Indian Political League Vs Indian Premier League

Because as per schedule Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket dates are clashing with particular five-phase general elections. At this issue political parties already say that as even as Indians are better known to be as cricket crazy, so the glitz of the tournament IPL would not thus take away from the pull of the elections.

Politicians for that preparing for as such mega elections, in which almost 714 million people would be better eligible to vote, actual say the IPL will there lose out to the polls. Both are the beginning around that the identical time in the April and ending in May.

These IPL season as per date starts April 10 and will although witness 59 matches till it actually concludes May 24. And the five-phase elections so will begin from April 16 and end May 16, when the results are announced.

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ESPN Star Sports (ESS) finally awarded with long-term global television production channel partner for the very awaited tournament Champions League T20.

By production house setup, ESS would telecast this tournament in most popular High Definition (HD) format, thus by history feed it would be the first HD telecast for any sporting event in cricket history

Bu the Earlier, ESS also had won the top exclusive global commercial rights of these league for around 10 years at $975 million.

ESS in this tournament will use 34 cameras those by each venue to cover overall matches. It would include those many angles such a aerial views with the Fly cameras, a boundary side field camera to the showcase fielding and also a new mid-wicket camera position to the highlight

“This would be the most highest number of cameras whichever be used to get cover other any multi venue cricket tournament to date,” ESS said in johansburg.

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Johannesburg, 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.

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The reigning Indian Premier League champions the Rajasthan Royals have trade a better percentage stake to the former Big Brother winner and Hot  Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.

Shetty won Celebrity Big Brother competition  in 2006 and she  is one of Bollywood’s top actors.

Her investment in IPL begins a week ago when the IPL will on one occasion take the spotlight with its another second player auction that  due to

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Foreign players participating in the IPL (Indian Premier League) may soon find a higher amount being deducted in the form of taxes if the Income Tax department has its way. The I-T department has sent a notice to BCCI asking for copies of all agreements signed between the players and the franchisees.

Twenty20 - cricket’s latest format is making waves in India throught the Indian Premier League. A huge noisy crowd, film stars rooting for their own teams and cheerleaders are reminders of the league’s resounding success. So with everyone sharing the spoils, how can the Income Tax department want to miss the party.

The income tax department has now asked BCCI to furnish details of the tax deductions made while making payments to these players. The income tax department and the BCCI  have had a long history of dispute on taxation issues. And even as BCCI is busy milking the IPL cashcow, the I-T department is determined to extract its pound of flesh with what it feels is a purely commercial business venture and not just cricket.

In its notice served to BCCI, the I-T separtment has asked the BCCI to clarify whether TDS at 11.33% has been deducted before releasing the payment
They have also said that since the contract is a long term contract of three years, why should the applicable tax slabs prevailing in the country not be applied, a demand that is supported by tax experts.

BD Gupta, Former Income Tax Commissioner said, “There is no exemption. Whatever money they make they have to pay 11% TDS and after that they also have to file their income tax returns.”

The BCCI is likely to contest this claim on the grounds that the IPL is a short term venture and does not amount to employment.

Meanwhile the service tax department is also investigating whether any of  the contracts signed between BCCI and the various franchisees come under the service tax net or not.

Report By: CNBC TV 18

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Australian cricketer Brad Hodge will soon be joining Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkotta Knight Riders in the Twenty 20 cricket of IPL.

Brad Hodge went back to Australia as a replacement of Michael Clarke as he was injured. As per the sources he will soon be joining the team and would play up the coming match for Kolkottas’ knight riders.

“He is coming back but I cannot say when he will reach the city,” Joy Bhattacharya, the team manager of the Shahrukh’s team said.

Though, some other sources said that he will only be able to join the team by Friday to play the league matches of Indian premier League.

The departure of Hodge was due to the unavailability of Clarke for the series against West Indies there by leaving no options for the selectors to recall him from the money mine in India.

But after some time Clarke confirmed that he would be available for the series against West Indies there by again making room for Hodge to mine the gold in IPL.

Agencies

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The BCCI on Monday banned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for 11 matches of the Indian Premier League. The decision was taken at a hearing by DLF Indian Premier league match referee Farokh Engineer.

Harbhajan Singh was accompanied by Lalchand Rajput and Harsha Bhogle whereas Yuvraj Singh and Maxwell came to support Sreesanth. The hearing started at 1PM IST and lasted for 1:30 hours. It took 1 hour after the hearing for the decesion to be made.

Kings XI Punjab termed Harbhajan’s behaviour as unacceptable and against the spirit of the game.

The match referee Farokh Engineer found conclusive evidence about Harbhajan’s guilt and Sreesanth’s innocence. While he banned Harbhajan for 11 IPL matches, no penalty was announced on S Sreesanth. He was let off with a mild warning. The match referee got video footage from 7 angles that proved beyond doubt that Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth without any provocation.

Harbhajan Singh, had carried a letter, which he presented before the commission. He also expressed regretted for his actions which hurt Sreesanth’s feelings.

Harbhajan Singh, now, wont be able to play in any league matches for IPL Mumbai team.  It has not been clarified whether the previous match when Bhajji was suspended is part of the 11 games. If it is , it means that technically Harbhajan is eligible to play the semi finals in the event of Mumbai Indians reaching the last 4.

BCCI President Sharad Pawar said that he had told the IPL Chairman if there was prima facie evidence of wrong-doing on the part of any player, the IPL should take immediate action against the player.

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Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh and Kings XI paceman S Sreesanth were on Friday involved in a bitter row, following which the fast bowler was seen crying bitterly on the ground at the end of their IPL match here.

The slap left players of both the teams shell-shocked and brought an unsavoury end to the otherwise electrifying IPL match at the PCA Stadium here tonight.

The paceman was seen crying bitterly on the ground at the end of the IPL match, which his team won by 66 runs

It was not the media but policemen on duty who were witness to the shocking and bizarre incident that corroborated the Aussies impression of how misbehaved these two Indian players are.

However, within half an hour of slapping Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh had to apologise for his ‘regretful’ action.

The incident took place immediately after Kings XI Punjab defeated Mumabi Indians and the players were moving back to the dressing room. An infuriated Bhajji not only allegedly picked an argument with temperamental Sreesanth but also delivered a slap on his face. Sreesanth was later seen weeping on the field at the time of the award ceremony.

Immediately after the fracas, Mohali captain Yuvraj Singh walked up to Harbhajan to have a chat with him. Yuvraj said he did not know what transpired between the two. “I do not know what exactly happened but one does not want to see such things happening. IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and ICC’s principal advisor I.S. Bindra also had a word with the off spinner. In the post-match conference, asked if there was an incident involving Sreesanth and him, Harbhajan said: “Can we talk cricket?”

At the end of the day, players shake hands.

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