Indian Premier League – Next Level Cricket

Indian Premier League concept has emerged with a 20 over matches across various teams with players from all over world. These series was initiated in the year 2008 by Board of Cricket Control for Cricket in India. A big budget series where in the highest paid cricketers were M.S. Dhoni (Former Captain of Indian Team) and Sachin Tendulkar (Does not need any introduction) from India. This is a yearly series and had Four seasons till now. By far the teams were based on the states and bought by few of the superstars and big business entities.

Flintoff’s Cricket Series Over

One of the renowned English cricketers Andrew Flintoff has finally decided to give up cricket starting July 2010. Flintoff has been the most versatile player from England Cricket team who was known for fast bowling and superb bating. This all rounder has been a captain for the English team. He has been instrumental in getting winning trophies for England team during his captaincy. His leadership skills and camaraderie have been evident on and off both the fields. England won the Test series against India in 2006 under his guidance and captaincy.

Cricket World Cup Fever

Cricket world cup is the most awaited series across the globe. The series is organized by the International Cricket Council which is responsible for cricket across the globe. The event happens after every four year. Historically it’s not a very old series as the first Cricket World cup took place in the year 1975. It was none other than England – the origin country for Cricket where the event happened.

Cricket – Controversies

Cricket is a sport appreciated all over the world. More than 12 big countries play this game and the cricket series actively every year. There are big events and big awards with big amount involved in the game. Hence this is one sport with lots of controversies. Controversies could be around batsmen, bowlers, captain, fielding on grounds and even around coaches. Most often the bookies who bet on the winning or loosing teams are in news for buying the players from various countries.

After Indian Premier League its Champion League in India which has recently started in the second week of September. Originally the concept emerged with the Indian Premier League in year 2008. However took a back seat cause of increase in terrorist activities during this year. So the first series was played in year 2009 in India. The New South Wales was the winners. A cricket series with six million dollars prize money was liked by the viewers across the globe. However Indian viewers had only three Indian teams playing and did not prefer the series so much.