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MELBOURNE: Australia and Chennai Super Kings fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has pulled out of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League to take a small break from cricket and keep himself fresh for the Ashes and the T20 World Cup later this year.
Hazlewood was to depart with other Australia s IPL-bound players and join CSK but decided to skip the cash-rich league, which will start on April 9 and go on till May 30, and spend time at home for the next two months.
The 30-year-old played three games for CSK in the IPL last season when the tournament was staged in the UAE in late 2020.
NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) will be a 10-team affair from 2022 as the BCCI has decided to auction two new teams in the month of May during the final phase of upcoming edition.
The BCCI top brass including president Sourav Ganguly, secretary Jay Shah on Saturday had a meeting on execution of various policy decisions approved by the IPL Governing Council at the start of the year. The 10 team IPL will roll on from next year and the bidding process and finalisation of the new franchises will be completed by the month of May this year, a senior BCCI source privy to the developments told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
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CHENNAI: Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has landed here to take part in the team s training camp likely to begin on March 9 in the lead-up to the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The former India captain arrived here late on Wednesday and will serve a five-day quarantine.
CSK tweeted a picture of Dhoni at the airport and wrote: Thalai-Vaa! Smile with the Mass(k) on! Super Night! #DenComing #WhistlePodu #Yellove.
Thalai-Vaa! Smile with the Mass(k) on! Super Night! #DenComing #WhistlePodu #Yellove https://t.co/zjjDowuOmL Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) 1614794436000
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