Cricket News

The Bombay High Court has ruled that the BCCI must extend the deadline for IPL teams to nominate the players they wish to retain for the 2011 tournament from December 6 to December 8.

The stay obtained by Rajasthan Royals against their expulsion from the IPL is an emphatic endorsement of its contention that it did not violate the ownership agreement and that the IPL was aware all along of the franchise's alleged violations that formed

The cases against the expulsion of the two IPL franchises, Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab, have intensified further, raising the uncertainty over the next IPL in 2011

A question mark has arisen over the continuance of Justice BN Srikrishna as arbitrator in the case between the BCCI and the Kings XI Punjab following the Indian board's objection to his appointment on grounds of a conflict of interest

The judge hearing the arbitration case between Rajasthan Royals and the BCCI has issued a six-week stay on the franchise's expulsion from the IPL

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is set to play in the Ranji Trophy for his state side Bengal, in a bid to attain top form and fitness ahead of IPL 2011

The IPL governing council has deferred its final decision on Kochi franchise to December 5

Lalit Modi has denied rigging the second IPL team auction, said everyone in the IPL and BCCI was aware of his family and friends being part of the original team auction in 2008

The investors behind the IPL's Kochi franchise have decided to pull out of the venture and have informed the BCCI of this

The IPL player auction for the 2011 season will be held on January 8 and 9 in Mumbai

IPL 4 will have yet another new franchise within the next month, with this team likely to be from the north of the country

West Indian players who want to take part in the next three seasons of the IPL cannot approach the league directly or through agents and will have to apply through the West Indies Cricket Board

Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has been given a further 10 days by the Mumbai Regional Passport Office to reply to its notice as to why his passport should not be cancelled

Sunil Gavaskar has defended his association with the IPL's beleaguered Kochi franchise against charges of conflict of interest and sought to explain the nature of the relationship as informal and preliminary

Private investors will be allowed to buy a 33% stake in eight city-based franchises that will form Australia's Big Bash League in 2011-12

Lalit Modi, the former IPL chairman, has sought clarity on several points from the regional passport office in Mumbai over the notice issued by it earlier this month, including the deadline and the basis for the notice

Sunil Gavaskar, who has reportedly been assisting the Kochi IPL franchise in an advisory capacity, has cleared the air over his association with the troubled consortium

The BCCI have informally charted out a backup plan for the IPL should the Kochi franchise consortium be unable to settle their ownership dispute within a month

The Kochi franchise has been served a termination notice by the BCCI but has been given a 30-day deadline to respond to the Indian board, explaining why it should not be scrapped

Michael Clarke's desire to improve his Twenty20 skills has got him thinking about taking part in the IPL for the first time