Controversy
Cricket rules;ShahRukh Khan apologies to Gavaskar
Shah Rukh Khan has learnt his lesson. When it comes to cricket and movies cricket still rules. By the way he is making mega bucks out of cricket, why offend the fans that bring you all that money by offending their idol.
“I have not said anything against Mr Gavaskar. I just wanted to [...]
IPL, South Africa resolve stadium suite row
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has reached a compromise with South African cricket provinces over the allocation of corporate suites, ending a row, which threatened the tournament.
No one knows the complete details except the suite owners; Cricket South Africa and IPL. Indian officials originally demanded full control of hospitality boxes at every match to [...]
Pakistani cricketers asks for clarity from IPL!
Indian Premier League starts on 18th the Saturday, many Pakistani players are still waiting for confirmation from the IPL regarding the status of their participation in the twenty20 event.
Pakistan cricketers like Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul have asked the IPL to confirm about their [...]
SRK lashes at Sunil Gavaskar
SRK has lashed out at Sunil Gavaskar’s for his comments on Buchanan’s multiple captain theory. Gavaskar also pointed out how KKR were being looted.
SRK seems to be out of his mind. You might be the king of bollywood but that does not translate into you being smart-ass as owner of cricket club or franchise. [...]
Pakistan squad for T-20 World Cup as PCB shoots itself in foot again!
Pakistan have included Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naved and Imran Nazir in their preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, these players are banned from the national team as they are aligned to ICL. Abdul Qadir said they would be retained only if PCB and ICC clears them. The International Cricket Council and its members [...]
Round one for Sourav !
Sourav Ganguly has been retained as the sole skipper of KKR. Brendon McCullum will be the deputy captain. They plan to evaluate his performances over few games and then might decide the course of action.
Shah Rukh Khan has vehemently denied the rumors that were doing rounds about multiple captains for KKR.
“Let me tell you, there [...]
ICL – Update
Amidst discussion about ICL having sent the email notification to release players if they opted to, comes a revelation from Craig McMillan that there has been no official word from the ICL and payments too.
New Zealand herald reports that Craig McMillan said that players have not been paid since December and all the players are [...]
ICL – Is the end nearing ?
ICL – Indian cricket league has sent a email notification to the New Zealand players, stating if they request the termination, it would release them. Reports a New Zealand newspaper. No official comments from ICL so far.
Four active New Zealand players who are currently part of ICL are Shane Bond, Daryll Tufefy, Andre Adams and [...]
War of words – BCCI vs Home Minister !
Strong comments made by BCCI general secretary N Srinivaasan and President Shashank Manohar after the IPL move was announced yesterday.
“It is a matter of great regret that, in the prevailing atmosphere, where the government is expressing concern for providing security to the IPL matches, the BCCI is left with no other option but to conduct [...]
IPL move - Politically Motivated ?
IPL is going out of India. Is it just that security which central government declined to provide,led to this move from IPL organizers? My initial guess is no. Unable to provide security was played out as an issue of national pride, for political mileage not so long ago. It was purely to pressurize the government [...]