Cricket devotees will now be able to watch the Indian Premier League (IPL) live on internet portal You Tube. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will associate with Google India to stream live matches of its home IPL league in the Twenty20 format.
IPL-III, which begins in March. This will consist of 44 days of IPL, with 59 matches.You Tube by now includes a video channel for IPL. It was launch during IPL-II and absolutely streamed highlights of the match played then, on top of it the opening session and the award ceremony. The most modern development is an addition of what You Tube presented its users. Users, alternatively, can see the matches on You Tube free of charge.
The announcement is expected to be made very soon. Yet, it’s not clear if the rights have been given only for a specific period of years to Google or whether it’s a revenue-sharing contract.
Test cricket will make a reply to Eden Gardens after more than two years as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) declare Sunday that the city will host the second Test between India and South Africa.
The Eden had previously hosted a Test on November 2007, against Pakistan.
Although the BCCI is yet to declare a complete fixture, sources argue that the second Test is set for a February 14 start. The first of the two-Test series will be held in Nagpur from February 6.
After a meeting of the tour, programme and fixtures committee in Mumbai on Sunday, BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan declared that Kanpur, Jaipur and Ahmedabad will host the one-day Internationals.
The two-match series was included in the itinerary after Team India attained the No.1 place in the ICC Test rankings.
Although a favourite till recently, recent controversy at the Eden during the India-Sri Lanka ODI on December 24 had misted up the city’s chances of hosting the Test. Nevertheless, Cricket Association of Bengal joint secretary Biswarup Dey, who is also a member of the tour, programme and fixtures board and attended Sunday’s meeting, said that he was able to conciliate the Board about these problems.
“Eden getting to host a Test in the India-South Africa series was a logical conclusion. Kanpur’s wish to host a Test was not right since they had a Test in the India-Sri Lanka series. Hence, going by the rules, they are now entitled for an ODI. So, Nagpur and Calcutta were the clear choices,” Dey said from Mumbai.
He also disagrees: “Since 2007, 13 Tests have been played and Eden hasn’t hosted a single one. So we deserved to host this match.”
