Kevin Pietersen and other leading England players face potential collision with the ECB over their desire to cash in on the riches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) next year after Giles Clarke, the board chairman, said that participation would be a risk too far before the 2009 Ashes.

Sean Morris, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association, accused Clarke of behaving like King Canute in his hardline stance against the competition, reiterated yesterday at the official launch of the new season, which begins at Lord’s on Thursday. The inaugural IPL starts eight days later.

Speaking in The Times on Saturday, Pietersen described as “ridiculous” the fact that England-contracted players will not be involved and others have approached Morris to find out more about the tournament. But they will be unable to participate unless they are given a No Objection Certificate from the ECB.

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The BCCI announced that the prize money for the Twenty20 league IPL will be Rs 12 crore.

The league chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi also announced that the winning team of the inaugural DLF Indian Premier League will earn the top prize of Rs 4.8 crore. The runners-up will earn Rs 2.4 crore, while the two losing semi-finalists will each earn Rs 1.2 crore for their efforts.

The total prize money will then further be divided among the other teams with the team finishing fifth collecting Rs 80 lakh, while the sixth place will earn Rs 70 lakh. The team finishing seventh on the league table will get Rs 50 lakh while the eighth place will earn Rs 40 lakh.

Lalit Modi said, “The Rs 4.8 crore winners’ purse makes the DLF IPL truly one of the richest events for a domestic Twenty20 league anywhere in the world. With just a few days left until the first ball is bowled in Bangalore the excitement is almost palpable and India, as indeed cricket lovers across the world cannot wait to see who will emerge the victor on June 1, 2008. May the best team win.”

The league will begin on April 18 and will host 59 matches over 44 days. The first match will be played between Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders and Vijay Mallya’s Bangalore Royal Challengers at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Source : Business Standard.

April 2008

Fri 18

Floodlit Match
19:00 local, 13:30 GMT IPL Bangalore v IPL Kolkata
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Sat 19

09:30 GMT IPL Mohali v IPL Chennai
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Mohali

Sat 19

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Delhi

Sun 20
09:30 GMT IPL Mumbai v IPL Bangalore
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Mumbai

Sun 20

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Kolkata

Mon 21

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13:30 GMT IPL Jaipur v IPL Mohali
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Jaipur

Tue 22

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Hyderabad

Wed 23

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13:30 GMT IPL Chennai v IPL Mumbai
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Chennai

Thu 24

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Hyderabad

Fri 25

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Mohali

Sat 26
09:30 GMT IPL Bangalore v IPL Jaipur
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Bangalore

Sat 26

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Chennai

Sun 27
09:30 GMT IPL Mumbai v IPL Hyderabad
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Mumbai

Sun 27

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Mohali

Mon 28

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Bangalore

Tue 29

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Kolkata

Wed 30

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Delhi

May 2008 Thu 1
09:30 GMT IPL Hyderabad v IPL Mohali
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Hyderabad

Thu 1

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Jaipur

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Chennai

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Mohali

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Mumbai

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Mumbai

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Delhi

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Kolkata

Fri 9

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Bangalore

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Hyderabad

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Mohali

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Kolkata

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Mumbai

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Mumbai

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Delhi

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Jaipur

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Kolkata

Mon 19

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Bangalore

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Kolkata

Wed 21
09:30 GMT IPL Mumbai v IPL Mohali
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Mumbai

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Chennai

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Delhi

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Mohali

Sat 24
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Delhi

Sat 24

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Chennai

Sun 25
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Bangalore

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Kolkata

Mon 26

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Jaipur

Tue 27

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Hyderabad

Fri 30

Floodlit Match 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Sat 31

Floodlit Match 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

June 2008 Sun 1

Floodlit Match Final - TBC v TBC
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind) $1.65 million
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) $656,000
Matthew Hayden (Aus) $409,000
Jacob Oram (NZ) $736,000
Parthiv Patel (Ind) $355,000
Albie Morkel (SAf) $737,000
Joginder Sharma (Ind) $246,000
Suresh Raina (Ind) $711,000
Makhaya Ntini (Saf) $215,000
Michael Hussey (Aus) $381,000
Stephen Fleming (NZ) $381,000

Sachin Tendulkar (Captain)
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) $1.064 million
Harbhajan Singh (Ind) $927,000
Shaun Pollock (SAf) $601,000
Robin Uthappa (Ind) $875,000
Lasith Malinga (SL) $380,000
Dilhara Fernando (SL) $163,000
Loots Bosman (SAf) $190,000

Yuvraj Singh (Captain)
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) $519,000
Kumar Sangakkara (SL) $764,000
Brett Lee (Aus) $982,000
Shantha Sreesanth (Ind) $681,000
Irfan Pathan (Ind) $1.01 million
Ramesh Powar (Ind) $185,000
Piyush Chawla (Ind) $435,000
Simon Katich (Aus) $218,000
Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) $245,000

Sourav Ganguly (Captain)
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) $464,000
Ricky Ponting (Aus) $436,000
Brendon McCullum (NZ) $763,000
Chris Gayle (WI) $872,000
Ajit Agarkar (Ind) $382,000
David Hussey (Aus) $740,000
Murali Kartik (Ind) $460,000
Umar Gul (Pak) $163,000
Ishant Sharma (Ind) $1.03 million
Tatenda Taibu (Zim) $136,000

Shane Warne (Aus) $492,000
Graeme Smith (SAf) $518,000
Younis Khan (Pak) $245,000
Kamran Akmal (Pak) $164,000
Yusuf Pathan (Ind) $519,000
Mohammad Kaif (Ind) $738,000
Munaf Patel (Ind) $300,000
Justin Langer (Aus) $218,000

Adam Gilchrist (Aus) $765,000
Andrew Symonds (Aus) $1.47 million
Herschelle Gibbs (SAf) $627,000
Shahid Afridi (Pak) $736,000
Chamara Silva (SL) $109,000
VVS Laxman (Ind) $410,000
Rohit Sharma (Ind) $821,000
RP Singh (Ind) $950,000
Chaminda Vaas (SL) $217,000
Nuwan Zoysa (SL) $120,000
Scott Styris (NZ) $190,000

Virender Sehwag (Captain)
Daniel Vettori (NZ) $681,000
Shoaib Malik (Pak) $545,000
Mohammad Asif (Pak) $709,000
Dinesh Karthik (Ind) $573,000
AB de Villiers (SAf) $328,000
Farveez Maharoof (SL) $246,000
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) $273,000
Manoj Tiwary (Ind) $740,000
Gautam Gambhir (Ind) $793,000
Glenn McGrath (Aus) $381,000