Players Association boss Heath Mills’ said Bond will declare himself available for the upcoming IPL-3.
Al Qaeda had threatened to target players during the IPL, …

The IPL’s unveiling of its two new franchises on Sunday ended in an anti-climax with the league pushing back the entire process by two weeks, in the process scrapping the existing tender procedure after bidders objected to stiff financial clauses. The new tenders, which will be floated on March 9 and opened on March 21,…

The Adani Group, based in Ahmedabad, and the Dhoot family of Pune are likely to be the highest bidders for the two new Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises up for sale.
Gautam Adani, the 48-year-old chairman of the trading and export company, whose personal wealth is believed to be valued
at $6.7b, has bid for t…

The IPL management has laid down the guidelines for when teams can use their two-and-a-half minute strategic time-out in 2010: the bowling side can ask for the break between the sixth and eighth overs while the batting team can opt for the same anywhere between overs 11 to 16.
The mid-innings strategic time-out, which c…

New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram is likely to miss the Indian Premier League as a knee injury picked up during the ongoing ODI series against Australia has ruled him out of action for almost a month.
Oram, who plays for Chennai Super Kings in the league on a lucrative contract worth $675,000 a year, suffered [...]

The MCC(Marylebone Cricket Club) has confirmed it has explored the possibility of joining a consortium bidding to buy an IPL franchise. There are two new franchises, which will be revealed on March 7, up for grabs with 12 Indian cities in the running.
Bidding starts from a base price of US$225m, more than four times the…

India and Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja may have to miss this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) for violating the Code of Conduct.
According to well-placed sources, the IPL has suspended the Saurashtra cricketer for this season – as he was bargaining for more salary from various franchisees, …