CRICSTARS THE STARS OF CRICKET

The IPL will start with a short, sweet opening ceremony tomrrow at Bangalore(No SRK vs Katrina Dance Shows thankfully) The opening match is scheduled between Kolkata Knight Riders against the Bangalore Royal Challengers

Canadian company Live Current Media struck a 10-year deal with IPL to develop and generate revenue from two new web portals, IPLT20.com and BCCI.tv. LCM will make a guaranteed payment of $5m a year – $3m for the BCCI and $2m for IPL – for the online rights.

Tim May,is worried that many players have not received their initial Indian Premier League fees and has warned if the problem is widespread they could walk away from their contracts. Lol

Kolkata Police has demanded Rs 25 to 30 lakhs for providing additional security to the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to be played at the Eden Gardens, though the amount, six times the standard fee, is negotiable they were demanding such a high fees bcz of commercial nature of the tournament as well as some entertainment events inside the venues….good mint more money from BCCI and King Khan, funnily Kolkata Police were demanding a food allowance of Rs 900 per day..saab ki nazar BCCI ki khazana pe hai

A resident of Faridabad filed a case in Supreeme Court questioning — Is IPL promoting liqour in the name of cricket? The Supreeme court bench rejected the plea for an early hearing on the matter

The news channels that threatened to boycott the IPL have withdrawn the threat after talks with Lalit Modi. IPL comromised on a greater extent and agreed offer four minutes of free match footage instead of the 30 seconds that was offered previously. Also, the ban on channels using the archival footage has been removed.

Cricket Australia has said that it is open to the idea of launching its own version of a privately funded Twenty20 competition similar to the Indian Premier League, so do ECB.. I guess all these guys must be thankfull to Zee for starting this rat race