Zee to start parallel cricket league
Posted on Apr 03, 2007 at 17:32 | Updated Apr 03, 2007 at 23:55
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New Delhi: Not quite Kerry Packer, but Zee Telefilms Chairman Subhash Chandra has set up a challenge for the BCCI - a parallel cricket league. But will any big Indian star player join him?
Revealing the details, Subhash Chandra said in the Capital that his company has set up an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore for the event, christened the Indian Cricket League.
It is also believed that some contracted and non-contracted players have already been signed up for the one-of-a-kind event.
"It troubles me that the country with more than a billion cricket fans and a million cricket enthusiasts fares so poorly at the international stage. A new approach must be taken for the sport to grow and prosper in the years ahead," Chandra said.
The first games will be in the Twenty20 format, Chandra revealed. There will be six teams in the league to begin with.
"We will start with the Twenty20 format keeping in mind the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa later this year, and One-Day Internationals will come later," Chandra said.
Chandra claimed that there will be four international players in each of the teams, while two Indian players and eight promising talents will make up the rest of each team.
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Posted By amithoda
GREAT THING
ICL NEEDS TO FORGR AHEAD WITH COURAGE.WE ARE A NATION OF BILLION PLUS.CRICKET IS IN OUR BLOOD.DONOT WORRY ABOUT
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Posted By Tzannas
Very good website you have here.
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Posted By kamlesh patel
All the Best wishes to Kapildev the great, Kiran more and the team for achieving the targetted Goals of ICL.
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Posted By SUBHASH KALRA
VERY GOOD EFFORTS OF MR. SUBHASH CHANDRA TO FIND TALENT ,BREAK MONOPLY OF POLITISIONS,WHO TRY TO MAKE POLITICS OUT OF
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Posted By MANOHAR
come on india aub tho jag jaav, nahi tho mare javoge
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