Thursday, March 27, 2008

New Zealand supports the Indian Premier League

There are many New Zealandars participating in the Indian Premier League, the list of players include the former captain Stephan Fleming, the present captain Daniel Vettori and many more of them. There were a few cricketers from the New Zealand who joined the Indian Premier League after the completion of the first biding like Peter Fulton, Chris Martin.

They recieved a great response from the teams owners at the auction conducted for the players. Players who joined after the first auction participated in the second auction and were bid for good amounts.

New Zealand cricket board has also got on to the list of supporters for the Indian Premier League. They said that the BCCI is managing the league preventing all the controversies and clashes with other cricket boards.

New Zealand cricket Board has allowed it’s players to join their tour of england on may 1st so that they can play a few matches in the Indian Premier League. Previously there were rumors that the players are going to miss the tour as they are scheduled to play in the Indian Premier League. New Zealand cricket board consulted all their players and came to a decision that they will join the tour lately on march 1st after playing a few matches in Indian Premier League.

The New Zealand cricket board stated that the decision taken by them is fair and will produce more cricketing outcome. It also stated that this agreement is accepted by the england and wales cricket board.

The New Zealand players will join the tour on may 1st i.e., 14 days before the start of the test series against England. The players participating in Indian Premier League will be missing the match against the kent.

New Zealand cricket board stated that all their players will be present on or before 1st of and may and they will have two weeks time for their practise. Before the test match there will be two practise matches held.

The New Zealand cricketers participating in the Indian Premier League are Daniel Vettori ,the captain of the team, Brendon Mccullum(vice captain), Jacob oram, Ross Taylor and Kyle Mills.

Visit Arly's Blog for more information on Indian Premier League .

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