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★LIKE our Facebook  Page★ www.Facebook.com/IPLfantasyleague2018 T he one-year ban imposed by Cricket Australia on  Steve Smith  and  David Warner  means that not only are the two cricketers banned from playing for Australia but even from the lucrative Indian Premier League, after its Commissioner  Rajiv Shukla  barred them from turning out for their respective franchises this year. While Smith, the original choice to lead a returning  Rajasthan Royals  was replaced by Ajinkya Rahane, a replacement for David Warner to captain  Sunrisers Hyderabad is yet to be named . Steve Smith and David Warner have had their A$2.4 million Indian Premier League contracts torn up by the Board of Control for Cricket of India, and banned from this year's tournament. The latest sanction, which is the most stinging for the duo in a financial sense, comes after they were banned by Cricket Australia for 12 months for their roles in the ball tampering scandal in the Newlands Test at

  Generation X Bollywood stars like  Ranveer Singh ,  Parineeti Chopra ,  Varun Dhawan  and  Jacqueline Fernandez   will set the stage on fire at the  IPL 11  opening ceremony in Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium on April 7 www.facebook.com/IPLfantasyleague2018 Sources said that Witchcraft has won the bid to stage the opening ceremony — which would also see a galaxy of former cricket stars, Bollywood and Indian Inc. This  IPL  opening will  also see only two captains in MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) and Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) attending the ceremony. The other six captains — Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Steven Smith (Rajasthan Royals), Gautam Gambler (Delhi Daredevils), R Ashwin (Kings XI), Dinesh Karthik (Kolkata Knight Riders) and David Warner (Hyderabad) will be skipping the event due to logistic reasons. Sources said that the Committee of Administrators (CoA) had earlier trimmed the budget of the IPL opening budget from Rs 30 crore to Rs

Star to offer unparrel IPL viewing experience For the first time, IPL 2018 proposes to connect with many Indians in their relevant language — six different languages, Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Bengali and also proposes to use virtual reality proposes to have a Super Fan Feed available across cable, DTH and on Hotstar. ww w.facebook.com/IPLfantasyleague2018 Anil Jayaraj, EVP, and Head of Ad Sales -  Star Sports  said, “We are delighted with the response for the VIVO IPL 2018 from the brands across sectors. We are happy to announce that the brand tally is now 34. Brands are actively choosing VIVO IPL 2018 as the marketing vehicle to deliver their business ambitions in 2018 as they have a single media property which can appeal to demographics across geographies. "All brands that have come in so far have chosen to up their investments significantly over past years – this is because of their belief in the delivery of the combined power of TV

www.facebook.com/IPLfantasyleague2018 Gautam Gambhir   will return to the IPL franchise based in his home city of Delhi as their captain ahead of the 2018 season. "It is a huge honour to once again captain DD," Gambhir said on his return to Daredevils, who had bought him for INR 2.8 crore (USD 437,500 approx.) at the auction in January. "To get this responsibility is a way for me to give back to the sport in the city. I firmly believe that with the players currently involved we have the makings of a very good side. The potential of this group of players is immense, and it is now up to us to turn that potential into consistent performances. It is also going to be great to work in unison with Ricky [Ponting, the Daredevils coach], an absolute champion himself." Ponting was full of praise for the new captain. "Gauti has been a leader for a very long time," he said. "He has always proven himself to be one of the top leaders during his stin

www.facebook.com/IPLfantasyleague2018 Dinesh Karthik  has been appointed the new captain of  Kolkata Knight Riders  ahead of the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League, the franchise announced on Sunday (March 4). The 32-year-old, who was picked up by Knight Riders for INR 7.4 Crore in this year's mega auction, was one of the front-runners to lead the side after the franchise decided not to retain/buy back their long-serving captain Gautam Gambhir. Robin Uthappa, who was also among the top contenders for the job, has been named as the vice-captain. Karthik has previous experience of captaining Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket. He led Tamil Nadu to a title triumph in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2009-10. He was also the captain of the India Red side that won the Duleep Trophy last year. In the T20 format, Karthik led TUTI Patriots to the Tamil Nadu Premier League title in the 2016 edition. "It is an honour to represent Kolkata Knight Riders, one of the most