IPL: Under-19 captain Virat Kohli goes to Bangalore

Indo Asian News Service

Mumbai, March 11: The Under-19 World Cup winning captain, Virat Kohli, has been bought by Bangalore, as a number of members of the Indian youth team that won the title in Malaysia went under the hammer in the second round of Indian Premier League auction here Tuesday.
Other Under-19 players who were picked by various franchises included left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan by Delhi, wicketkeeper Shreevats Goswami by Bangalore, Taruwar Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja by Jaipur, Sidharth Kaul and Iqbal Abdulla by Kolkata and Tanmay Srivastava and Ajitesh Argal by Mohali.

Among the foreigners the most prominent name was Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan batsman, who was picked up by Bangalore Royal Challengers, who will also have Bangladesh left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak in the team.

The first England player to be auctioned, all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas, was bought by Jaipur's Rajasthan Royals, who have also signed up South African fast bowler Morne Morkel, Australian all-rounder Shane Watson and Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Sohail Tanvir.

Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders bought Pakistanis Salman Butt and Mohammad Hafeez, while Mohali picked up Australians James Hopes and Luke Pomersbach.

© Copyright 2008 Indo Asian News Service.

IPL: Who went where in second auction

Source : Indo Asian News Service

Mumbai, March 11: Following is the list of players picked up Tuesday in the second auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) teams (City/Team/Player):
Delhi Daredevils: Pradeep Sangwan (India), Brett Geeves (Tasmania, Australia)

Kolkata Knight Riders: Salman Butt and Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan), Siddarth Kaul and Iqbal Abdulla (India)

Mohali: James Hopes and Luke Pomersbach (Australia), Tanmay Srivastava and Ajitesh Argal (India), Kyle Mills (New Zealand)

Rajasthan Royals: Dimitri Mascarenhas (England), Morne Morkel (South Africa), Shane Watson (Australia), Sohail Tanveer (Pakistan), Taruwar Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja (India)

Royal Challengers (Bangalore): Misbah ul Haq (Pakistan), Abbur Razzak (Bangladesh), Virat Kohli and Srivatsa Goswami (India), Ross Taylor (New Zealand)

Mumbai Indians: Ashwell Prince (South Africa), Saurabh Tiwary and Manish Pandey (India)

Chennai: Napoleon Einstein, Abhinav Mukund and Viraj Kadbe (India)

Hyderabad did not pick any player in the second auction.

© Copyright 2008 Indo Asian News Service.

Bangalore: The Bangalore Royal Challengers team was launched amidst flashing lights and a resurgent party spirit at the Taj West End Hotel lawns here

Bangalore: The Bangalore Royal Challengers team was launched amidst flashing lights and a resurgent party spirit at the Taj West End Hotel lawns here on Wednesday night.

Mr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman, UB Group, who owns the Bangalore franchise, said: “We have a solid, dependable and high-performance team which can play well under pressure. I am confident my team will win.”

The team colours, a mix of red with a yellow tinge, was also unveiled.

Prior to the launch, the team’s newly-appointed Chief Cricket Officer Martin Crowe emphatically said: “We want to be the inaugural winners of the Indian Premier League. Our team, hand picked by Rahul (Dravid) and Vijay Mallya, has people with integrity, humility and we have also balanced it with youth. Our bowling is good and we look to play intelligent cricket. Twenty20 is not just thrash and bash,” the former New Zealand skipper said.

Meanwhile, skipper Dravid emphasised that the IPL’s success will depend on the quality of cricket on display. “It is a new concept and whether we succeed will be known in time. It also brings international players in to a domestic tournament and it will be interesting to see how the fans react to the city concept. I hope we get good crowd support as that would be a motivating factor for the players. And if the cricket is good, the crowds will come back,” Dravid said.

About his team, Dravid said: “Excited to share a dressing room with players like Jacques Kallis and Nathan Bracken. We wanted people who believe in the concept of a team and we interacted with some of the players we picked and they are all excited.”

Meanwhile Venkatesh Prasad, the team’s coach, said that though the team has players more famous for their skills in the Test arena, he was confident about their success. “Our key players have plenty of experience and can adapt to different forms of the game,” Prasad said.

For the team’s CEO Charu Sharma, the team’s priorities were based on “solid plans.” “We surely aren’t here on a wing and a prayer. Martin and Prasad have solid plans for our team,” Sharma said.

The team: Batsmen: Rahul Dravid (captain), S. Chanderpaul, Misbah-ul-Haq, Ross Taylor, Wasim Jaffer, V. Kohli, J. Arun Kumar and B. Chipli.

Bowlers: D. Steyn, Zaheer Khan, N. Bracken, B. Akhil, Anil Kumble, S. Joshi, A. Razzak, K.P. Appanna and Praveen Kumar.

All-rounders: J. Kallis, Cameron White and Vinay Kumar.

Wicketkeepers: M. Boucher, S. Goswami and Devraj Patil.

Shah Rukh Khan unveils Kolkata Knight Riders

KHAN’S KNIGHTS: Shah Rukh Khan, team owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, unveils the team T-shirt. Also seen are coach John Buchanan (left) and captain Sourav Ganguly.

KOLKATA: One of the eight Indian Premier League teams, Kolkata Knight Riders, was unveiled by actor Shah Rukh Khan along with the team coach John Buchanan and captain Sourav Ganguly at an impressive function on Tuesday.

Part owners Jay Mehta, his wife and actress Juhi Chawla and the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Prasun Mukherjee were also present.

Shah Rukh said, “we are here to play to win.” Explaining the name of the team he said it was chosen keeping the youth in mind. “It should be appealing to kids,” and added “you have to play cricket like football in Kolkata.”

Rationale


Shah Rukh explained the rationale behind the team’s attire in black and gold. He said black symbolised Goddess Kali while gold symbolised the team’s belief, “we are hear to win the battle of life.” Shah Rukh added, “we will try to bring a lot of happiness and entertainment to all in Kolkata.” Buchanan said, “we are all trying to do our best to put up a good show.” Ganguly said it was a pleasure and honour to be part of the team and to guide its fortunes.

Four home grown players, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddiman Saha, Sourasish Lahiri and under-22 player Rohan Banerjee, were also present. Everyone who is part of the side was presented with a golden helmet each.

Contentious issues


On the contentious issues of complimentary tickets, Shah Rukh said, “I have come to Kolkata to set things right. Like the players, the CAB is also part of us. We are going to sit down and sort out all the outstanding issues amicably.”

The matinee idol said the team anthem was composed and sung by Vishal Shekar; Reebok designed the team’s kit and Manish Malhotra designed the formal clothes.

“Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo” (will do, will fight, will win) is the team’s slogan while ‘Hoog Lee’ a Royal Bengal tiger is the mascot.

While taking questions from the media, Shah Rukh said any extra money earned from this venture would be diverted to develop soccer in the state.

India Premier League Schedules

2008 April 18: Bangalore v Kolkata at Bangalore
2008 April 19: Mohali v Chennai at Mohali
2008 April 19: Delhi v Jaipur at Delhi
2008 April 20: Mumbai v Bangalore at Mumbai
2008 April 20: Kolkata v Hyderabad at Kolkata
2008 April 21: Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur
2008 April 22: Hyderabad v Delhi at Hyderabad
2008 April 23: Chennai v Mumbai at Chennai
2008 April 24: Hyderabad v Jaipur at Hyderabad
2008 April 25: Mohali v Mumbai at Mohali
2008 April 26: Bangalore v Jaipur at Bangalore
2008 April 26: Chennai v Kolkata at Chennai
2008 April 27: Mumbai v Hyderabad at Mumbai
2008 April 27: Mohali v Delhi at Mohali
2008 April 28: Bangalore v Chennai at Bangalore
2008 April 29: Kolkata v Mumbai at Kolkata
2008 April 30: Delhi v Bangalore at Delhi.
2008 May 1: Hyderabad v Mohali at Hyderabad
2008 May 1: Jaipur v Kolkata at Jaipur
2008 May 2: Chennai v Delhi at Chennai.
2008 May 3: Hyderabad v Bangalore at Hyderabad
2008 May 3: Mohali v Kolkata at Mohali
2008 May 4: Mumbai v Delhi at Mumbai
2008 May 4: Jaipur v Chennai at Jaipur
2008 May 5: Bangalore v Mohali at Bangalore
2008 May 6: Chennai v Hyderabad at Chennai
2008 May 7: Mumbai v Jaipur at Mumbai
2008 May 8: Delhi v Chennai at Delhi
2008 May 8: Kolkata v Bangalore at Kolkata
2008 May 9: Jaipur v Hyderabad at Jaipur
2008 May 10: Bangalore v Mumbai at Bangalore
2008 May 10: Chennai v Mohali at Chennai
2008 May 11: Hyderabad v Kolkata at Hyderabad
2008 May 11: Jaipur v Delhi at Jaipur
2008 May 12: Mohali v Bangalore at Mohali
2008 May 13: Kolkata v Delhi at Kolkata
2008 May 14: Mumbai v Chennai at Mumbai
2008 May 14: Mohali v Jaipur at Mohali
2008 May 15: Delhi v Hyderabad at Delhi
2008 May 16: Mumbai v Kolkata at Mumbai
2008 May 17: Delhi v Mohali at Delhi
2008 May 17: Jaipur v Bangalore at Jaipur
2008 May 18: Hyderabad v Mumbai at Hyderabad
2008 May 18: Kolkata v Chennai at Kolkata
2008 May 19: Bangalore v Delhi at Bangalore
2008 May 20: Kolkata v Jaipur at Kolkata
2008 May 21: Mumbai v Mohali at Mumbai
2008 May 21: Chennai v Bangalore at Chennai
2008 May 22: Delhi v Kolkata at Delhi
2008 May 23: Mohali v Hyderabad at Mohali.
2008 May 24: Delhi v Mumbai at Delhi
2008 May 24: Chennai v Jaipur at Chennai
2008 May 25: Bangalore v Hyderabad at Bangalore
2008 May 25: Kolkata v Mohali at Kolkata
2008 May 26: Jaipur v Mumbai at Jaipur
2008 May 27: Hyderabad v Chennai at Hyderabad
2008 May 30: First semi-final at Mumbai
2008 May 31: Second semi-final at Mumbai
2008 June 1: Final at Mumbai

India Premier League News Videos

IPL News Video1


IPL News Video2

IPL Bids

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced its much-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) bid winners for the respective teams. GMR group has won the bid for Delhi team whereas UB group’s Vijay Mallya bagged the contract for Bangalore team. Ness Wadia takes control of Chandigarh team and Mukesh Ambani has been declared the bid winner for Mumbai team. Bollywood king, Shah Rukh Khan has been given charge for Kolkata team.

India cements hold the rights for Chennai team and Deccan Chronicle has Hyderabad. ‘Investors’ in cricket have been given rights for Jaipur team.

The following are the bid amounts and winners for various teams in the Indian Premier League:

Vijay Mallya won the bid for the Bangalore team for $111.6 million.

Shah Rukh Khan won the bid for the Kolkata team for $75.09 million.

GMR Holdings won the bid for the Delhi team for $84 million.

Mukesh Ambani won the bid for the Mumbai team for $111.9 million.

India Cements won the bid for the Chennai team for $91 million.

Deccan Chronicle won the bid for the Hyderabad team for $107.01 million.

Emerging Media won the bid for the Jaipur team for $67 million.

Ness Wadia won the bid for the Mohali team for $76 million, reportedly.

The auction includes players’ contracts and team franchisee.

According to the IPL tender document, the franchisee revenue is divided into two sections. The first is centralised revenue under which falls the title sponsorship, media right and official umpires’ sponsorships.

The second is franchisee revenue which primarily deals with team naming rights, team shirt sponsorship and ticketing revenues. Based on the calculations of the media rights, some of the bidders have reached the conclusion on Wednesday evening that earnings from the sale of different rights are not going to exceed more than $8 million (Rs 320 crore).

“It is natural for any business to break even in a couple of years. IPL is a big venture and it’s certainly going to do wonder to the world of cricket,” a top IPL official told TOI on Wednesday. If that happens, Indian cricket will surely benefit from the 10-year event on and off the field.

In the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) which starts from April 18, BCCI has decided to pay them and some other senior cricketers 10-15% more money than the highest auctioned player of the Twenty20 event.

Sources said BCCI has shortlisted five cricketers - Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh - who will be called “icon players” and will be the highest paid players in the league. They will not be auctioned if they have a city team.

IPL chairman Lalit Modi confirmed, “This is one of the BCCI suggestions and it awaits the nod of the IPL board. The player bids will take place next month.”

A top BCCI official added that regular members of the Indian team will probably make Rs 1.2 crore to Rs 2 crore from the 44-day event, with the icon players getting the highest amount.

The Future Group too made a late entry. And other bidders included DLF, Private Equity Fund and Videocon.

For Cricket Videos

For Indian Cricket League