Cricket News

India's foreign secretary, Nirupama Rao, has threatened to cancel the former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi's passport if he does not respond to corruption charges by next Thursday

The Supreme Court of India has asked the BCCI and Lalit Modi to reach a compromise over the impasse regarding the composition of the disciplinary committee

Shane Warne, the captain of the Rajasthan Royals team for the first three seasons of the IPL, has questioned the league's governing council's move to remove his side ahead of the fourth edition of the tournament

The IPL is likely to invite fresh tenders for an eighth team as the factions within the Kochi franchise have failed to resolve ownership disputes

The BCCI's deadline asking the franchise owners to register themselves as a company is only a week away but instead of sorting out the ownership wrangle, Kochi's owners have entangled themselves in fresh problems

The BCCI has lodged a complaint with the Chennai police against Lalit Modi alleging criminal misappropriation of funds worth Rs 470 crore

Manoj Badale, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals, has said he doesn't understand why the board did not give the IPL franchise a chance to defend itself

Lawyers say the two franchises can take the board to court over its unilateral action and have their cases referred to arbitration

The BCCI's decision to terminate Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab, two of the original IPL teams, and put the new Kochi franchise on notice, has raised plenty of questions

The ejection of Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals from the IPL has sparked reactions from consternation to bafflement

The BCCI claims that the two barred franchises are guilty of breaching their agreements on three counts

The IPL has terminated the franchise agreements with Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals and has issued a notice to the Kochi franchise, asking them to resolve their disputes and form a joint venture company to hold the rights

Mohinder Amarnath has been inducted into the IPL's governing council. He joins Ravi Shastri, a former India captain, as the second cricketer on the panel and will serve a one-year term

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi is the second former India captain, after Sunil Gavaskar, to refuse a post on the IPL's governing council

Geoff Lawson has said he had signed up as the head coach of the controversial Kochi team in the IPL, but his appointment could not be confirmed as the franchise is caught in a dispute over ownership

The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) will hold talks with the owners of the Kochi franchise on October 7 to settle outstanding problems that could prevent it from playing a part in the next IPL

Sunil Gavaskar has refused an offer to be part of the IPL governing council because he felt that the league was a commercial enterprise and that those working for it should be remunerated

The IPL player auction will now take place between mid-to-end November, according to the league's CEO Sundar Raman

The BCCI has asked the IPL's Kochi franchise owners to register themselves as a company or risk being scrapped

The BCCI has made major changes to the IPL governing council, halving its strength, slashing the term of its members and limiting their powers, during its annual general meeting