Indian Premier League will not move out of India despite security fears raised by the players' associations of England, Australia and South Africa, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi insisted. Modi rejected any move to shift the IPL to another country after an independent report complied by ECB security advisor Reg Dickason claimed that safety of cricketers cannot be guaranteed during the cash-awash Twenty20 tournament.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is facing the Shiv Sena’s ire for saying that he favoured Pakistani players’ inclusion in the Indian Premier League (IPL), says he is ’sad’ his comments are being misconstrued as being against a group.

The Shiv Sena hit out at actor and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan Friday for his comments on Pakistani cricketers with one leader saying he should play his matches in Lahore and another declaring that the star's films would not be allowed to be screened in Thane.

Reining Indian Premier League Champions Deccan Chargers have confirmed that they won’t be signing up Abdul Razzaq as they don’t have a slot left wih them. Confusion had prevailed over the status of Razzaq in forthcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. Even as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt went on record saying that the Pakistani all-rounder has been snapped up by Deccan Chargers, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi butted in, saying that the transaction was not in accordance to the rule books.

Pakistani cable operators have decided not to air any matches of the Indian Premier Leagues (IPL) third edition to protest against the insulting treatment meted out to their cricketers in this weeks player auction.