IPL 6

Sahara Pune Warriors have pulled out of the Indian Premier League, having failed to pay the full franchise fee for the current year which resulted in BCCI encashing the bank guarantee on Tuesday.

Punjab Cricket Association has decided to invite the parents of its junior cricketers for counseling so that the budding talent does not go astray and fall to the lure of quick money using unfair means.

The troubles regarding Indian Premier League doesn't seem to end as Sahara Pune Warriors failed to pay the full franchise fee for the current year which resulted in BCCI encashing the bank guarantee casting a shadow on its future in the cash-rich league in coming years.

West Indies captain Darren Sammy says he was ecstatic after scoring the winning hits that propelled Sunrisers Hyderabad into the playoffs of the Indian Premier league.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to ban IPL 6 play-offs, but has directed the one man commission appointed by the BCCI to look into IPL irregularities and submit its report within two weeks. This came on a petition filed in the court seeking a stay on the remaining matches in the IPL in view of the spot-fixing scandal.

The Chennai Police have detained one more person in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal. As more arrests and detentions in the case come, the government is mulling a law to curb fixing in cricket and other sports. Law Minister Kapil Sibal has said there should be a law to make fixing a criminal offence.

The five-day police custody of the three arrested cricketers - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - and 11 bookies who were arrested last week ends on Tuesday. They will be produced in a Delhi court. Police sources say they will ask for further custody of the three cricketers, and seven of the 11 bookies.

As the spot-fixing scandal puts a black spot on the Indian Premier League, Kings XI Punjab owners Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia have come up with suggestions like putting franchise owners in the IPL governing council, legalising betting and carrying out random polygraph tests on players. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Preity said, "There should be stronger measures by the anti-corruption unit to monitor it and I know I am digressing a bit, but may be if we legalise betting, it would not be a problem."

Ahead of their IPL 6 play-off against Mumbai on Tuesday, the Chennai coach also labelled MS Dhoni as the best finisher in the world.