ICC T20 World Cup 09 has wider audience than IPL: Experts
The Twenty20 cricket format has been a big hit and has strengthened its position further with the recently concluded IPL2. However, it was the maiden ICC T20 World Cup that set the ball rolling, and with India winning the championship, the Cup of joy runneth over. exchange4media gauges the mood of media planners regarding the [...]
Flintoff tips India to retain T20 World Cup
Talismanic England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has tipped India as favourites to win the ICC World Twenty20 next month and said the IPL experience will come in handy for MS Dhoni’s boys in their title defence.
Via Sify
T20 World Cup to be most viewed cricket spectacle
Next month’s ICC World Twenty20 in England will be the most viewed cricket spectacle beamed across 216 countries, including China and Russia. Campbell Jamieson, ICC General Manager (Commercial), told reporters here today that for the first time in the International Cricket Council’s history, an event would be telecast in more than 200 countries.
Via IndianExpress
Part-timers to play crucial role in World T20: Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni didn’t look that disappointed on Saturday after the Chennai Super Kings failed to make it to the IPL final. He said that with the bowling attack at his disposal he couldn’t have done better. He seemed to have turned the focus to Team India’s chances in the World Twenty20.
Via Telegraph India
Win a great booster before World Twenty20: Misbah
Pakistan stand-in captain Misbah-ul-Haq reckoned the comprehensive win against Australia in the one-off Twenty20 game at the Dubai Sports City’s Cricket Stadium on Thursday night was a great booster for the team, ahead of the World Twenty20. “It is a great booster for us before the World Cup to win a Twenty20 game against one [...]
Aussies preparing well for T20 World Cup: Nielsen
With key Australians players missing the Indian Premier League to preserve themselves for Ashes, questions are being raised about how
seriously they are taking their preparation for the World Twenty20 Championships.
Via TOI
Make Warne Australia captain for T20 WC
Impressed with performances of Shane Warne-led Rajasthan Royal and Deccan Chargers under Adam Gilchrist in the ongoing IPL, John Buchanan has advised selectors to request the duo out of retirement to lead the national team in the World Twenty20 tournament in England.
Via CricketNext
India squad for T20 world cup announced
India’s 15-man squad for the World Twenty20 in England in June.
MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan.
PCB asks rebel trio to quit ICL for T20 World Cup
Keen to have the ‘rebel’ trio of all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, pacer Rana Naved and opener Imran Nazir in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup squad, the Pakistan Cricket Board is pressing them to immediately snap ties with the unofficial Indian Cricket League (ICL).
Via Hindu
Pakistan to blood young players in ICC T20 WC squad
With Pakistan suffering a defeat against Australia in the ongoing one-day series in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the cricket selectors here are now considering blooding young players in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup tournament in England next month. Chief selector Abdul Qadir, who is in Abu Dhabi these days to watch the one-day series made [...]
