http://www.iplpulse.com – Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi on Thursday refused to buy the idea that IPL was the reason behind India’s Twenty20 World Cup debacle and said the cash-rich tournament was here to stay with top Indian players continuing to play in it. Modi disagreed with India coach Gary Kirsten’s view that IPL affected Indian team performance in Twenty20 World Cup and said his brainchild T20 event was rather a good ground of preparation for the global tournament in England. Read more »

http://www.iplpulse.com – Decks were cleared for the Wanderers to host eight Indian Premier League matches after the IPL organisers and the Gauteng Cricket Board settled the row over VIP hospitality suites. While IPL organisers demanded complete control over the corporate suites, the GCB had earlier refused to bend over, resulting in a stand-off. Read more »

http://crickipl.blogspot.com – Nicholls & Steyn, the IPL's South African security agency, have said that they have taken necessary precautions to protect Lalit Modi after reports surfaced in the Indian media of an alleged threat to the IPL chairman's life from the Indian underworld, during the month-long tournament starting on Saturday. Read more »

http://www.iplpulse.com – IPL Chairman Lalit Modi was on Friday granted anticipatory bail by the Rajasthan High Court in a case of alleged cheating and forgery.Justice SP Pathak granted anticipatory bail to Modi, against whom a complaint was registered by an NGO Nagrik Morcha accusing him of irregularities in disbursement of funds to the tune of Rs 6 crores which the IPL had promised to give to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the help of victims of May 13 Jaipur bomb blasts last year. Read more »

http://www.iplpulse.com – South Africa was on Tuesday named as the host for the second edition of the Indian Premier League which has been shifted out of India because of security apprehensions. Read more »