Sunday, March 9, 2008

ICL is going to launch its second edition

India’s rebel cricket league ICL is going to launch its second edition on Sunday. It has already held its inaugural tournament successfully on last December. It is known to all that ICL is arranged by retired and semi-retired host and international player. ICL also make a chance for local player to be rich and play with foreigner and superstar player. Country’s largest listed media company Zee Telefilms is the media partner. They will show the sports in their all channel only 30 minutes but the full match will be shown on Zee sports channel. But it is thought to others that the second edition may not be popular because of BCCI’s IPL, which is made against rebel ICL. However, good news for ICL fans that many super star players agreed to join this rebel league. They are Kiwi Lou Vincent, South African Justin Kemp, Heath Streak of Zimbabwe and Wavell Hinds of the West Indies and Kiwi Shane Bond. However, it is expected to see a fight between ICL and IPL. According to the speech of Kapil Dev, ban form cricket board makes fear in the mind of players. He also told, "It's not about how much you pay the players but how serious they are about the event".

No doubt, cricket fans can get an enjoyable time. They can enjoy shortest version of the game and their favorite players’ game.

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