Indian Premier League and Cricket News by IPL Cricket Forum

Sunil Gavaskar, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
and Ravi Shastri, all former Indian captains, will form the panel to
select the Player of the League in the DLF IPL Twenty20 tournament.
The Player of the League will be awarded a million rupees by Twenty20
title sponsors, DLF, India’s largest listed real estate firm.

IPL chairman Lalit Modi announced the panel.

The DLF IPL Twenty20 starts in Bangalore on April 18.

UB Group’s Vijay Mallya promoted Bangalore Royal Challengers, led by
former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid, takes on Shah Rukh Khan promoted
Kolkata Knight Riders, led by another former India captain Sourav
Ganguly in the opening match.

Jacques Kallis bought By Bangalore Royal Challengers for $900,000 has urged the ICC to have a separate tour window for
IPL, saying the immense work load on players was hindering the chances
of the game getting more all-rounders.

Jacques Kallis also said all-rounders would have to either stick to
being Test players or ODI players to meet the hectic schedule. Jacques
Kallis, a part of the South African squad se to play India in the first
Test in Chennai said it was tough to turn down lucrative offers from
IPL for many players.

Jacques Kallis reportedly told a cricket web site that the sole
option is for the ICC to include IPL schedule as part of its Future
Tours programme. But the ICC has declined to include IPL in it, saying
no request on this regard has come from IPL organizers. Bangalore Royal
Challengers is being promoted by Vijay Mallya’s UB Group. Icon player
Rahul Dravid is the captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers where Jacques Kallis is an important team member.

Former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmia is in deep trouble after the
Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police reportedly found documents that
could implicate him for allegedly misappropriating Rs 2.90 crore from a
BCCI account opened in connection with the Cricket World Cup in 1996.

Jagmohan Dalmia has denied any involvement in the scam.

The account was opened in Indian Overseas Bank’s Bhowanipore branch
in West Bengal and Jagmohan Dalmia was authorized to operate it. The
1996 world cup was jointly hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

In 2006 Sharad Pawar became Board president. The account was closed
that year, but BCCI had asked Dalmia to provide a statement of funds
used from that account.

But there was no account of the expenses maintained in BCCI office during Dalmia’s tenure, reports Mentioned.