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SA to host Indian premier league

SA to host Indian premier league(5)

March 24, 2009

South Africa will host the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting on April 17 after the Twenty20 league was moved out of India due to security reasons, Indian television reported on Tuesday.
The Indian cricket board announced on Sunday it would stage next month’s event abroad after failing to get government clearance for [...]

SA to host Indian premier league

SA sweetens offer to host IPL- Australian

SOUTH Africa has raised the stakes in its bid to host the Indian Premier League’s second tournament, promising hotel and ground discounts, priority visa processing for the teams and weather of which the English can only dream.
Despite earlier indicating that England was the favoured alternative venue for the glamorous Twenty20 series, IPL chairman Lalit Modi [...]

IPL Franchisees turn to BCCI for financial loss

Source : Express India
IPL franchisee owners are turning to the Board of Control for Cricket in India to deal with commercial issues as potential loss looms large following the shifting of the Twenty20 cricket tournament out of the country.
“At present, we are focusing on the cricketing aspect of it. IPL has assured us that [...]

Hijack, then bailout: BCCI ok’s $10m for overseas IPL

Deciding to offshore the second season of the Indian Premier League, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also hastily sanctioned an “imprest” corpus of $10 million (Rs 50 crore) for IPL’s overseas outing and prepared to raise it to thrice that amount.
Speaking to ‘The Indian Express’, BCCI Treasurer M P [...]


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