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Chirayu Amin, the interim IPL chairman has promised to clean-up the IPL mess. He accepted that the BCCI and the council members were ‘dazzled’ by the IPL success and overlooked issues which they shouldn’t have. While speaking to NDTV he said, “The success of the IPL was so dazzling that we were all basking in its glory. I must say as a council member that we did overlook things … certain details were not disclosed to us and we did trust Lalit Modi to run things better. I must admit the governing council could have been more vigilant.”

He avoided any direct comments on Modi and said that nobody is being treated unfairly. He said they are waiting for Modi’s reply.

“We will try to make it a system-oriented management of the IPL. The government is looking into various issues and the BCCI and the IPL are supporting them. We will maintain full transparency. There is no hanky-panky. The BCCI is a democratic set-up. We are doing our utmost to make it work.” Amin said while assuring the IPL franchises and fans.

He also said that a new bidding process is being worked upon to prevent any future controversy.

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I have been busy. So just couldnt update this blog. But am back now and will again update this.

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Time is’nt favouring Lalit Modi. He lost the Rajasthan Cricket Board elections last month then his IPL found no place in the election busy country. Now the Rajasthan High Court has asked him to explain his departure from India.
The Nagrik Morcha, a NGO, Had accused him of fraud. It is being alleged that the promised Rs. 6 crores donation from the eight franchises to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the Jaipur blasts last year never reached the fund. Modi was issued an anticipatory bail by the court but was asked not to leave the country without the court’s approval.

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The Indian Cricket League’s application for official recognition was rejected by ICC. It said that the decision depends on the individual member boards. This was decided in the ICC meeting at Dubai.

“The Board gave the matter careful consideration but, looking at the criteria set out in the regulations, felt the application for approval could not be granted,” the ICC’s chief executive, Haroon Lorgat, said.

ICC said that the matter of sanctions depended on the individual member boards. Most of the boards ICL players from all forms of official cricket except New Zealand which allows players to play domestic cricket. Pakistan was directed by the court to allow the ICL players to play in domestic level.

On the issue of players returning from ICL, ICC said that to protect the game it was necessary to take measures that palyers dont swap at their will between official and unofficial cricket.

ICL organisers had said earlier that if their official recognition application isnt accepted they could move to court and take the legal way.

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International Cricket Council on Friday decided not to hold any World Cup 2011 matches in Pakistan. This is a major setback to the Pakistan Cricket Board.
ICC held a meeting in Dubai where it decided that the uncertain security and political situation in Pakistan made it unsafe to host matches. Pakistan was to host 14 matches and a semifinal. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were the co-hosts. It is expected that the Pakistan Cricket Board will incur a loss of about 100,00 dollars.
“It is really shocking because the World Cup is still sometime away. I guess a little patience should have been shown by the ICC members,” former test captain Javed Miandad, who is now director general of the PCB, told Reuters.
Rashid Latif said the ICC had acted in haste, especially since the security situation in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was also uncertain.
Pakistan has become a no-go zone for international sporting events after seven Pakistanis were killed and six Sri Lanka cricket players were injured during an armed attack on their team bus as they travelled to a test match in Lahore last month.

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According to recent media reports the Sri Lanka cricket team which was on the way to Gadaffi Stadium, Lahore were attacked near Liberty Market. According to media reports there were 12 gunmen who attacked the team. 5 policemen were killed in the encounter.

According to pakistan media manager and police reports 6 players have been injured. 2 of them seriously hurt. They have been shot at. One has received a bullet at the chest while the other at the leg. But it is being said that Samara Veera have received bullet injuries.

According to unconfirmed reports Samara Veera has been shot at his chest and Jayawardene in his leg. Other players who are injured include Vaas, Mendis, Sangakara. An umpire is also injured and in being operated.

The Governer of Punjab province while briefing media has said the attackers were highly trained and were those who were responsible for the Mumbai attacks. He said the Sri Lankan team will be evecuated soon and helicopters will be used for it. He has said that apart from the players an umpire is also injured.

The encounter with police lasted for 25 minutes. The attackers were having automatic weapons, hand grenades and rocket launchers. For the time being the attackers have successfully escaped. The whole arean has been cordoned off and police has said they are chasing the attackers.

The local Pakistan media reports that the tour has been called off and the players will return to Sri Lanka.

We will be updating this news.

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Australia and Pakistan will play five ODIs and a T20 match between April 22 and May 7. The first two matches will be played in Dubai and rest will be held in Abu Dhabi.

The Australians will fly directly from South Africa for the tour. Australia had refused to play in Pakistan as the security condition worsened in the country. Neutral venues had been considered and had been in discussion between the boards.

Australia have not played in Pakistan since 1998. In 2002, due to security concerns, a three Test series between the two sides in Pakistan was shifted to Colombo and Sharjah.

Schedule:
April 22: First ODI at Dubai
April 24: Second ODI at Dubai
April 27: Third ODI at Abu Dhabi
May 1: Fourth ODI at Abu Dhabi
May 3: Fifth ODI at Abu Dhabi
May 7: Twenty20 at Dubai

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Sri Lankan cricket board has decided to rest its players ahead of the IPL. So their tour of Zimbabwe has been postponed. It would be interesting to note that this decision comes just 24 hours New Zealand postponed their tour of Zimbabwe. They are expected to visit Zimbabwe for ODI series in July.

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The talks on ICL failed again. The ICC, ICL and BCCI had a three hour meeting in Johannesburg. Now again their application will come under discussion by the ICC executive board in April.

David Morgan, the ICC president, described the failure of the discussions as unfortunate but said that the meeting was held in a friendly manner. “I am grateful to all parties for coming together with the best of intentions and the discussions took place in a friendly and cordial manner but, unfortunately, we were not able to come to a successful conclusion in our discussions,” said Morgan.

ICC has always discussed this but has always said that BCCI should resolve this internally. The ICL has said that if its application is rejected it will take legal route. Over 150 cricketers who joined ICL remains banned from international cricket. The ICL’s hopes for a legal resolution received a boost recently with the Sindh High Court in Pakistan ruling that Pakistani cricketers associated with ICL be allowed to play domestic cricket in that country.

Apart from Morgan, today’s meeting was attended by Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, N Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary, Subhash Chandra, the ICL owner, and Himanshu Mody, the private league’s business head

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Jaipur will host the grand opening ceremony of IPL. Lalit Modi the IPL chairman confirmed. He also said that the defending champions Rajasthan Royals would play two matches in Ahemdabad.

“As of now, the gala opening ceremony and the inaugural IPL match will be held in Jaipur,” he told reporters in Jaipur. “I understand that Rajasthan Royals are keen to play two matches in Ahmedabad. I don’t know which two matches they would be but the rest of matches will be played in Jaipur.”

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