Saturday, July 25, 2009

Dada's Second Innings As Captain

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The former Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly is back as KolkataKnightRiders captain. After leading his side in the first edition of IPL, the prince of kolkata was controversially replaced by McCullum, the decision made by team's coach well known as "Bhookaa-Naan".He is now likely to lead his team KKR in the third edition of IPL.
Ganguly met his team owner in England when he was there to watch ICC T20 WorldCup, they discussed about the captaincy issue as well as appointing a new coach.
"Ganguly and ShahRukh Khan had a discussion about this when the left-hander was in London last week. They have agreed in priniciple that Ganguly will lead the side," the source said."There were also discussions about the possible coaches. Wright and Bevan are the front runners. It is up to Shah Rukh to take the final call."

The decision is more likely to come about as the eligible candidates for captaincy- Ricky Ponting and McCullum will be busy with the national duty during the IPL 2010.

CLT20 Venues Decided

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The venues for the inaugural Champions League T20 has been decided. The ICC decided to host all the 23 matches of first edition of the inaugural tournament in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Delhi. The tournament is scheduled to kick-off from October 8 to 23 and will feature 12 teams.
The teams that are eligible to play the tournament are the IPL 2009 winners Deccan Chargers, losing finalist Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi ,which stood third on the leaderboard of IPL 2009.
The other teams include Victorian Bushrangers and New South Wales Blues from Australia, Cape Cobras and Diamond Eagles from South Africa, Otago Volts from New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago from West Indies, Wayamba from Sri Lanka and England's Twenty20 Cup finalists will be decided on August 25, 2009.
The teams willl be divided into four groups of three each.The top two teams from each group will be selected for the second stage and top four teams from second stage will make it to semis.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

WC 2011 Logo Unveiled

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The ICC cricket world cup 2011 logo was unveiled yesterday in Mumbai. Designed by Australian creative firm Witekite, the logo is intended to reflect the spirit of cricket in the hosting nations India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka.
The unveiling was attended by some senior officials and some of the cricketing legends Micheal Bevan, Aravinda de Silva, Clive Lloyd, who led the West Indies to victory in the first two editions in 1975 and 1979, Dilip Vengsarkar and Balwinder Singh Sandhu.

The event logo story - a celebration of cricket

The crowd is part of the action, hands up and cheering and shouting for their heroes. The circular shape makes a cricket ball hurtling down the pitch, seam up. Different player silhouettes and the crowd form a pattern around the seam.

The green seam indicates the one day ball and the green of the pitch and ground. The players and crowd surround this with motion and activity. The colours and figures on each side of the ball represent the event host nations coming together along with the world of cricket.

The colour and movement creates a festival, players and fans coming together from around the world to celebrate cricket in the sub-continent.

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