(10 August 2007 2:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra promoted Essel Group's cricket venture the Indian Cricket League (ICL) has unveiled its official website www.indiancricketleague.in.

The website will help hundreds of aspiring cricketers to apply directly to the ICL.

ICL business head Himanshu Mody said, "We have been getting thousands of mails, letters and queries from aspiring cricketers who don't know how to apply for the ICL. With the website, a single point of information and application of interest will exist for all."

The Indian Cricket League has signed on several Indian and International cricketing greats like Brian Lara, Kiran More, Tony Greig, Dean Jones and Kapil Dev who will head the executive board.

The ICL will identify young talented players across India, being trained to compete at the highest levels and then playing for their respective regions alongside top international stars. The ICL will also make a foray in creating nation wide infrastructure (cricket academies) which will be equipped with state of the art facilities headed by international / domestic coaches under the supervision of a national director of academies, BS Sandhu.

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