Let me be the first to ask: Why does a super-star-packed team, with the likes of Sehwag, McGrath etc… need a “Brand Ambassador”? I mean, the cricket team is a big celebrity in and off of itself, and then, just to top it off, they’ve also hired Akshay Kumar. He showed up at the “launch” [...]

An interesting development of the whole privatization process has been that the teams are now more technology savvy. Its cool to have team advertisements and team logos and team sponsorships etc…, but we now even have team websites!
The teams are taking this quite seriously. The BCCI itself has jumped on the bandwagon, giving out the [...]

Things are not going well for the England Cricket Board (ECB) at all. It’s been hit with a series of bouncers and this may well be the beginning of the end for it. For starters, the entire England ODI team (and the test team) is in a conflict with the board for not letting them [...]

UPDATE: The IPL Tickets have gone on sale at several places. Check out the details!
Although there has not been much news coming about the IPL tickets, I’ve heard from some reliable insider sources that the Bangalore IPL tickets are going to be available soon. They’re going to be priced at about Rs 200-700 a game. [...]

Two of the most hotly discussed topics here in Bangalore over the last few days have been the absurdly-far-away Bangalore International Airport that is about to open and Vijay Mallya’s tactics in the IPL. We at the Unofficial IPL blog put on our conspiracy-theory hat, and it immediately became obvious to us that there is [...]

Did you folks see Sehwag play today? 309 in 292 balls. With 46 hits to the fence! 46! He’s scored 194 runs just in boundaries! Unbelievable! Watching Sehwag today was an absolute treat. It was his natural style, full of flow and confidence, and absolutely destroyed the SA bowling attack. Oh my god, you should [...]

As the IPL draws closer, all eyes are now on the individual teams and what kinds of publicity and advertisements that they are going to be planning. There’s lots of news floating around about which team has hired which bollywood actors/singers and what ad agency is working on which advertisements. Never before have people been [...]

It seems SRK should be named “Should Remain Kontroversial”, ’cause controversy seems to follow him everywhere. The latest news is that SRK has been dragged into controversy involving the tickets at the Eden Gardens for the IPL matches. Cricket Members Forum of Bengal, which is the bunch of elitest members of the Eden Gardens, basically [...]

The Indian board, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that its going to make the captains of all the IPL teams make a pledge (or oath, if you prefer) that they will play the league “in the spirit of the game of cricket“.
Excuse me? By the way, did you know that there is actually a [...]

The South Africa vs India test series kicked off yesterday, but it is patently lacking the usual hype and hoopla of a test series for some reason. MTV had a very interesting segment today where they went out on the street and asked people about the series - Where it was being held, who were [...]