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Two blasts before Bangalore IPL match

By Mohammad Yusha • Apr 18th, 2010 • Category: Misc

Two low-intensity explosions near a packed Chinnaswamy cricket stadium less than an hour before an IPL match left 15 persons including five security men injured and sent nervous crowds running in panic.
The start of the match between the home team Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians was delayed by an hour and play commenced in the [...]



What can be a befitting response to IPL snub? PPL!

By Guest Blogger • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: Politics

Shahid Afridi - silence. Umar Gul - silence again. And the same cold lull was heard nine more times in the ballroom of Mumbais elite hotel a couple of days back, when the names of Pakistani cricketers were announced for the IPL-III auction.
But as they say, a prolonged silence often signals a storm. A storm [...]



English Premier League of Cricket

By Gul Raiz • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

There will be an English Premier League Twenty20 competition starting in 2010.
Having rejected a leaked proposal that would have left out half the country’s 18 counties, the England and Wales Cricket Board agreed Wednesday to start a two-division tournament containing all the sides plus two overseas teams.
The ECB also plans to scrap its largely unloved [...]



Pakistan Premier League in 2009

By Rohail Butt • Apr 25th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

After Indian Cricket League and Indian Premier League, Pakistan Cricket Board has also naturally gone on to start their own premier league starting from next year, and have asked for franchises from the city and regional teams.
The PCB would enhance the current ongoing national Twenty20 champion ship and would get sponsors for it and would [...]