IPL teams race for Gilchrist
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
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Adam Gilchrist is the man as far as Indian Premier League teams are concerned. Jon Pierik reports in the Courier-Mail on the race to get his signature.
In the Age Tim Lane writes about how Australian players, from the captain down, seem prepared to go to war for the right to play in India.
A lot has changed. Obviously, life for a touring team in India is infinitely better now than was once the case. Even for those used to a five-star lifestyle, many of the big city Indian hotels are eye-opening in their opulence ... For elite cricketers, this rapidly developing nation and growing economic powerhouse has become the most attractive country on earth. The land of the Ganges is a proverbial river of gold.
The Australian’s Mike Coward takes a look at the status of Indo-Australian cricket while his counterpart Malcolm Conn writes about what the game can learn from F1 when it comes to race.
In the Herald Sun Michael Hussey says after Shaun Tait’s exit from the game maybe it’s time for Australia to use sports psychologists more often.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo