Chandigarh ,  Sanjay Pahwa: King XI Punjab today unveiled its unique and attractive Fan Club – the KXIP lion’s Den and humorous animation films of their mascots-Rocky & Ranjit specially for their fans in india and across the glob. Chairperson & Promoter Preity Zinta, Promoter News wadia, Captain Kumar Sangakarra along with the management and players also pledged their support for the HIV affected by wearing special red bands to support and create awareness on AIDS.
Talking about the Fan Club and animation film, Preity Zina , Chairperson and Promoter, KXIP …

Mumbai: Ravindra Jadeja, the India and Rajasthan Royals all-rounder, will not participate in the 2010 edition of the Indian Premier League following a one-year ban that was handed to him by the IPL Governing Council.
The council took the decision after a meeting and also on instructions from BCCI President, Shashank Manohar, to punish the Saurashtra player for violating players’ guidelines. Jadeja will not be allowed to play for any IPL team for the next one year.
Jadeja was picked as an under-19 recruit by the Rajasthan Royals for the first season …

10 March : Deccan ChargersHyderabad: The secret behind Deccan Chargers’ winning performance in IPL 2009 is out. According to the Chargers’ captain Adam Gilchrist it was singing a song that made them the cohesive fighting unit that won the trophy.
Speaking at a function here, Gilchrist said that the main reason behind winning the 2009 title was the cohesion among all the team members.

The former Australia wicket-keeper said it was the brainchild of Deccan Chargers’ fielding coach, Mike Young, to assemble all the players in South Africa and make them sing …

SIRSA, MARCH 4
Defending champions Surat got a big jolt to their campaign as unsung Ballia raced to a six-wicket verdict with two balls to spare in the T-10 Gully Cricket ‘Ab Har Koi Khelega’ Season-2 at the floodlit Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal National Cricket Floodlit Stadium here tonight.
Ballia registered their first win from two outings they have played so far. It was Surat’s first match in the second edition of the tournament.
Chasing the victory target of 103 in allotted 10 overs, Ballia made it with two balls to spare. …

3 March : Legendary Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who has the highest number of Test wickets under his belt, is planning to quit cricket’s longer version after the tour of West Indies in October.
The spin wizard has already announced that he will quit all forms of the game after the 2011 50-over World Cup.
The 37-year-old off-spinner is just eight wickets shy of becoming first player to touch the magical 800-wicket mark in Test cricket.
“Maybe I will play one or two Test matches, that’s it, and then retire. The Tests …