The Surfer

According to an editorial in the Business Standard , the IPL is a safe bet for the team franchises and the real test would be for the broadcasters.

Not for the first time English cricket is being left behind as the rest of world is swamped by the riches of the IPL

"While a cricketer's value can be determined by a salivating squillionaire, a man's worth can only be determined by his actions," says Andrew Webster in the Sydney Morning Herald while reflecting on Michael's Clarke decision to ignore the Indian

Television personality Rajdeep Sardesai recalls how his father Dilip Sardesai was paid Rs 150 for his first Test in 1961

The Indian Premier League has been shopping for players; India’s cricketers have been shopping for clothes

The IPL will make the Packer years look like a storm in a teacup, writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald .

Long tresses, spiked hair, ear studs, shaved chests - ever since the Indian Under-19 cricketers in Malaysia heard their matches would be shown live on TV back home, they've gone into overdrive enhancing their appearances

The Indian Premier League auctions felt “grubby” for the Age’s Greg Baum, who asks who will care about the tournament?

The bids have begun in the Indian Premier League auction, with vast sums of money exhanging hands while franchises scramble to outbid each other for the Dhonis, Symonds and Dravids of the world

The news that Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson have turned down the chance to play in the IPL comes like a gust of fresh breeze, writes Sharda Ugra in her India Today blog.

John Inverdale in his excellent Daily Telegraph column ponders some other moments of sporting ignominy in the light of Bermuda women's losing inside four balls on Monday

Peter Lalor, writing in the Australian , looks at the reduction in one-day totals since the Twenty20 World Cup.

Having helped England's women side retain the Ashes, Kolkata-born Isa Guha speaks to the Telegraph 's Amit Roy about her Indian connection

It’s a travesty that a bowler reported for chucking is sent to the NCA, gets cleared and returns, only to be reported again, writes Makarand Waingankar in the Hindu .