Zlatan Ibrahimovic , the Inter Milan and Sweden striker who has a knee injury, could return to action next Sunday and will be fit to play Euro 2008. “There are three matches left in the league and possibly two cup matches," he told a Swedish newspaper after a training session in Malmo.

Danish Kaneria, the Pakistani leg-spinner, is disappointed at not being part of the IPL razzmatazz, though he insists it’s not only the lure of moolah but also the stature that makes it a blue ribbon event. “It is not about the money really. But one does like to be involved in such a high-profile event.”