The World's Wost Insanely Luxurious Houses and It's Historical Stories-
Antilla, Mumbai - The first Billion dollar home
Mukesh Ambani, the fifth richest man in the world and head of the Mumbai based petrochemical giant Reliance Industries is estimated to be worth somewhere in the region of $43 billion. He is also the owner to-be of a 27-story skyscraper in downtown Mumbai that is to cost him colossal $2 billion! His wife Nita Ambani was staying in the Mandarin Oriental in New York and was so impressed with the interior Asian style decor that she wanted something similar for her to live in.
What resulted from that is the world's largest and most expensive home ever. Every story in the Antilla's skyscraper home will be built to a different specification. The vast variation of materials to be used in its build has tremendously added to its overall cost. The meticulous planning that has gone into this architectural design is astounding and once the 27 -story tower is built it will certainly become a spectacular site for all eyes.
Updown Court, England - The most important private residence to be built in England since the 19th century ($150 million)
Updown Court is situated only 25 miles from London, and through a pair of large sophisticated iron gates, one can see a palatial construction of immense scale and beauty. The property, however, is best known for its price tag: more than 85 million British pounds (+$150 million U$, with 103 rooms, five swimming pools and 24-carat-gold leafing on the study's mosaic floor.
There's a squash court, bowling alley, tennis court, 50-seat screening room, heated marble driveway and helipad. Eight limousines will fit in the underground garage. Then there are the neighbors, who include the queen (at Windsor Castle) and Elton John. It is listed with Savills and Hamptons International.
Versailles, Florida - The largest family home ever built in the US
This 30 bedroom mansion boasts its own bowling alley, roller skating rink and Olympic sized swimming pool to make it the largest family home ever built in the US. Time share mogul David Siegel and his former beauty queen wife Jacqueline began building the huge estate three years ago. But with almost 18 months of work still to be carried out on the property they have put it on the market at $75m. Experts believe a further $25m needs to be spent before anyone can move in.
As well as 30 bedrooms the home would have 23 bathrooms with spectacular views over Lake Butler, about 20 miles from Orlando. The hand-built windows for the house cost more than £2m and other luxuries include a ballroom and a children's theatre. There is a garage with enough space for 20 cars, three swimming pools, a large boat house, formal gardens, and a one-story gatehouse with an apartment. There is also a baseball field, two tennis courts, a 60 foot by 120 foot Grand Hall with a 30-foot stained glass dome, two grand staircases, a 37 foot by 30 foot kitchen, 10 satellite kitchens, a two-story wine cellar and a rock grotto with three separate spas behind an 80-foot waterfall. All 23 full bathrooms have full-sized Jacuzzis, 160 tripled paned windows and Brazilian mahogany French-style doors that alone cost pds2.million.
Launching Ceremony of The Bangladesh Premier League T20-
Bangladesh Premier League 2013
Logo of the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League
Countries
Bangladesh
Administrator
BCB
Headquarter
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Format
Twenty20
First tournament
2012
Next tournament
2013
Tournament format
Double round-robin and knockout
Number of teams
7
Current champion
Dhaka Gladiators
Most successful
1 Tournament
Most runs
Ahmed Shehzad (486)
Most wickets
Elias Sunny (17) in 12 Matches Mohammad Sami (17) in 11 Matches
The 2013 Bangladesh Premier League season, abbreviated
as BPL 2 or BPL 2013, will be the second season of the Bangladesh
Premier League, established by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in
2012. The opening and closing ceremonies will be held Shere Bangla
National Stadium, Mirpur. The tournament will begin on 18 January 2013
and end on 22 February 2013.
This time there are Seven teams in BPL session 2 named as Dhaka
Gladiators, Sylhet Royals, Barisal Burners, CTG King, Duronto Rajshahi,
Khulna Royal Bengals, & Rangpur Riders. All of 2013 Bpl 2 cricket
match will be Broadcaster TV partner Channel 9 & Channel 9 UK.
Franchises:
The minimum bidding price for each franchise is $1 million. The
franchise owners are now in possession of the franchise for six years
and can only sell it after three years.
In the second edition of BPL, Rangpur Riderswas the seventh team to enter the tournament.
Team
Division
Owner(s)
Price
Captain
Head coach
Barisal Burners
Barisal
Alif Group Bangladesh
US$1.01 million
Azhar Mahmood
Tom Moody
Chittagong Kings
Chittagong
SQ Sports
US$1.20 million
Mahmudullah
Waqar Younus
Dhaka Gladiators
Dhaka
Europa Group
US$1.05 million
Mashrafe Mortaza
Ian Pont
Duronto Rajshahi
Rajshahi
Digital Auto Care
US$1.07 million
Robin Singh
Khulna Royal Bengals
Khulna
Orion Group
US$1.10 million
Saqlain Mushtaq
Sylhet Royals
Sylhet
Walton Group
US$1.06 million
Mushfiqur Rahim
Mohammad Salauddin
Rangpur Riders
Rangpur
I-Sports
US$ 1.01 million
Nasir Hossain
To Be Announced
The highest wicket taker will win the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while the highest run scorer will win the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Best young player will be awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play will be won by the team who will play most fairly throughout the tournament.
Venues-
A total of 33 matches will be held including the final in this tournament. 25 matches will be played in Dhaka and the remaining 8 matches will be held in Chittagong.
Dhaka
Chittagong
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
Capacity:26,000
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
Capacity:20,000
Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, fetched the highest price,
going for $US 365,000. However, the amount was almost half of what
Shahid Afridi, the former Pakistan captain, was sold for when the
Twenty20 tournament was launched in February 2012. Imran Nazir, the
Pakistani opener, was commanded the second-highest price tag, going for
$US 280,000 with Afridi close behind at $US 275,000, while more than a
dozen foreign players went for over $US 100,000.
Team-
Barisal Burners
Chittagong Kings
Dhaka Gladiators
Duronto Rajshahi
Khulna Royal Bengal
Sylhet Royals
Rangpur Riders
Player list-
Icon players:
Shahriar Nafees (Barisal Burners)
Tamim Iqbal (Chittagong Kings)
Mohammad Ashraful (Dhaka Gladiators)
Shakib Al Hasan (Khulna Royal Bengal)
Mushfiqur Rahim (Duronto Rajshahi)
Alok Kapali (Sylhet Royals)
Grade A ($45,000):
Mahmudullah
Abdur Razzak
Nasir Hossain
Junaid Siddique
Imrul Kayes
Mashrafe Mortaza
Player signings:
The first signing and auction of players for the 6 teams was held on 19 January at Hotel Radisson in Dhaka
Bangladesh. The team auction was held on 10 January 2012. Each
franchise was allowed to sign a total of 10 local players & 8
foreign players and can play up to 5 foreign players in each match. Each
franchise also have one domestic icon player in their team.Pakistan's Shahid Afridi was the priciest among the players bought for $700,000 by Dhaka Gladiators. West Indian superstar Chris Gayle was bought by Barisal Burners for $551,000. Young Bangladeshi star Nasir Hossain was the priciest among local players bought by Khulna Royal Bengal
for $200,000. The icon players of each team will get $210,000 which is
5% more than the highest paid local player Nasir Hossain.
Dhaka Gladiators
