Indian Cricket League's official website launched

NEW DELHI: The rebel Indian Cricket League has done something which the BCCI, the world's richest cricket Board, has not done in 77 years -- launch its official website.

ICL, the much talked about venture of Subash Chandra's Essel Group which has already sounded the alarm bells in the BCCI, today announced the launch of their www.indiancricketleague.in to facilitate the entry of aspiring players.

The website would help hundreds of aspirants to now apply directly for the twenty20 League proposed to be held in October.

"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," Business Head of ICL, Himanshu Mody, said in a press release.

The ICL has already signed up several former Indian and international greats such as Brian Lara, Kiran More, Tony Greig, Dean Jones and Kapil Dev, who heads their Executive Board.

The ICL will involve young talented players being identified from all over 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 and domestic coaches under the supervision of a national director of academies, B S Sandhu.