WITH THE whole nation getting into a cricket frency as India takes on Australia in the second quarterfinals of the the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, the Delhi Daredevils, one of the IPL teams, has given one more reason for cricket fans to cheer.
Delhi Daredevils has announced the call for volunteers for the fourth season of IPL, giving the cricket crazy fans a chance to be a part of the Delhi Daredevils crew and to make their dream of being associated with cricket a reality.
On its fan page on the social networking site Facebook, Delhi Daredevils has posted a link where fans can fill the form and after strategic analysis they will be selected as volunteers depending on experience and passion for cricket.
Daredevil Volunteers will be required for the following activities:
1. Spectator Services - Helping spectators who have come to watch the match in the stadium. Assisting spectators with anything else they might need and managing the crowd.
2. Accommodation & Transport - Making transport arrangements, coordinating with travel agencies, assisting the accommodation and transport heads with all related activities.
3. Ceremonies Staff - Assisting dignitaries, guests and others to and from the stage during award ceremonies, carrying out awards and various articles among other related activities.
4. Venue Operations - Coordinating between various departments primarily on match days at the stadium and DD events held elsewhere, ensuring a smooth work flow throughout the events.
5. Press Operations - Assisting in media and press activities of the Delhi Daredevils, conversing and coordinating with journalists, media personnel and agencies.
6. Technology & Broadcasting - Working behind the scenes on updating and compiling data, operating on LAN interface and other computer-specific activities.
7. Workforce Operations - Ensuring supply and delivery of stock goods, erecting stands and facilitating various backend activities in and around the stadium.
8. Marketing - Handing out cheer items, managing tasks related to branding boards, banners, on ground implementation and other such properties.
9. Protocol - Guiding esteemed guests and dignitaries to assigned seating enclosures, ensuring they are comfortable and have a pleasant experience.
10. Ticketing - Delivering tickets, assisting in sales, online redemption and inventory management in relation to tickets. Travelling will also be a part of the tasks assigned.
So if you have dreamt of watching Virender Sehwag blaze his way past the opposition or David Warner’s electric throws from every corner of the field, then this is the time to be join the Delhi Daredevils.
Time Commitment
The selected volunteers will be required for a maximum period of 15 days. During this time, the volunteers will be required to be present on all the days dedicated for DD activity. A detailed brief regarding the timings will be given to volunteers at the venue. Travel & Food Refreshments will be provided to the volunteers at the venue on all days of attendance. Volunteers must arrange for their own conveyance to and from the venue.
Benefits
Becoming one among the Daredevils comes with many benefits too:
• The Daredevils volunteers will be the exclusive witnesses of the first Training Session of the team.
• Official Delhi Daredevils Crew kits consisting of a Tee, Tracks, Caps, Utility belt and Delhi Daredevils Sipper will be provided to the volunteers.
• Chance to experience the IPL as an event more than just a cricketing match.
• Certificate of Volunteer work will be provided by Delhi Daredevils.
• You will get a chance to see the players up close during the course of the tournament during practice sessions and matches.
• Get up-close and personal with the team-behind-the-team of the Delhi Daredevils and learn what goes into creating a sporting brand like the Delhi Daredevils.
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Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh was named captain of the Pune Warriors squad for the fourth season of the Indian Premier League starting April 8.
The new entrant in the hugely successful league also announced its 30-member squad that includes, among others, Graeme Smith, Nathan McCullum, Wayne Parnell, Tim Paine, Jesse Ryder and Angelo Mathews.
Besides Yuvraj, Ashish Nehra, Robin Uthappa and Murali Kartik are the other capped players from India.
Callum Ferguson, Mitchelle Marsh, Jerome Taylor and Alfonso Thomas are also part of the squad.
"Sahara's Pune Warriors squad has been constituted with an intention to strike a balance between experience, exuberance, international expertise and promising talent of present and future. We are confident of making a mark on the league," said Abhijit Sarkar, Sahara's head of corporate communications.
"The enviable support and guidance from chief coach Geoff Marsh and assistant coaches Dermot Reeve and Praveen Amre together leverage their vast and complementing experience in international cricket to make the team a force to reckon with," he added.
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Dheeraj Jadhav, Eklavya Dwivedi, Ganesh Gaikwad, Harpreet Singh, Harshad Khadiwale, Imtiyaz Ahmad, Kamran Khan, Manish Pandey, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish Mishra, Rahul Sharma, Sachin Rana, Shreekant Wagh and Shrikant Mundhe complete the young brigade.
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Times Internet Ltd, part of The Times of India group, has won the global Internet,mobile and radio rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament for four years along with broadcast rights for certain territories from 2011 to 2014, having bid Rs 261.6 crore.
Multi Screen Media, which owns the SET and MAX channels, has the Indian Premier League television broadcasting rights for the Indian sub-continent until 2017.
BCCI has been given Green signal to proceed with the tenders by the Supreme Court for new global telecast rights for IPL 2011, beginning from April 8 2011.Earlier BCCI had cancelled World Sports Group media rights, on grounds of improper payment of a facilitation fee worth 4.25 billion. Facilitation fee controversy came to light when World Sports Group India claimed worldwide telecast rights of Indian Premier League from 2008 to 2017, in return for $1 billion. MSM secures broadcasting rights in India from WSG Mauritius.WSG Apart from global TV rights, also had other rights including the Internet, live-streaming with delay and mobile rights.Google Inc’s YouTube platform also signed last year a two-year deal to stream the matches.Global Cricket Ventures got deal from WSG after agreeing to pay BCCI Rs 25 crore annually for the Google deal.
IPL 4, which is scheduled to begin from April 8, will see the inclusion of two new teams Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Sahara Pune Warriors. In the new IPL 4, the playing format will also be changed as stated by the IPL governing body.
THE INDIAN Premier League (IPL), 2011, will be contested between ten teams with two new teams added by the BCCI, i.e., Sahara Pune Warriors from Pune and Kochi Tuskers Kerala from Kochi.
IPL 2011 will be played form April 8 to May 28 2011 with the new format, which was announced by the IPL governing council.
The format is based on last year's domestic T20 Tournament in New Zealand. In new IPL format, there will be total of 74 matches in the IPL 4 Fixtures. Out of these 70 would be league matches and each IPL team will play at least 14 matches, 7 matches will be played at home venue and remaining at away venues.
IPL 2011's new format is as follows:
IPL 2011 Teams will be divided in two groups of five teams each. But IPL Standings table will not be separate.
Each IPL team in the same group will play two matches against each other, on “home-away” ground each, counting to 8 league matches per team.
Each IPL team will play 1 league match each against 4 teams of other group and 2 league matches home or away against the fifth team selected randomly, counting to 6 matches per team. It results in 14 (8+6) games in the league matches before the next playoff round.
All IPL 2011 league matches will count to 70 before 3 playoff matches begin, namely Game A, Game B and Game C.
Top 2 teams in the IPL points table will play each other in first playoff of Game A. Winner of Game A will go straight to the final.
Game B, 2nd playoff will be between teams at third and fourth spot in the IPL standings. Whoever looses Game B will be out of the league.
Game B winner will still need to contest in third playoff Game C against loser of first playoff i.e. Game A for entering into Finals of IPL 2011.
Then, off course, the last match, IPL 2011 Grand Finale, would be played between winner of Game A and Game C.