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The third edition of the IPL will start from the 12th of March this year. There will be a grand opening ceremony on the 12th of March before the start of play and the tournament will begin with the first match between Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders. The first game will be played at Dr. DY Patil Stadium.
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Pakistan Cricket In Trouble As Fines And Bans Could Be Handed Out

March 10, 2010

The Pakistan cricket could up being in more trouble than before as the investigating committee over their debacle in Australia has recommended some really harsh penalties and fines for some of the players. The recommendations have been sent to the PCB chief Ejaz Butt, who has now to take decision for the same.

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New Franchises For IPL To Be Declared On 21st March

March 10, 2010

The IPL has decided that it will choose the two new franchises on the 21st March, instead of doing that yesterday, which was the actual date of choosing the new teams. The decision to do so was held in abeyance after there were many pull-puts due to changes in the rules at the last moment.

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Strategic Time-out Rule Changed for IPL 2010

March 10, 2010

The IPL has decided that it will reduce the time allocated for the strategic time-out from the earlier 7.5 minutes which was a part of the second edition of the IPL. The IPL has decided that it will reduce the strategic time from 7.5 minutes to five minutes, and that too will be divided into two sessions of 2.5 minutes each.

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Eric Simons Appointed Bowling Coach Of Delhi Daredevils

March 4, 2010

The Delhi Daredevils have appointed a new bowling coach for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League in the form of Eric Simons. Simons was earlier the bowling consultant of the Indian cricket team during the series against South Africa. Simons will replace David Saker, who was earlier the bowing consultant for the Daredevils team, under the coaching of David Shippherd.

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Waqar Younis Accepts Coaching Contract From PCB

March 4, 2010

The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Waqar Younis as the coach of the Pakistani national team. This was after there were many speculations about the same for the last one week about Younis Khan being offered the contract. Younis finally accepted the contract yesterday.

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IPL Gets A Respite, Players Will Play In The Tournament

March 4, 2010

The controversies around the IPL have continued to haunt them right throughout the lead-up to the start of the tournament. However, on Monday, the tournament received a temporary respite when the FICA chief, Tim May gave a thumbs-up to the report it has received from IPL about the security situation and the way it was planned during the tournament.

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