| MUMBAI:
The Indian Cricket League (ICL) has announced its plan to launch ICL season 3
with its ‘October-November 2009’ Winter edition of the ICL 20s Indian
Championship, preceded by the ICL 20-20 Domestic Tournament and conditioning camp
for its players.
The off-season period will see the ICL Executive Board conducting a detailed “Sports-Performance”
evaluation process in regard of its talent pool, player performance and activating
its talent-scout initiatives. Speaking
on the development Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra says, “ICL has emerged
as a true global sports brand. We have successfully conducted seven tournaments
through our pioneering league. Every edition has seen new innovations, additional
sports facilities and a larger talent base to entertain the sports consumer and
ICL Season-3 will be no different. We are utilising the off-season period to further
enhance the features of the sports product, to deliver a more vibrant and entertaining
brand of cricket for the sports fans of the country. We are hopeful to receive
official recognition at the ICC Executive Board meeting scheduled for April 17th
& 18th in Dubai ; failing which we will pursue legal options.” ICL
Executive Board chairman Kapil Dev said, “We are extremely happy to inform
the cricket fraternity that ICL will return with a bang with its 3rd & 4th
editions – ICL 20-20 Domestic Tournament & ICL 20s Indian Championship
– on schedule, from October 2009 onwards. The ICL Executive Board under my
leadership has been given a mandate to carry out a detailed “Performance
Evaluation” process, where we would minutely analyze our sports product and
come up with new innovations, better player pool, to take the league to the next
level.” | 
