Indian Premier League is bustling to enter its sixth season from April 3 with 9 teams involved in the battle to reach the coveted IPL title which culminates on May 26 at Kolkata’s historic ground, Eden Gardens. With less than a month left in reaching the start of league, announcements in relation to ipl 2013 are cropping left, right and centre every passing day. While teams are busy in getting their team squad ready for the forthcoming tournament, both on and off field squad; stadiums are getting decked up to present the most extravagant showcase of T20 cricket peppered with generous amount of glamour. The Board of Cricket Control in India, or BCCI as it is more commonly addressed as, the umbrella body of cricket in India, is also busy in getting its staff ready for ipl...Read More

The auctions for sixth Indian Premier League happened in Chennai on February 3. 9 teams participated in the auctions to fulfil their team requirements for the tournament which begins from April 3. In this recent auction, only couple of teams managed to match the ostentation of past auctions of the IPL; while most of the team refrained from splurging much. When asked about such sombre natured IPL 2013 auctions, IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla said that current auctions are just feeders while bigger auctions can be expected to happen next year only. Among the teams who did not do much in the current auctions, Kings XI Punjab team management was on the forefront, buying only 2 players. Before coming into the auctions, Kings XI Punjab has retained 19 players from their IPL 5 squad including...Read More

It has been five years for the existence of Indian Premier League since the tournament began in 2008. The tournament has steadily become one of the most watched cricketing events in the world. Current IPL chairman, Rajeev Shukla, has said during a media interaction that IPL 5 of 2012 was watched in more than 170 countries. It is pretty obvious from this fact that in last five years, IPL teams have surfaced as team brands of global repute. This has now been certified by a London based brand evaluation firm. The firm conducted their research and has come up with a list of 150 most valued team brands across different sports played all over the world. The research domain for the brand valuation firm has included teams from Football leagues played globally, NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and IPL....Read More

Jesse Ryder is a curious case for a cricketer. He has recently become one of the highly paid overseas cricketers in the sixth auction of Indian Premier League. The New Zealand all rounder has been a sceptical choice as per many. The main reason behind this is the fact that Jesse Ryder has not been part of any competitive cricket tournaments after he played in the fifth edition of the IPL in 2012. In IPL 5, Jesse Ryder has been in the Pune Warriors India team. He provided the Pune team with some of his all round performances, even though Pune Warriors India failed to achieve much in their 2012’s IPL outing. However, after his stint in IPL 5, Jesse Ryder faced many complications. He has not been in the New Zealand side for almost a year. Jesse Ryder has even appointed a...Read More