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The Indian Premier League have confirmed they intend to support the MCC’s Spirit of Cricket initiative. The organisers of the Twenty20 competition have come to an agreement with the MCC and will ask each of the eight franchise teams to sign a declaration of adherence.

The text for the Spirit of Cricket first appeared as a preamble to the MCC’s Code of Laws in 2000 and is designed to emphasise sportsmanship and good grace in the game.

Lalit Modi, commissioner of the IPL, was delighted to have struck an agreement. “All the cricketers playing in the inaugural season of the IPL are role models for an entire generation of youth and it is crucial for youngsters all over the world to learn the values of this great game and the spirit in which it should be played,” he said. “The eyes of the world will be on the IPL and we want to see cricket, and the Spirit of Cricket, at its best.”

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Five New Zealand players signed with the Indian Premier League have been given permission to miss the opening two matches of the England tour so they can appear in more lucrative Twenty20 games. In another shift from tradition caused by the IPL, Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum, Jacob Oram, Ross Taylor and Kyle Mills will arrive after the one-day warm-up against MCC on April 27 and the three-day fixture with Kent.

The delay means the quintet will be able to turn out in more matches - and gain larger payments - for the IPL teams, which start the competition on April 18. New Zealand Cricket wants the men in England by May 1 so they can be involved in the clashes with Essex and England Lions before the first Test at Lord’s on May 15.

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Out of the national side for the past three years, pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji has been included as an additional bowler in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Chennai Super Kings team.

Announcing Balaji’s inclusion, V B Chandrasekar, a former selector and head of cricketing matters in the Chennai Super Kings, said, “We have pitchforked him in our team as an additional bowler. He has been in action after recovery from injury in the TNCA’s first division matches this season.”

“Balaji has been effective in two spells of 10 overs, though he has not been tried on the trot. He is surely going to be a lethal weapon in our scheme of things in the Twenty20 IPL matches,” he said.

He said the whole composition of the team has to be decided this evening and the squad list would be sent to BCCI’s IPL Committee first.

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The Indian Premier League’s Kolkata franchise have named their team Kolkata Knight Riders. The announcement was made by the team’s owner, Shah Rukh Khan, at a press conference in Kolkata to unveil the team name and logo. The team’s captain, Sourav Ganguly, as well as coach John Buchanan were also in attendance.

“Lot of efforts have gone into making this team, and now I am very happy to be a party to this wonderful team led by Sourav Ganguly,” Shah Rukh said. The team’s jersey, which was revealed at the function, is a combination of black and gold, and has been designed by Bollywood designer Manish Malhotra, while their logo is a golden helmet. “Black is the colour of goddess Kali and we aim for gold.”

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