BCCI wants to hold the IPL in the October window after the tournament was postponed indefinitely earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
'Everyone at home wanted me to play for India and when I got selected everyone danced.'
Both the new teams Gujarat Titans and the Lucknow Super Giants play their first match, against each other, at the Wankhede on March 28.
'Obviously everyone is still really keen for it to go ahead, but the priority is to minimise risk of (the virus) spreading.'
Hardik Pandya has been fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over rate during their IPL 2023 match against Punjab Kings.
The UAE has little over 6000 active cases of COVID-19 and the overall situation around the pandemic is under control.
The BCCI should consider postponing the IPL, says Kings XI Punjab's owner Ness Wadia even as BCCI president Sourav Ganguly says 'status quo remains'.
Morne Morkel resigns as Pakistan's bowling coach
Chennai Super Kings' IPL-winning head coach Stephen Fleming on Saturday joined the New Zealand camp for a short stint to help the Kiwis prepare themselves for the T20 World Cup.
CSK bowling coach L Balaji's positive test inside bubble puts Delhi IPL games in fix.
'He thinks he's a very good footballer, but I have more skills.'
If Stokes plays two months of IPL till the end of May, then he would be spending close to five months in India, which might not be feasible for him.
Mithali, Poonam welcome Ganguly's announcement.
The BCCI is looking at the September-October window for hosting the IPL, which has been postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic.
Has any cricketing legend asked the all-powerful BCCI Secretary Jay A Shah how selections are taking place without a chief selector in place for the last four months? Who takes all the important decisions at selection meetings?, asks Harish Kotian.
If any pain in the body persists for more than 5-6 days it is always better to show a specialist, recommends rediffGURU Nidhi Gupta.
Australia head coach Justin Langer on Wednesday hinted that the Indian Premier League could be responsible for the large number of injuries suffered by India in the ongoing four-match Test series.
The IPL was due to be staged earlier in the year but was postponed due to COVID-19, taking up a slot vacated by the shift of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia to next year.
IPL 2020 was the first sports tournament to surpass 400 billion viewing minutes.
The BCCI insisted that the event will continue and it wouldn't come in the way of those wanting to leave.
An excited Ricky Ponting said he can't wait to get working with Delhi Capitals trio Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant in the IPL later this year after the trio's match-winning performances for India in the recent-concluded four-match Test series against England.
Caribbean Premier League (CPL) CEO Pete Russell expects the T20 league to take place as scheduled in September and hopes the BCCI figures out "its own window" for the Indian Premier League which has been indefinitely postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. There is a possibility that the BCCI organises the IPL in September or October and that might require rescheduling the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup.
Australian cricketers, including big buys Glenn Maxwell and Jhye Richardson, are going to be part of the action.
The player registration deadline closed on Thursday and the list comprises 207 international players including 21 capped Indians.
The 39-year-old will resume his duties with the Australian men's team at the conclusion of the IPL.
The women's T20 exhibition matches, which will be staged during the Indian Premier League, is once again likely to be slotted during the playoffs as the Board of Control for Cricket in India that remains the only window available for these games.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to 'wait and watch' how the current situation amid the coronavirus crisis evolves and will accordingly decide the next course of action regarding the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League, a BCCI source said on Wednesday.
Australia's batting star Steve Smith on Monday said he would be willing to take part in the IPL if the T20 World Cup scheduled in his country for October-November is postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The BCCI is eyeing the September-October window for the indefinitely postponed IPL with the T20 World Cup unlikely to take place.
'We don't want the year 2020 to finish without an IPL. Our first priority is India and even if we get 35 to 40 days, we will host it. But we don't know where'
New Zealand Cricket has indicated that it may not block its players from fully participating in the upcoming IPL if the knock-out phase matches of the lucrative league clash with the Test series opener in England beginning on June 2.
Former Union minister and Congress leader Rajeev Shukla was re-appointed chairman of the powerful IPL Governing Council on Monday, ending a month-long suspense over the selection for the top post in the cash-rich Twenty20 league.
Australia's limited-overs' captain Aaron Finch is confident his opening partner at the T20 World Cup, in Oman and the UAE from October 17, will do well despite being dropped by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL this year.
'We will continue to look at the coronavirus situation till September then we will decide whether we host the tournament in India or UAE'
This year's viewership will be highest ever, says IPL Chairman Brijesh Patel.
The British media grilled Buttler on players in all likelihood skipping the Test series against New Zealand starting June 2 if their franchises get to the play-offs starting in last week of May.
The IPL, which is indefinitely postponed, can be held in the September-October window if the scheduled T20 World Cup in Australia doesn't take place.
In the current scenario, form in the IPL will carry a lot of weight for selection in the Indian team bound for USA and Caribbean.
The IPL has been postponed till April 15 in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and with the country scheduled to go for another two week extension of the lockdown, it is but natural that the cash-rich league can't be held during its dedicated April-May window.
In charge of dope control at the IPL for the very first time, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) might have to outsource the task of sample collection given the high cost of handling the exercise when the event is held in the UAE later this year. The next best option for NADA will be using the services of UAE's National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) or contact Sweden's International Dope Test and Management (IDTM) which has done sample collection and testing for the last 12 seasons of the IPL.
Rohit Sharma has taken a break after the World Test Championship final and hectic IPL 2023.
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