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players with family

2012-11-25T19:45:00.000-08:00

Indian players with family

2012-09-02T11:21:00.003-07:00

DC owners seek BCCI help to find buyer

The BCCI's working committee will meet on September 4 to decide on the future of thebeleaguered Deccan Chargers IPL franchise. The meeting comes after the franchise owners sought the board's help in finding a new buyer, conceding they could not carry on running the franchise given their financial problems.

At the meeting, board president N Srinivasan - who met the franchise owners recently - is likely to explain the BCCI's future stand. "They have thrown up their hands. They met the BCCI president directly and said that they cannot get their house in order," a BCCI working committee member, told ESPNcricinfo.

On August 14, the IPL governing council had asked the Chargers management to explain why the franchise had been mortgaged to two leading Indian banks when the BCCI held the ownership rights for the franchise. Granting a month to Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited (DCHL), the board asked the Chargers' owners to come back with a reassurance that they were in a strong position to continue owning the franchise. T Venkatram Reddy, DCHL chairman, who was present at that meeting was confident the crisis would be resolved soon.

But earlier this week, Reddy revealed to The Economic Times that DCHL were in advanced talks with potential buyers and the franchise was in safe hands. However, according to the board official, the issue had become "complicated" with the investors in the franchise having asked the board to get involved.

"The lenders do not want the team to die. Nine lenders have written to the board saying they do not mind the team being sold and the board should try and help. The BCCI just wants now to facilitate in finding a buyer. We want to see if there is an amicable sale of the franchise," the official said.

In June DCHL had appointed Religare Capital Markets to look for potential investors who might be interested in buying a part or the entire stake in the franchise. But the board official pointed out any sale could not be a straightforward process. "It is not an easy task because there are some legal proceedings against the Deccan Chargers owners. There are also a number of lenders, number of people who have a stake in the team. One of the lenders has even filed a company winding-up petition," the official said.

Asked if the IPL could be in the danger of being reduced to eight teams, the official said that would be the final step. "We are trying to see and find out an amicable way out. If not, there is no other option. It is a complicated issue and is likely to be discussed during the working committee meeting," he said.

However not all board members are impressed at the sudden "soft approach" being thought about by the BCCI top brass. "Less than a month ago we had stated and issued a notice to the Deccan Chargers owners that in case they would not settle their dispute the board would auction for a new team. Now apparently we have to take a softer route. How are we concerned? The lenders are knocking at the BCCI doors because they are in trouble," a working committee member said.

2012-06-03T23:08:00.001-07:00

Sachin Tendulkar has already said that he will not quit cricket to join politics and will always remain a sportsman. (TOI Photo)

SACHIN AS MEMBER OF RAJYA SABHA

NEW DELHI: Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Monday became the first active sportsperson to become a Member of Parliament when he took oath as a Rajya Sabhamember.

Sachin took the oath in the chamber of Rajya Sabha chairman and vice-President Hamid Ansari.

On his way to the Parliament, Sachin was accompanied by his wife Anjali Tendulkar and IPL chairman and MP Rajiv Shukla.

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand on Sunday said that Sachin serving as Rajya Sabha member would be a big step in his life and wished the cricket legend to enjoy his new role.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that Sachin will make a contribution as a Rajya Sabha member also as he has excelled in cricket and in whatever he has done so far.

Though he was nominated to the Upper House of the Parliament in April earlier this year, Sachin could not take oath due to his cricket commitments.

Sachin has already said that he will not quit cricket to join politics and will always remain a sportsman.

Sachin's nomination to the Rajya Sabha had taken political circles by surprise, even though it was in the works for a while. Cricket lovers too were bemused with many wondering how an active cricketer who is on the road for around 250 days a year will be able to do justice to his parliamentary duties - and if he can't, would this Rajya Sabha entry really enhance Sachin's stature?

Sachin, it is said, had sought time to think over the offer and had conveyed his acceptance to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

Sachin's nomination to the Rajya Sabha came after he completed a historic 100 international centuries in March earlier this year.

Official sources said the home ministry sent the name of Sachin under the "social service" category as sports is not specifically listed in fields eligible for nominations.

Sportspersons in Parliament

RAJYA SABHA

Elected: Dilip Tirkey (hockey) 2012

Nominated: Sachin Tendulkar (cricket) 2012

LOK SABHA

Karni Singh (shooter) 1952-77

Kirti Azad (cricket) 1999, 2009

Navjot Singh Sidhu (cricket) 2004, 2009

Aslam Sher Khan (cricket) 1984, 1991

Jyotirmoy Sikdar (athletics) 2004

Chetan Chauhan (cricket) 1991, 1998

Naveen Jindal (shooter, member of Indian squad in Busan Asiad) 2004, 2009

Mohammad Azharuddin (cricket) 2009.

2012-06-03T09:15:00.001-07:00

2012-05-30T03:03:00.001-07:00

Enjoying with family after IPL5

2012-05-28T03:50:00.002-07:00

There's hardly any off-season for Indian cricketers these days but somehow, after IPL, they spend little over a month with family and friends, before they embark on yet another tour -- this time not far but to Sri Lanka for a series of five one day internationals and finishing with a twenty20 (yes, there will be no test matches)..

Sri Lankans will be rust-free after full series against Pakistan and after this Indian visit, we've inagural Sri lankan premier League. here's how board has set up India's tour of Sri lanka.

The India v Sri lanka 2012 series starts 22nd June with 1st ODI at Mahinda Rajapaksa International stadium in Hambantota, followed by 2nd ODI at same venue on 24th.

Teams then move onto R Premadasa stadium in Colombo where last three one dayers will be played, on 28th and 31st July and 4th August. India and Sri lanka indulge in one off T20 match at Pallekele International stadium on 7th August 2012.

All ODIs are to be day-night encounters.

Fact : India has played on 6 ODI series in Sri Lanka won twice, on last two visits (in 2008 & 2009) after being beaten in 1993 and 1997 besides drawing in 1985 and 2006. Overall, India has played 51 ODIs in Sri Lanka, winning 19, losing 26 while 6 games produced no results.

Schedule : India in Sri Lanka : July & August 2012
Date	Match	Venue
22 July 2012	India v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI	Hambantota
24 July 2012	India v Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI	Hambantota
28 July 2012	India v Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI	RPS, Colombo
31 July 2012	India v Sri Lanka, 4th ODI	RPS, Colombo
4 August 2012	India v Sri Lanka, 5th ODI	RPS, Colombo
7 August 2012	India v Sri Lanka, only T20	Pallekele

2012-05-27T22:38:00.002-07:00

KKR made it for the first time

2012-05-27T01:11:00.003-07:00

final fight IPL

2012-05-26T10:21:00.003-07:00

lucky captain

2012-05-25T20:36:00.001-07:00

csk in to finals

2012-05-24T22:33:00.001-07:00

Big fight between them

2012-05-24T09:04:00.000-07:00

IPL mumbai vs chennai

2012-05-24T02:47:00.001-07:00

NEW ICC RANKINGS
TEST'S

NAME(BAT)	RANK	RATINGS
S.Chanderpaul	1	878
AB de Villiers	2	821
Jacques Kallis	3	819
Younus Khan	4	797
Kumar Sangakkara	5	779

COUNTRY	RANK	RATINGS
England	1	116
South Africa	2	116
Australia	3	112
India	4	111
Pakistan	5	108

Odi

COUNTRY	RANK	RATINGS
Australia	1	123
South Africa	2	118
India	3	117
England	4	111
Sri Lanka	5	110

NAME(BAT)	RANK	RATINGS
Hashim Amla	1	871
AB de Villiers	2	851
Virat Kohli	3	846
MS Dhoni	4	752
Kumar Sangakkara	5	751

T20

COUNTRY	RANK	RATINGS
England	1	129
South Africa	2	122
Sri Lanka	3	117
New Zealand	4	114
Pakistan	5	107

NAME(BAT)	RANK	RATINGS
Kevin Pietersen	1	850
Martin Guptill	2	791
Eoin Morgan	3	788
Brendon McCullum	4	781
Mahela Jayawardene	5	769

t20 world cup; will india repeat history

2012-05-23T09:35:00.000-07:00

will india repeat history with the form of IPL,

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Twenty20 World Cup 2012

Cricket now is mostly about the fascinating short version of the game called T20 cricket. With the T20 World Cup knocking at the door which is to start from the September 18, 2012 in Sri Lanka, the expectations from participating nations from all across the World are humongous. The T20 World Cup schedule has been declared by the ICC which will host 27 matches in the period of September-October this year. There has been much discussion about the Twenty20 World Cup schedule where team managements are in continuous discussion with the ICC to ensure a fair T20 schedule in order to avoid fatigue. The Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP) is the operational body and developer of the World Twenty20 fixtures for the World Cup this year.

The first match is going to be played between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on September 18 as the inaugural match of the Cup. Critics have already started the blame game complaining too much of cricket especially Twenty20 cricket is the root for fatigue among players and the T20 World Cup time table should be reviewed in order to save cricket. The 20 odd day long tournament will be concluded with the final match played at the Premdasa Stadium on October 7. The T20 World Cup fixtures include participating nations like Sri Lanka (the host), Zimbabwe, Australia, Ireland, Afghanistan, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Bangladesh, West Indies, Pakistan and England. Despite the T20 fever of IPL donning the cricket World at present, the T20 World Cup is expected to throw a lot of surprises off the shore.

Date and Time	Match Details and Series
Tue Sep 18 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group C : 1st T20 - Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Wed Sep 19 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Group B : 2nd T20 - Australia vs Ireland R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Wed Sep 19 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group A : 3rd T20 - India vs Afghanistan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Sep 20 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group C : 4th T20 - South Africa vs Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Fri Sep 21 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Group D : 5th T20 - New Zealand vs Bangladesh Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Fri Sep 21 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group A : 6th T20 - England vs Afghanistan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Sep 22 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Group C : 7th T20 - Sri Lanka vs South Africa Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Sat Sep 22 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group B : 8th T20 - Australia vs West Indies R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Sep 23 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Group D : 9th T20 - New Zealand vs Pakistan Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sun Sep 23 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group A : 10th T20 - England vs India R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mon Sep 24 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group B : 11th T20 - West Indies vs Ireland R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Sep 25 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group D : 12th T20 - Bangladesh vs Pakistan Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Thu Sep 27 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 13th T20 - TBC vs TBC Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Thu Sep 27 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 14th T20 - TBC vs TBC Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Fri Sep 28 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 15th T20 - TBC vs TBC R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Sep 28 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 16th T20 - TBC vs TBC R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Sep 29 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 17th T20 - TBC vs TBC Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sat Sep 29 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 18th T20 - TBC vs TBC Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sun Sep 30 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 19th T20 - TBC vs TBC R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Sep 30 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 20th T20 - TBC vs TBC R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mon Oct 1 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 21st T20 - TBC vs TBC Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Mon Oct 1 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 22nd T20 - TBC vs TBC Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Tue Oct 2 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 23rd T20 - TBC vs TBC R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Oct 2 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 24th T20 - TBC vs TBC R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Oct 4 19:00 local \| 13:30 GMT	1st Semi Final T20 - TBC vs TBC R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Oct 5 19:00 local \| 13:30 GMT	2nd Semi Final T20 - TBC vs TBC R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Oct 7 19:00 local \| 13:30 GMT	Final T20 - TBC vs TBC R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Adorm of IPL. yes i will agree that her is schedule