This closure has led to increase in flight duration and has put a strain on Mumbai's air traffic controllers, who are working extra shifts to handle the increase in traffic.
Images from Monday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders, in Sharjah.
After the first phase, which saw CSK openers dominating the proceedings, it's their bowlers who are coming to their own in the second phase.
Royal Challengers Bangalore's senior batsman AB de Villiers described losing three matches in a row as a "terrible feeling" with a dip in form towards the end of the league stage jeopardising their IPL play-off spot.
New Zealand's shock abandonment of their Pakistan tour last month created bad blood between the sides but captain Kane Williamson expects "right spirit" to prevail when the teams clash in Tuesday's Twenty20 World Cup contest in Sharjah.
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings, in Abu Dhabi.
Trent Boult finished with IPL career-best 4-18 in his four overs, including a maiden, while Jasprit Bumrah took 2-25 as CSK finished on a lowly 114-9 in their 20 overs.
Both KXIP and the Royals would look to build a winning momentum after starting the tournament as underdogs.
KKR lost four batsmen in a row for ducks.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan says his team's four-wicket win over RCB in the IPL Eliminator was possible due to Sunil Narine's outstanding all-round effort.
Rahul Tewatia hit five sixes to turn the tide. The left-handed batsman scored 53 as Rajasthan gained an improbable victory.
South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma says the upcoming T20I series against India will be an opportunity for him to identify players for specific roles for the T20 World Cup, which will be held in Australia later this year.
Mumbai Indians' young batsman Ishan Kishan said support from India captain Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard helped him get back among the runs after he had lost his place in the playing XI.
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Images from Monday's Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab in Sharjah.
It was on April 18, 1986, when former Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad struck a final ball six to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, against India, in the final of the Austral-Asia Cup, in Sharjah. This match still sends shivers down the spine of ardent cricket fans in both India and Pakistan.
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Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell may be rested from the first One-day international against Pakistan as the tourists recover from a stomach bug that has hit the team in the United Arab Emirates.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan is excited at the prospect of fans returning to the stadiums after the lifting of the Covid-enforced restrictions and cheering them on when the second leg of IPL starts in the UAE on Sunday.
The 30-year-old leg-spinner said watching Yuzvendra Chahal and Sundar bowl during RCB's thumping 82-run win over KKR a few days before helped him find the right length at the same small Sharjah ground.
This year's T20 World Cup, which has been moved to the UAE and Oman from India due to the COVID-10 pandemic, will be played from October 17 to November 14, the International Cricket Council announced on Tuesday.
With the semi-final spot assured, Pakistan might look to rest a few players and give others opportunities in the inconsequential match.
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Suresh Raina, who unexpectedly pulled out of the IPL after travelling to Dubai with the CSK contingent, extended his best wishes to the team ahead of the tournament opener against Mumbai Indians.
He was referring to his Twitter posts after that game in which he asked Morgan and Tim Southee to not use "derogatory" words and lecture him on 'Spirit of Cricket' by taking a moral high ground.
A Rajasthan Royals official had told ANI that Buttler wasn't part of the bubble that was created for the players travelling from the UK to UAE and that is the reason he had to do a full six-day quarantine.
Sushma Verma (34) and Sune Luus (37 not out) were main contributors in Velocity's successful chase.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli blamed his side's five-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Sharjah on Saturday, on poor batting.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson extolled Pakistan bowlers' "outstanding" performance against them, saying their clinical show at the death was of the "highest class".
Axar Patel played a cracking cameo to finish off the game in style.
Senior Kings XI Punjab batsman Chris Gayle is likely to play his first game in the ongoing on Thursday after recovering from a bout of food poisoning.
'This will be the first time since 2005 that an England team has toured Pakistan and as such it represents a significant moment for both nations.'
Kings XI run into a RCB squad which has grown in confidence by leaps and bounds since their last meeting.
...'with the conditions in mind, it is hard to look past Pakistan. They know UAE so well of course and became one of the best teams in the world while playing there.'
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli described team-mate AB de Villiers's unbeaten 33-ball 73, which set up a comprehensive victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Monday, as "superhuman" effort.
'Let's deal with the fifteen guys that we have here at this moment in time, which is more important, and see if we can rally around these guys and see if we can defend our title.'
Their campaign back on track after drubbing Bangladesh in their previous game, Australia cannot afford slip-up against an unpredictable West Indies in their final Super 12 match as they look to seal a semi-final spot in the T20 World Cup on Saturday.
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Kings XI Punjab skipper KL Rahul also credited coach Anil Kumble for the fine run the team is going through in the IPL.
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