The Indian cricket board will explore all options to try to complete this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) but is yet to discuss offers from English counties to host the remaining matches. AFP/File
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board will explore all options to try to complete this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) but is yet to discuss offers from English counties to host the remaining matches, a senior official said on Friday.
The eight-team league was postponed indefinitely on Tuesday after several personnel tested positive for Covid-19 following bubble breaches in two venues.
Warwickshire, Surrey and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) have offered to host the IPL’s remaining 31 matches in September, according to www.espncricinfo.com.
Kiwi cricketers and coaching staff left Covid ravaged India on a chartered private jet.
A group of Kiwi cricketers and coaches who fled Covid-ravaged India arrived in Auckland aboard a private jet on Saturday night. The cricketers who landed just after 8pm on Saturday at Auckland Airport left India after the Indian Premier League was suspended. In the past week the country has experienced an average of nearly 400,000 cases per day, while 238,000 people have died in India of Covid-19 since the pandemic began. The group of cricketers travelled on a Bombardier Global Express private jet via Tokyo, in the first of two chartered flights repatriating players. They went into managed isolation upon arrival and a second flight was expected to leave India on Saturday night.
Cricket: First group of Black Caps arrive home from India after Indian Premier League postponed
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Trent Boult of the Mumbai Indians. Faheem Hussain / Sportzpics for IPL
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The first group of New Zealand cricketers returning from India following the postponement of the Indian Premier League arrived in Auckland last night on a charter flight.
Black Caps Trent Boult, Jimmy Neesham, Finn Allen, Adam Milne and Scott Kuggeleijn all arrived home from the Covid-19 virus-ravaged country via Tokyo. They were joined by Mike Hesson, James Pamment and Shane Bond who have coaching and management roles in the IPL.
IndiaIndian board yet to discuss IPL offer from English counties
Amlan Chakraborty
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The Indian cricket board will explore all options to try to complete this year s Indian Premier League (IPL) but is yet to discuss offers from English counties to host the remaining matches, a senior official told Reuters on Friday.
The eight-team league was postponed indefinitely on Tuesday after several personnel tested positive for COVID-19 following bubble breaches in two venues. read more
Warwickshire, Surrey and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) have offered to host the IPL s remaining 31 matches in September, according to www.espncricinfo.com.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan last month said he was keen to bring the lucrative league, which attracts international cricket s top players, to the city.
New Zealand's IPL-based 3 Test players will depart India for the UK on May 11, NZC said on Thursday. Mumbai Indians fast bowler Trent Boult will visiti his family first before joining the Test squad in early June.