Debates of Sachin Tendulkar

India debates Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is the longest-serving international cricketer, having made his debut in 1989

Sachin Tendulkar

India's cricket greats have begun talking about a topic that was considered unthinkable a year ago—Sachin Tendulkar's retirement from the sport.
Or, at least, the need for the record-breaking batsman to quit one-day international cricket to prolong his Test career.
The debate has intensified after Tendulkar's contemporary Ricky Pointing was forced by Australia's selectors to bow out of ODIs this week.
Pointing retired from the shorter format after being dumped from the ongoing tri-series, but vowed to fight on in the Test side. Some want the Indian selectors to be just as ruthless and end Tendulkar's one-day career.
The Hindustan Times, discussing Pointing's axeing, hoped that Indian cricket chiefs would learn from the "no-nonsense approach" shown by the Australian management.
"Indian cricket set-up needs to take a cue from its Australian counterparts when it comes to pushing the seniors out," the paper wrote. "If they have to take a tough call looking at the future of the team, the time is now."
Former World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev agrees that it is time to ponder hard choices for Tendulkar, despite the adulation the "Little Master" still commands across India.
"Maybe his time has come," Kapil said on the Headlines Today news channel. "Every player has his time. Age is not on his side as it was earlier."
Tendulkar, who turns 39 in April, is not only the world's leading batsman in both the Test and one-day formats, but also the longest-serving international cricketer, having made his debut in 1989.

"Maybe his time has come," Kapil Dev said of Tendulkar on the Headlines Today news channel

Fans have been left on tenterhooks as Tendulkar, who has scored a record 51 Test and 48 one-day centuries, struggles to reach the unprecedented milestone of 100 international hundreds.
His form has turned indifferent in the tri-series in Australia, where he has managed just 90 runs in five games at an average of 18.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly, who played alongside Tendulkar from 1992 to 2008, said his old teammate's decision to pick and choose one-day matches was costing India dear.
"Sachin has to ask himself whether it's helping him as a one-day player or if it's helping the Indian team," Ganguly told Headlines Today.
"If Sachin can't get an answer to these questions, he has to go."
Tendulkar, who has played a record 458 one-day internationals, has turned out in just 18 ODI matches in the past two years, including nine in India's triumphant World Cup campaign in February-April 2011.
He still managed to record the first double-century in ODIs—200 not out against South Africa in February 2010—and was the star in India's World Cup win with 482 runs, second only to Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan's 500.
Ganguly dismissed batting legend Sunil Gavaskar's suggestion that the selectors should talk to Tendulkar about his one-day future.
"I don't see any of the selectors stepping in," Ganguly said. "They are not going to stand in front of Sachin Tendulkar and say 'Listen little champ, you need to go'. That is never going to happen."
But the Hindu newspaper urged former players to lay off Tendulkar, saying the decision to quit or not should be left to him.

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"A lot has been said—especially by former sportspersons who themselves stayed on well beyond their use-by date—about Tendulkar's ODI career," it said.
"Whatever the intentions, these gems of seemingly timely advice are clearly uncalled for. Sachin has served the country with exceptional pride and genius for far too long and he deserves the right to choose his own time of departure."
A poll published by the Times of India on Thursday said that 57 percent of 47,000 respondents wanted Tendulkar to quit one-day cricket and 41 percent urged him to continue.
In the immediate future, Tendulkar has two opportunities to silence his critics—against Australia on Sunday and Sri Lanka next Tuesday—plus a possible best-of-three-finals, should India qualify.
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The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.

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The Indian cricket team is currently ranked third by the ICC in Tests, second in ODIs and sixth in T20s. On 2 April 2011, the team won the 2011 Cricket World Cup, its second after 1983. It thus became only the third team after West Indies and Australia to have won the World Cup more than once. In both Tests and ODIs, win-loss ratio of recent years is much higher than that of older periods, when it was a weaker team. Currently Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain in all forms of the game while Duncan Fletcher is the coach. Under the leadership of Dhoni, the Indian team has set a national record for most back-to-back ODI wins (9 straight wins) and has emerged as one of the most formidable teams in international cricket.
Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th-century and the first cricket club in India was established in Calcutta in 1792, India's national cricket team did not play their first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's. They became the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. In their first fifty years of international cricket, India proved weaker than Australia and England, winning only 35 of the 196 test matches. The team, however, gained strength near the end of the 1970s with the emergence of players such as SunilGavaskar, Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet—Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (both off spinners), Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (a leg spinner), and Bishen Singh Bedi (a left-arm spinner). Traditionally much stronger at home than abroad, the Indian team has improved its overseas form since the start of the 21st century. It won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 under Kapil Dev, was runners-up in 2003 under Sourav Ganguly, and won the World Cup a second time in 2011 under MS Dhoni. India have also been the Runners-up in 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, and the Joint Champions along with Sri Lanka in 2002 ICC Champions Trophy led by Sourav Ganguly in both the instances. India also won the inaugural World Twenty20 under Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2007. The current team contains many of the world's leading players, including Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag who hold numerous cricketing world records.
History

Main article: History of the Indian cricket team

See also: History of cricket in India to 1918, History of cricket in India from 1918–19 to 1945, History of cricket in India from 1945–46 to 1960, History of cricket in India from 1960–61 to 1970, History of cricket in India from 1970–71 to 1985, History of cricket in India from 1985–86 to 2000 and History of cricket in India from 2000–01

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji was an Indian who played for the English cricket team

The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721. In 1848, the Parsi community in Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Europeans eventually invited the Parsis to play a match in 1877. By 1912, the Parsis,Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year. In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the English cricket team. Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy- two major first class tournaments in India. In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of England, but only played English county teams and not the English cricket team. India was invited into The Imperial Cricket Council in 1926 and made its debut as a Test-cricket-playing-nation in 1932 led by CK Nayudu. The match was given Test status despite being only 3 days in length. The team was not strong in its batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs. The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and '40s but did not achieve an international victory during this period. The team's first series as an independent country was in 1948 against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to the Australian cricket team of that time). Australia won the five-match series, 4–0.
India recorded their first Test victory against England at Madras (now Chennai) in 1952. Later in the same year, they won their first Test series, which was against Pakistan. They continued their improvement throughout the early 1950s with a series win against New Zealand in 1956. However, they did not win again in the remainder of the decade and lost badly to strong Australian and English sides. The next decade saw India's reputation develop as a team with a strong record at home. They won their first Test series against England at home in 1961–62, and also won a home series against New Zealand. They also managed to draw home series against Pakistan and Australia, and another series against England. In this same period, India also won its first series outside the subcontinent, against New Zealand in 1967–68.
The key to India's bowling in the 1970s were the Indian spin quartet – Bishen Bedi, E.A.S. Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan. This period also saw the emergence of two of India's best ever batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath. Indian pitches have had tendency to support spin and the spin quartet exploited this to create collapses in opposing batting line-ups. These players were responsible for the back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England, under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. Gavaskar scored 774 runs in the WestIndian series while Dilip Sardesai's 112 played a big part in their one Test win.

A graph showing India's Test match results against all Test match teams from 1932 to September 2006

The advent of One-Day International cricket in 1971 created a new dimension in the cricket world. However, India was not considerably strong in ODIs at this point and batsmen such as the captain Gavaskar were known for their defence-based approaches to batting. India began as a weak team in ODIs and did not manage to qualify for the second round in the first two editions of the Cricket World Cup. Gavaskar infamously blocked his way to 36 not out off 174 balls against England in the first World Cup in 1975, India scored just 132 for 3 and lost by 202 runs.
In contrast, India fielded a strong team in Test matches and were particularly strong at home where their combination of stylish batsman and beguiling spinners were seen at their best. India set a then test record in the third Test against the West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1976 when they chased 403 to win thanks to 112 from Vishwanath. This West Indian defeat is considered to be a watershed in the history of their cricket because it led to captain Clive Lloyd dispensing with spin altogether and relying entirely on a four man pace attack. In November 1976 the team established another record by scoring 524 for 9 declared against New Zealand at Kanpur without an individual scoring a century. There were six fifties, the highest being 70 by Mohinder Amarnath. The innings was the eighth instance in Test cricket where all eleven batsmen reached double figures.
During the 1980s, India developed a more attack minded batting line-up with stroke makers such as the wristy Mohammed Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar and all-rounder Ravi Shastri prominent during this time. India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, defeating the then favourites West Indies in the final, owing to a strong bowling performance. In spite of this the team performed poorly in the Test arena, including 28 consecutive Test matches without a victory. In 1984, India won the Asia Cup and in 1985, won the World Championship of Cricket in Australia. Apart from this, India remained a very weak team outside the Indian subcontinent. India's Test series victory in 1986 against England remained the last Test series win by India outside the subcontinent for the next 19 years. The 1987 Cricket World Cup was held in India. The 1980s saw Gavaskar and Kapil Dev (India's best all rounder to this date) at the pinnacle of their careers. Gavaskar made a Test record 34 centuries as he became the first man to reach the 10,000 run mark. Kapil Dev later became the highest wicket taker in Test cricket with 434 wickets. The period was also marked by an unstable leadership, with Gavaskar and Kapil exchanging the captaincy several times.

With 619 wickets, AnilKumble is the world's third highest wicket taker in Tests and India's highest Test and ODI wicket taker .

The addition of SachinTendulkar and Anil Kumble to the national side in 1989 and 1990 further improved the team. The following year, Javagal Srinath, India's fastest bowler since Amar Singh made his debut. Despite this, during the 1990s, India did not win any of its 33 Tests outside the subcontinent while it won 17 out of its 30 Tests at home. After being eliminated by neighbours Sri Lanka on home soil at the 1996 Cricket World Cup, the team underwent a year of change as Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, later to become captains of the team, made their debut in the same Test at Lord's. Tendulkar replaced Azharuddin as captain in late 1996, but after a personal and team form slump, Tendulkar relinquished the captaincy and Azharuddin was reinstalled at the beginning of 1998. With the captaincy burden removed, Tendulkar was the world's leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs, as India enjoyed a home Test series win over Australia, the best ranked team in the world. After failing to reach the semifinals at the 1999 Cricket World Cup, Tendulkar was again made captain, and had another poor run, losing 3–0 on a tour of Australia and then 2–0 at home to South Africa. Tendulkar resigned, vowing never to captain the team again, with SouravGanguly appointed the new captain. The team was further damaged in 2000 when former captain Azharuddin and fellow batsman Ajay Jadeja were implicated in a match-fixing scandal and given life bans.
Since 2000, the Indian team underwent major improvements with the appointment of John Wright as India's first ever foreign coach. India maintained their unbeaten home record against Australia in Test series after defeating them in 2001. The series was famous for the Kolkata Test match, in which India became only the third team in the history of Test cricket to win a Test match after following on. Australian captain Steve Waugh labelled India as the "Final Frontier" as a result of his side's inability to win a Test series in India. Victory in 2001 against the Australians marked the beginning of a dream run for India under their captain Sourav Ganguly, winning Test matches in Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, West Indies and England. The England series is also known for India's highest ODI run-chase of 325 runs at Lord's which came in the Natwest ODI Series final against England. In the same year, India were joint winners of the ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka, and then went to the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa where they reached the final only to be beaten by Australia. The 2003–2004 season also saw India play out a Test series in Australia where they drew 1–1 with world champions, and then win a Test and ODI series in Pakistan.

The Indian cricket team in action in the Wankhede Stadium

At the end of the 2004 season, India suffered from lack of form and fitness from its older players. A defeat in a following home Test series against Australia was followed by an ODI home series defeat against Pakistan followed by a Test series levelled 1–1. Greg Chappell took over from John Wright as the new coach of the Indian cricket team following the series, and his methods proved to be controversial during the beginning of his tenure. The tension resulted in a fallout between Chappell and Ganguly, resulting in Rahul Dravid being made captain. This triggered a revival in the team's fortunes, following the emergence of players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, and the coming of age of players like Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh. A thumping home series victory over Sri Lanka in 2005 and a drawn series with South Africa put India at 2nd place in the ICC ODI rankings. This was followed by a convincing ODI series win in Pakistan in early 2006 following a loss in the Test series, which gave India the world record of 17 successive ODI victories while batting second. Towards the middle of 2006 however, a 4–1 series loss in the West Indies gave rise to a slump in India's ODI form, while they achieved a 1–0 victory in the Test series that followed, giving them their first Test series victory in the Caribbean since 1971. India's ODI form, however, slumped further with a disappointing performance in the 2006 Champions Trophy and a drubbing in the ODI series in South Africa. This was followed yet again by an initial good performance in the Tests, giving India its first Test match win in South Africa, although they went on to lose the series 2–1. This Test series was marked by Ganguly's comeback to the Indian team.
The beginning of 2007 had seen a revival in the Indian team's ODI fortunes before the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Series victories against the West Indies and Sri Lanka, marked by the comeback of Ganguly, and strong form by Tendulkar, and the emergence of young attacking players like Robin Uthappa saw many pundits to tip India as a real chance to do well at the 2007 Cricket World Cup. However, defeats to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka saw India fail to reach the final eight. India's traditional strengths have always been its line-up of spin bowlers and batsmen. Recently, it has a very strong batting line-up with RahulDravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VirenderSehwag all being selected to play for the ICC World XI in the 2005 "SuperTest" against Australia. In previous times, India was unique in that it was the only country to regularly field three spinners in one team, whereas one is the norm, and of the fifteen players to have taken more than 100 wickets, only four were pace bowlers from the last 20 years. However in recent years, Indian pace bowling has improved, with the emerging talents of Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Rudra Pratap Singh, Munaf Patel and Ishant Sharma many more playing in the national team.
In December 2006, it played and won its first ever Twenty20 international in South Africa, becoming the most recent Test team to play Twenty20 cricket. After winning the Test series against England in August 2007, Rahul Dravid stepped down as the captain of the team following which Mahendra Singh Dhoni was made the captain of the Twenty20 and ODI team. In September 2007, it won the first ever Twenty20 World Cup held in South Africa, beating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final. Then they toured Australia with a controversial series that they lost 2–1 in test but come back for a whitewash final against them.
After beating Sri Lanka 2–0 in December 2009, India become the No. 1 team in the world. then retained by drawing a series to South Africa and Sri Lanka confirmed their rankings. In October 2010 India won the test series 2–0 against Australia giving them back to back series win vs them. Then they got the first drawn series in South Africa. When India slipped to a 4–0 defeat to England in August 2011, England replaced India as the No. 1 Test team.
On 2 April 2011, India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup, defeating Sri Lanka in the final, thus becoming the second team after West Indies and Australia to win it twice, the previous win being in 1983. Gautam Gambhir and the skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the way with classy innings of 97 and 91, respectively. As Sri Lanka's stalwart batsman Mahela Jayawardene scored a brilliant 88-ball 103-run century and yet ended up on the losing side, he also became the first player in World Cup final history to end up on the losing side despite scoring a century.

Governing body

Main article: Board of Control for Cricket in India

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first class cricket in India. The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents India at the International Cricket Council. It is amongst the richest sporting organisations in the world, and it sold media rights for India's matches from 2006–2010 for US$ 612,000,000. It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection.
The International Cricket Council determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program. However, the BCCI, with its influential financial position in the cricketing world, has often challenged the ICC's program and called for more tours between India, Australia, Pakistan and England which are more likely to earn more revenue as opposed to tours with Bangladesh or Zimbabwe. In the past, the BCCI has also come into conflict with the ICC regarding sponsorshipsand the legitimacy of the ICC Champions Trophy.

Selection Committee

Main article: Indian national cricket selectors

Selection for the Indian cricket team occurs through the BCCI's zonal selection policy, where each of the five zones is represented with one selector and one of the members nominated by BCCI as the Chairman of the Selection Committee. This has sometimes led to controversy as to whether these selectors are biased towards their zones.
The current chairman of Selection Committee is Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Yashpal Sharma, Narendra Hirwani, Surendra Bhave and Raja Venkat are the other members of the selection committee whose terms started in September 2008 with BCCI holding the rights for a one-year extension.

Ricky Pointing Say

Ricky Pointing Say

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Ricky Pointing, Australia’s record run-scorer and most-successful cricket captain, said he’ll play on in elite Tests after being dropped from the one-day squad.
A regular in the national team since making his debut in 1995, Pointing said at a news conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground that he doesn’t expect to play one-day international cricket again. He said he’ll remain available for selection in the five-day format.

“I still don’t see a finish line as far as my international career is concerned,” Pointing said.
Selectors dumped Pointing from the one-day roster yesterday after his worst batting slump in the shortened format, where he averaged 3.6 runs in five innings. That followed the third-most prolific Test series of his career, during which he amassed 544 runs in four matches against India.
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Dhoni suspended due to slow

 

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Brisbane, Australia, Feb 19, 2012 (AFP) - - Indian captain M.S. Dhoni was suspended for one match Sunday after his side's over rate was ruled to be too slow in their tri-series one-day international against Australia in Brisbane.
The Indians were two overs short of their target on Sunday, their second such offence within a year.
"As this was India's second minor over-rate offence after it was fined for a slow over-rate in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on 2 April, Dhoni has also been suspended from India's next game on Tuesday against Sri Lanka in Brisbane," the ICC said in a statement.
The slow over rate charge was laid by on-field umpires Steve Davis and Billy Bowden, as well as third umpire Bruce Oxenford and fourth umpire Paul Reiffel.
"Dhoni pleaded guilty to the charge and the subsequent penalties were accepted both by Dhoni and India," the ICC added.
Match referee Andy Pycroft also fined Dhoni 40 percent of his match fee while each of the Indian players received 20 percent fines.
Indian skipper MS Dhoni says the Indian youth have to start reflecting their talent after his side struggled to adapt to conditions in a resounding loss to Australia at the Gabba.

Australia's batting unit was superb as an allround unit, with the top-order working through tight early bowling and some early life in the deck, allowing Dan Christian and David Hussey to biff the side to a competitive 289.
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In response, the Indian blades, with the exception of Dhoni, were helpless to combat the lively seam bowling of Brett Lee (3-49) and Ben Hilfenhaus (5-33).
Dhoni offered resistance at number six, scoring 56, with Suresh Raina the next best with 28, and the Indian captain was clearly dissatisfied with the application from the top-order.
"When it comes to talent and ability we've got a lot in these youngsters, whether they're bowlers or batters," he said.
"But you have to reflect it and you need to score runs. You may take a bit of time to be consistent at the international level, but it's important when you're going through a tough phase to keep scoring runs."
"It doesn't really matter who is scoring as a batting unit if you're doing well and chasing down scores or putting a decent total on the board."
"I believe we need to be a bit extra careful, because the game has changed a bit with the second new ball."
"Maybe in India it wouldn't have a big effect, but in conditions like these you have to give it a bit more respect. I think we'll learn from this."

Indian Cricket teem

Having slipped from the top of the Commonwealth Bank Series leaderboard and facing a match on Tuesday against a Sri Lankan team coming off a big win, Dhoni said there would be some decisions for the selectors to make.
The balance in the batting unit comes down to finding the right mix between the talented older guard accustomed to Australian conditions and the new breed, who have shown ability sporadically and need the experience.
"We have to see what the best XI is, because if you talk about the best XI being the players who have scored runs in the tournament then we may find it difficult, when you think of the number of games the senior guys have played," said Dhoni.
"It's about getting everyone going, everyone needs to contribute".
"Gautam (Gambhir) has done well and he needs to keep going because he's among the senior guys batting up the order. Virat (Kohli) has done well, Rohit (Sharma) is getting his chances and (Suresh) Raina also. We need to contribute as a unit and that should be the key."
"If you're not winning games you feel bad. You want to get these youngsters playing games, but we need to get into the finals first."

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Fixture of BPL 2012.......

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10.02.12:- 1st match:- Barisal Burners vs Sylhet Royals (2pm-5pm)

10.02.12:- 2nd match:- Chittagong Kings vs Duronto Rajshahi (6:30pm-9:30pm)

11.02.12:- 1st match:- Dhaka Gladiators vs Khulna Royal Bengals

11.02.12:- 2nd match:- Barisal Burners vs Duronto Rajshahi

12.02.12:- 1st match:- Chittagong Kings vs KhulnaRoyal Bengals

12.02.12:- 2nd match:- Dhaka Gladiators vs Sylhet Royals

13.02.12:- 1st match:- Barisal Burners vs Khulna Royal Bengals

13.02.12:- 2nd match:- Chittagong Kings vs Dhaka Gladiators

14.02.12:- 1st match:- Duronto Rajshahi vs Sylhet Royals

14.02.12:- 2nd match:- Barisal Burners vs Dhaka Gladiators

15.02.12:- 1st match:- Chittagong Kings vs Sylhet Royals

15.02.12:- 2nd match:- Khulna Royal vs Duronto Rajshahi

16.02.12:- 1st match:- Barisal Burners vs Chittagong Kings

16.02.12:- 2nd match:- Dhaka Gladiators vs Duronto Rajshahi

18.02.12:- 1st match:- Chittagong Kings vs Khulna Royal Bengals

18.02.12:- 2nd match:- Barisal Burners vs Sylhet Royals

19.02.12:- 1st match:- Chittagong Kings vs Duronto Rajshahi

19.02.12:- 2nd match:- Dhaka Gladiators vs Khulna Royal Bengals

20.02.12:- 1st match:- Barisal Burners vs Duronto Rajshahi

20.02.12:- 2nd match:- Sylhet Royals vs Khulna Royal Bengals

22.02.12:- 1st match:- Dhaka Gladiators vs Sylhet Royals

22.02.12:- 2nd match:- Barisal Burners vs Khulna Royal Bengals

24.02.12:- 1st match:- Chittagong Kings vs DhakaGladiators

24.02.12:- 2nd match:- Duronto Rajshahi vs Sylhet Royals

25.02.12:- 1st match:- Barisal Burners vs Dhaka Gladiators

25.02.12:- 2nd match:- Chittagong Kings vs Sylhet Royals

26.02.12:- 1st match:- Khulna Royal vs Duronto Rajshahi

26.02.12:- 2nd match:- Barisal Burners vs Chittagong Kings

27.02.12:- 1st match:- Dhaka Gladiators vs Duronto Rajshahi

27.02.12:- 2nd match:- Khulna Royal vs Sylhet Royals

 

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BPL won't change rule for Sylhet:

 

Bangladesh Premier League's governing council are adamant to keep the icon players' magnitude intact after one franchise protested their latest ruling.

 

The Sylhet Royals are urging the authorities to change the decision that was taken on Saturday which had the six icons -- Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shahriar Nafees, Alok Kapali and Mohammad Ashraful -- getting five per cent more than the highest paid local cricketer.

Shakib Al Hasan

 

In that case, they will receive 210,000 dollars as Nasir Hossain was contracted for 200,000 dollars by Khulna. But it was learned that the Sylhet franchise wants to pay 5 per cent more than their highest-paid local, which is 90,000 dollars that they paid for Naeem Islam.

 

BPL governing council secretary Sirajuddin M Alamgir has said that since they have already changed their stance once, they wouldn't be doing it again.

 

"We haven't officially received any letters but I have heard about their issue. We would like to keep their status intact as icon players so there won't be any changes in the ruling which we took yesterday," said Alamgir.

 

"I know it is a burden for the franchises but we have to consider the local perspective," he added.

 

Barisal Burners have added Shane Harwood of Australia and Phil Mustard of England as their two remaining foreign players.

 

Meanwhile, the BPL are close to acquiring a title sponsor as Destiny Group is in talks with them, a source said.

 

Destiny Group had earlier been the title sponsor during the NCL T20s held in April 2010. 

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DAY	DATE	MATCH	TIME	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE
Wed	04-Apr	1	8pm	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai Indians	Chennai
Thu	05-Apr	2	8pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata
Fri	06-Apr	3	4pm	Mumbai Indians	Pune Warriors India	Mumbai
		4	8pm	Rajasthan Royals	Kings XI Punjab	Jaipur
Sat	07-Apr	5	4pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Delhi Daredevils	Bangalore
		6	8pm	Deccan Chargers	Chennai Super Kings	Vizag
Sun	08-Apr	7	4pm	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata Knight Riders	Jaipur
		8	8pm	Pune Warriors India	Kings XI Punjab	Pune
Mon	09-Apr	9	8pm	Deccan Chargers	Mumbai Indians	Vizag
Tue	10-Apr	10	4pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata Knight Riders	Bangalore
		11	8pm	Delhi Daredevils	Chennai Super Kings	Delhi
Wed	11-Apr	12	8pm	Mumbai Indians	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai
Thu	12-Apr	13	4pm	Chennai Super Kings	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Chennai
		14	8pm	Kings XI Punjab	Pune Warriors India	Mohali
Fri	13-Apr	15	8pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata
Sat	14-Apr	16	4pm	Delhi Daredevils	Deccan Chargers	Delhi
		17	8pm	Pune Warriors India	Chennai Super Kings	Pune
Sun	15-Apr	18	4pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata
		19	8pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Rajasthan Royals	Bangalore
Mon	16-Apr	20	8pm	Mumbai Indians	Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai
Tue	17-Apr	21	4pm	Rajasthan Royals	Deccan Chargers	Jaipur
		22	8pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pune Warriors India	Bangalore
Wed	18-Apr	23	8pm	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mohali
Thu	19-Apr	24	4pm	Deccan Chargers	Delhi Daredevils	Hyderabad / Cuttack
		25	8pm	Chennai Super Kings	Pune Warriors India	Chennai
Fri	20-Apr	26	8pm	Kings XI Punjab	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mohali
Sat	21-Apr	27	4pm	Chennai Super Kings	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai
		28	8pm	Delhi Daredevils	Pune Warriors India	Delhi
Sun	22-Apr	29	4pm	Mumbai Indians	Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai
		30	8pm	Deccan Chargers	Kolkata Knight Riders	Hyderabad / Cuttack
Mon	23-Apr	31	8pm	Rajasthan Royals	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur
Tue	24-Apr	32	4pm	Pune Warriors India	Delhi Daredevils	Pune
		33	8pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	Deccan Chargers	Kolkata
Wed	25-Apr	34	4pm	Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai Indians	Mohali
		35	8pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Chennai Super Kings	Bangalore
Thu	26-Apr	36	8pm	Pune Warriors India	Deccan Chargers	Pune
Fri	27-Apr	37	8pm	Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai Indians	Delhi
Sat	28-Apr	38	4pm	Chennai Super Kings	Kings XI Punjab	Chennai
		39	8pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata
Sun	29-Apr	40	4pm	Delhi Daredevils	Rajasthan Royals	Delhi
Sun	29-Apr	41	8pm	Mumbai Indians	Deccan Chargers	Mumbai
Mon	30-Apr	42	8pm	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai
Tue	01-May	43	4pm	Deccan Chargers	Pune Warriors India	Hyderabad
		44	8pm	Rajasthan Royals	Delhi Daredevils	Jaipur
Wed	02-May	45	8pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kings XI Punjab	Bangalore
Thu	03-May	46	8pm	Pune Warriors India	Mumbai Indians	Pune
Fri	04-May	47	8pm	Chennai Super Kings	Deccan Chargers	Chennai
Sat	05-May	48	4pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	Pune Warriors India	Kolkata
		49	8pm	Kings XI Punjab	Rajasthan Royals	Mohali
Sun	06-May	50	4pm	Mumbai Indians	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai
		51	8pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Deccan Chargers	Bangalore
Mon	07-May	52	8pm	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi
Tue	08-May	53	4pm	Pune Warriors India	Rajasthan Royals	Pune
		54	8pm	Deccan Chargers	Kings XI Punjab	Hyderabad
Wed	09-May	55	8pm	Mumbai Indians	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai
Thu	10-May	56	8pm	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur
Fri	11-May	57	8pm	Pune Warriors India	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pune
Sat	12-May	58	4pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata
		59	8pm	Chennai Super Kings	Delhi Daredevils	Chennai
Sun	13-May	60	4pm	Rajasthan Royals	Pune Warriors India	Jaipur
		61	8pm	Kings XI Punjab	Deccan Chargers	Mohali
Mon	14-May	62	4pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai Indians	Bangalore
		63	8pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata
Tue	15-May	64	8pm	Delhi Daredevils	Kings XI Punjab	Delhi
Wed	16-May	65	8pm	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai
Thu	17-May	66	4pm	Kings XI Punjab	Chennai Super Kings	Dharamsala
		67	8pm	Delhi Daredevils	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Delhi
Fri	18-May	68	8pm	Deccan Chargers	Rajasthan Royals	Hyderabad
Sat	19-May	69	4pm	Kings XI Punjab	Delhi Daredevils	Dharamsala
		70	8pm	Pune Warriors India	Kolkata Knight Riders	Pune
Sun	20-May	71	4pm	Deccan Chargers	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Hyderabad
		72	8pm	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai Indians	Jaipur

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