NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League cricket bandwagon rolls into action today with organisers hoping India’s World Cup victory last weekend will help the competition regain some of its lost sparkle.

This year’s edition — spread over 51 days and comprising 74 matches across 13 venues — will be the first after the ousting of its outspoken founder Lalit Modi, who was forced out last year under a cloud of corruption allegations.

The tournament’s future had looked in doubt amid claims of corruption, money-laundering and tax evasion, as well as secret deals to hide teams’ real owners and even links to India’s criminal underworld.

But a massive PR exercise by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has ensured the IPL has kept its date with fans, as well as sponsors and advertisers hungry for their share of the huge commercial pie.

IPL chief executive Sundar Raman dismissed fears that cricket fans in India, still recovering from celebrations after Saturday’s victory over Sri Lanka in the World Cup final, could suffer sporting overload.

“The success of the Indian team in the World Cup has made it (IPL) more interesting,” Raman told AFP, saying the tournament would “carry on from where the World Cup ended”.

“Fans are already into cricket and celebrating India’s victory. We are confident of building on the success of the last edition.”

This year’s IPL, the fourth time it has been held, will have two new teams in Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Pune Warriors, taking the total number of franchises to 10.

The opening game will feature Chennai Super Kings, led by victorious Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and the Kolkata Knight Riders, owned by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

The IPL revolutionised the sport when it burst onto the scene in 2008 with a high-octane blend of international star players, scantily-clad cheerleaders and Bollywood glamour.

Using the short Twenty20 form of the game, IPL matches are usually three-hour events packed with music, delirious crowds and countless television advertisements.

Everything from the time-out to the drinks break is sponsored by companies, earning Indian cricket authorities millions in revenue.

The fourth edition is likely to see IPL bosses reduce the decadent post-match parties, which were blamed by some for India’s failure in the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean last year.

The much-discussed cheerleader jobs — all taken by Western women in previous editions — might be given to locals who will don traditional Indian outfits in place of barely-there miniskirts, local media reports say.

NEW DELHI: Interior Minister A. Rehman Malik on Sunday telephoned High Commissioner of Pakistan to New Delhi Shahid Malik to inquire details about the detention of famous Pakistani singer, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan at Indira Gandhi International Airport.

According to a statement issued here on Sunday, the minister said that he was examining the matter. He has also asked Pakistani High Commissioner to India to monitor the matter thoroughly.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan who was arrested at Delhi airport on Sunday for possessing undeclared currency of 100,000 US dollars will be presented before court on Monday.

His manager Chitresh Srivastava has also been arrested.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan arrived here on a flight from Karachi and was intercepted by personnel from Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.

Khan has several hit numbers to his credit and had won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer this year for ‘Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji’ from the movie ‘Ishqiya’.

Rahat, 37, who has crooned several Bollywood chartbusters, had flown from Karachi to New Delhi. He is the nephew of Pakistani singing legend Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

I am Pakistani and I am Just Like You !!!

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In response to ICA’s (Indian Cyber Army) attack on 40 Pakistan’s government websites earlier this week, Pakistani hackers have retaliated by defacing some 270 Indian websites in a single go including Indian CBI (Central bureau of investigation) website.

In an email sent to ProPakistani, PCA or Pakistan Cyber Army claimed that they have defaced Indian CBI’s website. PCA said that this was a planned defacement in response to ICA’s attempt.

PCA left a message on CBI’s website as following:

This attempt is in response to the Pakistani websites hacked by ‘Indian Cyber Army’. We told you before too.. we are sleeping but not dead.. remember PCA (Pakistan cyber army)!..back off kids or we will smoke your d00rs off like we did before..

lets see what you investigating agency so called CBI can do for you or for us! haha… one more attempt from your side..we got your every website lying around here like its our local server! buahahaha.. so we would like to say to your 31337 hackers and your 31337 NIC team..

go and read some more books ..you guys are seriously bunch of script_kiddies! ..you know nothing rite now.. got r00t access to NTC server? ..mass defacements..how about something like this..a planned attack! haha.. btw we got r00t to your NIC too ..your filtering sucks..have fun! and DO NOT DISTURB..we got better things to do.. ..stop complaining about Pakistani websites security..secure your own ___ first..thats what intelligent people do!..lol…tata

A message by Pakistan Cyber Army
Pakistan Zindabad!

In another effort, HEX786, a Pakistani hacker, has posted a message on his website announcing the defacement of 270 Indian websites.

HEX786 didn’t deface those websites, instead inserted a html file named as HEX786.html in root directory of mentioned websites, exactly the way ICA did to Pakistani websites.

HEX786 warned Indian hackers to not to initiate the cyber war. He writes:

Indians No0bs Hackers We Are Warning You, Stop this Cyber War You have Started Against Pakistan. Don’t think that You’re far Away from Us. We Will Make Your Internet Hell, See How We will Defeat You in Cyber War You’ll Never Ever Forget.

Complete list of hacked websites is given here

It merits mentioning here that senior hackers on both side of borders are advising their communities to not to engage themselves in such activities.

Indian News Channel Zee News Insult Indian Cricket team after T20 2010 World Cup..

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Old Video: T20 2009 World Cup
2009 ICC World Twenty20 took place in England from 5–21 June 2009. This tournament was won by Pakistan who defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final at Lord’s, London.