IPL rights in UK goes to ITV : Lalit Modi

ITV has got the official rights to air all the IPL matches in U.K.IPL rights for this season goes to ITV, and this was the official statement given by Lalit Modi. The third season of IPl starts at March 12th and the show will be aired for 45 days. It is going to be complete entertainment with all the best players in the world competing against each other.

The other biggest tie up for IPL organizers is that the matches will be telecasted in You tube. ITV director told that this deal is made so that the people in UK can have a nice time watching the world's best cricketers show casing their hard hitting skills.

Ravindra Jadeja banned from IPL 3

Ravindra Jadeja has been banned from IPL3 after he was found guilty of trying to negotiate with another franchise after his current contract with Rajasthan Royals was not renewed.Ravindrea Jadeja was a start player in the previous to seasons for Rajasthan Royals but that franchise failed to renew his contract and hence he tried to negotiate with another franchise which was against the IPL laws and he has been banned for one year.

Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner confirmed his decision and told that Ravindra Jadeja is banned as of now but he has got a chance to play provided he applies to the IPL governing council.When Jadeja was asked to comment about this he refused to comment.We have to wait and see what happens ??

IPL is turning the heat even on BCCI

Indian Premier League (IPL) is turning the heat on BCCI. IPL is getting so big these days players are more inclined to their county teams instead of national assignments.Lalit Modi told that these kind of comments are baseless and should be totally avoided. He says that there are so many positives from the game since more more youngsters are exposed to International arena and they get a National side nod if they really perform well at this level.

Ratnakar Shetty on the other side feels that players are more focused on these cash rich tournaments and this is not good for the national side.Ratnakar Shetty also questioned the attitude of players since one of the senior players had told that their was not much feeling in the dressing room after India's early exit from Champions Trophy.Has IPL really turned the players attitude towards national assignments?Share your thoughts.

IPL has no permanant slot | David Morgan

ICC chief David Morgan has confirmed that the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) does not have any fixed slot in the ICC cricketing calendar.This means that we are not sure when the IPL matches will start each year.Morgan also said that Lalit Modi is continuously insisting for a fixed date about IPL but with the busy International schedule the ICC cannot assure the exact dates.

Morgan was asked whether cricketers will miss International tours for cash rich tournaments such as IPL.Morgan replied that only cricketers who are about to retire from cricket will opt to play in these kind of tournaments,but the rest of the players will try to play for there nation.

IPL to have 10 teams from 2011 onwards

Lalit Modi the chairman and commissioner of IPL confirmed that there will be 10 teams in the IPL from 2011.Lalit Modi also hinted that they are planning to have two IPL's every year.One in India which will be a normal one another in South Africa or England which will be a shortened one.

Lalit Modi thanked the fans of South Africa for supporting IPL and told that they have witnessed some very close matches and he thanked all the players and the team franchise.Finally Modi said that from next year onwards IPL will be back in India.

Watch Highlights of IPL matches online

The drama of IPL 2009 is getting bigger as the half way stage has been reached.We cannot predict a team who will still has a great contention to win the cup.Each day each team is reaching the top position.Mumbai where the first to top the table then Deccan ,then Chennai Superb Kings topped the table and finally at the half way stage it is Delhi Daredevils who are on the top.Each team has had its ups and downs except Kolkata Knight Riders who are literally out of the tournament.So the heated drama is getting bigger day by day.So people can even watch the matches online.

IPL launches official betting : Modi calls it lottery game and not betting

IPL has launched a controversial betting game asking the fans to predict the score of each over of a live game.According to the rules of this game the entrant as to predict the runs scored of each ball.The minimum prize money for every over is Rs.10,000.The prize money increases based on the number of people playing the game.The cost for each entry I mean each SMS is Rs.5.

The experts feels that this surely a bad idea and this is gambling.Modi defends this by telling that this is just like a texting between friends and not online betting or gambling.The International Cricket Council termed that thy have no rights to control the IPL officials because they are no way linked to IPL.

Modei however has stated that this would continue smoothly until there is no response from the people.I would say Modi is a very shrewd business man and we all know that when he introduced the strategy breaks after 10 overs of each side.

IPL : Strategy break triggers heated debate

IPL chairman Lalit Modi has introduced a new concept caled strategic breaks in between each match.The strategic breaks after 10 overs is not welcomed by most of the International players.The new rule is that the in each innings after 10 overs of play there will be a strategy break where the teams can re-group and think how to approach the game for the next 10 overs.

Players don't like this since most of them say the momentum of the game will be lost.But Lalit Modi is insisting on it.I personally feel that he has introduced this concept to fix more slots for ads and earn more.He is a smart business man,that we all should know how efficiently he moved the IPL out of India.

Low ticket prices for IPL in South Africa: Lalit Modi

Ticket prices for the IPL 2009 games will be at reasonable price so that all the local people can see the matches.Lalit Modi confirmed that the pricing of the tickets will be less than the pricing of International matches.

Modi was quite confident that this IPL 2009 will be a huge success this year even though it is outside India.We have to wait and see what actually happens.

South Africa emerges IPL frontrunner

England was the preferred venue when it was officially declared that IPL will be played outside India.But the situation has taken a Topsy turvy.There is a big buzz now that South Africa will host the 2nd edition of IPL.Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, was flying to South Africa to meet the senior officials to take a decision.

IPL for cricket lovers will be very important whether it takes place in India or outside since most viewers watch the match on TV.We have to wait for sum more time to now where exactly this year IPL is going to take place

IPL revised schedule yet to be released

IPL chief Lalit Modi did not give out the revised schedule of IPL. He said the dates need to be fine tuned, but confirmed Ahmedabad and Visakhapatnam as the two new venues of the tournament.

Modi also confirmed that CSK will not be playing their seven matches at which where scheduled in Chennai .So they are working out with alternative venues.This was mainly because of elections in Chennai and terrorist threat the Chennai government has announced that it cant give the security for the matches.So any cost they are going o not comprise with the IPL season II.