Tag: IPL

South African speedster Dale Steyn has said that the financial aspect of the Indian Premier League, the world's most lucrative T20 league, steers the focus off of cricket and he finds the likes of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the Lankan Premier League (LPL) "slightly more rewarding".

Batting great Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun was picked "purely on skill" and the left-arm seamer will have to prove himself at this year's Indian Premier League, the IPL franchise have said.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction set the tone for what could be another exciting season of T20 cricket as Chennai witnessed a lot of action on Thursday. As many as 57 players were bought and a total of Rs 145.3 crore was spent at the mini-auction.

Eight overseas players and two Indian players have chosen to be slotted in the highest bracket of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction with a base price of two crore rupees ($275,000), India’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday.

In a statistic that highlights the popularity of the Indian Premier League and the tough competition that it is, a total of 1097 cricketers have registered their names for the mini-auction that will take place in Chennai on February 18.

Lasith Malinga had made up his mind that he won't be playing any franchise cricket and that is the reason Mumbai Indians had to force themselves to release one of their biggest icons ahead of the IPL auctions 2021. Earlier Malinga was not among the list of players retained for the upcoming IPL. In a press release, MI management revealed ...

New Delhi, December 27 (Reuters) - The Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to become a 10-team affair from 2022 after the Indian cricket board on Thursday approved a proposal to add two more franchises to the world’s richest Twenty20 competition. The eight-team league, with an estimated brand value of $6.8 billion, drew record television and digital viewership this year ...

India loves cricket and this has been proven yet again as the Indian Premier League (IPL) beat even the coronavirus for the top trending query overall in the year, according to Google India’s ‘Year In Search 2020’ announced on Wednesday.

The Indian cricket board’s (BCCI) league, which has an estimated brand value of $6.8 billion, drew record television and digital viewership and at least one of its franchises even grew its revenue despite the league being first postponed and then shifted to the United Arab Emirates following the coronavirus surge in India.

India should embrace split-captaincy and put Rohit Sharma in charge of their T20 squad, several former cricketers said after the opener led Mumbai Indians to a fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) title on Tuesday.