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Rhodes calls for fielding captains in Twenty20s
Posted on April 16th, 2009 No commentsJonty Rhodes, one of the greatest fielders, has partially backed John
Buchanan’s multi-captain theory by calling for a fielding captain in Twenty20s. Rhodes feels the nominated player can play the role of a “facilitator” for the team captain, who would have many other responsibilities and could not be expected to carry out every fielding change. -
Warne backs Kamran, Jadeja and Yusuf to fire
Posted on April 16th, 2009 No commentsShane Warne, the Rajasthan Royals captain, has named Kamran Khan, a 18-
year-old rookie left-arm fast bowler, as one of the players to watch out for in the IPL starting in Cape Town on Saturday. Warne has also provided fresh insights into his relationship with Graeme Smith, a bitter rival once but an IPL team-mate now, and reiterated his controversial theory that an international team doesn’t need a coach. -
Pietersen’s IPL coach not worried about personality clash
Posted on April 16th, 2009 No commentsRay Jennings, the coach of the Bangalore Royal Challengers, has said he isn’t too bothered about Kevin Pietersen’s recent history with the England team and the events surrounding his quitting the captaincy, following a fractious relationship with the then coach Peter Moores. Pietersen will join the franchise in South Africa for the IPL, which begins on April 18.
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Pakistan’s absence will affect IPL following - Ramiz
Posted on April 16th, 2009 No commentsFormer Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has said the absence of Pakistan players in the IPL in South Africa will seriously affect the television viewership of the event in the country. Though the players will miss the entire tournament, they will be engaged in a limited-overs series in the UAE against Australia starting April 22 and Ramiz hoped the interest will pick up after series ends.
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Rajasthan cut Kaif from final squad
Posted on April 16th, 2009 No commentsMohammad Kaif has been left out of Rajasthan Royals’ final squad which will
remain in South Africa for the 2009 season of the IPL. However, he may return if there are injuries to other members of the team. -
‘I’ve probably never been fitter’ - Hayden
Posted on April 16th, 2009 No commentsThese are strange days for Matthew Hayden. Three months removed from
calling time on his international career - an announcement he had hoped to stave off until after the 2009 Ashes, but expedited due to an extended scoring trough - Hayden now finds himself preparing to return to a game with which he is still making his peace, and a league that contributed to his premature departure from the Australian team. -
IPL games to take 15 minutes more
Posted on April 16th, 2009 No commentsFans who have become accustomed to Twenty20 matches lasting just three
hours are in for a surprise during the second season of the IPL - they will now last three and a quarter hours. Part of the appeal of the shortest form of the game is the non-stop action but IPL games will now take longer and there will be no action at all during the added time. -
Gayle and Edwards gear up for short IPL stint
Posted on April 9th, 2009 No commentsChris Gayle and Fidel Edwards will be appearing for the Kolkata Knight
Riders and the Deccan Chargers respectively in this season’s IPL, but will be available for a little less than two weeks. With both West Indian players expected to arrive in England for the return series no later than May 1, their IPL stints are expected to last just 12 days. -
Dravid will play key role as leader - Jennings
Posted on April 9th, 2009 No commentsRay Jennings, the Bangalore Royal Challengers coach, expects Rahul Dravid
to play a key role as a leader and a batsman for the second IPL in South Africa. The franchise had replaced Dravid with Kevin Pietersen as captain last month but Jennings said Dravid would still be crucial to the team’s tactical planning in the short period that he is available. -
Rajasthan aim to build on “champions” tag
Posted on April 9th, 2009 No commentsBeing the defending champions will help as well as add pressure in equal
measure for Rajasthan Royals. The first batch of nine players, which included Mohammed Kaif, Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja expressed that sentiment before departing for South Africa for the second edition of the IPL. Both Kaif and Yusuf agreed that the pressure would obviously be there because of their fairy-tale like victory in the inaugural season last year.