A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: The ECB need to reconsider its stance on the IPL, says Matt Prior

Prior is concerned about the rising “frustrations” in the England camp

England wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior has warned the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) that they may seriously need to consider their stance on the Indian Premier League (IPL) since more and more English players are starting to express a lot of interest in it.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Brad Hodge comeback bid quashed by Victoria

Hodge’s next assignment will be the IPL

Australia veteran batsman Brad Hodge, who had a grand plan of making an international comeback during this year’s back-to-back Ashes series, was left bitterly disappointed after Victoria decided not to select him for the last few games of the Sheffield Shield season, which he was planning to use as a launchpad for his dazzling return to Test cricket after an absence of nearly five years.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: A look at who was sold to whom during the 2013 IPL auction

Maxwell was the lone millionaire amongst all the players sold

The 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction promised to be one full of surprises, and no doubt it delivered just that as numerous players went under the hammer to learn which of the nine franchises they would be lending their services to for this year’s edition of the star-studded Twenty20 tournament, which gets underway on April 3.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Pune Warriors re-sign Steven Smith and Tamim Iqbal

Iqbal’s goal in this year’s IPL is to simply score as many runs as possible

The Pune Warriors have announced that they will be re-signing Australia all-rounder Steven Smith and Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal for this year’s edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is scheduled to get underway on April 3.

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