With just a few days to go before the IPL kicks off with the Kolkata KnightRider’s inaugural match, the Kolkata team is still not sure of playing on of its star players - Shoaib Akhtar. Akhtar, if you remember, was slapped with a fine and ban on playing international cricket for Pakistan, and the BCCI [...]

We earlier talked about how the stupid media restrictions that the BCCI has imposed on the coverage of the IPL matches has the media, especially the online editions all angry. Things have gotten worse since then, with the BCCI now facing a near-certain boycott of the IPL by the international media and even India’s own [...]

With a tournament the size of the IPL, we can all certainly expect many things to be going wrong, but in this particular case, a LOT of things seem  to be going wrong with the IPL and the BCCI. For starters, there’s STILL no news of the IPL tickets - where to buy them, how [...]

Well, you knew that the IPL would turn into a soap opera so soon. After flip-flopping for a few days, the BCCI decided that Akhtar would not be able to play in the IPL unless his masters at the Pakistan Cricket Board give him a “no-objection” certificate. That’s the official story, anyway. But something doesn’t [...]

When I first read this yesterday, I thought it was an April fool’s joke, but apparently its real! The Pakistan Cricket Board had one too many Shoaib encounters, and have decided to impose a 5 year ban on him! That effectively ends his international career, since he’s already 32. But I really don’t understand what [...]

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 [...]

It is very easy to forget that the cricket boards of the other cricket playing nations are not as rich as the cash-rich BCCI. The Sri Lankan cricket board has been in financial trouble for a while, and when Australia cancelled the Pakistan tour, they jumped at the opportunity, and offered to tour Pakistan instead [...]

This IPL seems to be causing shock waves everywhere. As you’ve probably heard, Australia has cancelled it’s Pakistan’s scheduled tour. Many people are questioning the timing of the decision to cancel the tour, especially because the tour directly conflicted with the IPL schedule. The cancellation especially comes as good news to the Australian stars that [...]

Since everyone is jumping in on this IPL craze, why should temples and priests be far behind? It seems a temple in Ranchi where Dhoni, the highest paid IPL cricketer regularly used to pray, wants a cut of Dhoni’s enormous Rs 6 Crore salary. The temple authorities think they had a large part to play [...]

Did you see the match yesterday, when Symonds smashed into the streaker running into the ground, tackling him, rugby style? Symonds was obviously angry at the silly streaker, but that super-man move of his has gotten him into trouble (as do most things).
Apparently, the ICC has a rule that says a player can be punished [...]