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The IPL has created the ‘safest' bio-hub for its participants but Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting says he is also well aware of the ‘grim' Covid-19 situation outside the bubble in India and often discusses it with his players.
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Anxiety pierced through the Indian Premier League's bio-secure bubble on Monday with leading Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and some Australian players withdrawing from the league amid the escalating Covid-19 crisis in India even as the BCCI insisted that the glitzy league will go on. The 34-year-old Ashwin, competing for Delhi Capitals, decided to take a break saying that his family is currently ‘putting up a fight against Covid-19' and he wants to support them. He hopes to return to the side ‘if things go in the right direction'. However, three Austra...
The weekend wasn't gratifying for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. They were humbled by the Chennai Super Kings, their first defeat this season, which also saw them drop from the top spot to third position on the points table.
Batting great Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun was picked ‘purely on skill' and the left-arm seamer will have to prove himself at this year's Indian Premier League, the IPL franchise have said.
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Spectators will return to cricket stadiums in Pakistan for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began when the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League begins in the southern port city of Karachi on Saturday. The government has allowed the Pakistan Cricket Board to admit 20% capacity of fans inside the stadiums for the country's premier Twenty20 league, maintaining proper social distancing and making masks mandatory for spectators. The decision meant National Stadium in Karachi will accommodate 7,500 fans and Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium 5,500. 'Without crowd ...