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Sharad Pawar took over the role of the ICC President on the 1st of July at Singapore. Pawar had been the President in waiting for a period of two years, which had seen David Morgan of UK being the President of the ICC. However, the initiation of Pawar to the role was not without controversies as there was a war brewing between the Afro-Asian and the Australia-New Zealand block which had the controversial topic of John Howard’s rejection as the core area of discussion.
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The ICC have announced that the next two editions of the World T20 will be played in Asia in 2012 and 2014. The 2012 version of the tournament will be played in Sri Lanka, while Bangladesh will the 2014 edition. There have been three editions of the World T20 that have already been played including one in South Africa, followed by the England and West Indies.
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The 2010 edition of the Champions League T20 will see ten teams battle it out for the ultimate glory and will see a new format in which the sides will play. Unlike the previous year, this time around there are ten teams, divided into two groups of five each. The five teams will play four games in a round-robin format and the top two at the end of the tournament will then qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament. The winner of the semi-finals will then feature in the final.
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The Asian Cricket Council president, Ejaz Butt has said that he was very surprised by India’s decision to not play in the Asian Games. The BCCI had announced that they will not be able to send across the Indian side for the Asian Games because of the prior commitment with the ICC schedule that sees them take on New Zealand in the month of November.
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Sri Lanka lost a crucial player even before their campaign in the ICC World T20 had begun as their top off-spin bowler, Muthiah Muralitharan, has been declared unfit and was ruled out of the ICC World T20 tournament due to a groin injury. Murali had sustained this injury in the game against New Zealand which was also the opening encounter of the tournament. Muralitharan will not rest for two to three weeks, and Murali may miss out of the series against New Zealand to be played in the USA.
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The International Cricket Council has said that they will not allow a separate window for the Indian Premier league. This was despite many of the experts and former cricketers calling for a separate window as it would allow players to participate in both, the international and IPL cricket.
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Geoff Marsh appointed to coach IPL Pune side for next edition
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Geoff Marsh, Australia’s former batsman and coach, has been contracted to coach the IPL Pune side. The Sahara Pune Warriors, who are owned by the Sahara Group for a sum of $370 million will also have Dermot Reeve as his assistant coach.
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