The Editors Guild of India (EGI) and the Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI) on Friday outrightly rejected the “appalling” accreditation norms put forward by the Indian Premier League (IPL) authorities.In a letter addressed to the BCCI President Sharad Pawar and IPL Chairman Lalit Modi, the Guild said, “With deep regret and dismay, we are forced to point out that there are prohibitive conditions in the terms and conditions attached with the (accreditation) form…These conditions are unprecedented and unacceptable to the Indian media, to say the least.”

Both EGI and SJFI were irked by the conditions which state that the media cannot use image or photograph in any other publication even if it belongs to the same organisation.

Source : Hindu.com

Below are some of the cricketers who might miss some portion of Indian Premier League. DLF – IPL

Bangalore Royal Challengers
Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, and Dale Steyn: Till April 25
Ross Taylor: May 1 onwards
Shivnarine Chanderpaul : From around mid-May

Chennai Super Kings
Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram: May 1 onwards
Albie Morkel and Makhaya Ntini: Till April 25

Delhi Daredevils
AB de Villiers: Till April 25
Daniel Vettori: May 1 onwards

Deccan Chargers
Andrew Symonds: May 1 onwards
Herschelle Gibbs: Till April 25

Mumbai Indians
Shaun Pollock, Loots Bosman, and Ashwell Prince: Till April 25

Rajasthan Royals
Graeme Smith and Morne Morkel: Till April 25

Kolkata Knight Riders
Ricky Ponting and Brendon McCullum: May 1 onwards
Chris Gayle, if he chooses to play the Australia Tests: From around mid-May

Kings XI Punjab
Brett Lee and Kyle Mills: May 1 onwards
Ramnaresh Sarwan: From around mid-May

Mukesh Ambani has signed music director Anu Malik to compose for his team — Mumbai Indians’ – Indian Premier League.Javed Akhtar has written the lyrics and this song will be sung by Sonu Niigaam, Abhijeet, Udit Narayan, Kunal Ganjawala and Anu Malik.

A source describes the song, “It’s a signature Anu Malik composition and is based on the spirit of the city (of Mumbai). Anu and the team’s captain Sachin Tendulkar are both Mumbai boys.”

It is learnt that Mukesh personally approached Malik for the song and his wife Neeta closely worked with the composer on this project, “She was actively involved from the very first day. By the time the song got composed, she was quite impressed with Anu.It has a local flavour and at the same time has a very new-age rock sound to it.” A music video for the song will be shot in the coming days.

In one of the latest news related to DLF-IPL, Lalit Modi today announced that the Rawalpindi Express may not be able to play in Indian Premier League due to the ban imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB for 5 years.

This is a severe blow to Akhtar as now he might have to miss all the cricket action.But Shoaib Akhtar has decided that he will challenge this decision of PCB in court

West Indies batting legend Desmond Haynes is worried about the impact of the lucrative Indian Twenty20 leagues on mainstream cricket.

Speaking at the Ministry of Sport Symposium on re-building West Indies cricket on Wednesday, the former opening batsman suggested that the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Indian Cricket League could cripple Test cricket.

“I am worried about the Indian leagues right now. I am worried that it may destroy the game that has given me so much,” Haynes said.

“This is something that the International Cricket Council (ICC) needs to address very quickly. Test cricket is already dying and if measures are not taken to revive it, then it would be something of the past.”

Source :antiguasun.com