'... both boards will be working together from now on to stage the tournament'.
IPL was suspended indefinitely on Tuesday after multiple COVID-19 cases were detected in the tournament's bio-bubble.
Steve Smith might be taking a wee bit more time to adjust to sub-continental tracks but his poor returns in the first two ODIs against India is least of concern for the Australian team management, senior speedster Mitchell Starc said on Tuesday.
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen pulled out of this year's Indian Premier League after withdrawing his name from the player's auction scheduled later this month.
Australian pace bowler Pat Cummins is "super hopeful" that the Indian Premier League will go ahead this year despite the coronavirus pandemic, even if it means matches are initially played in empty stadiums. The start of the Twenty20 tournament, originally scheduled for March 29, has been deferred to April 15 and another postponement looks inevitable as India locks down to prevent the spread of the virus.
'I'd prefer to be playing cricket, but a little bit of time at home might not be the worst thing'
The idea of having a full-fledged women's IPL is in a "progression stage" and a World Cup title for India can actually help in turning that into a reality sooner than later, says former captain Anjum Chopra. Under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian team sailed into the final of the women's T20 World Cup in March, but was thrashed by home favourites and defending champions Australia when it mattered the most.
Najam Sethi met with officials of the Asian Cricket Council and objected to the move to relocate the Asia Cup to Sri Lanka
In India, 29 positive cases have been reported so far, including 16 Italian tourists. New Zealand Cricket said that the cricket board is in constant touch with the country's health, foreign affairs and sports ministry to get regular updates which will ensure health safety for its players.
The ICC from the next cycle will award the same prize money to men's and women's champions and runners-up teams at its global events.
Ricky Ponting believes that India will play both Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin in the World Test Championship final against Australia, starting June 7.
'If you look at the last one-and-a-half years, Bumrah is a player who we have missed a lot. We have not decided who is going to play white ball and who red ball but eventually we have to give breaks to our bowlers.'
India pacer Prasidh has been laid low by a lumbar stress fracture that will require the Rajasthan Royals bowling spearhead to go under the knife.
Former Australia captain Aaron Finch believes the 285-run first innings partnership between Steve Smith and Travis Head made the difference in the World Test Championship final.
None of the overseas recruits of eight IPL franchises have expressed any apprehensions about travelling to India. And there are multiple practical reasons why the T20 extravaganza will be held as per schedule.
The BCCI withdrawing the women's national team from a tri-series in England is not a case of neglect, Apex Council member Shantha Rangaswamy asserted on Monday, urging those doubting the board's commitment towards the side to wait for normalcy before passing judgements. The BCCI's decision to not send the team for the tri-series involving England and South Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic has raised a few eyebrows at a time when it is preparing to host the IPL in the UAE in September-November.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said it would not support any move to reschedule this year's World T20 Cup to 2021 as it would hit the entire international calendar. A PCB official, ahead of the International Cricket Council meetings beginning on Thursday to discuss the fate of the World T20, said that Pakistan's stance will be to push for a wait and watch policy.
Eoin Morgan said going ahead, Australia, which has reported just over 7,100 positive cases with more than 6500 recoveries and 103 deaths, would be weighing their options.
The first edition of women's IPL is tentatively scheduled for March 2023.
Amid opposition to the Indian Premier League matches matches in Chennai in view of raging protests over the Cauvery issue, Tamil film star Rajinikanth said it would be good if the Twenty20 league's organisers stopped the games in the city as such a gala event would be embarrassing when entire Tamil Nadu was agitating.
'It is the Indian Premier League after all. We should be proud of what we have, which is a wonderful national anthem and a wonderful league. In NBA too, national anthem is played before every game'
The Supreme Court, on Friday, suspended N Srinivasan from the Board of Control for Cricket in India and all its activities, and ordered former India captain Sunil Gavaskar to take over as interim president.
The ninth edition of the Indian Premier League 2016 will feature eight teams and some of the world's best players. Two of those eight teams are new franchises, Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions, both inducted following the suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. So which of them will emerge triumphant this year?
A survey conducted by MyTeam11, which involved 10,000 people, found that people foresee sport returning soon but sporting venues will continue to be empty for a long time.
The fixtures for the fourth season of the Indian Premier League, which gets underway on April 8.
While the NZC will be updating its players about the health safety protocols and latest COVID-19 related developments, the onus will be on the six individuals to do due diligence.
The Delhi Capitals contingent will undergo another round of RT-PCR testing on the morning of April 20th, the BCCI said in a statement.
The historic Eden Gardens will host two play-off matches that were originally scheduled in Pune, Indian Premier League governing council confirmed.
Check out the league standings in the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League.
BCCI is planning aggressively to have an IPL in the United Arab Emirates provided the central government green-lights their request for a shift due to the rising cases of COVID-19.
Legendary Shane Warne has been appointed head coach of the London Spirits team for next year's The Hundred competition.
It was reported on April 14 that the Indian cricket board (BCCI) had intimated the eight franchisees along with other stakeholders about the indefinite postponement of the tournament's 13th edition but there was no official word from the parent cricketing body. While BCCI is not committal on when cricket could resume in the country, Shah maintained that India's richest sporting body is monitoring the situation and will seek guidance from the central government as well as states.
Any "tinkering" in the IPL format to make space for it in the coronavirus-hit calendar will not be acceptable to Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore, who on Thursday asserted that all the franchises want the T20 league to be held in its complete form. The IPL was postponed indefinitely after a lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic came into force in March.
Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) have signed Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) stars players for the inaugural season of the MLC, as per ESPNcricinfo.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings, in Sharjah, on Thursday.
The former India captain was the president from 2015 to 2019 before moving to the BCCI. The CAB polls are scheduled to be held on October 31.
Both the 13th IPL and T20 World Cup are uncertain at the moment with the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than one lakh people globally.
Major League Cricket will be the first professional T20 league in the United States, with the inaugural season scheduled to be held later this year.
With the WTC final set to get underway shortly after the IPL, India skipper Rohit Sharma said the players' workloads will be closely monitored.
The IPL 2020, which was scheduled to be played from March 29, has been suspended till April 15 with no clarity yet on whether it would go ahead at all. With the spike in coronavirus cases and deaths showing no signs of relenting across the world, there are slim chances of the IPL happening this year.
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