Is Subhash Chandra going to challenge ICC this time?

In the times when Star has been on a buying spree Zee owned Ten Sports has kept their purses tight. It almost look like a complete knock out by Star. 

But wait, if media reports are to be believed Subhash Chandra is planning a return to the cricket pitch with Lalit Modi.  Reacting to these media reports Lalit Modi tweeted

I wish @_SubhashChandra all the best in this new venture. I have nothing to do with it. But we need a rival body - http://t.co/TShcsySVXX
— Lalit Kumar Modi (@LalitKModi) April 27, 2015

It's game over for Champions League T20

It is curtains down for the Champions League Twenty20. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has virtually decided to scrap the tournament – which was once seen as the UEFA Champions League of cricket.

At the working committee meeting of richest cricket board (and CLT20 stakeholder) BCCI in Kolkata on Sunday, the BCCI decided to call a meeting of the Champions League T20 Governing Council and put a stamp on the decision.

Hero ISL to kick off on Oct 12, Live on Star Sports

Arsenal legend Freddie Ljungberg and Spanish World Cupper Luis Garcia will be the centre of attention when Mumbai City FC kick off the inaugural Indian Super League on October 12, Sunday, 7pm at Atletico de Kolkata, in a tournament that will feature 61 games spread across 70 days.

The opening match will be played at the historic Salt Lake Stadium.

 

The league stage will witness 56 games on home and away format, followed by a two-legged semi-finals and the final scheduled for December 20.

59 matches will be see kick off at 7pm and 2 matches on  December 9 and 10 will start at 5pm.

All the action will be live on Star Sports 3 in Hindi, Jalsha Movies in Bangla, Star Sports 1, HD1 in English and live streaming on starsports.com.

T20 World Cup 2014 to break all cricket broadcast records

Television coverage of the Twenty20 World Cup is all set to break all previous ICC events' broadcast records. Covered, produced and distributed by the ICCs global media rights partner and host broadcaster Star Sports, will have a potential reach of more than 1.8 billion viewers with live pictures shown by 29 broadcasters -- both figures the highest ever for an ICC event.

Though it will be shown in more than 20 languages, with pictures going across Europe via Eurosport and as far as Norway, Nepal, Afghanistan and the Pacific Islands, but only one Indian language; Hindi which will see more viewership than any other language.

The production will be among the most sophisticated ever too, with 28 cameras, including seven ultra-motion cameras, Spidercam as well as graphics with key analytics, all of which will take the viewer right to the heart of the action.