sunrisers Hyderabad anthem hindi

new captain for PWI

Angelo Mathews has beaten Yuvraj Singh in the race to be the new captain of Pune Warriors for IPL 6 this year. Even though Yuvraj was considered the best contender to be handed over the reigns of the team after Micahel Clarke was forced out of IPL due to injury, Mathews has managed to pocket the top job. Sourav Ganguly captained the side last year. Managing Director of Sahara Adventure Sports Limited, Sushanto Roy said on Thursday that the decision was taken by some senior players and team management, with a special mention of it being “unanimous”. Roy said in a press statement, “We had many options of international and national cricketers to choose from within the existing squad but we chose Mathews as our captain as we are confident of his leadership abilities. All the senior players in the team are happy with the choice and it is a joint decision taken by the senior players and team management. We now have a correct mix of youth and experience to launch an aggressive IPL Season 6 campaign.” Mathews reacted on this saying, “It’s a great honour to be offered the captaincy and I am grateful to the team management and franchise owners for the faith shown in me. For me personally this is a great chance to gain leadership experience working with a multi-national squad and a very exciting opportunity given the enormous talent within our young squad.”

IPL 2013 can be viewed live on YOUTUBE

IPL 2013 can be viewed on YOUTUBE except in USA and CANADA. "As part of the deal, YouTube will have exclusive live- streaming rights for desktop web viewing (with a five minute delay in India) and non-exclusive rights for mobile viewing through the 2013 and 2014 tournaments,We saw a 43 percent growth in audience base just last year on IPL online. Our partnership with YouTube is strategic in building supplementary touch points with these audiences and we're happy to renew our association with YouTube,"Times Internet CEO Satyan Gajwani said. Not only this we can also have hangout with players of IPL- "We have seen over 50 percent growth in viewership year on year. We will also host a series of hangouts with top cricket stars and cricket experts through the tournament to add on to the experience," YouTube APAC Director of Sports content partnership John Vamvakitis said. Thus we are going to have more fun as faras ipl is considered.

yet another partner for ipl - 6

Star India Pvt. Ltd is the latest brand to come on board as an official partner of the sixth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).In the portal now we can see STAR PLUS. “We are happy to be associated with the IPL primarily to drive our flagship channel, Star Plus. We saw a great opportunity to use this platform to communicate our brand promise of ‘Rishta Wahi, Soch Nayi’. The power of Star’s platform is unique and we are keen to leverage this to support BCCI’s efforts to increase the reach and popularity of IPL,” Star India CEO Uday Shankar said. IPL already has Pepsi, Vodafone and Yes Bank Ltd as official partners,SET MAX ,SONY SIX and TIMES GROUP as broadcast partners. Speaking on the association, IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said, “Since its inception in 2008, the tournament has provided a platform to organizations, which are as passionate about achieving and maintaining standards of excellence, as IPL itself, to showcase themselves. STAR India belongs to this elite fraternity. We look forward to a fruitful association with them.” The IPL season six begins on 3 April with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders taking on Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens.

new sponsor for SRH

Online portal MakeMyTrip will sponsor Indian Premier League's newest cricket team, Sunrisers Hyderabad. The cricket team is promoted by Chennai based Sun Group, owners of low cost airline SpiceJet. Deep Kalra, CEO & Founder, MakeMyTrip.com said, “We are delighted to partner with Sunrisers Hyderabad and reach out to millions of IPL fans through this association. The IPL beautifully demonstrates the synergies of the twin passions of Cricket and Travel, with fans following their teams to match-venues across different parts of the country." The portal will also launch a marketing campaign targeted at travelers and IPL fans in April 2013, company announced today. MakeMyTrip is listed on NASDAQ and runs online airline and hotel reservation and tour business in India and South East Asia. Till about a year ago over 90% of company revenue come from India, and bulk of it came from airline ticketing,.But with margins in airline business under pressure the portal is promoting leisure travel and holiday business in a large way. To commemorate this association the portal will also launch a new campaign featuring an extension of the current brand promise. It will showcase the Sunrisers association through a television commercial featuring the team’s players—Dale Steyn, Cameron White and Ishant Sharma. "This will be aired to coincide with the launch of the IPL 2013 season. It will simultaneously launch promotions through its website, retail stores and social media properties. MakeMyTrip customers and Sunrisers’ Fans can look forward to a Meet & Greet with the players as part of the activation," the company added.

TRP of previous seasons

Season TRP IPL 5 3.27 IPL 4 3.39 IPL 3 4.65 IPL 2 4.17 IPL 1 4.81 Still ther is not much effect on adds.it appears that many companies like sponsors PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt. Ltd and Vodafone India Ltd and the seven associate sponsors are Tata Photon, Samsung mobile, Karbonn tablets, Panasonic, Havells India Ltd, Usha Appliances and the Godrej Group have signed for sponsorship in MAX. Not only these but due to the reduction of 10 second slot values in max from 5.5 last year to estimated 4.5-5 lacks Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd, Coca Cola India, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Hitachi, Berger Paints, UB Group, Marico, Kent, Ibibo.com, Nikon cameras and Sony India for spot purchases. For smaller advertising properties, the broadcaster has signed advertisers such as Amul India, Ebay.com, Titan, Nivea skincare, V Guard, Nestle, Amity, Kotak Mahindra, Samsung, Dollar innerwear among others have already signed for break slots.

Simon Helmot in IPL

Australia's Simon Helmot has been named as the assistant coach of the new IPL franchise, Hyderabad Sunrisers, for the upcoming edition of the Twenty20 league. Sunrisers have also appointed Jade Roberts as their trainer, Theo Kapakoulakis as physio and Sankapani the team manager apart from Helmot. The 41-year-old Helmot is the coach of Victoria Bushrangers in the Ryobi one-day Cup, Australia's domestic one-day competition, and of Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League. He began his coaching career at the age of 25 and also coached the Australia 'A' side which toured India in 2008. Former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis had already been named as the bowling consultant by Sunrisers. Australia's Tom Moody is the head coach of the team while Kris Srikkanth and VVS Laxman are the team mentors. Some of the star players in the franchise include South Africa's Dale Steyn and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara.

PepsiCo is fully committed to IPL

PepsiCo is not only the title sponsor for IPL but it has also signed a co-presenting broadcast sponsorship deal with Multi Screen Media (MSM), owners of the SET Max channel that will be broadcasting Pepsi-IPL 2013. The association will extend to PepsiCo's food and beverage portfolio, including Pepsi, Mountain Dew, 7UP, Mango Slice, Mirinda, Aquafina, Tropicana, Lay's, Kurkure, Aliva and Quaker Oats. Barring Mumbai Indians, all the other teams, including Delhi Daredevils, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, would have PepsiCo portfolio as the official beverage partner. By this partnership both IPL and PepsiCo will be profited in terms of brand value.

MI start their ipl campaign

Seven players -- including members of the triumphant Mumbai Ranji squad Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Sushant Marathe and Suryakumar Yadav -- attended the first day's session camp today at Wankhede Stadium The IPL franchise is starting its campaign against Royal Challengers in Bangalore on April 4.MI's first home game is scheduled for April 9 against Delhi Daredevils after their second away game against former champions Chennai Super Kings on April 6. this time the team is going to be lead by former Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting

NEW PARTNER FOR PEPSI IPL

THE BANKING GIANT YES BANK HAS SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH IPL. IT BELIEVES THAT IPL IS A EVENT WHICH WILL BRING THE WHOLE NATION TOGETHER.IT ALSO HOPES THAT THIS WILL HELP THEM INCREASE THEIR BRAND VALUE BOTH NATION WISE AND INTERNATIONALLY.

PLEASE REMOVE CHENNAI AS IPL VENUE

With less than 10 days to go before the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) begins, politics is making an impact on the cricket tournament. Sources say that IPL franchisees have told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to drop Chennai as a venue for matches, if the current political situation over Sri Lankan Tamils remains. Protests have been on in the city over the UN resolution on Sri Lankan war crimes against Tamils. Sources say that IPL franchisees are unwilling to drop Sri Lankan players from games in Chennai. The BCCI is worried by the development and is yet to communicate its decision to franchisees, added the sources. Earlier, Hyderabad too was dropped as a venue because of the Telengana unrest. The US resolution against Sri Lanka over alleged human rights violations was passed at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. While 25 countries, including India, voted in favour of the resolution, 13 countries, including Pakistan, voted against it and eight countries abstained from voting.

kxip

Kings XI Punjab announces the appointment of W.V. Raman as the Team Assistant Coach today. Commenting on the appointment, Col Arvinder Singh, COO, Kings XI Punjab said, “We are pleased to have W. V. Raman as the Assistant Coach of our team for IPL 2013. Given his vast experience as an ex – Indian player and his coaching stints over the years, I am certain that he shall bring another dimension to our Coaching Staff and help our players perform to the best of their abilities. We wish him all the best for the upcoming IPL Season.” Commenting on the occasion W.V. Raman said, “I thank Kings XI Punjab management for providing me with this wonderful opportunity and I am extremely delighted to join Kings XI Punjab as the Assistant Coach. I look forward to helping out the team achieve its objectives for the upcoming IPL Season. Kings XI Punjab has the right mix of experienced as well as young players supported by a world class coaching staff and I shall do my best to get the best out of the players.”

Yuvraj Singh Makes the Cover picture of Hindustan times's BRUNCH :)

March edition of Brunch is out with the cover story of Yuvi.

bret lee speaks about KKR

Brett Lee : “The experience with KKR over the past 3 years has been fantastic. We have become a closely-knit unit under the leadership of skipper Gambhir and coach Bayliss. As we get ready for IPL 2013 as the defending champions, I am honored to take on the additional responsibility of being the bowling mentor."

csk management very happy about their players performance in Border-Gavasker Trophy

Border - Gavaskar Series Stats so far: Most Runs - M Vijay - 362 - CSK Most Wickets - R Ashwin - 22 - CSK Highest Score - MS Dhoni - 224 - CSK Best Bowling - R Ashwin - 7-103 - CSK All Round Performance - Sir R Jadeja - CSK Raise your hands for the Super Kings!-this was the post from CSK page

shikhar dhawan century

SunRisers management pretty happy to see dhawan making century in debut match against Australia in third test of border-gavasker series.

Congratulations / Badhai ho Shikhar Dhawan what an innings! Hold onto this form for the @SunRisers #IndvsAus

Tom Moody tweeted.

home stadium of SunRisers is ?????

Great news for all Risers! @SunRisers will play their home matches at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad! Rise with us!

this is what was tweeted by sunrisers. so,now ot is all clear that HCA is happy to deal with SunRisers the brand new IPL franchise.

IPL ticket rates

In weekdays tickets will cost from around 500 to 19500 INR and in weekend days they will cost around 750 to 21500 INR.Mumbai Indians match has a special box which costs RS 23000. IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils on Friday announced the ticket rates for their IPL home matches at Feroze Shah Kotla and they have decided to treat their home match against Mumbai Indians as a 'derby' contest with a hike in price for that particular game. The online tickets for the matches in Delhi are now available at www.delhidaredevils.com. The online ticket sales for the two home matches in Raipur will be announced on March 19. The Daredevils' game against Mumbai Indians on Sunday, April 21st is their most high-profile home match which will again have Virender Sehwag pitted against Sachin Tendulkar. According to the ticket rates released for the six games at the Feroze Shah Kotla, the minimum rates for tickets on weekdays is 500 while weekend matches will have the lowest denomination at Rs 750. However, the lowest denomination for the Mumbai Indians match on April 21 will be Rs 1000. There are eight slabs of tickets for weekdays, starting from Rs 500 to 19,500. The tickets for the weekend matches range from Rs 750 to Rs 21,500 while the MI match has the Super Hospitality boxes being priced at Rs 23,000. Ticket rates Weekdays: 500, 850, 1400, 3000, 6000, 11,000, 13,000, 19,500 Weekend: 750, 1000, 1750, 3500, 6500, 13000, 15000, 21500 Vs MI: 1000, 1250, 2000, 4000, 7000, 14,000, 16,000, 23,000. Where as in case of Kings XI Punjab the ticket rates range from INR 400 to Rs 12,000. KKR announced few ticket prices which are as 300, 400, 500, 750, 1,000, 1,500, 2,400, 9,000

ab de villiers sings ye dosithi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xmGA85qZ36I

lee to be bowling coach for kkr

Brett Lee will be our new bowling mentor in IPL 6. Lee will take over from Wasim Akram for this season, after the latter decided to pull out of the tournament due to personal reasons. While accepting this role, Brett Lee said, “The experience with KKR over the past 3 years has been fantastic. We have become a closely-knit unit under the leadership of skipper Gambhir and Head Coach Trevor Bayliss. As we get ready for IPL 2013 as the defending champions, I am honored to take on this additional responsibility.” Our assistant coach Vijay Dahiya set a unique record in Indian coaching history by becoming the first coach to have a Vijay Hazare, Ranji and IPL winning team to his credit. Dahiya accomplished this feat by leading Delhi to victory in the Vijay Hazare trophy with another Knight, Rajat Bhatia, as his trusted captain. Gautam Gambhir also played a vital role in the later stages of the tournament. Read our exclusive interview with him at http://kkr.in/news/vijay-dahiya.aspx Shami Ahmed came off a successful spell with the Bengal Vijay Hazare trophy side to claim 2/60 in a losing cause for East Zone against South Zone in the quarterfinals of the Deodhar trophy. Sunil Narine climbed to the No.1 spot in the latest ICC T20 bowler’s rankings after some excellent performances over the last few weeks. He also holds the number two position in the ODI bowler’s rankings as well. Ryan McLaren put in an excellent spell of 7-0-19-3 for South Africa in the first ODI of their series against Pakistan. SA managed a massive 125 run win after scoring 315/4 in the first innings and dismissing Pakistan for a mere 190.

kxip adds three more players to its side

Kings XI Punjab today has announced the addition of three new players, Aniket Choudhary, left-arm medium pacer from Rajasthan, Manan Vohra, right-handed batsman from Punjab and Sandeep Sharma, right-arm medium pacer from Punjab in the squad for the upcoming season of IPL. Commenting on the addition, Col. Arvinder Singh, COO, Kings XI Punjab, said,”I am very delighted to have a good performers like Aniket, Manan and Sandeep to be part of the KXIP team. We are happy to have them as a part of KXIP squad and hope they will be able to contribute to the tournament. We wish them all the best and hope that they can utilize this opportunity as a platform to make a mark a niche for themselves as well”.

Ross and Nehra switch places

Delhi Daredevils has traded Ross Taylor for left-arm fastmedium bowler Ashish Nehra with Pune Warriors India during the IPL Player Trading Window. The 33-year-old Nehra was part of the Delhi Daredevils squad in the 2009 and 2010 seasons. His best IPL performance was in 2009 when he took 19 wickets from 13 matches. “Ashish Nehra will constitute an integral part of our attack in the 2013 season. We were the best team at the league stage in 2012, and with a player like him around, we are confident that we will go the distance,” TA Sekar, Head (Cricket), GMR Sports, said. Delhi Daredevils had acquired Taylor from his previous team, Rajasthan Royals, ahead of the 2012 season, to cover for the absence of David Warner in the first half of the tournament and Kevin Pietersen in the second half.

Delhi Daredevils appoint Snape as their performance coach

Delhi Daredevils has appointed former England cricketer Jeremy Snape as the team’s Performance Coach for the Pepsi Indian Premier League season. Snape, who is acknowledged to have helped South Africa in its journey as the top Test-playing team, will work with the coaching and support staff. “We are happy to welcome Jeremy as Performance Coach,” said GMR Sports’ Head (Cricket) TA Sekar. “We believe he has the right credentials to help the Delhi Daredevils achieve its goals. We are sure he will bring in fresh ideas and help the coaching staff bring the best out of the players in a high performance environment. “At GMR Sports, we want to leave no stone unturned and help the team in its quest to be competitive through the IPL season,” he said. “We are sure that Snape will enable the players be on the edge of their comfort zones as they deliver high performance through the coming season.” The 39-year-old Snape, who founded one of Britain’s leading Performance Coaching companies, said he was delighted to be joining Delhi Daredevils for the 2013 IPL season. “The mental side of T20 is both fascinating and vital and I look forward to supporting the players and coaches to achieve their ambitions,” he said.

new players for Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals on Thursday signed rising left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh along with three other young players for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League, commencing April 3. Mumbai spinner Harmeet, the IPL side added talented Kerala batsmen Sachin Baby and Sanju Samson and Jharkhand paceman Rahul Shukla to their squad. 20-year-old Harmeet has represented India in two Under-19 ICC World Cups in 2010 and 2012. In the 2012 U-19 World Cup, he was one of the main pillars of India, helping win the title with his economy rate of 3.02. Kerala's 18-year-old wicket-keeper Samson has been representing his state team since his Ranji debut in 2011 against Vidarbha. The budding U-19 Asia Cup star hit two centuries in the Ranji Trophy last season and attended the Rajasthan Royals selection trials on January 27, 28 & 29th. The right-handed Samson was recently appointed vice-captain of the Kerala team for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Baby has been a consistent performer for Kerala in the last few years and was among the top run-scorers in the invitational Buchi Babu Tournament and Vijay Hazare Trophy for his state. The 24-year-old has played 14 first class and domestic matches, and has scored 492 runs with a highest score of 104 at an average of 49.20. Rahul, 22-year-old right-arm medium pacer, played in the IPL in the 2010 and 2012 seasons and took seven wickets at 15.71 from four Twenty20 games with an economy rate of 7.17. Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid said, "The IPL has been an excellent platform for encouraging the growth of fresh talent in our country. These four confident players will provide more depth and variation to our team during IPL 2013."

IPL COO talks

Sundar Raman,IPL CEO said he would like to see commentary in regional languages.He feels that this may increase the growth of game in India. "To me, we take India as one large mass of audience. Cricket today is experimenting and there is a big opportunity. If you look at regional channels they are doing reasonably well. There is no reason why you cannot hear sports commentary in Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil or Marathi. To me, that is another opportunity to expand cricket's fan-base,Every sport needs to market itself well. We are a one-sport country and that is possibly because 'cricket' has marketed itself well.I was delighted to see the Hockey India League coming on television,Cricket is an advertiser-friendly sport. On the other hand the format of football is such that it does not suit advertisers. My fear is that it should not lead to tinkering of the format which is not in the interest of the game,As long as one source of revenue is the only source of revenue, you will be playing into the hands of power brokers. That will lead to a downward spiral.The amount of money a broadcaster gets for subscription revenue in UK, US or even in South Africa or Australia, when compared to that in India, it is really small. It is pittance" he said.

brandvalue of IPL-5

The only team ranked in top 150 brands that is 146th team is MUMBAI INDIANS.IPL on the whole got 1% of the brand value.IPL is the only cricket league that made some impact in the brand values even after being a cricketing league.
With global FMCG major PepsiCo bagging the title sponsorship rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL), the brand value of the cricket extravaganza is expected to shoot up in the following seasons. While advertiser interest remained lukewarm during the fifth season, experts anticipate a slew of advertisers and sponsors to queue up in the sixth edition after the league's association with the global consumer brand. The contract is for five years. PepsiCo pipped Airtel, which had offered Rs. 316 crore, to win the title sponsorship for the Twenty20 tournament for Rs. 396.8 crore. PepsiCo's bid is nearly twice the amount paid by IPL's previous title sponsor DLF, which ended its association with the event in August this year.

 Market watchers say Pepsi-Co's association will help tweak the tournament's brand imagery by establishing a stronger consumer connect. While industry experts refused to put a number to the expected rise in IPL's valuation, media buying agencies say PepsiCo comes across as a more "relevant fit". "We definitely expect PepsiCo to increase IPL's brand value. There has been a lot of talk about brand IPL going down. But instead there has been a manifold increment in most of the rights and properties we have sold, which is a good sign," IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla told. Media buying agencies, however, say therehas been a decline in the brand value of IPL as compared to the initial two seasons, primarily because investments were higher as compared to returns in terms of viewership and valuations. According to industry estimates , IPL's valuation for the five seasons has remained close to an average of Rs 400 crore. While the initial two seasons recorded over 4% television viewership rating, that declined towards the last season.

 Advertisers' interest remained tepid too. According to experts, the number of advertisers fell from 66 in season four to 58 in the fifth edition. Official broadcasting channel Set Max, which sold out nearly 100% of its ad inventories in previous seasons, was left with 20% of its inventories unsold during season 5. "Advertisers need to get into it with a long-term horizon, which is exactly what the ground sponsors are doing. If Pepsi is able to activate this association with smart communication strategy then surely IPL will get a new life," Navin Khemka, managing partner at Zenith Optimedia, said. "Whenever a new sponsor comes on board, it is bound to create a buzz with intensive activation plans. Pepsi will hopefully engage the youth in a new way now and bring a new life into IPL," said Neerav Tomar, MD and CEO, IOS Sports & Entertainment.

42 year old player in ipl

Pravin Tamble,Mumbai player will make his IPL debut for the Rajasthan Royals at the age of 42.For the past five seasons, IPL has advertised its motto ‘Where Talent meets Opportunity’. If you have talent, IPL will provide you with the opportunity, even if you’re 42 years old! Just weeks after his maiden Mumbai call-up for the Vijay Hazare tournament, the veteran leg-spinner has been signed up by the Rajasthan Royals for the 6th edition of the IPL. “He has been on the circuit for a long time and deserved a chance. He has been on our radar for the past couple of years, as we were looking for a leg-spinner. He was called for the trials a couple of times, and he impressed our skipper Rahul Dravid,” Raghu Iyer, CEO of Rajasthan Royals, confirmed that the signing took place

Shane Watson became father

Australian cricket team vice-captain Shane Watson, who left the tour of India amid, became a father Thursday after his wife Lee gave birth to a baby boy. Lee gave birth to the baby boy, Will, here early morning, reports The Age. Watson left for Sydney Monday to be with his wife. Watson, 31, James Pattisnon, Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson were sidelined controversially from the third cricket Test in Mohali for breach of discipline. Soon after the punishment was announced, Watson left for Sydney. But before rushing to the Chandigarh airport, the 31-year-old Watson made his displeasure clear and said he was weighing his Test future. The Watson couple were expecting their first child later this month, and Watson was scheduled to skip the fourth Test in Delhi from March 22. He is now expected to return to India for the final Test of the series. Australia skipper Michael Clarke has also suggested that he wants his deputy back at the earliest

hundreds in ipl till now

C Gayle is the only person to do that 3 times

SUN RISERS

Sun risers Facebook page reaches 1o1k .One more thing is one Shikar Dhawan is going to make his test entry in third test against australia which is going to be held tomorrow at Mohali.

The official video of SunRisers, Hyderabad

Sun Risers Hyderabad is a new team to ipl family. They released there anthem in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. The telugu version of song is above. it is owned by sun group,The official website of sun risers is official site there logo is . sunrisers official facebook page is sunrisers facebook you can follow them on twitter @SunRisers

kxip to begin online sale of tickets for home matches

The tickets for Kings XI Punjab's home matches in the sixth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) will be up for sale from Thursday in Mohali. The tickets can also be bought online at www.kxip.in or www.bookmyshow.com A total of eight matches are to be played as home games of which six will be hosted in Mohali, a release from the organisers said. The tickets will be available at the box office at Phase 9, Mohali and a number of other designated places in the city like select Caf Coffee Day outlets and Hot Millions from March 15 onwards. Kings XI Punjab match tickets can also be booked by dialing 0172-39895050. Fans shall also have the option to avail the 'home delivery' option. Ticket denominations range from INR 400 to Rs 12,000.

Jennifer Lopez refuses to perform at IPL 6

American sensational singer Jennifer Lopez has turned down IPL 6. She refused to perform at the inaugural ceremony of the Indian Premiere League and when went deep into the matter to known what is the reason behind her refusal, it came to know that the money which she is demanding is astounding and Shahrukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment failed to meet her hefty demand. It was reported earlier that Jennifer Lopez will perform at the Salt Lake stadium with our Bollywood stars Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Shahrukh Khan. Reveals a source, “She (Jennifer) was supposed to come to India with a 45 member team to perform at the IPL 6 on April 2, 2013 but now she has turned down the offer.” “It seems the monies offered to her did not excite her enough. The only people so far confirmed to perform at the opening ceremony are the ‘Jab Tak Hain Jaan’ duo – SRK and Katrina Kaif.” With or without Jennifer Lopez, the entertainment quotient will not be any way less, like last year, this year too our Bollywood stars will show their jalwa. IPL Chairman, Rajeev Shukla said, “The Opening Ceremony of the Pepsi IPL 2013 will be one of the most spectacular events ever witnessed, in keeping with what will follow in the tournament itself, over the following seven weeks.” “We are delighted to have tied up with Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd, which has a proven track record of organising and executing events on a grand scale,” said Shukla. Juhi Chawla, had earlier said, “As of last night, its Jennifer Lopez…apart from her, we have our superstars…one to ghar ka jo hai, unko to dance karayenge hi (Shah Rukh Khan being from our home will have to dance), Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif will also be there.”

HDFC leaves RR, may join MI for IPL-6 as sponser

It seems that Rajasthan Royals,who were the champions of 2008 edition seem to have enough trouble before the kick start of their sixth outing in the forthcoming ipl 2013. Firstly, uncertainty hung around the home ground of Rajasthan Royals, Sawai Mansingh Stadium of Jaipur, for an extended time period of more than couple of months. Around the same time, Rajasthan Royals were faced with a fine of 100 Crore Indian Rupees. This fine had been levied by the Enforcement Directorate for the alleged violations of foreign exchange rules of monetary dealings in the country. And after all this, when there is hardly a month’s time remaining for IPL’s start, they are struck with another bad news. At a time when every team is involved in amassing as many sponsors as possible, Rajasthan Royals have lost out on HDFC. HDFC won’t be seen with Rajasthan Royals as the associate sponsor in the imminent ipl schedule. As per the sources, HDFC had decided to be a part of Rajasthan Royals’ sponsorship deal for not more than 4 crores while Rajasthan Royals had expected it to be around 6 to 7 crore Indian Rupees. Though, Rajasthan Royals have got the support of Valvoline Cummins, which has been with them during last season, HDFC’s exit would hit them hard before ipl 2013, especially with the 100 Crore Indian Rupees fine. On the other hand, HDFC is expected to join hands with Mumbai Indians; who have been ranked as the most valued IPL franchise recently, though have lost on Hero MotoCorp. If situations are like this we may miss one more team from IPL.Which is the worstest thing one could ever imagine.

srk to dance farah khan ipl promo steps

Farah Khan, who has choreographed some signature dance moves as part of a promotional campaign for the upcoming IPL season, wants her close friend and actor SRK to groove on her dance moves.This not the first time Farah requested her boyfriend to dance for her but we have to wait and see what kkr owner does.

Ponting to lead Mumbai Indians in IPL-6

Mumbai Indians, in consultation with its newly appointed Chief Mentor Kumble, Head Coach John Wright along with icon player Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, announced the appointment of Ricky Ponting as the teams’ new Captain. The former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting was awarded to Mumbai Indians at the recently held auction in Chennai. Ricky Ponting will lead the experienced Mumbai Indians side for the IPL 2013. Commenting on the decision, Chief Mentor Anil Kumble said, “Ricky has a lot of experience to lead a competitive and a high-profile side like Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Sachin readily agreed to my suggestion that Mumbai Indians is best served when he leads the batting unburdened by the rigours of captaincy. It was our idea (Sachin and mine) to bring in Ricky as the captain of the Mumbai Indians.” Ricky Ponting, on his new role in the team, said, “It’s a huge honor and I thank Mrs Ambani and the Mumbai Indians management for the faith they have reposed in my abilities. Mumbai Indians has the potent combination of Indian and International cricketers and I look forward to leading the team to play to its full potential.” Nita Ambani of Mumbai Indians said, “On behalf of the Mumbai Indians family, I welcome Ricky Ponting to the team as the leader of the side. Today we have world’s two biggest cricketing greats in Sachin and Ricky, and I am sure the duo will be an inspiration for the youngsters in the team. Sachin will always be an integral and important part of Mumbai Indians’ leadership. Ricky will bring in fresh perspective in the team leadership and will have the support of the best cricketing minds like Sachin, Anil and John Wright.”

opening stadium for ipl-6

The Pepsi IPL 2013 will commence with an Opening Ceremony on the evening of Tuesday, 2 April 2013, at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata. The IPL has signed Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd as promoters for the Opening Ceremony. “We are delighted to have tied up with Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd, which has a proven track record of organising and executing events on a grand scale. The Opening Ceremony of the Pepsi IPL 2013 will be one of the most spectacular events ever witnessed, in keeping with what will follow in the tournament itself, over the following seven weeks,” Rajeev Shukla, Chairman, IPL, said. Further details pertaining to the Opening Extravaganza will be announced over the next few days.