BCCI-Sahara truce (Fact file)
February 16th, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANSMumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) The salient features of the agreement between Sahara India and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) struck here Thursday:
* Sahara will continue to sponsor the Indian cricket team.
* Pune Warriors will feature in the 2012 Indian Premier League.
* IPL trading window to close on Feb 29 in place of Feb 17, giving opportunity to Pune Warriors to rope in players even from the other franchisees.
* Pune Warriors’ auction purse of $2 million has been re-activated, enabling it to buy big players.
* Pune Warriors will be allowed to play five foreign players in the playing eleven in the absence of star player Yuvraj Singh, who is recovering from lung tumour.
* BCCI has no issues if Pune Warriors gets itself a strategic partner to jointly run the franchise.
* BCCI to consider Sahara’s request of reducing the franchise fee for 74 matches.
* BCCI to also consider Sahara’s demand of paying the bank guarantee in two instalments.
* One of the IPL play-off matches to take place in new Pune Stadium, subject to consent of Royal Challengers Bangalore, the finalists last year.
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- BCCI ropes in ex-president Manohar to solve Sahara crisis - Feb 14, 2012
- Ready to walk extra mile, but rules can't be bent: BCCI - Feb 13, 2012
- Cannot make exceptions for Sahara in IPL: BCCI president (Lead) - Feb 13, 2012
- Sahara has to cite relevant agreement clause to pull out: IPL - Feb 04, 2012
- IPL asks Pune Warriors to get others' nod on foreign players - Feb 22, 2012
- Positive outcome on Sahara by this week: IPL chief - Feb 15, 2012
- Sahara walks out of BCCI sponsorship and IPL (Second Lead) - Feb 04, 2012
- BCCI didn't bend rules for Sahara: IPL chief - Feb 16, 2012
- Double blow for BCCI, Sahara walks out of sponsorship deal, Pune Warriors (Roundup) - Feb 04, 2012
- Sahara hits back after BCCI rejcts its demands (Roundup) - Feb 13, 2012
- Surprised over Tiwary's omission: Ganguly - Feb 15, 2012
- Sahara has not told BCCI about pullout officially: Shukla - Feb 04, 2012
- Open for talks on IPL but no sponsorship deal: Subroto Roy - Feb 07, 2012
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