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Cricket South Africa (CSA) has sold about 70 per cent of the tickets in the eight venues at which the 56-match Twenty20 tournament will be played.

Shaun Tait still had not received permission to play in the Indian Premier League, raising fresh questions about his fitness and future as a Cricket Australia-contracted player.

Pakistan Cricket Board have cleared the players to participate in IPL’s second season to be played in South Africa.

Kerala Voyages, has partnered with South Africa-based premium travel company, Africa Experience, to launch Indian Premier League (IPL) special holiday experience packages targeting the Indian cricket fans expected to travel to the country during the tournament season.

For those cricket fans, an itinerary of just cricket, as well as customised programmes to suit individuals, groups and corporate clients is also available.The IPL special package comes in two variants — one with three -star category facilities targeting budget travellers, other with five-star luxury amenities targeting high-end travellers. Both the packages offer complimentary tickets for three IPL matches. Three-star packages start with Rs 36,000 and five-star packages with Rs 81,000, both per person on twin sharing basis. Packages cover all transfers and tours, but not airfares to South Africa.

The Indian Premier League( IPL )2009 Schedule:

ICLs season 2 campaign breaks establishing the Line “Cricket Hai Meri Life” and giving a face and personality to ICL with  different ad film. I must ICL season 2 ad films are much different and infact much better than IPL ads

ICL R Sathish ad

ICL Season 2 Ibrahim Khaleel wedding Ad

Indian Cricket league (ICL) season two is all set to begin on October 10, 2008 in Hyderabad. ICL season 2   will see a total of 41 pulsating matches being played at four international standard stadiums in - Hyderabad, Panchkula, Gurgaon & Ahmedabad. I

The 9 teams comprising of the newly added Dhaka Warriors will play against each other once in every city.  Defending champions Hyderabad Heroes, the newly formed exciting team from all most all ex-Bangladeshi players - Dhaka Warriors,  Pakistan contingent - Lahore Badshahs and the first T20 team from Gujarat - Ahmedabad Rockets. All matches are scheduled to be played late evening with double headers on every week-end and incidentally ICL season 2 will clash with India-Australia test series.

The first weekend of  ICL season 2 is going to be pace setter and promises to usher in Diwali a little early. The best of 3 finals will be played from 13th to 16th of November.

Indian Cricket League (ICL) Season 2 Schedule -

Sorry for a very long break, we are back aso stay tuned to get all upcoming cricteing action

Watch out Kevin Pietersen’s controversial Switch-hitting Sixes, Pitersen changed his grip to that of a left-hander and pre-meditating the stroke even before the ball was delivered, that is makeing himself a Left hander just before the ball is bowled by Scott styris.

This is not the first time kevin Pietersn executed such a extra ordinary shot. 2 years back at Edgbaston he played a similar reverse swipe for six off Muttiah Muralitharan in a Test match against Sri Lanka.

Gautam Gambhir’s quickfire century helped India to register a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh and
reach finals of  triangular one-day series final. India will play their old rivals Pakistan in Saturday’s final.
Electing to bat Bangladesh set a target of 222 runs largely due to Raqibul Hasan’s 89. Gambhir scored a un beaten 107 off 101 balls as India reached the target of 223 with more than 14 overs to spare. Virender Sehwag blasted a 32-ball 59 and Yuvraj Singh contributed 26

Video Highlights of India’s batting against Bangladesh

Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir took advantage of poor pakistan fielding and posted a challenging 330-8 in a triangular one-day. In reply pakistan collapsed for 190 to end their 12-match winning streak and recorded there worst defeat against India, by 140 runs.

Gautam Gambhir (62), Virender Sehwag (89) and Yuvraj Singh (55) continued there brilliant form while Shoaib Malik who scored 53 fought a lone battle

Video Highlights of INDia- Pakistan Asia Cup at dakha, Bangladesh

Sharukh Khan long SMS to his knights -

“Story time boys… I told you if you keep losing you have to bear with my long, boring msgs…. This is your punishment…. Many times I have made movies which don’t do well…. When I’m doing them, of course, I don’t know they won’t do well…. The story is written by somebody else and I just do my bit as an actor. But I have a way of dealing with flop stories…, I try my best to keep my character in the film at a level that it makes a failed story also special for me….

“I enjoy the work…. I make jokes about the failure…. And, of course, feel awful about it too…. So, right now, all of us have become part of a failed script… A bad IPL script…. Let’s try and keep our characters worthy of still looking back at this story and remembering it as a special story becos we all worked very hard at this….

“So, chin up and don’t spoil yr character in the next two games…. Let’s go out with a bang and not a whimper…. In films, we say u r only as good as yr last film…. So let’s make the whole world know how good we r in the last (maybe not) two games…

“Also, do ignore all this bit about Dada, me and John Buchanan having issues…. It’s a normal thing in the world…. People like to hit you when u r down…. So, we will be hit…. No stress…. It will make us stronger…. The only way to avoid this is to win…. That’s one of the reasons why everybody likes to be a winner….

“On the other hand, the beauty of failure is that it brings people together…. So, let’s stick this out together…. You know me well enuff to know I am not the kind of owner who has issues with the team ’cos of losses… I am too much of a sport myself to get beaten by defeats…. Like you guys are…. Like Dada and John….

“I am still trying to understand the code of conduct expected of me at the matches of the IPL…. ICC… Etc…. After I understand it, I will decide whether to accept it or not…. Till such time, I will be with you guys at the hotel… in the meetings etc., but won’t come for the matches…. So, please don’t ever feel it is anything to do with us as a team….

“I am as dedicated to my Knights as I am to my kids…. Only, I won’t be coming to the class room till the headmaster’s rules are understood by me…. I am a bit anti-Establishment kind of a guy, so I apologise for this quirk to u all…. So, head’s up…. Have a good match and let’s make 200 runs tomorrow…. This 150 seems to not work any more….

“We have nothing to lose now, except our character…. Let’s not lose that…. Lov… SRK.”