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South Africa to host IPL from April 18
Posted in About IPL, Cricket, Indian Premier League News by M S Tuli | No CommentsJohannesburg, Mar 24 (ANI): Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi finally on Tuesday announced that IPL tournament 2009 would be start from April 18.
This year IPL tournament will now be start between April 18 and May 24, by featuring 59 matches.
IPL coordinator finally seized the decision after final talk between the Cricket South Africa Chief Executive Officer Gerald Majola.
“We give are great appreciation to South African cricket board for this decision. Tournaments first match will be played on April 18,” Modi said in johansburg.
Modi even said that the victorious hosting of the World Cup Twenty20 tournament greatly improved the position in favour of the South Africa.
“South Africa in 2007 year had effectively hosted the first World Cup Twenty20 tournament. The weather is actually additionally sympathetic here than the England,” Modi added.
The IPL Commissioner also conducted that it was really a tough decision to get IPL out of India.
“It was real more unfortunate and hard decision to take IPL out of India,” he also added.
Matches as per schedule would be start at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. IST.


