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Three IPL trading windows for teams to pick players
IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla has said that a decision whether to invite Pakistan players to play in IPL was different from the bilateral series between India and Pakistan that is hanging in the balance.
“The series against Pakistan is different and including Pakistan players in IPL is different. We will have to discuss with the franchises. As far as the series against Pakistan is concerned the same situation prevails. We have got no communication from the government,” he said.
Shukla said the opening game in the 9th season of IPL as well as the final will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 9 and May 29.
Shukla was speaking after the IPL draft wherein the newly formed franchises from Pune and Rajkot picked five players each from a pool of 50, drawn from the banned Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
There will be three trading windows for teams to buy players to assemble their teams for the forthcoming edition.
“The first trading window is to be held from December 15 to December 31, the second one is from January 11 to 22, 2016 and the third one (after the players’ auction) from February 8 to 19. The franchises’ workshop will be held on January 13 and 14 in Srinagar,” he said.
He also pointed out that two new teams have been bought and a title sponsor already found when asked about IPL’s credibility taking a hit.
“You have seen two new teams have been decided upon. You know how many turned up (for tender process). Title sponsorship too has been decided,” said Shukla.
Meanwhile, Pune franchise representative Subroto Talukdar, said that what was planned by his team had been accomplished at the draft, including the picking of Dhoni as their first choice.
“Whatever we had planned, we have got. We wanted Dhoni as we are a new franchise and want to build our brand and who better than Dhoni. He was an automatic choice. We have got the players we wanted,” he said.
“We were targetting eight players and got players of our priority. Manoj Tiwari and Ashok Dinda, who play for our company, were consulted. We have already talked to two contenders for coach,” he said while making it clear that Sourav Ganguly, an IPL Governing Council member, was not involved in the process though he is a partner in their Indian Super League football team Atletico de Kolkata.
“The series against Pakistan is different and including Pakistan players in IPL is different. We will have to discuss with the franchises. As far as the series against Pakistan is concerned the same situation prevails. We have got no communication from the government,” he said.
Shukla said the opening game in the 9th season of IPL as well as the final will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 9 and May 29.
Shukla was speaking after the IPL draft wherein the newly formed franchises from Pune and Rajkot picked five players each from a pool of 50, drawn from the banned Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
There will be three trading windows for teams to buy players to assemble their teams for the forthcoming edition.
“The first trading window is to be held from December 15 to December 31, the second one is from January 11 to 22, 2016 and the third one (after the players’ auction) from February 8 to 19. The franchises’ workshop will be held on January 13 and 14 in Srinagar,” he said.
He also pointed out that two new teams have been bought and a title sponsor already found when asked about IPL’s credibility taking a hit.
“You have seen two new teams have been decided upon. You know how many turned up (for tender process). Title sponsorship too has been decided,” said Shukla.
Meanwhile, Pune franchise representative Subroto Talukdar, said that what was planned by his team had been accomplished at the draft, including the picking of Dhoni as their first choice.
“Whatever we had planned, we have got. We wanted Dhoni as we are a new franchise and want to build our brand and who better than Dhoni. He was an automatic choice. We have got the players we wanted,” he said.
“We were targetting eight players and got players of our priority. Manoj Tiwari and Ashok Dinda, who play for our company, were consulted. We have already talked to two contenders for coach,” he said while making it clear that Sourav Ganguly, an IPL Governing Council member, was not involved in the process though he is a partner in their Indian Super League football team Atletico de Kolkata.
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