Some Interesting news about IPL

1.
" Modi's new way of churning money from IPL !!! " is suspended for a while.

Indian Premier League (IPL) organisers have suspended the controversial mobile phone-based contest following concerns raised by the country's sports minister last week that it amounted to gambling.

The IPL, promoted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and featuring some of the top players in world cricket, had introduced a SMS contest (named as 6up iplayup ) aimed at keeping interest in India alive.

The league, which was a huge commercial success in its inaugural edition in India last year, is being played in South Africa this year as the tournament clashes with India's general elections.

"There was no formal complaint. Such SMS contests are being played world over," IPL governing council member Rajeev Shukla told Reuters on Tuesday.

"But it has been closed for now," he added. He did not say for how long.

Former Indian cricketers had raised serious misgivings about the contest, in which participants have to predict the sequence of runs that will be scored in the next over, saying that it amounted to gambling, which is illegal in India.

India's Sports Minister Manohar Singh Gill expressed concern that it could also give rise to a fresh bout of corruption in the game.

So this new IPL business idea is stopped for this moment.

Source: http://in.news.yahoo.com

2.

" Baseball helmets for umpire "

Increasingly ferocious hits in the fast-paced Twenty20 game is forcing umpires to consider using baseball helmets for protection.

"I guess it's only a matter of time before you see us using those," Australian umpire Daryl Harper told the Times of India newspaper on Tuesday.

"The bats are getting heavier, the shots are hit with more ferocity... I can bet umpires have to be very careful," he said, suggesting a baseball helmet with a full face cover would act as a good form of protection.

Cricket's newest format is gaining popularity because of the frequency of big hits and Harper said this was putting umpires at greater risk due to their proximity to the batsman.

"I was talking about this to some of the other umpires and they were also of the same opinion," said Harper, currently officiating in the Indian Premier League competition in South Africa.

"Given the pace with which some of the players hit those shots, it's becoming really dangerous for us.

"In one of the games, Sanath's (Jayasuriya) shot hit me so hard that I was feeling breathless for a while.

"And (Matthew) Hayden's hits have brushed my ears a few times as well."

So the IPL popularity is going to give a baseball helmet to the umpires.

Source: http://cricket.rediff.com

3.
" Tactical Timeout in IPL is going to change from next year onwards" :Modi

The Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi said the duration of the controversial tactical time-out can be reduced during the semi-final and the final of the second edition of the Twenty20 league.

The tactical time-out of seven and a half minutes is introduced after the first ten overs of an IPL match. Modi said during the semi-final and the final the tactical time-out can be divided into two breaks of two and a half minutes each.

"It's not frozen yet but we are looking at two aspects. There will be two two-and-a-half-minute breaks per innings, so the break in all during an innings will be of five minutes," Modi told a television channel.

"The first two-and-a-half-minute break will be just after the powerplay and the second to be taken by the fielding side at any time.

The innovation has come in for severe criticism from captains, who complained that it was breaking the momentum of the match.

"There is a strategy break in every sport. But seven and a half minutes may be is a bit longer, so we are seeing how we can reduce it down to five minutes," Modi said.

4.

" It's decision time folks "

Fake ipl player is doing a voting system. He writes in his blog that

"One last thing. I had mentioned about my decision to reveal my identity at the end of IPL. However, many of you wrote back saying that you'd rather this remain a mystery. Several of you also asked me not to chicken out and stick to my word. Now, while I created FIP, your participation by way of comments, love, appreciation, feedback, criticism, jokes, conversations, brickbats, abuses etc have made FIP what it is today. FIP belongs to all of you as much as it belongs to me. And whether FIP's identity should be disclosed or not, or how it should be taken forward, is as much your decision as mine. So, I'd like to throw the question open to all of you. I am putting up a poll on the right side. Pls take a few seconds to make your decision. One small request, please honour the democratic spirit of this blog and click only once.

Not sure if I'd get a chance to post before the match, but will try for sure. If not, see you later."

He is doing a voting system where he had given option like this

	Yes, stick to your word man
	Yes, I'd like to see your ass kicked
	No, let it remain a mystery
	No, I fear for your safety
	No, I want this to continue
	Who cares a f**k?

And voting shows a result

	Yes, stick to your word man 64%
	Yes, I'd like to see your ass kicked 03%
	No, let it remain a mystery 12%
	No, I fear for your safety 05%
	No, I want this to continue 06%
	Who cares a f**k? 07%

What is he doing?? More traffic?? Yes he wants more traffic and more popularity. Because " Votes so far: 48269 Days left to vote: 4" . What a Intelligent person he is.

It is another way of doing marketing in IPL marketing startegy. I think A case study should be done on the basis of fake Ipl player.

Another Innovative way of earning from IPL

What is Lalit Modi doing? Is he not satisfied with this much of money?? He wants to increase the brand value of IPL Brand or he wants to increase the income from IPL. He launched another way of earning money from IPL cricket but from IPL business.

Yesterday(Tuesday) he announced a SMS game asking fans to predict the scores of a live match. The winners will get cash awards.According to the rules of the game, the entrant will have to send the runs that will be scored off every ball of the next over (for example 1 6 3 2 6 6, like in a lottery ticket) and the people guessing six, five or four numbers in the sequence correctly will get a percentage of the kitty generated by the total number of people playing at that time. The minimum prize money for every over is Rs 10,000 and will increase after that, depending on the entries received, at Rs 5 per SMS.

Rs 10000/per over means 2000 SMS per over, minimum he is expecting !!! Can Indian audience will do it?? Will they send SMS per over at this rate(rs 5/). I can not say but Indian people are mad about cricket they might do this. IPL may get more than expected SMS. Who knows? They are starting this from today itself(Wednesday). But question arises here is "Is it not a form of online cricket betting, which is illegal in India?"

But what Lalit modi is saying:

"It's only about testing. Anyway, there is a lot of testing going back and forth, discussing the game. This is very similar to that, discussing the game amongst friends."

After denying the fact that it is betting he is saying that

"The person in the stadium has no idea what the people are predicting. It's very difficult to fix the outcome of an over. I think, maybe one in a million. We have checked it out and looked at it very carefully. If that was to happen, we would shut it out absolutely, without doubt."

The BCCI had, prior to the start of the tournament, refused to pay the $1.2m fees asked by the anti-corruption unit of the ICC, and the second edition of the IPL is not under the surveillance of the game's governing body.

What are U thinking?? Is Lalit modi right? People are ready aspect the fact that they are not made fool by IPL authority. Because if the SMS reached late to the authority due to any traffic problem in network, Will they accept that? What is the time limit with in which a person can send the SMS? If a wicket fall in the over (No body will write about wicket fall for his favourite team.) how to write and will they give any extra importance to this?? If a bowler is changed suddenly by the captain in the field and what the user will do that time?

A lot of question is coming but No answer is given till now. IPL had given its name as IPLAYUP-6UP. Guess who is the brand ambassador . It is none other than "Warne" And what he is saying in support of this:

"Cricket is a religion in India and through a game like 6UP, passionate Indian fans can use their knowledge and have fun while watching us play."

George Tomeski, Managing partner 6UP, said

"We are delighted to introduce our maiden venture 6UP, our proprietary skill game to India with the DLF Indian Premier League. This game is for the fans of cricket designed by fans themselves. We are providing entertainment against LIVE cricket that is new, thus with 6UP have become pioneers if exciting new age of LIVE sports entertainment."

You can see the video:
http://www.iplt20.com/ipl-video-page.shtml