Cricket sporting goods prices gonna go up with IPL tournament

Man the rivalry between ICL and IPL has changed the landscape of sports inIndia, in particularly, where no one took sports seriously. And all I cansay is that everyone related with sports whether it's the sporting goodsindustry, sports tickets brokers, companies managing players all are goingto benefit from this rivalry between the two factions.I am sure all the sports fans have been glued to their TV sets yesterdaywatching star cricket players being bought for astronomical amounts bydifferent franchisees. The highest bid was put on the Indian skipper Mahender Singh Dhoni with $1.5 million. He was bought by the Chennai team.Now just try to conjure up the month of this April when eight teams willfight it out for 44 days with more prize money on offer than what Indiahad collected few months back when it won the inaugural Twenty20 WorldCup.I am sure few months before that there will mad rush for sporting goods because the important exams of 10 and 12 classes will be over by then anall the kids will be simply bowl over by the craze of Twenty20 cricket.

And this craze will drive all the sports lovers to buy sporting goods likecricket bats, cricket balls, etc. Thus whole of the sporting goodsindustry will be having a dream run during those days like the shopkeepershave during the time of Diwali.

This is the list of players with their prices:
Bangalore
Rahul Dravid (skipper)
Jacques Kallis (SA): $ 900,000
Anil Kumble (Ind): $500,000
Cameron White (Aus): $500,000
Zaheer Khan (Ind): $450,000
Mark Boucher (SA): $450,000
Nathan Bracken (Aus): $325,000
Dale Steyn (SA): $325,000
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) $200,000
Wasim Jaffer (Ind): $150,000
Chennai
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind): $1.5 million
Jacob Oram (NZ): $675,000
Albie Morkel (SA): $675,000
Suresh Raina (Ind) $650,000
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL): $600,000
Matthew Hayden (Aus): $375,000
Stephen Fleming (NZ) $350,000
Mike Hussey (Aus) $350,000
Parthiv Patel (Ind) $325,000
Joginder Sharma (Ind) $225,000
Makhaya Ntini (SA) $200,000
Hyderabad
Andrew Symonds (Aus): $1.35m
RP Singh (Ind): $875,000
Rohit Sharma (Ind) $750,000
Adam Gilchrist (Aus): $700,000
Shahid Afridi (Pak): $675,000
Herschelle Gibbs (SA): $575,000
VVS Laxman (Ind): $375,000
Chaminda Vaas (SL) $200,000
Scott Styris (NZ): $175,000
Nuwan Zoysa (SL): $110,000
Chamara Silva (SL): US$100,000
Kolkata
Sourav Ganguly (skipper)
Ishant Sharma (Ind): US$950,000
Chris Gayle (WI): $800,000
Brendon McCullum (NZ): $700,000
David Hussey (Aus): $625,000
Murali Karthik (Ind): $425,000
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak): $425,000
Ricky Ponting (Aus): $400,000
Ajit Agarkar (Ind): $350,000
Umar Gul (Pak) $150,000
Tatenda Taibu (Zim) $125,000
Delhi
Virender Sehwag (skipper)
Gautam Gambhir (Ind) $725,000
Manoj Tiwary (Ind): $675,000
Mohammad Asif (Pak): $650,000
Daniel Vettori (NZ): $625,000
Dinesh Karthik (Ind): $525,000
Shoaib Malik (Pak): $500,000
Glenn McGrath (Aus): $350,000
AB de Villiers (SA): $300,000
Tillekeratne Dilshan (SL): $250,000
Farveez Maharoof (SL): $225,000
Jaipur
Mohammad Kaif (Ind) $675,000
Graeme Smith (SA): $475,000
Yusuf Pathan (Ind): $475,000
Shane Warne (Aus): $450,000
Munaf Patel (Ind): $275,000
Younis Khan (Pak): $225,000
Justin Langer (Aus) $200,000
Kamran Akmal (Pak): $150,000
Mohali
Yuvraj Singh (skipper)
Irfan Pathan (Ind): $925,000
Brett Lee (Aus): $900,000
Kumar Sangakkara (SL): $700,000
Sree Santh (Ind): $625,000
Mahela Jayawardene (SL): $475,000
Piyush Chawla (Ind): $400,000
Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) $225,000
Simon Katich (Aus) $200,000
Romesh Powar (Ind): $170,000
Mumbai
Sachin Tendulkar (skipper)
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL): $975,000
Harbhajan Singh (Ind): $850,000
Robin Uthappa (Ind): $800,000
Shaun Pollock (SA): $550,000
Lasith Malinga (SL) $350,000
Dilhara Fernando (SL) $150,000
Loots Bosman (SA) $150,000

Is there any site that has 2008 Sports Schedule?

Oh!!! I was looking for American football schedule for 2008 on net yesterday and I tell you guys I was disappointed not find any. Since, I am a true sports fan with interest in varied sports then I thought lets look for some other sports schedule or sports calendar for 2008 and sorry to say again met with some luck. I wonder why cant any sports site has 2008 sports schedule or 2008 sports calendar that should contain sports schedule of all the sports played in the world?

What you say guys? And please any of you who know any site that has 2008 Sports Schedule then please inform me. See guys I play American football, rugby, golf, tennis and baseball so if you find a site that has 2008 sports schedule for the following like 2008 American football schedule, 2008 Golf schedule, 2008 tennis schedule, and 2008 sports baseball schedule then do let me know.

And you know guys I have missed the Australian open of this year just because of the lack of 2008 sports schedule. And what a tournament it was with all those major upsets with my favorite roger federer going down to the eventual 2008 Australian Open winner then Nadal going down to the first time finalist that chap from France who resemble Mohammad Ali—the great boxer.

It was then that I realized the importance of have a sports calendar that has details about all the sports activities that are gonna open in 2008. sometime I wonder why cant anyone come with 2008 Sports Schedule or 2008 sports calendar for a year like we have normal calendar. I tell you that will sell like hot cakes. Trust me.

Competition between ICL and IPL good for sports goods industry

Now, with the formation of Indian Cricket League and its rival faction, Indian Premier League, it seems this rivalry is going to benefit the Indian sports goods industry a lot. Initially, it’s only those sports goods manufacturers who are into the business of cricket equipment are gonna reap rich benefits from this rivalry between ZEE boss Subhash Chandra’s IPL and BCCI’s ICL.

Already both these camps have roped in star players of different cricket playing nations and ICL even had its first tournament successfully concluded. With both these camps, the whole sports scenario of our country is gonna change whether it’s the cricketers, sports infrastructure, cricket, and last not but the least, it will the sporting goods industry who will have the last laugh as for everything one has to come to these sports goods manufacturers and sports goods suppliers to buy sports goods.

So, if ICL, who has been denied cricket stadiums managed by BCCI, wants to have world class matches then they will look for such cricket stadiums and this will drive many departments who have cricket stadiums to give a facelift to their existing stadiums, which are in deplorable condition, to encash the demand by letting out their stadiums to ICL. And this will make the owners go to sporting goods industry to buy various sports equipment to give fresh lease of life to their stadiums.

That’s one aspect. The other aspect is that with the bidding of IPL teams there has been tremendous interest in cricket. This interest in cricket will gonna spur the sale of cricket sporting goods in our country.

I see a bright a future for those who are into sports goods business as the craze of owning sports clubs gain momentum. I am sure soon the Indian Hockey federation who started the Premier League Hockey will also sell the various teams to the highest bidders who will use those clubs as an investment and soon sports goods manufactures of hockey equipment will also have bombastic business.

Wat u say guys?