The 2010 Indian Premier League season kicked off on March 12th with four new venues to the IPL tournament - Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Dharamsala and Vishakapatnam - acting as home venues for Mumbai Indians, Team Jaipur, Kings XI and Team Hyderabad respectively.
Stuart Robinson, the former marketing manager of the England and Wales Cricket Board, who is credited with devising Twenty20 has said it is "intended as a stepping stone for people to watch the longer version of the game". How popular is it after two years, and one world cup later? We asked our visitors..
2007-08 ODI Captain
Who should be the next Indian ODI captain?
Poll conducted on September 18, 2007
As BCCI is contemplating on grooming youngsters..
Saurav Ganguly
534
70.8%
Mahendra Dhoni
100
13.3%
Yuvraj Singh
51
6.8%
Virendra Sehwag
14
1.9%
Total Votes : 754
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was appointed the captain of the ODI site, on Sep 19 2007, that has three former captains besides a couple of recalled seniors for a water-tight 12-ODI schedule against Australia and Pakistan. While Yuvraj Singh has been named vice-captain, Virender Sehwag stays out of the team though it is believed that he may get a chance soon with the selectors putting a rotation system in place, especially for the seniors.
Dada still reigns..
Who should be the next Indian Test captain?
Poll conducted from September 15 to 17, 2007
Total Votes : 1113
Ganguly who has been nicknamed Bengal Tiger, Prince of Calcutta, Lord Snooty by his opponents, and affectionately Dada by his team-mates, went on to become the captain of the Indian cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He led India to the 2003 World Cup finals, and holds the Indian captaincy record for the most Test victories. Following an exit from the national team in early 2006, Ganguly was recalled to the Indian test side in December, staging a successful comeback in the 2006 - 2007 Indian tour of South Africa.
The Politics of Sports
Should the Union Government take over the BCCI?
Poll conducted from September 6 to 15, 2007
Total Votes : 1354
Ajith Agarkar, the comeback man!
Ajit Agarkar's inclusion in the 20/20 Indian team
Poll conducted from September 6 to 9, 2007
Retaliation from BCCI: Kapil Sacked as NCA Chairman
The Kapil Dev - BCCI rift
Poll conducted from September 1 to 5, 2007
Was BCCIs treatment of Kapil Dev an insult to the game itself?