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Mumbai Indians cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto,who was sent home midway for exposing the antics of some of the top players on a blog.

Sacked cheerleader gets new offers

New Delhi: Mumbai Indians cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto,who was sent home midway for exposing the antics of some of the top players on a blog,has been offered a role in a major Bollywood movie and also been invited to the inaugural India Grand Prix in October. Pasqualotto,meanwhile,said that she was quite happy to stand by her blog and tweets. Im still a big fan of my team,the Mumbai Indians. Maybe there will be a Part III and if there is,it will probably be about this whole debacle, she said.

We will roar back next season

Mumbai: JP Duminy said though Deccan Chargers has not performed well this time,they plan to come back stronger next time round. Our performance wasnt great,we played ourselves down in many games where we were in winning positions. We didnt close it down. But it is a great experience for us. Hopefully,we will come out firing the next season.

IPL window idea nonsense: Greig

London: Ending Indias domination of the ICC and dismissing the nonsense idea of having a window for the IPL would top Tony Greigs agenda if the former England captain is given charge of crickets world governing body. 8230;What is this nonsense of giving Indian domestic cricket an open window? To give the IPL a domestic Twenty20 competition an open window,and reduce by two months the time available for cricketers to play around the world,in the current environment is just ridiculous, Grieg told the BBC in an interview.

Want to be in top two: Fleming

Chennai: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming is wary about the fact that law of averages might just catch up with the defending champions,who have been in good form having won eight out of their 12 matches so far. 8220;Any team wants to be one and two on points table because running into the final is so much better and we win the next two games and back in Chennai for the final. It8217;s a fantastic run,8221; Fleming said. 8220;If it does not occur,the third and fourth place teams have to play extra games possibly one before the final and another tough one,which is a bit harder,8221; the coach said.

Inexperience let us down: Dravid

Mumbai: Rahul Dravid said inexperience was the reason behind Rajasthan Royals failure to make it to the playoffs of IPL 4. Look,our side has got a little bit of inexperience if you look at our game. There are 10 teams and at the end of the day other teams had probably more experienced players in this competition. We are not in a position to get to the play-offs. We have got some up and down performances. We have some youngsters doing well for us. We can improve next year, Dravid said.