INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

where is preity and ness

2008-03-26T15:23:00.003+05:30

all ipl teams have been christened except the mohali team hey preity n ness where are you..........looks like they have forgotten and are busy..ah these luv birds.............lets hope they come up with some good name and that too very soon because there isnt much time left for the ipl to kick start.................if you ask me.........then in terms of creating fan base SRK is a way ahead all his rivals he is using his marketing techniques to the perfection............if you wanna see just visit knight riders website........he is creating every kind of merchandise possible to milk out the money from cricket starving fans .......with ipl thought we would have epl type league but SRK is playing his cards like "all fame no game"..............he is counting too much on bollywood.............lets hope his team also performs well.............otherwise we all know how bad can be bengali fans............they are ruthless...........ganguly knows that...............

Tickets for IPL matches

2008-03-20T16:41:00.002+05:30

ticketpro is going to handle the tickets for ipl..................you can books ticket online and this time around they are planning to book ticket even on mobile............but pricing of ticjets is yet not clear.................wr are going to have around 45 matches and around 8 matches at every venue..........so this means each stadium will host a match every 3 rd day.......keeping this in mind they cant price ticket very heavy...........but it may depend from centre to center also coz no one gonna shell out rs 30oo(rough estimate) for a match in jaipur but in cities like bangalore idle sw community will shell this much money without blinkin...........................so wait n watch

AD RATES IN IPL

2008-03-19T11:40:00.001+05:30

MUMBAI: Even before a single ball has been bowled, the game has begun. By the look of things, it could end up becoming the humdinger of all matches. The ad rates for the soon-to-debut Indian Premier League (IPL) is equalling the rates prevalent for the World Cup.

Sony Max, the official broadcaster, has managed to close 75% of its advertising inventory at rates commensurate with the World Cup. A commitment of Rs 220 crore from sponsors has already come in with six sponsors booked for the series beginning April 18. Sony insiders told ET the broadcaster is looking at reaching the Rs 300 crore mark in ad revenues. Not bad, considering that both the World Cup and the Champions Trophy together garnered ad revenues of Rs 400 crore for Sony.

Vodafone has come on board as the presenting sponsor for Rs 32-35 crore and the second presenting sponsor should be sealed in the next two days. Four associate sponsors have also been closed at Rs 18-25 crore — Coca Cola, Max New York, Hyundai and Godrej, Sony insiders revealed. With a limited inventory available now, the spot buying rates for the remaining airtime is currently touching Rs 2.50 lakh for 10 seconds, as against Rs 1.3-1.5 lakh for 10 seconds paid by the sponsors.

Sony-Max, which was also the rights holder for the Champions Trophy and World Cup last year, sold inventory at similar rates but had clubbed both series together (51 for World Cup, 21 for Champions). So, while the rates are on a par with the World Cup rates, outlays for IPL are only for 59 matches across 44 days, making it far higher than the World Cup deal.

“Once the main sponsors are finalised, they will have around 400 seconds per match to offer. And since it coincides with the beginning of the summer season for, say, the beverage brands, Sony can command a good rate for the spots,” said OMD media director Harish Shriyan. Sony is offering the spots in tranches of 29 matches each to brands.

A CEO of a leading media buying agency said, “Brands like Vodafone and Hyundai have taken category blocks for the series, which means no other cell phone or car can come in as main sponsors.” The rate, according to him, is Rs 1.80-1.90 lakh per 10 seconds, which is higher than the rates during the World Cup. “While some have booked slots, there are others who are undecided and prefer to wait and watch for now,” he added.

Justifying the rates Sony Entertainment Television, India (SET) president Rohit Gupta said: “We have already sealed 1,500 seconds of the total 2,000 seconds available per day. The premium for the series is based on the fact that in an ODI you have 6,000 seconds at your disposal vis-à-vis 2,000 seconds in T-20 format.

So from an advertiser’s perspective, when he buys 200 seconds, he owns close to 10% of the inventory, as opposed to 3% in an ODI. ”

He added that the entire focus has shifted as the advertiser is willing to pay higher rates for sheer dominance and non-clutter. “In an ODI, there are always two to three competitors in the same category, whereas in this we allowed advertisers to purchase 50 seconds over and above the sponsorship rate to own the category. This has been a key driver in pulling sponsors for us.”

Media buyers opine that IPL will take some time to build into a profitable media property (in terms of investments & consumer interest), and the property will develop over 3-4 seasons (one season equals a year) as team affinity takes time to build.

Mr Lakhina believes that given the buzz around IPL, media plans and mix may change for brands. Considering that the event starts with the onset of summer season and new outlays for the year, companies may change their media plan with increased exposure to IPL by removing some money planned for other channels.
Source: Sonali Krishna & Rajiv Banerjee, TNN / The Economy Times/India Times

PEPSI OFFICIAL DRINK OF IPL

2008-03-18T16:11:00.001+05:30

Pepsi pays $12.5 m to be official IPL drink

New Delhi: Pepsi will be the official beverage of the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) for five years and the deal with the soft drink giant has been struck at $12.5 million.

Well-placed sources in the IPL said only the eight franchise owners would benefit from the deal.

Pepsi, which has a long association with Indian cricket, has been the main sponsor of India’s domestic tournaments for several years and has also been associated with the International Cricket Council (ICC) as its global sponsor.

A significant part of the deal is that the eight franchises - Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Mohali, Jaipur and Hyderabad - will be the direct beneficiaries of the money accruing from the sponsorship.

“Pepsi will pay $2.5 million each year and, importantly, the entire income from this deal will go to the eight franchise owners,” according to the IPL sources who did not wish to be identified.

In other words, each franchisee stands richer by $312,500 per year.

The team owners benefiting from this deal are Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance, which bought Mumbai team for $111.9 million, Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad, $107.01 million), Vijay Mallya’s UB Group (Bangalore, $106 million), India Cements (Chennai, $91 million), GMR Holdings (Delhi, $84 million), a consortium led by Preity Zinta (Mohali, $76 million), Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies (Kolkata, $75.09 million) and Emerging Media (Jaipur, $67 million).

IPL TEAM NAMES

2008-03-18T16:10:00.001+05:30

IPL TEAM NAMES

FRANCHISE WERE REQUIRED TO NAME THERE TEAM WITH SOME REGIONAL FLAVOUR ANSD SEE FRANCHISES HAS COME WITH SOME REALLY COOL NAMES

IPL SCHEDULE

2008-03-18T16:09:00.001+05:30

IPL SCHEDULE

IPL MATCHES WILL BE AVAILABLE LIVE ONLY ON SONY NETWOK.. April 2008
Fri 18 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat 19 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Chennai Super Kings Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 19 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sun 20 09:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers Venue TBC Mumbai
Sun 20 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v IPL Hyderabad Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mon 21 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v IPL Mohali Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Tue 22 13:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Delhi Daredevils Venue TBC Hyderabad
Wed 23 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Thu 24 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Fri 25 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Mumbai Indians Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 26 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat 26 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun 27 09:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v IPL Hyderabad Venue TBC Mumbai
Sun 27 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Delhi Daredevils Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Mon 28 13:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings Venue TBC Bangalore
Tue 29 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed 30 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May 2008
Thu 1 09:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v IPL Mohali Venue TBC Hyderabad
Thu 1 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Fri 2 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sat 3 09:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Bangalore Royal Challengers Venue TBC Hyderabad
Sat 3 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sun 4 09:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils Venue TBC Mumbai
Sun 4 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Mon 5 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v IPL Mohali M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Tue 6 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v IPL Hyderabad MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Wed 7 13:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals Venue TBC Mumbai
Thu 8 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Thu 8 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Fri 9 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v IPL Hyderabad Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sat 10 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat 10 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v IPL Mohali MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun 11 09:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders Venue TBC Hyderabad
Sun 11 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Mon 12 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Bangalore Royal Challengers Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Tue 13 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed 14 09:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings Venue TBC Mumbai
Wed 14 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Thu 15 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v IPL Hyderabad Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri 16 13:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders Venue TBC Mumbai
Sat 17 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v IPL Mohali Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sat 17 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sun 18 09:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians Venue TBC Hyderabad
Sun 18 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mon 19 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Tue 20 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Wed 21 09:30 GMT	Mumbai Indians v IPL Mohali Venue TBC Mumbai
Wed 21 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Thu 22 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri 23 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	IPL Mohali v IPL Hyderabad Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 24 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sat 24 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Sun 25 15:00 local, 09:30 GMT	Bangalore Royal Challengers v IPL Hyderabad M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sun 25 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT	Kolkata Knight Riders v IPL Mohali Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mon 26 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT	Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Tue 27 13:30 GMT	IPL Hyderabad v Chennai Super Kings Venue TBC Hyderabad
Fri 30	1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Venue TBC
Sat 31	2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Venue TBC
June 2008
Sun 1	Final - TBC v TBC Venue TBC

UMPIRES FOR IPL

2008-03-18T16:08:00.001+05:30

UMPIRES FOR IPL

After the players, it's time for match officials to get ready for the IPL. The Indian board has suggested a list of 35 umpires that Srinivas Venkataraghavan, the BCCI's director of umpiring, pruned to 20. It will be further cut down to 16.

"The six Indian umpires likely to be seen in on-field action in the IPL are AM Saheba, SL Shastri, GA Pratapkumar, K Hariharan, AV Jayaprakash and I Sivaram," an umpire, who has been shortlisted, told Cricinfo. The first three are currently on the ICC's international panel of umpires, while the other three were part of the panel previously. The rest will officiate as third and fourth umpires.

The 35 umpires are : SK Tarapore, K Hariharan, AV Jayprakash, SN Bandekar, SD Ranade, AY Gokhale, CR Mohite, R Radhakrishanan, Sudhir Asnani, MSS Ranawat, Ravi Subramaniam, I Sivaram, VN Kulkarni, Sanjeev Rao, HS Sekhon, KG Laxminarayanan, Suhas Phadkar, SK Sharma, P Bhanuprakash, PS Godbole, MS Mahal, K Murali, RY Deshmukh, S Dendapani, A Bhattacharjee, S Laxmanan, Balwant Sharma, Sanjeev Dua, SM Raju, MG Mandale, Rajiv Risodkar, Anil Chaudhary, VD Nerurkar, Nandan, NRS Prabhu, RM Deshpande and MS Pathak.