IPL Schedule 2012

Kings XI Punjab management franchise has removed Yuvraj Singh from Captain ship of Mohali Team. New Captain of Kings XI will be now on the shoulder of Sri Lankan Captain Kumar Sangakkara. This step is likely to have been taken after failing to enter into final in the last two IPL Season even though team has big stars which includes Brett Lee, Sangakkara, Yuvraj, SreeSanth, Marsh, etc.

No Comments have been received from Captain Kumar Sangakkara or Yuvraj Singh.

The Opening Ceremony will be held in Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium as Deccan Chargers were winner of the last IPL Season. Final will be held in Mumbai’s Dr DY Patil Sports Academy Stadium to attract thousands of cricket fans in the financial city of the India.

As per norms of Indian Premier League, Opening Ceremony’s are held at Home ground of winning Franchise although last year because of Security reasons Rajasthan missed the Ceremony in the Jaipur as it was held in South Africa after 26/11 Attack.

IPL Members still doubtful of this venue for the sole reason of dispute between Andra and Telgana gaining prime importance in politics of Southern Indian Region. More updates to come…

The Pakistan Cricket Board has cleared its players to take part in the January auction for the third Indian Premier League, scheduled to be held in March-April next year.

PCB has also directed all its players who are keen to take part in the twenty20 tournament to complete their documents and NOCs by December 31st to be forwarded to the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.

The PCB said in a statement that all players including those who have never played before in the league should either contact Modi directly or the PCB for completion of documents so that their names could be included in the players auction due to take place in January.

“We have issued this directive because this time we don’t want the players to miss any deadlines and so that they have ample time to apply for visas and complete their documentation for the players auction,” one board official stated.

Modi ruled out the direct participation of Pakistani players in the league’s next season insisting they had failed to submit their documents and obtain Indian visas by the given deadline of December 7.

But after the Indian government gave cleared visas for the Pakistani players, Modi said that Pakistani players could make themselves eligible for the players auction and if any franchise was interested in securing their services it would be done through the bidding process.

But some confusion remains about the participation of those players in the auction who played in the IPL first season and had their contracts suspended by their franchises or were replaced by other players after the deadline.

An agent who represents number of Pakistan’s leading players told PTI that some franchises had already conveyed their interest in some players and wanted them to take part in the players auction.

“The IPL might not directly allow our players to play in the league but the good thing is that many franchises are interested in signing some of our players,” the agent said.

Sources said that Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Danish Kaneria, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal were some of the players on whom the franchises have expressed interest.

A dozen Pakistani players took part in IPL I in 2008 but were not given clearance by their government to play in the second edition this year which led to many franchises either canceling or suspending their contracts.

The source said that Shoaib Malik and Muhammad Asif had some contractual issues with their franchise Delhi Daredevils, while Shoaib Akhtar was also trying to renew his ties with the Shahrukh Khan-owned, Kolkatta Knight Riders.

Sources said many of the players were also keen to play in the IPL as the Pakistan team do not have any international commitments in March-April next year and the T20 World Cup would be held immediately after the IPL.

Four Pakistan players have been cleared for visas by the Indian ministry of external affairs, possibly paving the way for their return to the IPL in 2010. The final call on whether or not they actually participate, it appears, will now be taken by the league, which had earlier ruled out the participation of Pakistan’s players as they had not obtained their visa clearances by December 7, the extended deadline. “Earlier Deadlines were 23rd November and 30th November which were extended after request from Ijaz Butt” – Lalit Modi.

Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Misbah-ul-Haq and Sohail Tanvir all applied for visas from Indian Embassy – the first three in Wellington, where they are involved in a Test series, and Tanvir in Islamabad – and Ijaz Butt, chairman PCB, confirmed that clearance had been granted by Indian Embassy.

Lalit Modi told to press that it is now in the hands of the franchise to whether take service of Pakistani Player or not as there contract has been terminated for the reason of delay in getting visa clearance. The only option Franchise has to leave off some foreign player in lieu of Pakistani Player.

The process will not affect the upcoming auction in which other Pakistani Player not having contract with IPL Franchise can put their names in the list before December 31st.

Indian Premier League 2010 Schedule and Fixtures. IPLT20 2010 Schedule. IPL Season 3 will be held in India after a long break of Season 2 which was held in South Africa due to Terrorist attack on Mumbai 26/11 and the aftermath. IPL 2 was successful in the earning point of view but it missed the Indian Fans joy and enjoy. But one cannot keep anything related to cricket far from Indian Fans and we gone see huge crowds coming up in the upcoming IPL 2010.

There will be total 60 Matches being held at 12 Different venues compared to last years 59 Matches at 8 Venues. This year new venues included to expand the scope of IPL are Ahmedabad, Dharmsala, Nagpur and Vishakapatnam. The new venues of Ahmedabad and Nagpur are chosen as they will be granted team in the next IPL Season 4. This has been already announced Chief Commissioner Lalit Modi.

The Opening Ceremony will be held in Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium as Deccan Chargers were winner of the last IPL Season. Final will be held in Mumbai’s Dr DY Patil Sports Academy Stadium to attract thousands of cricket fans in the financial city of the India.

The security of Players, Stadium and Visitors has been given high priority this team considering possible terrorist attack to disrupt the International Event of Cricket to be played in India taking lessons from the last year’s terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, Pakistan. Players like Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni will be provided high security Personnel of Z+ Category including Bullet Proof Vehicles.

Faith of Pakistani Players is in the hand of Players itself as well as their franchise as reported by Lalit Modi in press conference. We will update on this topic later when final news comes out.

For Tickets, we will shortly provide you url once it opens for booking…