Indian Cricket Team Updates

KKR announced today that Brett Lee, their pace bowling spearhead, will also take on an additional leadership role as bowling mentor.  Announcing this, Venky Mysore, CEO of KKR said, “We are fortunate that someone of the caliber of Brett Lee, who in addition to being a key member of the team, will also mentor the bowling unit. The bowling unit and the entire team will benefit from Brett’s leadership in this area” While accepting this role, Brett Lee said, “ The experience with KKR over the past 3 years has been fantastic. We have become a closely-knit unit under the leadership of skipper Gambhir and Head Coach Trevor Bayliss. As we get ready for IPL 2013 as the defending champions, I am honored to take on this additional responsibility”

The nine IPL franchises have confirmed their initial squads for IPL 2013. Under the terms of their IPL contract, the Franchises had the option to extend the agreements with their players for the 2013 season on the same financial terms. A total of 179 players have had their contracts so extended. The Hyderabad franchise owned by Sun TV Network exercised its option and retained over 20 of the players who represented Deccan Chargers in IPL 2012. "The Franchises have clearly focussed on performance in the IPL in making their decisions as to which players will form part of their respective core groups for the 2013 season. Each Franchise has room under the Salary Cap to be able to sign additional players, either by trading or in the auction or, in the case of uncapped Indian players, by direct agreement with the player in question," Rajeev Shukla, Chairman, IPL, said. Each franchise has a Salary Cap of up to $12.5m to spend on their 2013 squad of upto 33 playe...