Colombo, Oct 31 (PTI) Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) Chairman Arjuna Ranatunga today blamed the IPL for depriving the board USD 3 million due to cancellation of next year’s England tour because of non-availability of senior Lankan players who will play in the Indian Premier League.
“The SLC would have got USD 3 million including USD 2 [...]

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The International Cricket Council’S Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat, says they may have to make room in the schedule for the Indian Premier League.This weekend in Singapore the IPL will sign a deal which will effectively give them a stake in the running of the game in Sri Lanka.
In return for around 70 million dollars over [...]

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Paul Sheldon, the Surrey chief executive, has confirmed for the first time that the club are interested in hosting Indian Premier League matches at The Oval.
“It is true we have spoken to certain IPL franchises about staging games here,” Sheldon said. “If it was possible within the calendar and with the blessing of the ECB, [...]

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Karachi: Pakistan batsman Younis Khan, who played for Rajasthan Royals in the lucrative Indian Premier League, has confirmed he has received full payment from the IPL.
“Yes the IPL has cleared all my dues including the bonus amount from the winning purse for the tournament,” said Younis, who played only one match for the eventual champions [...]

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Darren Gough might appear in the second season of the Indian Premier League after being approached by officials from the money-spinning tournament.The former England star retired this summer as a full-time pro, but has a meeting booked to talk to the IPL.
Gough, 38, told BBC Sport: “The IPL has always been an interest for me.
“I [...]

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Mumbai: Aussie seamer Mitchell Johnson and vice-captain Michael Clarke have been approached by the Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi to take part in the League next year.
Modi spoke to Clarke, who is in India currently with the Australian team, during the Australians stay at Jaipur.”He told me the other night he wants me [...]

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ANDREW Flintoff will play in the Indian Premier League next season, according to the tournament’s chairman Lalit Modi.
The Lancashire all-rounder is top of the megabucks Twenty20 league’s wish-list alongside England captain Kevin Pietersen.
However, as with all England players, Freddie must wait to see if the terms of his next ECB central contract allows him to [...]

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A fragile all-rounder whose progress has been hampered by umpteen injury breakdowns, Shane Watson believes he has put behind the nightmares and profusely thanks the Indian Premier League (IPL) for resurrecting his stop-start career.
Back in the mix again, Watson believes he is through with his quota of slings and arrows and his career is finally [...]

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Indian Premier League’s Chairman Lalit Modi was among the recipients of the ‘CNBC Awaaz Consumer Awards 2008′ for the Twenty20 league’s phenomenal success in its first year of inception.
The Indian Cricket Board’s vice president, whose brainchild was the multi-million dollar IPL which took the cricket world by storm, won the channel’s newly introduced special [...]

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Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi has stated he is “certain” the second edition of the tournament will feature some of England’s top players.
IPL officials are currently gearing up to follow this year’s hugely successful inaugural Twenty20 event, which saw the Rajasthan Royals emerge victorious.While the majority of cricket’s top nations saw their star players [...]

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