Cricket News

The Indian board might have let its best cricketers join the Indian Premier League but is having second thoughts about allowing members of the support staff doing the same, Cricinfo has learnt

Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove has looked to downplay growing speculation that Dimitri Mascarenhas will become the first high-profile English recruit to the Indian Premier League

Kepler Wessels, the former South Africa's captain, has been named the coach of the IPL's Chennai franchise, Chennai Super Kings

Subscription TV channel Setanta Sports have paid an undisclosed sum to secure the UK rights to the Indian Premier League

Gary Kirsten, India's coach-in-waiting, feels the vast and varied sums of money the players have picked up following the Indian Premier League auction may present a new challenge for him

Malcolm Speed, the ICC's chief executive, admits that an annual window could be found for the Indian Premier League (IPL)

Each of the franchises in the Indian Premier League will get the first option for picking Under-19 players from their own catchment areas, the Indian board has said

Ravi Shastri, the former Indian allrounder who is now a member of the Indian Premier League board, has said there is a plan to counsel young cricketers who have been lapped up for huge sums of money in the IPL

The cancer treatment of Michael Clarke's father was one of the reasons the batsman turned down the big money on offer in the Indian Premier League

A couple of franchisees of the Indian Premier League have raised concerns that their local catchment players are being "poached" by the rival IPL team. One of them, Jaipur have sent a letter to the IPL council while Delhi has voiced its concern

The Indian board has clearly instructed all junior cricketers to not sign up for the Indian Premier league on an individual basis until they decide on a procedure to adopt for the same

The confusion surrounding Praveen Kumar, the Uttar Pradesh allrounder, has been put to rest with the player confirming that he was joining the Bangalore Royal Challengers for the forthcoming Indian Premier League

Justin Vaughan, New Zealand Cricket's chief executive, has not heard of any Indian Premier League plans to share its profits with the countries that have provided players for the tournament

Nottinghamshire have insisted that David Hussey, one of the IPL's signings, is contracted to play for them this season

Rahul Dravid is pleased with the players the Bangalore franchise had procured in the IPL auction

New Zealand's players contracted to the Indian Premier League were working out how to spend their money after receiving huge figures during Wednesday's auction

Andrew Symonds, who has softened his stance on touring Pakistan, is struggling to believe his huge result in the Indian Premier League auction

The IPL's Bangalore franchise is on the verge of signing Martin Crowe as part of its strategic management team, while Hyderabad have snapped up Robin Singh

Jacob Oram is trying to figure out just how his worth for was perceived to be $US675,000 for the Indian Premier League's Chennai franchise, the Super Kings

Ricky Ponting says he is disappointed he did not attract a higher figure at Wednesday's Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, where he was valued nearly US$1 million lower than Andrew Symonds