Indian Squad, against South Africa

BCCI selection commission has declared 14 members squad for the upcoming test series between India and South Africa in the Indian home ground. On Monday, they decided that the squad is for the first two tests of the three-match series. The series will start form 26 March in Chennai and the second test on 3 April on Ahmedabad.

Before the test two counties is mentally strong because India played a mind blowing cricket against Australia and South Africa also showed a strong performances against Bangladesh both ODI and Test. Mentionable, Indian performances in the Commonwealth Bank tri-nation series was so aggressive. Although the some wrong decision through India form the victory of test series.

The declared squad is looking good but I am confused about why Zaheer Khan is not on the in the squad. Here are three spinners and three pacer although Irfan Pathan is considered as a little bit all-rounder.

Squad: Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Vangipurappu Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble (captain), Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Rudra Pratap Singh.

Channel i Sera Kantho Competition 2008

In Bangladesh, one of the leading electronic media Channel i, has announced to find out the top singer in Bangladesh. The slogan of the competition is ‘Gane: Awoaj Tolo Prane’. The registration has already been started and it will be continued till 15 April. The whole Bangladesh has divided in 7 divisions such as Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and Chittagonj. The NBR Bangladeshi also allowed for the competition.

The 10 will be selected in the final round and one will be selected in the grand final. As judgment Runa Laila and Sabina Yeasmeen will play the role. You can become register by sending SMS and visiting it’s official website too. May be this year three competition will be organized the different TV Channels.

All about ICL and Live telecast Media (TV & IPTV)

ICL is coming in a new form which is called the "ICL 20s Grand Championship" will take place on 9 March to 7 April. In this week two things is coming second time one is the second ICL tournament and the second auction of IPL for selecting players. Both are the talk of the time.

The second ICL will be held in three grounds Panchkula, Gurgaon and Hyderabad and eight teams will take part. In the inaugural ceremony the Grand tournament held on single gourd and 6 teams took. 34 matches will be held in this ICL 20s Grand Championship tournament.

There was huge media coverage about New Zealand Sahne Bond who will take part in the second ICL 20s Grand Championship. Australian pacer Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz will take part in the tournament. Ahmedabad Rockets and Lahore Badshahs is the new add team this tournament.

The telecast right was achieved by ZEE Sports and it telecast the inaugural Twenty20 tournament. But the second tournament will be telecast by Dubai Based Ten Sports and ZEE Sports too.

The tournament, called the "ICL 20s Grand Championship", runs from March 9 to April 7. Those taking part include Shane Bond, who faces a global ban on his cricket career. The Dubai-based Ten Sports, which recently retained the media rights of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), will telecast all the ICL matches live this time along with Zee Sports

Interesting news for the internet users who are living in India will watch the tournament through IPTV. It is providing by WatchIndia.TV but on demand.

With this announcement, WatchIndia subscribers can log on and watch live programmes from India or catch it on demand for up to 14 days after the live feed for all channels. WatchIndia.TV claims to offer Indian sports, news, entertainment, culture and movies to 30 million NRIs worldwide

So enjoy the second "ICL 20s Grand Championship" tournament.

Kareena’s is not accepting Saif

Some days ago there was news in the media that Saif Ali Kahan tried to convince Karishma Kapoor and became successful to this mission; even Kareena’s father also declared that if Bebo becomes happy then he has no problem. But Kareena’s mother did not accept Saif-kareen relationship form her heart and has become displeased.

Bebo’s Mother Babita is so much knowledgeable and did not any mishehave with Saif and acting very simple so that everyone could think that she has no negative though about Saif.

Our well-placed source in the industry says, "Babita has not done anything in public so far to reveal her opinion of Bebo's relationship with Saif. She has been very cordial with Saif, but when alone with Kareena, she does not leave any opportunity to tell her that Saif is not the right choice for her."

So what is the problem with Saif? "It's not that Babita dislikes Saif as a person. She finds him a nice guy. Her problem is Saif's age. While Kareena is 27, Saif is 37. The 10-year age gap is disturbing Babita. She feels Saif is a bit too old for Kareena."

As, Bebo’s mother could not take Saif simply, so will the romance will come end now? Kareena doesn’t think so. She thinks that her family and also her mother will accept their relationship sooner or later.

ICL Match Schedule from 9 March 2008

The second ICL tournament will be held on 9 March 2008. So now the most important thing for the ICL fans is the schedule and timetable. I think the fans are expecting the schedule most because this tournament is different from the first and inaugural series. May be this time the ICL tournament will be held in three grounds and the impressive is that Pakistan players will play in an individual team named Lahore Badshahs. You can get a complete schedule by visiting the link: http://www.vcricket.com/schedule.aspx

Edelweiss 20s Challenge, 2008 (Twenty20 match)
09 Mar 2008
Chandigarh Lions vs Ahmedabad Rockets
1st Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
10 Mar 2008
Delhi Giants vs Mumbai Champs
2nd Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
11 Mar 2008
Chennai Superstars vs Lahore Badshahs
3rd Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
12 Mar 2008
Mumbai Champs vs Kolkata Tigers
4th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
13 Mar 2008
Hyderabad Heroes vs Lahore Badshahs
5th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
15 Mar 2008
Delhi Giants vs Chandigarh Lions
6th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 08:00 GMT (13:30 IST)
15 Mar 2008
Hyderabad Heroes vs Chennai Superstars
7th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
16 Mar 2008
Ahmedabad Rockets vs Delhi Giants
8th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 08:00 GMT (13:30 IST)
16 Mar 2008
Chandigarh Lions vs Lahore Badshahs
9th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
17 Mar 2008
Chennai Superstars vs Kolkata Tigers
10th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
18 Mar 2008
Ahmedabad Rockets vs Mumbai Champs
11th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
19 Mar 2008
Hyderabad Heroes vs Kolkata Tigers
12th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
20 Mar 2008
Chennai Superstars vs Delhi Giants
13th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
21 Mar 2008
Hyderabad Heroes vs Ahmedabad Rockets
14th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 08:00 GMT (13:30 IST)
21 Mar 2008
Mumbai Champs vs Lahore Badshahs
15th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
22 Mar 2008
Kolkata Tigers vs Ahmedabad Rockets
16th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 08;00 GMT (13:30 IST)
22 Mar 2008
Chandigarh Lions vs Chennai Superstars
17th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)

IPL official website vs IPL Tournament

Indian Premier League (IPL) has been created by BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) and ICC also has leaded behind it. It is a Twenty20 Cricket format championship. It was established just rivalry of ICL. I think you will not find any difference with the ICL and you all know that BCCI was totally against on ICL and some officials told that the ICL format will destroy the traditional Cricket. Do you think so? It may be wrong from my view. Actually, it is right that there was no benefit of BCCI to setup ICL and that is why BCCI created Indian Premier League (IPL).

My article is about Indian Premier League (IPL) official website. Dear Cricket fans, did you visit Indian Premier League (IPL) official website? The report I have written on 7 March 2008. I did not find any important (even less important) information on that website. Most of the pages are not active at all. Although you could get a little bit information but it is out of work.

In the first page you will not able to get any information except this (see the picture below). Here you can see the date and links indicating click here for more information. Among three does not work. May be it updated last on 20 February. It’s mean that there was no essential news in Indian Premier League (IPL) office.

If you visit the Wikipedia you only get the information about the money. You will see the list of

1 Fixtures

2 Television Rights

3 Title Sponsorship Rights

4 Franchises

5 Administration

6 Player signings

7 See Also

8 External links

9 References

But here no information about fixture, if you want then you have to visit another page. It is showing that is a big match of money, money and money.

Which one is the best, IPL or ICL

The second ICL tournament will be held on 10 March 2008. So, what is important thing in ICL than IPL in the second tournament? In the inaugural ceremony IPL is facing so many problems to recruit the players. It seems that this ICL will be more acceptable that the inaugural ceremony. I think you will ask me why?

The Indian Cricket League (ICL) is the only tournament of its kind that can keep alive the "great India-Pakistan rivalry". That's the view of the ICL's business head, Himanshu Mody, who was explaining its positioning vis-à-vis the ICC-backed Indian Premier League (IPL), which has a much higher profile and is operating on a larger scale.

The launch of the Lahore Badshahs team, which will participate in the tournament that begins on Sunday, will "add a whole new dimension to the league," Mody told Cricinfo. The side features 15 Pakistanis, including Inzamam-ul Haq, Mohammad Sami and Saqlain Mushtaq, and is coached by the former wicketkeeper, Moin Khan.

So it is clear that ICL is getting a team named Lahore Badshahs where all the members are form Pakistan. And, if any team comes on with all Indian players then it will be similar attraction like India vs Pakistan match.