In the 39th match of DLF-IPL,Rajasthan Royals take on the depleted Royal Challengers who are almost out of the league and it looks like it will be a cake walk for the Rajasthan Royals.

Rajasthan Royals (probables): 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Yusuf Pathan, 3 Mohammad Kaif, 4 Shane Watson, 5 Niraj Patel, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Shane Warne (capt), 8 Mahesh Rawat (wk), 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel.

Bangalore Royal Challengers (probables): 1 J Arunkumar, 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Misbah-ul-Haq, 4 Rahul Dravid (capt), 5 Jacques Kallis, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Praveen Kumar, 8 B Akhil, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Anil Kumble, 11 Dale Steyn.
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Date – May 17, 2008 39th Match
Venue – Jaipur
16:00 India time.

Keep checking iplcricketlive .com for more information about the match, match videos, match score cards and an analysis of each team’s performance.

MEERUT: India pacer Praveen Kumar had to apologise to a local doctor for allegedly man-handling him following a dispute, which was reported to the police here.

Profile: Praveen Kumar

According to Sadar Bazar police, Shantanu, a physician with Civil Lines Subharti Hospital, has accused Praveen of beating him up under the influence of alcohol after his car splashed on the cricketer water spilled at the roadside.

Praveen was there in connection with obtaining an Arm’s license.

The doctor said Praveen, who was accompanied by his friends, felt that it was a deliberate attempt to splash water on him and picked up fight.

“I had gone to purchase glasses to a shop at P L Sharma Road on Thursday, when some water splashed on Praveen and his friends, who were standing by the roadside,” Shantanu said.

“When I was purchasing glasses, Praveen and his friends reached there and started man-handling me with allegation that I intentionally did it.

“They were under the influence of alcohol and they also broke some glasses in the shop to irk the shopkeeper and they reported the matter to police, who called Praveen. Praveen then apologised for his actions.

“I am not taking legal action because nation’s pride is associated with Praveen as he represents the country in cricket,” he added.
Source:cricket.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Department sent notice to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asking for copies of agreements. The Income Tax department has asked for contract details of all Indian Premier League (IPL) players, as reported by a private news channel.

According to reports, the IT-D wants to check whether TDS Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) was deducted at 11.3%.

Earlier, the Central Board of Excise and Customs had asked its regional commissioners to examine all contracts the BCCI has entered on or behalf of the IPL with all corporate bodies who have either bid for teams or are providing services – from entertainment to broadcasting to advertising.

Under the franchise model, a sponsor owning a team pays a stipulated fee to the BCCI to get ownership. The franchisees have to pay 10 per cent of the bid amount every year to BCCI, as a franchisee fee. With the auction fetching BCCI $723.59 million, BCCI will get $72.36 million each year.

So the BCCI gets liable to pay service tax under ‘business auxiliary service.’

Since players, too, are not playing for the country, their purchase fees would be liable to service tax again under BAS.

Broadcasting rights to a consortium of Sony Television and Singapore-based World Sports Group for 10 years for over $1 billion and their sale of time slots for ads would also attract service tax under the broadcasting service.

So would branding of stumps in DLF name, showing its logo on the sidescreen. Naming Pepsi as the IPL official drink for five years for a fee of $12.5 million would also mean that BCCI would have to pay service tax on it.
Source:ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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