ICL

The second season of the ICL T20s has begun.It is expexted to be a very exciting contest, though it's first season was not a very great hit but it still managed to attract atleast some attention.This year, as the IPL is also starting their season,ICL will have to work even harder to compete. Many new players have joined the ICL this year.Shane Bond and Damien Martyn have been the most controversial ones. Shane Bond's contract with the New Zealand Cricket has been cancelled and he will be no longer seen playing for the New Zealand team. The teams playing in ICL this season are Delhi Giants,Mumbai Champs,Chennai Superstars, Kolkata Tigers, Chandigarh Lions and Hyderabad Heroes. This time it also has two new teams featuring in it,The Lahore Badshahs and The Ahmedabad Rockets. The Lahore Badshahs team is full of players from Pakistan whereas The Ahmedabad Rockets team has players from all around the world, such as J.Gillespie and D.Martyn from Australia, W.Hinds from West Indies and many other Indian players.
I personally think that ICL has done a very good job, though it is not as popular as the yet to start IPL but still it has managed to break the monopoly of BCCI in India.