In May, BCCI made a decision that effectively allowed IPL teams to play 'out-of-season' friendly matches overseas. The idea to commercially exploit the IPL brand overseas was formally proposed at the IPL workshop in Goa in January. Teams welcomed the May decision, but their initial enthusiasm...

By Anand Kumar After Kolkata kicked defending champions Rajasthan out of the second IPL today and Chennai almost shut the door on Punjab’s possibility of making it to the semi finals (mathematically they still have a remote chance), I wanted to have a look at the current standing in the IPL-2 as of now...