New Delhi, April 26: Baroda Cricket Association president Chirayu Amin was appointed the interim chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in place of the high-flying Lalit Modi, who came in for a scathing attack from Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar in Mumbai today.
The decision to appoint Amin was taken at the crucial meeting of the IPL governing council, which lasted close to one and a half hour.
Karachi, April 26: Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, will look to rediscover the team’s trademark flair as they defend their World Twenty20 title in the West Indies.
“I will try to induct the same kind of aggression and fire in the team, which was Pakistan’s trademark in 1990s as it is necessary for us to win and retain the title,” Waqar said, ahead of the team’s departure for the Caribbean.
Jamaica, April 26: Ramnaresh Sarwan hopes home advantage will give West Indies the edge in the ICC World Twenty20 beginning on Friday. West Indies have yet to win a multi-team competition since 2004, when they won the Champions Trophy in England, and after six tumultuous years Sarwan said the team needed its supporters to back them to the hilt.
London, April 26: England may have given Twenty20 to the world but whether they’ve given themselves the best chance of winning the World Twenty20 is another point entirely.
The 15-man squad they have taken with them to the Caribbean shows six changes from the party that contested the last World Twenty20 in England under a year ago.
London, April 26: Fast bowler James Anderson believes England are ready for the World Twenty20 – despite coach Andy Flower’s fears they may be “undercooked”.
But Anderson, now recovered from a knee problem, disagreed with the former Zimbabwe batsman.
“I don’t see it that way,” said the Lancashire quick.
“We’ve had guys out in the IPL (Indian Premier League), we had a recent tour of Dubai and we’ve got a couple of warm-up games out there to settle in.”
Mumbai, April 26: It can now be told that Shah Rukh Khan almost skipped the IPL award show last Friday.
Following Income Tax department raids on the offices of his team Kolkata Knight Riders as well his production house Red Chillies, the actor wasn’t sure he would be able to make time for the award function. Also, the actor known for his clean reputation, wanted to distance himself from all the muck-raking IPL scandal.
New Delhi, April 26: Indian Premier League commissioner and chairman Lalit Modi, who has been suspended by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said in the wee hours Monday that he could not fathom why he was being kept out of the Governing Council (GC) meeting of the Indian Premier League scheduled a few hours later.
“Are they scared of truth?” asked Modi on the board president’s move to bar him from attending the meeting.
Mumbai, April 26: After suspending Lalit Modi as vice president of Board of Control for Cricket in India and Indian Premier League’s chairman and commissioner, board president Shashank Manohar Monday said alleged acts of “individual misdemeanours” of Modi have brought a bad name to the administration of cricket.
Manohar also issued a show cause notice to Modi asking him to explain within 15 days why he should not be suspended.
“The events of the last few days have thrown up lot of sad and unfortunate developments,” Manohar said in a press statement in the early hours Monday.
Mumbai, April 26: Even as the final of the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was underway at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai, a note was being prepared by senior officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It contained the suspension orders for Lalit Modi as IPL chairman as well as removal from his post as vice-president of BCCI.
Opposition terms IPL a money-spinning business, demands parliamentary probe
Mumbai, April 26: Saurabh Tiwary’s short stay at the wicket came to an abrupt end after he was brilliantly caught by Suresh Raina off Jakati for a duck.
After scoring 48 runs, Sachin Tendulkar departed while trying to push the scoring rate. Tendulkar was caught by Murali Vijay at long-off off Shadab Jakati.
Harbhajan Singh, who surprisingly came in to bat at number four, did not last long and was out lbw by Suresh Raina for 1.
Abhishek Nayar (27) became the second Mumbai batsman to take the long walk back to the pavilion after he was brilliantly run-out off a direct hit.
London, April 25: Former English cricketer Bob Willis has said that he is not a huge fan of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and claimed the quality of some players representing the eight franchises is “rubbish”.
“You have to remember that some of the four overseas players aren’t the best, you may have two top-class Indian players, the rest are rubbish,” The Independent quoted Willis, as saying.
“The standard of play is low and with 10 teams it will get worse. It’s amazing they have the final they want, between Sachin Tendulkar and M. S. Dhoni,” he added.
Mumbai, April 25: Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League final at the D.Y.Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar decided to play in the team’s first final in three IPL seasons despite five stitches on his right hand.
Both the sides have fielded the same playing XI that won them the semi-finals.
Mumbai, April 25: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Mumbai Indians in the high voltage final of Indian Premier League season three at the DY Patil Stadium on Sunday.
It was pleasant news for Sachin Tendulkar’s fans that he recovered from the finger injury and available for Finale.
Both the teams have made no changes for the final.
The high voltage encounter has been on between Mumbai Indians at DY Patil Stadium. CSK were 13/0 in the third over.
—Agencies
New Delhi, April 25: K.P.S. Gill on Sunday conducted the Annual General Meeting of the superseded Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and said it remains the official hockey body in the country as the government does not recognise Hockey India (HI).
Gill, who was ousted as IHF chief two years ago and later along with many IHF units joined Hockey India (HI), said the government has clearly stated in an affidavit before the court that it does not recognise the ad-hoc HI.
“Since they do not recognise HI, IHF is the official body to run the sport in the country,” Gill said.
Mumbai, April 25: A crucial meeting of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mumbai on Monday was set for a vocal showdown between rival factions with commissioner Lalit Modi surprising his detractors by calling for the meeting of the Governing Council (GC) to discuss charges of financial irregularities against him that have dominated national headlines for over a week.
Mumbai, April 25: Embroiled in a raging row with IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi, top BCCI functionaries, including president Shashank Manohar and secretary N Srinivasan skipped the Indian Premier League’s summit clash at the DY Patil Stadium here today.
After being closeted in the Board’s Headquarters at the Wankhede Stadium premises for close to eight hours ahead of tomorrow’s IPL Governing Council meeting at the same venue, Manohar and Srinivasan departed along with IPL vice-chairman Niranjan Shah.
The trio had skipped the semifinals of the IPL too held on April 21 and 22.
Mumbai, April 25: Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and opted to bat against Mumbai Indians in the IPL final at D Y Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai here today.
Sachin Tendulkar has decided to lead Mumabi Indians despite having some stiches in his right hand.
“I have still got some stiches but it’s managebale,” Tendulklar said.
Both the teams are unchanged.
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (C), Matthew Hayden, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Albie Morkel, S Badrinath, Srikkanth Anirudha, R Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Doug Bollinger and Muttiah Muralitharan.
Mumbai, April 25: Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar braved a finger injury to play in the Indian Premier League final against Chennai Super Kings here Sunday.
Tendulkar was doubtful after he injured his right hand in the semifinals against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the wound had to be given five stitches.
The master batsman’s presence was important in the final as he has been inspirational on the field and has also scored 570 runs at an average of 47.50.
Chandigarh, April 25: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Balbir Punj Sunday condemned the alleged tapping of phones of senior politicians and also called the Indian Premier League (IPL) controversy “the biggest scam of the 21st century”.
“Such things are reminiscent of the black days of the Emergency. We strongly condemn the government for illegally tapping the phones of senior leaders and politicians,” Punj, who is also the in-charge of BJP’s Chandigarh affairs, said while addressing reporters.
Mumbai, April 25: The IPL Governing Council is headed for a stormy meeting tomorrow with a defiant Lalit Modi deciding to not just attend but set the agenda for it as well which might make it difficult for the BCCI to sack him as Chairman and Commissioner of the Twenty20 league.
Modi has decided to attend the meeting after initially declaring it ‘illegal’. The move puts the ball in BCCI’s court as Modi has asked the governing council members to give their complaints against him in writing and backed by documents.
Lahore, April 25: Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik has reportedly demanded a whopping Rs 35 million for the rights to cover his reception and ‘walima’ ceremony in his hometown Sialkot after his wedding to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.
Shoaib asked his private security guards to keep the media away from both ceremonies as none of the TV news channels had agreed to cough up the huge amount demanded by the cricketer and any deal was not yet struck, Dunya News channel reported.
New Delhi, April 25: Lalit Modi, chairman and commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), will attend Monday’s Governing Council (GC) meeting with a single-point agenda of hearing charges against him and any other GC member, Modi’s office told IANS Sunday afternoon.
The move has taken the influential GC members by surprise as they had readied plans to sack Modi on charges of alleged fiscal and other organisational irregularities in running the affairs of the IPL whose brand is valued at Rs.18,000 crore ($4.13 billion.)
–IANS
Kochi, April 25: Will Shashi Tharoor be able to survive in Kerala’s highly-charged political atmosphere being the self-confessed novice that he is? While the common people in Kerala are very enthusiastic about the suave former UN diplomat’s return to state politics and see him as a sign of welcome change, politicians are not too happy.
Mumbai, April 25: Knives are out for Lalit Modi and the IPL Governing Council is set to sack him as chairman in a potentially volatile meeting tomorrow after being rattled by Indian cricket’s biggest financial scandal in recent memory.
The battle lines between Modi and his detractors within the BCCI have been drawn and the beleaguered IPL chairman has decided to skip the meeting, according to sources.
New Delhi, April 25: Viswanathan Anand’s title defence got off to the worst possible start as he was shocked by challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the first game of the World Chess Championship here.
At the Central Military Club here yesterday, the Indian ace found it incredibly tough to handle local stalwart Topalov who cruised to a fascinating victory in just 30 moves in the first of the 12-game match to decide the next world champion.