New Delhi: The Indian Premier League has dismissed Ravindra Jadeja appeal against a ban from the tournament in order to discuss an agreement with another franchisee without having to renew its existing agreement with the Rajasthan Royals.
According to a report in the Hindustan Times, BCCI president Shashank Manohar heard Jadeja appeal on Sunday, presented by IPL vice-chairman and Saurashtra Cricket Association chief Niranjan Shah.

Jadeja’s all-round rule was an important factor in their title achievement. And despite a devastating campaign last year, Jadeja was one of the bright spots; add incredible to respectability sorry batting card.

According to CricInfo, IPL vice-chairman Niranjan Shah raised the issue of falling the ban on Jadeja with BCCI president Shashank Manohar on Saturday in Mumbai, but his appeal was deprived of.

“He (Manohar) will not set a model wrong, so he refused the request. Jadeja so now you can not play in IPL,” an IPL official said.

MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD: Consortiums led by Videocon Industries chairman Venugopal Dhoot and Adani group chairman Gautam Adani are believed to have emerged as highest bidders for the franchise rights of two teams for the IPL 2011 season. The two new franchises for the IPL’s 2011 season will be announced in Mumbai on Sunday, which will take the total number of teams to 10M.

Two persons close to the matter said these consortiums have put in bids of around $250-275 million each, considerably higher than the floor price of $225 million. “We are certain that we will win the bid,” said a person close to P Vision, a company owned by Videocon Group chief Venugopal Dhoot, which has put in a bid for the Pune franschise.

Two Pune-based firms and Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan, who is also the brand ambassador for Videcon, are part of the consortium. The

SURAT: Tight security arrangements have been made for Sameer Dighe benefit match to be played in Lalbhai Contractor Stadium here on Sunday. Police are taking no chances as well-known international cricket players of the country are likely to take part in the T20 match. The organisers have appealed to the public to bear with the security arrangements.

Nagji Sakaria of H Vinod, organiser of the match, told TOI, "As per instructions from the police, we have installed 54 CCTV cameras at different parking places and in the ground."

Watch AS Roma vs AC Milan | AS Roma vs AC Milan Live Video Match | AS Roma vs AC Milan Free Online Stream.AS Roma vs AC Milan kickoff and schedule TV on Saturday, March 6, 20:45 CET live at Olimpico in the Italian Serie A.
Match schedule:

AS Roma vs AC Milan

Date/Time: March 6, 20:45 CET
Competition: Italian Serie A.
Live/Repeat: Live

AHMEDABAD: The fate of Ahmedabad franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL) seems to be locked in a triangle. With the D-day nearing, the battle for Ahmedabad has boiled down to three corporate biggies - Ahmedabad-based Adani group, US$ 29.2 billion Aditya Birla group and Dubai's Emmar Properties, a public joint stock company and one of world's largest real estate players.

The IPL governing council has decided to add two more franchisees to the existing eight from 2011 season. Now Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamsala, Indore, Cuttack, Gwalior, Visakapatnam, Rajkot, Pune, Vadodara and Kochi are in the fray.

Ahmedabad, Pune and Nagpur are the frontrunners. Though there was not a single bidder till Thursday, Friday saw as many as 11 bids being submitted for the three cities, seven are for Ahmedabad alone. Apart from stringent rules set by the governing council, a big deterrent has been the base price of a whopp

The two new Franchises of Indian Premier League's 2011 season will be announced here tomorrow.

"Everyone is wondering many things. You will know (providers) in the morning," IPL Commissioner and Chairman Lalit Modi said today while Announcing the League's first ever branded merchandise tie-up globally with 130-yer-old Swiss watchmakers Band Lier.

Basic Price of the two new concessions, which would take up the number of teams in the IPL to 10, has been set at USD 225 million..

"We expect the winning bid to be around 300 million U.S. dollars," a top IPL source revealed.

The terms and conditions of the tender process has been strict with each Bidder have been moved two provide a bank guarantee of 100 million U.S. dollars together with their bids, the source said.

Cricket is two back to ITV for the first time in more than 30 years after the broadcaster acquired the rights to this year's Indian Premier League competition.

The deal will see TV aerial 59 60 live matches Wed ITV4. The IPL Starts on 12 March and runs for 45 days.

Coverage will be presented by Matt Smith with Bollywood actress and current Mandira Bedi hosted the Cricket World Cup coverage in India.

The IPL will also have a specialist section on ITV.com website and have the right to webcast games. The tournament will be supported by a prominent marketing campaign Wed ITV. In the United Kingdom, were the rights that were previously pay-TV service Setanta, which collapsed last year.

They have played international cricket together for a decade. Now former India captain Sourav Ganguly is the latest to join the bandwagon of celebrities who feel batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar should be conferred with the prestigious Bharat Ratna award.

“Sachin is a jewel. He deserves Bharat Ratna. No doubt about it,” Sourav stated, asked whether Sachin should be conferred with the highest civilian honour of the country.

Incidentally, Sania Mirza, who was in the city on Tuesday, also said Sachin deserves the honour.

It must be mentioned in this regard that state sports minister Kanti Ganguly has personally requested Sourav to speak to Sachin and co-ordinate a felicitation organised by the state government.