“I think that AV presentation went off very well and I’m hoping that my latest association is just as successful. I’d like the fans to turn out in huge numbers and, even if we aren’t the best team, their support will make us into one,” a grinning Shah Rukh told The Telegraph.

DLF IPL franchisee Deccan Chargers on Thursday announced that the sale of tickets for the Twenty20 matches in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Vishakapatnam and Bhubaneswar from April 12.

The cricket-loving fans would now be able to buy tickets to witness the grand high octane league matches at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket stadium. In the first match in Hyderabad on April 22 when Deccan Chargers will face Delhi Daredevils.

Tickets would also be made available online, a release said here on Thursday. Tickets were priced between a range of Rs 250 and Rs 2,500 per match. Deccan Chargers have also announced a novel lucky draw scheme.

Each ticket is eligible for a lucky draw coupon and has a chance to win fabulous prizes – one Mercedes Benz (C Class), seven Maruti Swifts, 35 Yamaha motorbikes and 35 colour TVs.

Source: Sify

There are news that the media organizations may boycott the prestigious Indian Premier League after the two sides failed to resolve a row over digital rights.As per IPL guidelines,news agencies cannot supply any images to the websites or for any other online operation.This is resented strongly by media.The legendary Cricketer Kapil Dev even advised media to boycott IPL due to the stringent accreditation conditions.

Indian Premier League ( IPL ) is reported to have sold the media rights of the matches to a US web company for a whopping $50 million and therefore they had sticked to this approach says a media expert.Reacting strongly to this Bahubali Shah said”The accreditation terms failed to address the issues of intellectual property rights belonging to media as well as issues of press freedom,In the absence of remedial action by the Indian Premier League, members of the Indian Newspaper Society will be forced to take an adverse view on the question of coverage of IPL matches.”

Willow TV acquired the exclusive rights for broadband, radio, internet and television for the prestigious Indian Premier League- IPL for North America, Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean The company has acquired exclusive rights from World Sport Group (WSG) for a period of five years.

“BCCI-IPL would like to welcome Willow TV, as its broadcast licensee, and is pleased to be working with Willow TV on the broadcast of the DLF Indian Premier League in the Americas and is confident that this will be a successful working partnership,” Lalit Modi, IPL Governing Council Chairman, said in a statement.

The great bowler from Australia Glenn McGrath was shocked to know that many Aussie players were ready to quite international cricket and play the billion dollar game IPL (Indian Premier League
Aussie test stars may quit for rupees

McGrath was shocked by a recent survey that said nearly half of the Australian cricketers were willing to give up their central contracts to play in the IPL and the retired star, who would be playing in the Twenty20 tournament for Delhi Daredevils, said money could never replace the pride of representing one’s country.

“I read about the survey and it has thrown up some interesting figures and I am quite surprised by them. I would be very disappointed if they start putting IPL over country as I think playing for your country is the most important thing,” McGrath told reporters on the sidelines of a practice session of the team here.