Ganguly could be signed on by Kochi

Fomer Indian captain Sourav Ganguly may have been snubbed at the IPL auction but it has now emerged that the franchise of Kochi may be keen on signing on the player outside the auction. Earlier, none of the ten sides had bid for Ganguly in the IPL auction which meant that he missed out on getting selected.
However, according to the IPL rules, the team can only sign on a player from auction outside the auction if the remaining nine teams agree to the same. With the IPL governing council being approached for this, it does look like this could lead to an interesting argument.
Ganguly, Wasim Jaffer and VRV Singh were the only three Indian cricketers who did not make it to the teams during the IPL auction. Ganguly’s non-selection had met with a lot of surprise and questions were raised on the political ramifications of the same.
Ganguly had captained the Kolkata Knight Riders in the first and the third season of the tournament.

Robin Uthappa surprised by $2 million price tag in IPL

Out of the Indian team in both the formats of the game, Robin Uthappa has expressed his surprise at having got the $2 million plus deal for the IPL.
Uthappa was won over by IPL franchise Pune for $2.1 million, which fell at the number two position after Gautam Gambhir’s $2.4 million.
Uthappa said that he was happy to be still in demand and that he was worth so much money. Uthappa also added that while he was not expecting something as big, he was looking forward to something close.
He also said that he will miss playing for Bangalore, which is is home town and he plays for Karnataka in the Ranji trophy.
He added that given that he will be a part of the Pune side from their very first season, he will not have any issues adjusting to the tournament.
Uthappa had failed to get selected by the selectors in the 30-member probables squad for the World Cup but has said that he is confident that he will find a way into the side.

Deepak Chahar looks forward to stint with Rajasthan Royals

After taking eight wickets in his debut Ranji trophy innings, Deepak Chahar is a confident man and will play for Rajasthan Royals in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League.
Chahar was signed up by the Royals post his brilliant performance in the Ranji trophy which helped the side win the tournament this year under the leadership of Hrishikesh Kanitkar. With Rajasthan having a limited purse to spend the money on, they were banking on local players to bail them out again, as they had done in the first season of the tournament.
Chahar spoke to the media and said that while he was happy to be picked by the Royals, he would love to play Test match cricket as well. He said that it was in Test matches that he could test himself for all the qualities required.
Speaking about the IPL itself, Chahar said that he was looking forward to playing in the fourth edition of the IPL and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Shaun Tait.

Deepak Chahar looks forward to stint with Rajasthan Royals

After taking eight wickets in his debut Ranji trophy innings, Deepak Chahar is a confident man and will play for Rajasthan Royals in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League.
Chahar was signed up by the Royals post his brilliant performance in the Ranji trophy which helped the side win the tournament this year under the leadership of Hrishikesh Kanitkar. With Rajasthan having a limited purse to spend the money on, they were banking on local players to bail them out again, as they had done in the first season of the tournament.
Chahar spoke to the media and said that while he was happy to be picked by the Royals, he would love to play Test match cricket as well. He said that it was in Test matches that he could test himself for all the qualities required.
Speaking about the IPL itself, Chahar said that he was looking forward to playing in the fourth edition of the IPL and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Shaun Tait.

ICC T20 World Cup History

The ICC World Twenty20 or the ICC World T20 also called as T20 World Cup is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket.The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament consists of 12 all-male teams and is contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers. The inaugural event, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was staged in South Africa from 11–24 September 2007. The tournament was won by India, who become the first World T20 Champions after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final at Johannesburg. And the second event, the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 took place in England from 5–21 June 2009. This tournament was won by the last time runners-up Pakistan who won the title after defeating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's, London.

Sixteen teams to contest 2012 World T20 qualifiers

The ICC development committee has expanded the global qualification system for the World Twenty20, to give the Associate and Affiliate members of the governing body a chance to feature in the tournament

ICC expands qualification process for T20 World Cup

The International Cricket Council on Thursday announced that a new qualification tournament featuring 16 teams would take place in early 2012 to give more teams a chance to make it to the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka the same year.