IPL’s suspended commissioner, Lalit Modi is in more trouble now as the Indian cricket board has sent him a third notice. This notice consists of Modi to explain why he undersold the IPL contract to broadcast the tournament in the movie halls and questions the need to sell the mid-over advertisements without the permission of the BCCI. Modi has already replied to the first notice, and is expected to reply to both, the second and the third notice on the same day.
The name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar echoed not only in Gwalior’s Major Roop Singh Stadium but also throughout the country as he smashed a double century against South Africa in an ODI. Tendulkar became the first ever batsman in the history of cricket to score double century and it was befitting that it was Tendulkar who did it before anyone else!
The Feroz Shah Kotla has been banned from hosting any international games for a period of 12 months. However, this does mean that the ground will be able to host its share of four games during the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011, where it is scheduled to host four games.
As if to prove that the Green Park wicket in Kanpur will not be left behind to Motera in Ahmedabad, in dishing out tracks that afford nothing to the bowlers, and conversely everything for the batsmen, more than 400 runs were scored on the first day of the second test match between India and Sri Lanka. That Sri Lanka managed to scalp two wickets was a big enough relief but there was nothing more for the fielding side to cheer for.
It might have been an inconsequential win for other teams but the Delhi Daredevils looked hungry for it. They needed this win to prove to themselves more than to anyone else that they still have mettle and have not lost everything. With some brave decisions, the team got down on the Feroz Shah Kotla ground to face South African Nashua Cape Cobras, the team to which they have already lost once, in the last match of the Super eight stage of the Champions League.