Trivandrum Sports

[vinodtnt]

another link about the IPL matches to be conducted in trivandrum

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if mr. tharoor can bring the whole IPL to kerala then bringing some matches to trivandrum is as simple as plucking a flower for him .... (oru poo parikkunna laghavam ..... )

[Rajesh SM]

It is now almost clear. IPL matches will be held in Trivandrum.

Today all the major news papers reported the same.

http://malayalam.deepikaglobal.com/C...ewscode=114005

http://mangalam.com/index.php?page=d...lang=malayalam

[Rajesh SM]

Metro Manorama also reported this heartening news today.

Tharoor held discussions with MVK.

New stadium in Kariavattam will not have synthetic tracks.

It will be a mega stadium for conducting international cricket and food ball matches.

Seating capacity of 60,000.

Stadium will come up in 30 acres of land.

Cost to be around 80 - 100 crores.

New stadium to come up much before the proposed KCA stadium

[Rajesh SM]

Pune and Kochi join the IPL bandwagon
Web posted at: 3/22/2010 2:7:47
Source ::: IANS/The Peninsula / By John Mary
chennai/kochi: Sahara Adventure Sports Group and Rendezvous Sports World Limited successfully bid for Pune and Kochi franchise teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL)cricket here yesterday. The Sahara ASG, which had also bid for Ahmedabad and Nagpur, purchased Pune for $370m while Rendezvous SWL forked out $333.3m as against the minimum bid amount of $225m.

The two new teams will join the existing eight in the 2011 IPL tournament. Under the present format (home and away, all-play-all), the number of matches from the next season will swell to 94 from the current 60.

Honchos of Rendezvous Sports World Ltd, a consortium of six private companies that worked for more than a year to clinch the Kerala IPL Team bid, are supremely confident of taking world class cricket to Kerala and making good their investment. Led by Shailendra Gaekwad’s Rendezvous, the consortium that won the bid are the Elite group in Kerala, Anchor Earth, Parani Development Pvt Ltd, Anand Shah Developers and Film Waves.

Vivek Venugopal of the Elite group said Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor “is our mentor, whop lent us his emotional support and overall guidance, without which we would not have made it at all”. Shashi Tharoor dismissed all speculation about the nature of his involvement in the IPL bid, telling the media in Koch: “I am not part of the bid but was pleased to give Rendezvous Sports World my encouragement and blessings.

Vivek Venugopal said now was the time to put at rest all speculation and get on with the task of getting the right infrastructure and the best team possible. “One thing is sure. If we had not come in now, there would not have been a Kerala team in the next ten years”. He said that while other teams were city-specific, the Rendezvous team is Kerala IPL, not just concentrating on a city. This is a pointer that this would lend an opportunity for matches to be played at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi and the new stadium that’s being built in Thiruvananthapuram as part of the National Games.


http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Dis...1003222747.xml

[vinodtnt]

see the way of reporting.... Case of mysterious minister

[scorpiogenius]

Indian Express has always tried their best to pull the carpet from under Dr. Tharoor. Funny to note this time they have reported the heartburn by DYFI over Tharoor's involvement in IPL. My oh my!

[Tri Man]

Just for Info :

Very few people know that Trivandrum was once a venue for ODI.

I have read that Trivandrum was the location for first One Day International match in India.
University Stadium used to be the venue.

First ODI India v Australia - Oct 1, 1984
Last ODI India v West Indies - Jan 25, 1988 (End of Golden Era of Trivandrum).

It is sad when IPL people telling that No ODI was played in Trivandrum.



GROUNDS :
Ahmedabad (Gujarat Stadium), Ahmedabad (Sardar Patel), Amritsar, Bangalore, Baroda (IPCL Sports Complex), Baroda (Motibaug Palace), Calcutta, Chandigarh, Chennai (Madras-Chepauk), Chennai (Madras-Nehru), Cuttack, Delhi (Feroz Shah Kotla), Faridabad, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Jullundur, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow (KD Singh), Lucknow (University), Margao, Mohali, Mumbai (Bombay-Brabourne), Mumbai (Bombay-Gymkhana), Mumbai (Bombay-Wankhede), Nagpur, New Delhi (Jawarharlal Nehru), Patna, Poona, Rajkot, Srinigar, Trivandrum, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam


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[chandrurajan]

Originally Posted by Tri Man

Just for Info :

Very few people know that Trivandrum was once a venue for ODI.
Last ODI India v West Indies - Jan 25, 1988 (End of Golden Era of Trivandrum).

Had the privilege of watching this match @ the university stadium. Delayed start and overs were reduced. Still disappointed because of the fact that Kapil Dev got out early and didn't get the chance to watch the Great Sir Viv Richards bat.

One six hit by Phil Simmons went out of the ground, if i remeber correctly it went towards the palayam mosque.

Good Old Days

[satsk3]

Originally Posted by chandrurajan

One six hit by Symonds went out of the ground, if i remeber correctly it went towards the palayam mosque.

Good Old Days

No, I think the ball fell down at the "Mascot Hotel", but heared that it was hit by "Brian Lara".

[scorpiogenius]

It was Phil Simmons...

Here is the match page from Circinfo. India couldn't defend 239 in 1988, probably because it was a small ground.
http://www.cricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/...tch/64320.html

[ajithv]

Originally Posted by Tri Man

Where is Kashmir in this Map??

[chandrurajan]

Originally Posted by scorpiogenius

It was Phil Simmons...

Here is the match page from Circinfo. India couldn't defend 239 in 1988, probably because it was a small ground.
http://www.cricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/...tch/64320.html

Yes its Phil Simmons....Typo...

[chandrurajan]

I meant, Phil Simmons ....Typo...Shemichekku....

[sudheeshnairs]

Originally Posted by chandrurajan

Had the privilege of watching this match @ the university stadium. Still disappointed because of the fact that Kapil Dev got out early

I too was there, as a kid, with my father. I still remember Kapil Dev getting in to the ground to bat with a bandana on his forehead, patting on the back of a kid. He came back to the pavilion fast.

[sakrishna]

(c) anubis @picasa

[Viveks]

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[Viveks]

Originally Posted by sakrishna

(c) anubis @picasa

It is not C.N stadium (Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium).... This one is the Central Stadium which is situated just behind the Secratariat... You can see the secretariat avenue (That White building) after the ground...

[sakrishna]

Originally Posted by Viveks

It is not C.N stadium (Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium).... This one is the Central Stadium which is situated just behind the Secratariat... You can see the secretariat avenue (That White building) after the ground...

Thanks for the correcting me Vivek.

p.s.-
'Sukumar Azhikodinu' Padikkanulla Sylabassil 'Stadiu'thinekkurichillayirunnu. Atha thettipoyathu.
pinne Samadhanam Thakarunnathinu munpu sthalam vidamennu vicharichu.
Atha pettennu clarify cheyyan pattathirunnathu.

[Rajesh SM]

National Games Secretariat has called RFP for developing games village in about 16 acres of land in Trivandrum.

http://www.35thnationalgames.in/imag...mesvillage.pdf

[vinodtnt]

theantz and Yakka Media are organizing live screening of four crucial matches of IPL at Trivandrum in accociation with SDS and UFO

The event will be held at Nishagandhi Open Air Theatre from April 21-25, 2010

They will be donating a part of the proceeds of this event for the welfare of mentally challenged children. A few of them will also be guests during the event.