BCCI set to pay $5m to Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals
The BCCI has set a compensation for the two IPL teams who missed out on the Champions League last year because of its cancellation. Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals, who had made it to the finals of the first ever IPL and in the process qualified for the Champions League of 2008 have been allocated $5 million each by the BCCI as compensation for the cancellation of the tournament due to terrorists attacks.
The rules stipulate that there will not be any compensation that the Champions League will provide to any team because of cancellation. However, if the respective cricket board from a country deems it fit, they can dole out money as compensation to their own team. In this case, the BCCI has invoked this clause in making the payout.
However, not all members within the BCCI are happy with this, as they say that this could create a bad precedent. There is also a question of the amount of compensation which the teams have been paid, which is much more than what they would have earned even if they would have played in the tournament! However, there is another school of thought that says that the BCCI is justified in helping out its stake holders and hence, the payout makes sense.
| Team |
Location |
Stadium |
Capacity |
| Rajasthan Royals |
Jaipur |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium |
30,000 |
 |
|
The Sawai Mansingh Stadium (SMS) was built in Jaipur, India for Cricket during the rule of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II. The stadium, designed like the forts that surround the historic city of Jaipur, has witnessed one Test match, against Pakistan in 1987. It is one of the most hi-tech stadiums in India. The highest individual score by any batsman on this ground in ODI is 183 (not out) by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It is home to the IPL team the Rajasthan Royals.
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"I am very happily retired. I am looking forward to spending my time with my children and to working for charity," Warne told newspersons after leading the Rajasthan Royals to win number 9 in the Indian Premier League.
Warney believes that it is up to the older players to give the junior players confidence. He praised the performance of the younger players Niraj Patel and Ravindra Jadeja for keeping the heads cool during the games tantilising finale.
After electing to field first the Royals managed to keep the Mumbai Indians to a modest 145 for 7. In reply the Royals were boxed in with 43 needed from 3 overs.
The young guns Patel (40 not out) and Jadeja (23 not out) stayed calm to clinch the improbable 5-wicket win on the last ball!
"It was a sensational win and I would rate it as one of the best games of my 20-year-long cricketing career," Warne said after the match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Monday night.
Media speculation has been put to rest regarding Warney's return to play next year's Ashes in international test cricket for Australia. Even with Warne's impressive bowling this series (14 wickets at 18.78) he has ruled out returning to non-T20 cricket.
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