Mr. Mallya has emerged as the most sore looser among all the IPL team owners. But the man can drink to even this dubious distinction as he has enough liquor for perhaps all the joys and afflictions in this world.

His team has firmly ensconced itself at the very bottom of the IPL points table with seven defeats in nine matches. Acres of print and electronic space have been dedicated to strictures of the team’s baffling composition. Now the liquor baron himself has opened a verbal front against his team’s captain, encumbering him with all the blame for the Royal Challenger’s IPL debacle. But then this isn’t the time to play the blame game as the Bangalore Royal Challengers are still playing for pride for that will help them retain some public support.

By washing the Challengers’ dirty Lenin in public, the liquor magnet is sending all the wrong signals to the people who now have one more reason to despise the BRC team. The recent remarks by Vijay Mallya and the Charu-Sharma-pink-slip episode are a colossal PR faux pas. Given Mallya’s glaring lack of public relations virtuosity, I think the team’s PR guy is also terribly out of form. I think Mallya has just reinforced the belief that there is a rift in the side. Also he comes across as a sore looser.
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Charu Sharma Sacked from CEO of Bangalore Royal Challengers! Brijesh Patel Named new CEO of Royal Challengers

DURBAN: Two South African provincial cricket teams have reportedly been offered around $100,000 to release some of their top players for the first week of the Indian Premier League, which they would otherwise miss because of domestic commitments.

The Titans players the IPL wanted released early are Albie Morkel, A B de Villiers and Dale Steyn but the club turned down the offer, Johannesburg-based newspaper reported.

The Cape Cobras are reported to have been offered more than $100,000 for the release of the likes of South African captain Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher, the paper claimed.
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The buzz about the IPL keeps getting louder and teams owned by filmstars seem to have the clear edge. Cricketers and actors together combined can be quite heady. You saw the frenzy in Kolkata and Mumbai when Sha Rrukh Khan announced his team’s name, colours, mascot, theme song and most importantly sponsors.

Shah Rukh Khan, Kolkata Knight Riders, said, “We are the only private limited company, which is trying to make a foray into this. So, it’s not that the sponsors will come up on board. I am begging sponsors to be on board, so that I can live this dream.”

When Shah Rukh Khan turns on the charm it’s hard to resist. So, sponsors like real estate company Housing Development & Infrastructure, or HDIL, Reebok, Belmonte, and Tag Heuer are already on board. Kolkata Knight Riders, which only cost USD 80 million to assemble, seems to be a step ahead of other teams and has already thrown down the challenge.
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New Delhi (PTI): Neil Maxwell, BCCI’s IPL agent, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Mohali team, co-owned by Bollywood actor Preity Zinta.

“I am extremely excited to be part of the Team Mohali. This gives me a good opportunity to be associated with a sport that I love so much and we promise a lot of exciting and unforgettable cricketing action from Team Mohali,” Maxwell, who played for Australia A team, said.
Source: PTI/The Hindu

About Neil Maxwell
Full name Neil Donald Maxwell
Born June 12, 1967, Lautoka, Fiji
Current age 40 years
Major teams Fiji, Canterbury, New South Wales, Victoria
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

 Current squadNo   Name   Age   Nationality   Batting Style   Bowling/Fielding   Bidding/Sign-in Price 
1 Rahul Dravid (Captain) 35  India Right-handed Right-arm off-break Icon Player
2 Jacques Kallis 32  South Africa Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 900,000
3 Anil Kumble 37  India Right-handed Leg-break googly US$ 500,000
4 Cameron White 24  Australia Right-handed Leg-break googly US$ 500,000
5 Zaheer Khan 29  India Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast US$ 450,000
6 Mark Boucher 31  South Africa Right-handed Wicket keeper US$ 450,000
7 Nathan Bracken 30  Australia Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium US$ 325,000
8 Dale Steyn 24  South Africa Right-handed Right-arm fast US$ 325,000
9 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 33  West Indies Left-handed Right-arm leg-break US$ 200,000
10 Wasim Jaffer 30  India Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 150,000
11 Misbah-ul-Haq 33  Pakistan Right-handed Right-arm leg break US$ 125,000
12 Ross Taylor 24  New Zealand Right-handed Right-arm off break US$ 100,000
13 Praveen Kumar 21  India Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast US$ 300,000 - Under 22 Player[7]
14 Abdur Razzak 25  Bangladesh Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox US$ 50,000
15 Sunil Joshi 37  India Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Former Indian team player[8] Karnataka
16 Arun Kumar J. 33  India Right-handed Right-arm off-break Karnataka - Ranji Trophy player[9]
17 Vinay Kumar R. 24  India Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Karnataka - Ranji Trophy player[9]
18 Akhil B. 30  India Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Karnataka - Ranji Trophy player[9]
19 Devraj Patil 23  India Right-handed Wicket keeper Karnataka - Ranji Trophy player[8]
20 Bharat Chipli 25  India Right-handed Right-arm medium Karnataka - Ranji Trophy player[10]
21 Appanna K. P. 19  India Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Under 22 player[8]
22 Virat Kohli 19  India Right-handed Right-arm medium India Under-19 Team - Under 22 player
23 Shreevats Goswami 18  India Left-hand Wicket keeper India Under-19 Team - Under 22 player

Bangalore Royal Challengers staff

Front Office
Owner- Vijay Mallya
CEO - Charu Sharma
Adviser - Martin Crowe

Coaches
Head Coach - Venkatesh Prasad