The eight franchisee owners and sponsors of the Indian Premier League (IPL) have decided to donate Rs 60 million for the victims of the serial bombings that rocked the city on Tuesday.

“The eight franchisees and five sponsors of the league would come together to donate Rs 6 crores towards the Rajasthan chief minister’s relief fund, as aid towards the victims of the terror attacks in Jaipur. This contribution will go towards the rehabilitation of the affected families of the victims,” IPL chairman and commissioner said in a statement on Friday.

A cheque would be handed over to the Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje during Saturday’s game between Rajasthan team and the Bangalore team.

The eight franchises have donated Rs 5 million each, while the five sponsors namely DLF Ltd, Vodafone, Citibank, Kingfisher and Hero Honda have contributed Rs 4 million each, the statement said.

As a mark of respect to the victims of the terror attacks, both the teams will wear black armbands during the game on Saturday.
Source: hindustantimes.com

Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray put a dampener on the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders by demanding that no Pakistani player should be permitted to play in the league. “We have been opposing their (Pakistani) players here for many years now,” Uddhav told reporters here on the sidelines of a campaign for the forthcoming by-election from Thane to the Lok Sabha.

In the last two decades, Shiv Sena has consistently opposed Pakistani cricket teams’ visists to India and has even dug up pitches at venues to fouil the matches.

When asked about Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil’s criticism of the Sena’s “Shiv Vada Pav” scheme, Uddhav said it was unjustified.

In a boost for the Sena, Navi Mumbai’s Kunbi Sena leader Vishwanath Patil Friday came out in support of Anand Paranjape, the Shiv Sena candidate for the parliamentary by-election.
Source:thaindian.com

NEW DELHI: Chairman Lalit Modi said that Indian Premier League will conduct a random dope test on the players participating in the Twenty20 tournament. After a report in the Nation , which claimed that Shoaib Akhtar was questioned about a large number of syringes in his baggage prior to leaving for Mumbai earlier this month at the Karachi airport, the IPL commissioner announced that the test will be conducted in 2 to 3 days.

However, the Pakistan Cricket Board has played down a report in a section of the media that fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was questioned at the Karachi airport.

A report in the Nation said that prior to boarding the flight to Mumbai en route to Kolkata the custom officials had questioned Shoaib on an inordinately large supply of syringes in his luggage-reportedly as many as three dozen in number.

The fast bowler, who is playing for Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders team in the Indian Premier League, told the custom officials that he needed the syringes because he was a diabetic, the report said.

The first time one has heard off the fast bowler suffering from this ailment. When a senior official of the board was asked about the incident, he said it was no big deal as the syringes were empty and contained no substances.

Shafqat Naghmi, chief operating officer also showed ignorance over the medical history of Shoaib saying he would have to check up to find out if the fast bowler was a diabetic.

But he made it clear that Shoaib had gone to India to play in the IPL and currently he was under the preview of the IPL rules and regulations.

When reminded about Shoaib’s past record of having tested positive for a banned substance, nandrolone in 2006 with team-mate Mohammad Asif, Naghmi said the IPL was recognised by the International Cricket Council but it was not an ICC event.

“I don’t thing it is a big deal. The syringes were empty and first we have to confirm if the report has got all the facts right. There is no question of the Pakistan Board contemplating any action against Shoaib for this,” he said.

Shoaib is playing in the IPL after the three-member appellate tribunal, hearing his appeal against the five-year ban imposed on him, suspended the ban for a month to allow him to play in the cash-rich Twenty20 competition.
Source:ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Today was a match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians in the DLF – IPL. This was the 38 match of the league. Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl. They were given a target of 67 runs which was a very small target and Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar opened the batting for Mumbai Indians and took the score to 6 before Sachin Tendulkar was out.  Sanath Jayasuriya was the top scorer and thus helped the team to won the match by 8 wkts

Match Notes Are :

• Kolkata Knight Riders innings
• Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (76 balls), Extras 6
• Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders – 67/10 in 15.2 overs (AB Dinda 1)

• Mumbai Indians innings
• Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (28 balls), Extras 4

Today was a match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in the DLF – IPL. This was the 38th match of the league and the match is played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl first. Salman Butt and Aakash Chopra opened the batting for Kolkata Knight Riders and took the score to 16 before Salman Butt was out. In the end the team scored 67 runs in 20 overs.

Today Match 38 – Scorecard – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders