“IPL will be held between September 19 and October 15,” Rajeev Shukla, vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told IANS on Wednesday.
Cummins has told KKR’s veteran India player Dinesh Karthik that he won’t be able to make it for the second leg of the tournament.
The franchises too haven’t got any intimation though they have been told that they will get to know only after May 29.
India is battling a devastating health crisis in the second wave of the global pandemic, which is currently causing over 4,000 daily deaths.
Narine and Russell along with West Indians who were part of the TV production in the suspended IPL reached the Caribbean, informed Windies cricket on Sunday.
Star Sports has bagged the IPL’s television and digital rights for 2018-2022 for Rs 16,348 crore, agreeing to pay about Rs 54.5 crore per game in a 60-match season. Only 29 games were played before the pandemic halted this year’s IPL.
RCB skipper Virat Kohli reached Mumbai on Tuesday, the day IPL-14 was indefinitely suspended due to multiple COVID cases in its bio-bubble.
The Australians will remain in the Maldives until the conclusion of the travel pause pertaining to flights from India to Australia.
Speaking to ANI, a senior CSK official said that both Hussey and bowling coach L Balaji were flown into Chennai to ensure better control over the situation.
The 2021 IPL was postponed this week after multiple Covid-19 cases emerged within the tournament’s bio-bubbles in Ahmedabad and New Delhi.
“India is a special country going through a very difficult time. Thank you for welcoming me and my family like you always do. Please stay safe and look after yourselves,” tweeted Buttler.
The submission came on Wednesday during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which sought enquiry as to why the IPL was being prioritised over public health.
Hours after the lucrative cricket league was suspended on Tuesday due to the COVID-19 crisis, the English members of Delhi Capitals squad rushed to Delhi from Ahmedabad to prepare for their return home.
The tournament was postponed indefinitely on Tuesday after a spate of Covid-19 infections came up within its bio-bubble in Ahmedabad and New Delhi.
“The tournament has been suspended indefinitely. We will try to conduct the event in the next available window but this month is unlikely,” league chairman Brijesh Patel told PTI.
Indian Premiure League (IPL) has been suspended for a week, say BCCI after many players test positive for COVID-19. Latest to get positive is Wriddhiman Saha of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The Indian Premier League was on Tuesday suspended indefinitely after multiple COVID-19 cases were reported in its bio-bubble.
When CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan was contacted, he said that CSK had informed BCCI about Balaji’s RT-PCR result.
The rest of the KKR squad, and the whole of the RCB squad, have tested negative. Kolkata will now test their players every day to ensure there is no further spread of the illness within the camp.
DC’s reign may, however, turn out to be a short one for now if third-placed Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who are two points behind the Capitals, end up beating Kolkata Knight Riders by a big margin on Monday.
Karim, 53, played 34 ODIs and one Test match for India and represented Bihar and Bengal in domestic cricket. He has been a national selector in the past.
Livingstone had pulled out of the tournament due to bio-bubble fatigue last month.
Warner led SRH in the first six matches. The franchise lost five of those matches and is at the bottom of the points table.
The left-handed batsman got a third-ball duck on Friday night in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to go with his three earlier ducks.
Dhawan took 47 balls to score his 46 but played the perfect foil to his opening partner Prithvi Shaw, who scored 82 off 41 balls.