Agarkar said that the IPL had become a huge platform to spot talent but what mattered most was a strong temperament, which would set them apart from the rest.
Hardik Pandya's indifferent batting form in IPL 2024 is a big worry.
Members of the IPL Working Group had a meeting with Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Jay Mehta and CEO Venky Mysore on Wednesday while former India skipper Anil Kumble joined in via video conferencing in his personal capacity.
Shah reiterated the Board's position that Indian players will have to prioritise domestic cricket.
The Indian Premier League Governing Council, on Sunday, decided to omit Jaipur and Kochi from the list of cities which will bid for new IPL teams on December 8.
Competition Commission of India on Wednesday said it has approved the merger of the media assets of Reliance Industries and Walt Disney Co to create the country's largest media empire. The deal, announced six months ago, has been cleared by the CCI with certain modifications proposed by the two parties.
"The premium global smartphone manufacturer bid Rs. 2199 crores, which is a 554 per cent increase over the previous contract. In the upcoming five IPL seasons (2018-2022), Vivo and IPL will have extensive cooperation in terms of sports events, on-ground activations and marketing campaigns," the BCCI said in a statement.
Unwilling to jeopardise its cordial relationship with the all-powerful BCCI, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has rejected a lucrative 10-year buy-out offer of their franchise-based property 'The Hundred' from former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, the Daily Telegraph reported.
The Working Group set up to look into the implementation of the findings of Lodha Committee report on IPL spot-fixing scandal met representatives of Mumbai Indians and KXIP co-owner Ness Wadia, who stated that he is not in favour of inviting foreign teams to fill the void.
The Bombay High Court, on Tuesday, said the Indian Premier League has made people familiar with phrases like "betting and fixing" and in view of the alleged violations of foreign exchange rules it is time to see if the tournament is in interest of the game of cricket.
Sundar Raman, chief operating officer (COO) of the Indian Premier League has resigned.
The BCCI on Monday invited applications to replace one among the five senior national selectors and in all likelihood, former pacer Salil Ankola would be the one on his way out as West Zone is already represented by chairman Ajit Agarkar.
Australia is hoping to finalise a T20 tri-series with West Indies and Afghanistan just before the T20 World Cup
Visakhapatnam to be common main venue for Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants, while Kings XI Punjab to play all their home matches at Mohali.
The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee will have some sleepless nights before selecting the squad for T20s against Afghanistan with veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli keen to play the World Cup in June.
Chinese sponsorship became a bone of contention after the BCCI declared it would review the deals following the violent clashes between the armies of both the countries in eastern Ladakh.
If the deal comes to fruition, it will make Hampshire the first county side to be owned by an overseas franchise.
Pakistan wants ICC to regulate growth of T20 leagues
Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya lodged an official complaint with the IPL Governing Council, saying his franchise coughed up Rs 4 crore more on buying all-rounder Yuvraj Singh on the first day of the players' auction.
Desperate to host a bulk of the matches in the seventh edition of the IPL in the country, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said it will wait till the announcement of dates for the general elections before finalising the venues for the Twenty20 tournament.
The upcoming 53-day edition is by far the longest in the history of the league and the number of double headers is expected to be reduced this year.
The general mood of the IPL Governing Council is to stay put with eight teams as a 10-team league would increase the number of matches to 84.
The long-serving team manager Biswal was appointed chairman of the IPL in the Cricket Board's AGM in Chennai on Sunday.
TV commentators Graeme Smith and Scott Styris remarked that such discussions should occur privately, not in front of the broadcasting cameras.
The last date for filing the nominations for the ICC top job is October 20. The ICC Board will meet from November 11-13 in Melbourne.
The thrilling last-ball win by Chennai Super Kings in the IPL final against Gujarat Titans 'is a miracle' and only the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni could pull off such a show, said former BCCI president Narayanswami Srinivasan.
India's batting great Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday said he never thought Indian Premier League would become so big since its inception in 2008 and lauded the cash-rich T20 tournament for spreading the game to non-cricketing countries.
In a major boost for Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals -- the two teams who are making a comeback after serving a two-year ban -- they will be allowed to pick from the players, who turned out for Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions squad in IPL in season 10.
The Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has conveyed the government's inability to provide security during the Twenty20 extravaganza that coincides with the General Elections. The elections are scheduled for April-May.
Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Tuesday strongly objected to the Board of Control for Cricket in India referring him as "then chairman" while announcing the appointment of an advisor to interim chairman Chirayu Amin.
Dynamic West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo's smash-hit rap 'Champion dance' during the opening ceremony and the use of LED light stumps are the two major attractions of the ninth edition of Indian Premier League, said tournament chairman Rajeev Shukla. Bravo, who will be playing for the new team Gujarat Lions, is expected to perform the 'Champion Dance' that has now become a rage among the cricket fans of India and IPL is trying to cash in on its popularity. "Dwayne Bravo is performing on Champion Dance during the opening ceremony of IPL-9 in Mumbai. His performance will be the special attraction and there might be a few more West Indies cricketers, who will perform alongside Bravo," IPL chairman Shukla told PTI on Wednesday. Shukla also informed that the LED stumps, which lights up and has been in use since 2014 across ICC's 20 and 50 over World Cups, will be used for the first time in the cash-rich league.
Out of 409 players, 246 are Indians and 163 are overseas of which eight are from the associate nations.
Dhumal said the interest to stage IPL matches was indicative of its popularity abroad.
The Mumbai Cricket Association said on Thursday it is ready to lift the ban on Shah Rukh Khan's entry to the Wankhede stadium if the final of the Indian Premier League is shifted back to Mumbai.
The resignation of the IPL chairman and the strong criticism of laxity in dealing with Naxal violence indicate that the Congress vice-president is not content being a political bystander any more. Anita Katyal reports
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's four-member working group, formed to study the Justice Lodha panel's verdict relating to the spot-fixing scandal in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League in 2013, on Monday met for the first time to discuss the way forward for the cash-rich league's next edition and said the sponsors are fully behind the Board.
Kolkata-based billionaire Sanjiv Goenka, who bought the Lucknow franchise for a whopping Rs 7,090 crore during the IPL bidding in Dubai on Monday, said the team's valuation 'would be a multiple of a few times' over the next 10 years.
"Don't forget that there is an ICC chairman's nomination to be filed on October 20. Whether the powerful people in the BCCI have a change of heart, is the question," he said.
Stung by revelations of a player being approached for spot-fixing, IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said on Friday that stringent measures will be put in place to ensure that the mega-event passes off corruption-free.
The Cauvery water dispute forced the Board of Control for Cricket in India to shift Chennai Super Kings' remaining home games to Pune as the state administration expressed inability to ensure adequate security arrangements for the Indian Premier League matches.
