Tag: Indian Premier League

Ali Khan to skipper Maq Stars

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MARGATE/FL – USA: American star cricketer Ali Khan will be playing in the USA Nationals Maq T10 tournament and will captain the Maq Stars cricket team. This was revealed by the chairman and CEO of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Muhammad Qureshi while speaking on MaqTv on Tuesday. According to Qureshi: “It is great that Ali Khan and Saad Zafar will be playing at the USA National Maq T10 tournament as it will lend so much.” Ali Khan who played for the Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL)…

IPL bubble ‘tough’, but skipper says champions Mumbai in good spirits

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“The Mumbai Indians celebrating their IPL crown in 2019. Skipper Rohit Sharma said the team was finding it hard to adjust to the “bubble” they were in for the 2020 coronavirus-hit version of the tournament. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma said Thursday that the IPL’s coronavirus bio-security bubble was “mentally tough”, but the team was finding ways to stimulate players and keep in good spirits. The virus-delayed Twenty20 tournament begins Saturday in the United Arab Emirates, with holders Mumbai playing the Chennai Super Kings…

Breaking taboo, IPL cricket team gets sanitary pad sponsor

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“The Rajasthan Royals will wear the company’s logo on their shirts in the upcoming IPL season. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – An Indian Premier League cricket team has signed a sponsorship deal with a sanitary pad brand, challenging the country’s entrenched taboos around menstruation. The Rajasthan Royals, who feature England stars Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer, said they hoped the Niine brand sponsorship will “help educate men…on a grand scale”. Deep-rooted social taboos remain in India around menstruating women.In some rural areas, women are made to sleep separately during…

Indian gaming firm Dream11 named IPL main sponsor

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“VIVO and the IPL parted ways after the deadly border clash between India and China. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – The Indian Premier League on Tuesday named Indian fantasy gaming company Dream11 as its lead sponsor, replacing China’s Vivo which was dumped following a deadly border clash between the countries in June. IPL chairman Brijesh Patel told AFP that the four-month deal for sponsoring the glitzy Twenty20 cricket tournament was worth almost $30 million. Dream11, which beat separate bids from local online educational firms Byju’s and Unacademy, was already…

IPL’s Chennai expect Dhoni to play past 40

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“Chennai Super Kings expect their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to keep playing well past his 40th birthday. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – Indian Premier League favourites Chennai Super Kings expect former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to keep playing past his 40th birthday — until at least 2022, the team’s chief executive said. Dhoni has not played a competitive game since India’s World Cup semi-final defeat last year, but is due to return to action when the delayed IPL begins in the United Arab Emirates next month. While Dhoni…

England’s tour of India this year postponed over coronavirus concerns

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COURTESY BY: https://www.cricingif.com/ England’s upcoming white-ball tour to India has been postponed due to disruption caused by coronavirus, cricket chiefs announced on Friday. A programme of three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 games, originally due to start in late September, would have been ideal preparation for the T20 World Cup in Australia later in the year. But that tournament has now been put on hold and India is struggling to contain the outbreak of Covid-19. Officials from England and India are in talks over dates for an all-formats England tour…

Chinese sponsor to withdraw from India’s IPL after protests: reports

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“Vivo paid $330 million for a five-year deal up to 2022. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – The Chinese headline sponsor of the Indian Premier League, the world’s richest cricket tournament, is set to withdraw amid mounting hostility after a border clash between the Indian and Chinese armies, reports said. Phonemaker Vivo was to pull out from backing at least this year’s tournament, which has been switched to the United Arab Emirates because of the coronavirus pandemic, the reports said. There have been widespread calls for a boycott of Chinese…

Indian cricket board seeks IPL in UAE after World Cup postponed

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“The Mumbai Indians won last year’s IPL. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – The Indian Premier League on Tuesday seized upon the postponement of the Twenty20 World Cup to propose holding its cash bonanza tournament in the United Arab Emirates from September. IPL chairman Brijesh Patel told AFP that the Board of Control for Cricket in India was seeking government permission to finally stage the event after multiple hold-ups because of the coronavirus pandemic. The board is confident it can assemble stars from around the world to line up for…

September IPL in Sri Lanka is viable option: Gavaskar

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“Mumbai Indians players celebrate winning the 2019 Indian Premier League final. This year’s tournament has been postponed because of the coronavirus. ©AFP” New Delhi (AFP) – Batting great Sunil Gavaskar said the Indian Premier League could be staged in Sri Lanka in September with Australia’s chances of hosting the Twenty20 World Cup in October looking bright. The Twenty20 international showpiece is scheduled to take place from October 18 to November 19 but had been under threat because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, Australia’s decision to allow crowds of up to…

Indian cricket still hopes to salvage IPL season

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“The Board of Control for Cricket in India still hopes to salvage something from the money-spinning IPL T20 competition despite the coronavirus. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – Indian cricket chiefs are sticking with plans to salvage the cash-rich IPL tournament this year even if it means playing in empty stadiums, the country’s board president Sourav Ganguly said Thursday. The world’s richest Twenty20 tournament is heading for the first wipeout of its 12-year history after being repeatedly postponed because of the coronavirus. Despite the worsening epidemic caseload in India, Ganguly…