IPL Cricket
The IPL 2021 competition is set to resume in the UAE in September-October. The BCCI made the decision at a virtually held special general body meeting on 22 May. The governing board of Indian cricket will also reportedly ask the ICC for an extended time to decide whether to hold the men’s 2021 T20 World […]
With the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic causing disruption in the functioning of the board, the BCCI has put plans to organise a tender for new IPL franchises on the backburner. Instead, the current interest of the BCCI is to finalise a schedule for the resumption of the IPL 2021 competition in which several matches […]
The IPL 2021 tournament which began on 9 April was stopped midway on 4 May after a breach of the bio-bubble led to a spate of Covid-19 cases among staff and players of various franchises. There is a question mark over the fate of the rest of the competition with an increasing number of Covid-19 […]
Sri Lanka Cricket has announced that it plans to host the second season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) between 30 July and 22 August. Professor Arjuna De Silva, chair of SLC’s Management Committee, has said to media outlets, “We have found a suitable window to hold this year’s edition, whilst we are currently working […]
According to Aakash Chopra, a cricketer-turned-commentator, IPL teams should be allowed to field five overseas players, up from four as at present. He wants the BCCI to ring in this change to the rules from the IPL 2022 onwards. The IPL will be expanded to include ten teams, with the planned addition of two franchises […]
Before the IPL 2021 was curtailed, there were plenty of sixes hit by various players of the eight franchises. In this article, we look at the batsmen who hit the most sixes in the competition before the Covid break. Top 10 Batsmen to Have Hit Most Sixes in IPL 2021 KL Rahul: 16 Leading Punjab […]
In this article, we look at the best overseas players of the IPL 2021 before a spate of Covid cases caused the tournament to be suspended. Top Four Overseas Players of IPL 2021 AB de Villiers At age 37, AB de Villiers continues to have a tremendous impact on the game. This was never more […]
In this article, we look at the top three opening pairs of batsmen based on their performances in IPL 2021 before the competition was suspended due to a spate of cases inside the bio-secure bubble. Top Three Opening Pairs of IPL 2021 1. Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals) Dhawan and Shaw were inarguably […]
While the competition for the Purple Cap has always been intense in the IPL, with the winner usually known only towards the end of the tournament, the 2021 season has been so far even more intriguing, with several Indians in the fray. In this article, we look at the bowlers with the most wickets in […]
In an incident at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, a potential bookie who was disguised as a cleaner was caught transmitting real-time information to aid ball-by-ball betting during the time lag between actual match action and live TV broadcasts. The information regarding the arrest of the “cleaner” was revealed by Shabbir Hussain Shekhadam Khandwawala, […]
A spate of Covid-19 cases within the biosecure bubble at the IPL 2021 caused the tournament to be suspended. At the time the competition was halted, there was fierce competition for the Orange Cap building up among the leading batsmen. In this article, we look at the top run-makers of the suspended IPL. Top 5 […]
The IPL 2021 has been suspended after an outbreak of Covid-19 cases among staff and players of many franchises. In this article, we look at the best all-rounder performances of the IPL 2021 before the Covid break – players who have shone with both bat and ball. Thus, we have considered the contributions of Kyle […]
According to Saurav Ganguly, the breach in the biosecure bubble of the IPL that led to the suspension of the competition may have been caused by travelling between cities. Ganguly added that the BCCI would have to do a “post-mortem” to corroborate the theory. Speaking to a media outlet, the BCCI president said that the […]
A spate of Covid-19 cases among the staff and players of several IPL franchises was caused by a breach of the biosecure bubble. Consequently, the BCCI decided to suspend the competition. In this article, we look at the best bowling performances in the IPL 2021 before the BCCI brought the competition to a temporary halt. […]
A breach of the biosecure bubble resulted in a spate of Covid-19 cases among the players and staff of various IPL franchises, causing the BCCI to suspend the IPL 2021 tournament. In this article, we look at the best batting performances in IPL 2021 before the competition was brought to a temporary halt. The Top […]