Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Asia Cup 2014, Schedule, Squads, Rules & Overview















Asia Cup 2014 cricket Tournament will start on Feb 25, 2014 in Bangladesh. The last match of the tournament will be held on Mar 8, 2014. A complete schedule can be checked on http://bitty.in/LagZ89.
There will be 5 teams participating in this edition of the tournament namely India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.Read more...

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

T20 World Cup 2014, Schedule, Squads, Rules & Overview











The fifth edition of ICC World Twenty20 is scheduled to take place in Bangladesh from 16 March to 6 April 2014. It will be played in three cities — Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Bangladesh will host the tournament as announced by the International Cricket Council in 2010. It will be second and consecutive time that an Asian country will host this event, as Sri Lanka hosted the previous tournament in 2012.Read more...

Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI Match of Asia Cup 2014









Pakistan and Sri Lanka will cross swords once more when they open the 2014 Asia Cup, an ODI tournament which, unsurprisingly, consists of five Asian teams (Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan).
These two evenly matched teams contested a Test, ODI and Twenty20 series at the turn of the year and will hope to get off to a flyer in the first round-robin group stage match of this Bangladesh-based event.
Venue: Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Narayanganj, Bangladesh
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014
Start time: 2 p.m. local time, 8 a.m. GMT
Weather: Sunshine and a maximum temperature of 87 degrees Fahrenheit is predicted by weatherchannel.com.Read more...

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Shahid Afridi injured, Might miss Asia Cup 2014













The Pakistan cricket team suffered an injury scare ahead of the Asia Cup when their flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi hurt his jaw during a practice match at the Gaddafi stadium.Read more....



Saturday, February 22, 2014

Star Sports sells title sponsorship rights to Arise India












India’s largest manufacturer of Electrical & Electronic products—Arise India has bagged the title sponsorship rights of Asia Cup 2014 from Star Sports. This Star India owned company has recently announced about the latest deal with Arise India.
Star Sports has the broadcast and the ground sponsorship rights of Asia Cup 2014. Now, after its deal with Arise India, the tournament will be named as Arise Asia cup 2014 powered by Cycle Pure Agarbathies.Read more...

Friday, February 21, 2014

Gulbadin Naib axed from Afghanistan Asia Cup 2014 squad









Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) have selected their 15 men squad to represent Afghanistan in their first ever Asia Cup tournament to be held from February 27th at Bangladesh at the end of this month.Read more...

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Highest Paid Player in Each Seasons of IPL













Highest Paid Player in Each Seasons of IPL:-

7. IPL 2008 - MS Dhoni - $1.5 million
6. IPL 2009 - Kevin Petersen + Andrew Flintoff - $1.55 million
5. IPL 2010 - Keiron Pollard - $0.75 million
4. IPL 2011 - Gautham Gambhir - $2.4 million
3. IPL 2012 - Ravindra Jadeja - $2.0 million
2. IPL 2013 - Glenn Maxwell - $1.0 million
1. IPL 2014 - Yuvraj Singh - $2.33 million (14 Crore INR)...Read more...

RCB owner Vijay Mallya lodges complaint to IPL GC













Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya today lodged an official complaint to the IPL Governing Council, saying his franchise coughed up Rs 4 crore more on buying all-rounder Yuvraj Singh on the first day of the players' auction here.Read more...



Wednesday, February 12, 2014

TOP 10 MOST EXPENSIVE BUYS OF IPL 7











10. Michael Hussey (MI) - Rs. 5.0 Crores
9. Mitchell Starc (RCB) - Rs. 5.0 Crores
8. Robin Uthappa (KKR) - Rs. 5.0 Crores
7. David Warner (SRH) - Rs. 5.5 Crores
6. Jacques Kallis (KKR) - Rs. 5.5 Crores
5. Glenn Maxwell (KXIP) - Rs. 6.0 Crores
4. Mitchell Johnson (KXIP) - Rs. 6.5 Crores
3. Kevin Pietersen (DD) - Rs. 9 Crores
2. Dinesh Karthik (DD) - Rs. 12.5 Crores
1. Yuvraj Singh (RCB) - Rs. 14 Crores. Read more...

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

IPL fixing scandal: MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina under scanner ?













Six prominent "Indian capped" players, including one who is part of the current team, are likely to face the heat for their alleged roles in fixing scandal with their names cropping up in the report filed on Monday before the Supreme Court by a committee probing the Indian Premiere League (IPL) betting and spot-fixing scam.Read more..

Monday, February 10, 2014

Morgan opts for England above IPL










Eoin Morgan has withdrawn from the IPL auction only two days before it is due to take place to try to win a place in the England Test side.

Morgan's reassessment of his career at a time when, at 27, he can be assumed to be reaching his peak comes after the enforced retirement from international cricket of Kevin Pietersen. Read more.....

Friday, February 7, 2014

IPL-7 auction: Sehwag, Pietersen, Yuvraj, Kallis among marquee players













The recently retired South Africa great Jacques Kallis, sacked England batsman Kevin Pietersen and India discards Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh are among the 16 marquee players who will be the first set of players to be up for grabs in the IPL-7 auction to be held in Bangalore on February 12 and 13.Read more...

Thursday, February 6, 2014

List of players featuring in 2014 Pepsi IPL Player Auction









The biggest names in world cricket will go under the hammer on 12 and 13 February 2014, at the 2014 Pepsi IPL Player Auction, to be held at the ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru. All-time greats like Jacques Kallis, Mahela Jayawardene, Virender Sehwag, Kevin Pietersen and Yuvraj Singh will be in fray as will young talents like Quinton de Kock and Corey Anderson.Read more...

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Top 10 Leading Run Scorers In Asia Cup









10. Ms Dhoni (Ind) - 571 Runs
9. Gautam Gambhir (Ind) - 573 Runs
8. Shoaib Malik (Pak) - 575 Runs
7. Inzamam-Ul-Haq (Pak) - 591 Runs
6. Marvan Atapattu (SL) - 642 Runs
5. Arvinda De Silva (SL) - 645 Runs
4. Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) - 741 Runs
3. Kumar Sangakkara (SL) - 827 Runs
2. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) - 971 Runs
1. Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) - 1220 Runs. Read more....

Sachin Tendulkar honoured with Bharat Ratna









Sachin Tendulkar honoured with Bharat Ratna,India's highest civilian hounour by President Pranab Mukherjee.Read more...

Monday, February 3, 2014

Malik-Akmal Gets Place in 30 Member Squad of Pakistan













Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announces 30 members player name for ICC T20 World Cup 2014 in Bangladesh. Wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal and all-rounder Shoaib Malik has got entrance in T20 squad of Pakistan. Team starts the tournament with a super-10 match against all-time favorite rival India.Read more...