Owners of IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala on Wednesday moved the Bombay High Court to challenge the BCCI's decision to terminate the team's contract at its Annnaul General Meeting.
The stunning win over Mumbai Indians gave IPL debutants Kochi Tuskers Kerala the fillip they desperately needed and the side would be aiming to spring a surprise once again when they take on another heavyweights, defending champions Chennai Super Kings, in Kochi on Monday.
Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has again fired a salvo at BCCI bigwigs Sashank Manohar and president N Srinivasan for the "mess" created due to the termination of IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
Cameron Green had an amazing week after a winning bid from Mumbai Indians made him richer by Rs 17.5 crore.
The BCCI on Tuesday said it was not aware of the Kochi consortium's "links" with ex-Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar, who was a member of the IPL's Governing Council before being ousted a few weeks ago.
The IPL Governing Council is yet to work out a plan to help players left in the lurch after Kochi's axing, but the league's boss, Rajiv Shukla, assured that the interest of the affected players will be protected.
The franchise owners Kochi Tuskers Kerala are planning to take legal action against the BCCI after the BCCI terminated the Indian Premier League side's contract at its Annual General Meeting on Monday.
With the fans allowed to watch the final on Sunday's tickets, there were many fans, who had scheduled their hotel check-out
After a round of questioning of Shashi Tharoor, the Delhi police on Wednesday made it clear that it will probe if the IPL angle was related to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who was ignored by IPL franchises at the players' auction, rubbished speculation that he is now being approached by Kochi through an open bidding process. The most successful India captain, who found no takers from the 10 franchises in the Indian Premier League auction, said it is media speculation that he is in talks with the team owned by Rendezvous Sports.
Brad Hodge led the way with four wickets as Kochi Tuskers Kerala thrashed Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets to keep their hopes of earning a play-offs berth alive in the Indian Premier League, in Indore on Sunday.
Amid fast-moving developments in the controversy surrounding the Kochi IPL franchise, the BCCI on Sunday decided to put off its Working Committee meeting, which was scheduled on Saturday.
Sunanda Pushkar on Wednesday strongly denied media reports that she is acting as a proxy for Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor in the Kochi IPL franchise. She also came out strongly in support of Tharoor, who has come under fire from several quarters, following his spat with IPL commissioner Lalit Modi over the Kochi team.
Pune Warriors beat Kochi Tuskers Kerala by four wickets in the battle of debutantes in an Indian Premier League clash at the DY Patil Stadium in Nerul on Wednesday.
England players were in demand as batter Harry Brook earned a Rs 13.25 crore winning from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Shaken after two consecutive defeats, Kochi Tuskers Kerala would look to infuse some life to their IPL campaign when they clash with an equally shattered Delhi Daredevils in Kochi on Saturday.
Describing Sunanda Pushkar's decision to give up her stake in Kochi Indian Premier League team as immaterial, Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh immediately sack Union Minister Shashi Tharoor as the matter was now of 'stinking corruption.'
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday indicated it will appeal against former Chief Justice of India R C Lahoti's report that went in favour of Kochi Tuskers, the erstwhile Indian Premier League franchise whose contract was terminated by the Board in 2011 because of an alleged breach of contract.
With most of the top Indian players already in one team or the other, out-of-favour national players Mayank Agarwal and Manish Pandey at Rs 1 crore base price will command a fair bit of bidding.
With the brand that IPL has become, there is considerable interest from corporate India for investing in the biggest T20 competition in the world.
The IPL Governing Council had terminated Deccan Chargers in 2012, a move that the franchise had challenged.
In red hot form after back-to-back wins, Kochi Tuskers Kerala would be aiming to halt Kolkata Knight Riders' three-match winning run when the two sides face off in their Indian Premier League match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday.
A contender for the coaching job of the Indian Premier League Kochi franchise, Matthew Mott will have to resign as New South Wales coach if he accepts the lucrative offer from the new Twenty20 team.
# Brendon McCullum is the leading run-getter for Kochi in the IPL 4, aggregating 196 (ave.39.20) in five games.
The Congress rejected as absurd the Bharatiya Janata Party's demand that Union Minister Shashi Tharoor be sacked over the IPL controversy and said it was up to the cricket board to decide on allegations of impropriety over his role in the Kochi IPL team.
Fielding lapses, including a first-ball dropped catch off Brendon McCullum who smashed his way to 81, cost Mumbai Indians the match against IPL debutants Kochi Tuskers Kerala on Friday, said home team captain Sachin Tendulkar.
Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor himself may not be a stakeholder but the lady he is reportedly planning to marry is part of the consortium which owns the Kochi franchise of the Indian Premier League, revealed IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.
Newly-formed Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kochi is mulling to appoint former Australian captain Steve Waugh as a key adviser and technical consultant to the team.
Interest of the players contracted with terminated IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala will be protected, assured the league's new boss Rajiv Shukla who on Thursday promised to make the cash-rich event more attractive by bringing in "new ideas and elements."
Caught in a storm over his role in Kochi IPL franchise, Union Minister Shashi Tharoor dug his heels saying he would not not quit office even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that he would take action in the matter if warranted. Allegations flew thick and fast during another day of high drama which included a claim by Tharoor's personal staff that he had received a threatening call from Dawood Ibrahim gang asking him to drop out of Kochi team.
The all-rounder has played 64 T20Is, scoring 457 runs at an average of 24.05. His best score is 46*. He has also taken 51 wickets in the format, with the best figures of 3/15.
While T20 is primarily a batsmen-dominated format, the bowlers have evolved over the years and left a mark with their clever innovations.
Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi on Friday accused Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor of having an agenda in promoting the Kochi IPL fanchise, and asserted that he won't let that agenda succeed.
Kerala Cricket Association secretary T C Mathew says the public spat between the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and Minister of State for External Affairs Sashi Tharoor is the result of forces trying to sabotage the Kochi IPL team.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has held consultations with senior party leaders ahead of Opposition's plans to raise the controversy surrounding Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's alleged murky deals in the Indian Premier League in Parliament on Friday.
Speaking on the IPL controversy involving Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that he had to ascertain all the facts after he returned to India on April 17, before taking any action in the matter.When he was asked if Tharoor would be sacked over the Kochi IPL team controversy, the PM said, "I have heard about these things. I don't have all the facts before me and when I go back, I will get all the facts."
The party leadership has been left red-faced following the ugly war of words between Tharoor and the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi with the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party demanding that the minister be sacked on charges of corruption and that a CBI probe be constituted into the entire IPL goings-on.
Federation of International Cricketers' Associations CEO Tim May has expressed concern over Sahara India's withdrawal of its franchise, Pune Warriors, from the Indian Premier League.
Debutants Kochi Tuskers Kerela roared back into the Indian Premier League with an upset victory over Mumbai Indians on Friday, and skipper Mahela Jayawardene urged rival teams to take them more seriously now.
Politician Amar Singh was on Wednesday questioned for nearly two hours by a special team of Delhi Police probing the Sunanda Pushkar case after he had recently claimed that she had spoken to him about the Indian Premier League controversy a couple of days before her death.
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