BCCI announced prize money details of the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL). Total prize money for this prestigious 20-20 tournament is Rs 20 crore. Lalit Modi, chairman of the Indian Premier League announced the details of prize money. Indian Premier League Prize money details: 1. Winning team – Rs 4.8 crore. 2. Runners-up – Rs 1.2 crore. 3. Losing semi-finalists – Rs 1.2 crore. 4. Fifth placed team – Rs 80 lakh. 5. Sixth placed team – Rs 70 lakh. 6. Seventh placed team – Rs 50 lakh. 7. Last placed team – Rs 40 lakh. First match of the IPL tournament will be held on April 18 and the final of the Indian Premier League will be on June 1st. There are total 59 matches over 44 days among the eight franchisees. IPL News: Andrew Flintoff is curious on IPL: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff announced that he is curiously following the IPL and may play in this tourney in future if he finds it an interesting one. It is a serious blow to county cricket if a star cricketer like Andrew Flintoff joins Indian Premier League. IPL News: Shahrukh is for Shoaib Akthar: Kolkata IPL franchise owner Shahrukh Khan is trying to remove ban on Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akthar who was banned by PCB for indiscipline. Indian Premier League franchisees are not promoting IPL tourney as aggressively as I expected from them. They are just behaving like business men but not as passionate sports lovers. If they are not passionate enough, IPL will become a big failure story. Please share your opinion on the lack of passion by IPL team owners. … [Read more...]
IPO Team analysis: Chennai Super kings
India team franchise assembled strong lineup for the inaugural Indian Premier League 20-20 tournament. They aggressively bought Indian twenty20 team captain Dhoni for Rs 6 crore by defeating Mumbai and Bengaluru franchises. It strategically bought good all-rounders and good twenty20 players like Joginder Sharma and Suresh Raina. Experienced players are this team’s assets and may become weakness. Chennai IPL Team review: Team motto: Chennai Super Kings: Fearless Entertainers who will play to win. Rating: 4/5. Money spent on players: 23.2 crore. Franchise: Srinivasan of India Cements. Coach: Kepler Wessels (South Africa). Strong points: 1. M.S. Dhoni- most valuable 20-20 player in the world and the captain of the first twenty20 cricket world cup winning Indian team. 2. World best spinner, Muralidharan. 3. Most dangerous all-rounders- Jacob Oram and Albie Morkel. Weak points: 1. Who will partner Hayden? Fleming is not right choice. 2. Aged players like Ntini, Hayden, Hussey and Fleming. Chennai super kings team: 1. MS Dhoni- India- 6 crore. 2. Matthew Hayden- Australia- 1.5 crore. 3. Stephen Fleming- New Zealand- 1.4 crore. 4. Suresh Raina- India- 2.6 crore. 5. Michael Hussey- Australia- 1 crore. 6. Jacob Oram- New Zealand- 2.7 crore. 7. Albie Morkel- South Africa- 2.7 crroe. 8. Parthiv Patel- india- Wicket Keeper- 1.3 crore. 9. Makhaya Ntini- South Africa- 0.8 crore. 10. Joginder Singh- India- 0.9 crore. 11. Muttiah Muralitharan- Sri Lanka- 2.4 crore. If the experienced players can play to their full potential, Chennai super kings may outshine Hyderabad team. … [Read more...]
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