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Ali Khan set to join Kolkata Knight Riders as Harry Gurney replacement

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COURTESY BY: https://www.espncricinfo.com/ It is understood that Kolkata Knight Riders will rope in USA’s 29-year-old fast bowler Ali Khan – pending IPL approval – as a replacement for the English seamer Harry Gurney. Gurney is scheduled to have surgery related to a shoulder injury, and has pulled out of both the IPL and England’s Vitality Blast last month. Khan’s signing will make him the first USA player to feature in the IPL. He will come in on the back of a season with the Trinbago Knight Riders – the CPL franchise with the same parent…

Coronavirus may force IPL out of India, chairman says

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“South Africa hosted the IPL in 2009. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – The Indian Premier League could be moved out of the country if the coronavirus pandemic next month or two and then take a call accordingly,” said Patel, adding that options included staging the cash-rich tournament abroad. Pandemic cases have surged in the nation of 1.3 billion people.India now has the fourth highest caseload in the world, concentrated in major cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai which are cricket hubs. The world’s wealthiest Twenty20 tournament has twice been…