Archive for April 17th, 2008
David Hussey ready for IPL
Australian player David Hussey who is scheduled to play for english county team Nottinghamshire this summer got the clearance to play for IPL for the next 6 weeks. Hussey will return to play county cricket after playing for 2 weeks for IPL and touring west indies. Hussey was replaced by Adam Voges.
David Hussey was bought [...]
Top 10 reasons why IPL will work
It involves Cricket. Its a religion.
It involves Bollywood.
It involves money. A lot of it.
It involves Reliance Industries (their touch is golden).
It involves savvy entrepreneurs/ business houses who never miss a business opportunity. (GMR, Deccan, India Cements, DLF)
It takes only 3 hours of people’s time.
It is bound to get a result unlike test cricket. (Bowl out is [...]
Top 10 money makers of IPL
Not including BCCI in this list is deliberate. Because, I really do not know how much do they really make.
Ranking
Player Name
Team
Amount
Description
1
MS Dhoni
Chennai
$1,500,000
Highest paid player in the team
2
Andrew Symonds
Hyderabad
$1,350,000
Highest paid player in the team
3
Sachin Tendulkar
Mumbai
$1,121,250
Icon Player for Mumbai
4
Sourav Ganguly
Kolkata
$1,092,500
Icon Player for Kolkata
5
Yuvraj Singh
Mohali
$1,063,750
Icon Player for Mohali
6
Rahul Dravid
Bangalore
$1,035,000
Icon Player for Bangalore
7
Sanath Jayasuriya
Mumbai
$975,000
Highest paid player [...]
Brand Ambassadors for Royal Challengers
Vijay Mallya does it in style. He has cash to burn and uses it to entertain audience. SRK can take a leaf out of his book but can he match Dr. Mallya’s cashburn. Mallya has roped in the following celebrities as ambassadors and has spent around 5 crores for the celebrations.
Katrina Kaif (hottest star in [...]
Chennai Super Kings brand ambassadors
Chennai Super Kings ropes in famous tamil star Vijay and actress Nayanatara as brand ambassadors for their team.
Rajiv Menon is making an ad featuring Vijay, Nayanatara, MS Dhoni, Muralidharan and Mathew Hayden. This would be interesting. Would it bear any semblance to the ICL Chennai Superstars ad? I hope not. But it would be fun [...]
Deccan Chargers look good on paper : Ravi Shastri
As per Ravi Shastri the following teams look strong on paper respectively in that order :
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
Chennai Super Kings
Kolkata Knight Riders
This is followed by a caveat. But, its a 20-20 format and you only need an over to turn the tide and any team can win.
So true. Its that one over of the game which [...]
Injury Worries for IPL Opener
Sachin Tendulkar Unlikely to play for the first opener. Reason : Groin Injury
Anil Kumble to miss the first opener tomorrow. Reason : Groin Injury
MS Dhoni to not keep wickets. Reason : Bruised finger. (Parthiv Patel will keep instead. Dhoni will be playing as a batsman and captain).