Kolkata: Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders were on Wednesday taken to court by Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) on alleged copyright infringement for playing songs of Hindi films at the Eden Gardens during Indian Premier League matches.

Justice Sanjib Banerjee of the Calcutta High Court, however, refused to grant an injunction on the use of the songs and directed the parties in the case to file affidavits stating their position.

IPRS alleged that the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) used 14 popular Hindi film songs like Om Shanti Om’s Dard-e-Disco and Mauja hi Mauja from the film Jab We Met without its permission during the IPL matches at the Eden Gardens.

Appearing for Kolkata Knight Riders, counsels Anindya Mitra and Debanjan Mondal submitted that they already had permission to play nine of the 14 songs at the stadium from Super Cassettes, which they said had the copyright.

Justice Banerjee directed Kolkata Knight Riders and the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), which has also been made a party in the case, to file affidavits in opposition within two weeks after the summer vacation and IPRS its reply in another week.
Source:ibnlive.com

Mumbai, May 14 (PTI) Temperamental off-spinner Harbhajan Singh today got away with a five-match ODI ban for slapping his India teammate S Sreesanth but was warned by the Cricket Board of a life ban for any further misconduct on his part.
A day after BCCI-appointed Commissioner Sudhir Nanavati submitted a 14-page report to the Board, the BCCI’s Disciplinary Committee acted swiftly to impose the ban on the beleaguered spinner who will now miss the forthcoming tri-series in Bangladesh and two matches of the Asia Cup in Pakistan.

The 27-year-old Harbhajan, who had already been banned from the ongoing Indian Premier League and fined a whopping Rs three crore match fee for the level 4 offence, was summoned by the Disciplinary Committee, headed by president Sharad Pawar, to hear his views on the incident which happened after an IPL match in Mohali on April 25.

“The Committee accordingly decided to ban Harbhajan Singh for five one-day internationals, starting today and further observed that any further instance of misconduct will invoke a life-ban,” the BCCI said in a statement after the committee’s hearing.

“The Committee invoked Rule 3.2.1 of the BCCI Regulations for Players, Team officials, Managers, Umpires and Administrators. Under this provision, the maximum punishment that can be meted out to a player is a ban up to a maximum of 5 ODIs and/or 3 Test matches,” Pawar told reporters.

He said a copy of the report was given to Harbhajan who was heard by the committee before taking a final decision on the quantum of punishment.
Source:ptinews.com

Today was a match between Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers in the DLF – IPL. This was the 37th match of the league. Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field. They were given a target of 195 which was a tough target and Adam Gilchrist and Shahid Afridi opened the batting for Deccan Chargers and took the score to 21 before Adam Gilchrist was out. The batsmen of the team were facing high pressure during the match, due to big target given by Daredevils. The score of the team was / in 20 overs. Gautam Gambhir was the top scorer for Delhi Daredevils which helped the team to win this match.

Delhi Daredevils won the IPL 37th match by 12 runs

Match Notes Are :

• Delhi Daredevils innings
• Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (40 balls), Extras 3
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (G Gambhir 30, S Dhawan 17, Ex 3)
• G Gambhir: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
• Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (76 balls), Extras 4
• 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 72 balls (G Gambhir 56, S Dhawan 42, Ex 4)
• S Dhawan: 50 off 37 balls (7 x 4)
• Delhi Daredevils: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (105 balls), Extras 7
• Innings Break: Delhi Daredevils – 194/4 in 20.0 overs (S Dhawan 68, MK Tiwary 4)

• Deccan Chargers innings
• Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (27 balls), Extras 3
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (Shahid Afridi 28, HH Gibbs 21, Ex 1)
• Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (70 balls), Extras 3
• Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 16.6 overs (104 balls), Extras 3

Today – 37th Match -Scorecard- Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers

Today was a match between Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers in the DLF – IPL. This was the 37 match of the Indian Premier League. Deccan Chargers won the toss and decided to bowl first. Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag opened the batting for Delhi Daredevils. Virender Sehwag was out in very first over of the match on duck. The score of the team was 76 for the loss of 1 wickets in 10 overs. Gautam Gambhir and Shikhar Dhawan took the team scores to 139 when Gautam Gambhir was out. Gautam Gambhir was the top scorer for Delhi Daredevils. He scored 79 runs. In the end the team scored 194 runs in 20 overs.

Today – 37th Match -Scorecard- Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers

Today is match 37th of DLF IPL.  Todays match is between Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Shahid Afridi is comming back after sitting out in last match. VVS Laxman has been ruled out of the rest of the Indian Premier League Matches.

Deccan Chargers (probables): 1. Adam Gilchrist(w/c), 2. Dwaraka Ravi Teja,  3. Herschelle Gibbs, 4. Rohit Sharma, 5. Shahid Afridi, 6. Scott Styris, 7. Venugopal Rao, 8. Rudra Pratap Singh, 9. Paidikalva Vijaykumar, 10. Pragyan Ojha, 11. PM Sarvesh Kumar

Delhi Daredevils (probables): 1. Gautam Gambhir, 2. Virender Sehwag(c), 3. Shikhar Dhawan, 4. Manoj Tiwary, 5. Tillakaratne Dilshan, 6. Dinesh Karthik(w), 7. Rajat Bhatia, 8. Farveez Maharoof, 9. Amit Mishra, 10. Glenn McGrath, 11. Mohammad Asif

Date – May 15, 2008 37th Match
Venue – Delhi
20:00 India time.

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