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South Africa’s march into cricket’s big financial league will take another step forward with the launch next season of a southern hemisphere version of India’s hugely successful Twenty20 Premier League.

In a joint deal with Cricket Australia, an eight-team league is planned with four franchise teams based in each country.
Players from India and New [...]

After launching a “rebel” Twenty20 league, the Zee group is now seeking to trademark T20 for its parallel cricket tournament which had invited the ire of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and International Cricket Council (ICC) earlier this year.
Zee’s unit Essel Sports Pvt. Ltd has applied for trademark registration of T20 [...]

The first sacking of the Indian Premier League is set to happen with Deccan Chargers captain VVS Laxman and coach Robin Singh set to get the axe.
Chargers handed the captaincy reins to former Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist while another Australian Test player Darren Lehmann is the new coach.
Laxman had been in the firing line for [...]

Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, has insisted the US$5 million salary cap on franchisees will remain in place for at least the next two years. Modi said in a statement that the players are legally bound by their three-year contract with franchises.
“The three-year contractual clause was made public to both the franchisees and players prior [...]

IPL chief commissioner Lalit Modi put to rest the speculation of a second IPL this year during his speech at a packed DY Patil Stadium on Sunday night.
Modi said the IPL had caught the imagination of millions of people, both at the venues and on television. He said they were looking forward to the tournament [...]

Attacking all-rounder Yusuf Pathan scripted a memorable last-ball victory for Jaipur against Chennai in a thrilling final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that more than made up for the two lop-sided semi-finals.
Pathan grabbed three crucial wickets and then produced a belligerent half-century as Jaipur chased a challenging target of 164 to lift the trophy [...]

Chennai Super Kings drubbed Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets in a lop-sided contest here on Saturday night to storm into Sunday’s final against red-hot Rajasthan Royals.
After restricting Yuvraj Singh-led side to 112 for eight, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men cantered home thanks to a second-wicket stand of 102 runs between opener Parthiv Patel (51 off [...]

Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Daredevils by 105 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to reach the finals of the IPL. Batting first after losing the toss, Royals posted a gargantuan score of 192 for 9. A fight was expected given that Delhi have Gautam Gambhir and captain Virender Sehwag opening the innings. But the [...]

Shaun Marsh struck a century to confirm himself as the Indian Premier League’s leading runscorer as the Kings XI Punjab coasted to a 41-run win in their top-of-the-table clash with the Rajasthan Royals.
The gloss of the encounter, the 56th and final match of a protracted round-robin series, was reduced by its dead-rubber status as both [...]

Mumbai Indians put up an all-round display to end their Indian Premier League campaign with a thumping nine-wicket victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers  Wednesday.
The win though came late for Mumbai Indians, who went out of the semifinal contention after losing three close games in a row, which made them dependant on other teams’ losses to [...]