“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.
Meanwhile, du Plessis’s opening partner Ruturaj Gaikwad entered the top 10 with man of the match knock of 75.
Morgan said that everyone is together in the fight against the pandemic and asked people to stay as safe as possible at all times.
Both teams are level on points with fourth-placed Mumbai Indians but four points behind Royal Challengers Bangalore in third place.
The BCCI, on its part, insisted that the event will continue and it wouldn’t come in the way of those wanting to leave.
The KKR mentor hinted that West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell could be pushed up the order in the upcoming matches while New Zealand’s right-arm fast bowler Lockie Ferguson may be included in the playing XI.
Australia’s Adam Gilchrist, who led now-defunct Deccan Chargers to their maiden IPL victory in 2009, also waded into the debate.
Padikkal smashed an unbeaten 101 off 52 balls in an opening stand of 181 with his skipper as RCB won the game by 10 wickets.
A dominating bowling effort from Khaleel Ahmed and Abhishek Sharma had helped SRH restrict Punjab Kings to a paltry 120 in 19.4 overs on Wednesday here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Mishra is the second-highest wicket-taker in the history of the IPL as he has 164 wickets to his name from 152 matches.
RCB head in to the game after three morale-boosting victories. The Virat Kohli-led side edged past defending champions Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener before getting the better of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders to jump to the top of the points table.
Samson scored a blistering ton in the first match which Royals lost narrowly to Punjab Kings but failed to come good against Delhi Capitals and against Chennai Super Kings on Monday night.
Fleming said Ali’s impressive batting at No. 3 has been instrumental in the team getting good scores so far this season.
Delhi Capitals suffered a meltdown on Thursday as they lost to Rajasthan Royals despite having them on the mat at 42 for five. By allowing RR to chase down 147 after reducing them to 42 for five, DC revealed a serious inability to finish off the match.
Spin will be a crucial weapon again for RCB as KKR showed their inability to cope with spin in their previous match against Mumbai Indians, giving away four wickets to leg-spinner Rahul Chahar.