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News BCCI is believed to be working on a plan that will minimize risks, especially in travel As Covid-19 cases emerge within the IPL, ESPNcricinfo understands the BCCI is looking at minimising risks and moving the rest of the tournament to Mumbai. If the plan is executed, the IPL could be shifted to Mumbai as

News ESPNcricinfo understands that the Indian board has already sent ECB the NOCs The BCCI has granted four India Women players No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for their participation in the inaugural Hundred, the eight-team tournament which starts on July 21. ESPNcricinfo understands that the Indian board has already sent the ECB the NOCs and the

News The doctors are understood to have told the Kings that Rahul will be able to re-start all activity after a week’s rest KL Rahul successfully underwent surgery for appendicitis on Monday. ESPNcricinfo understands that Rahul, the India batsman and Punjab Kings’ captain, is set to return to the IPL bubble and undergo the required

News The batter pulled up with a calf problem while batting as the squad returned to training Ross Taylor limped out of New Zealand’s first training session ahead of their departure for England with a calf injury. He was batting in the marquee that has been built at the high performance centre in Lincoln to

It’s the Punjab Kings – minus KL Rahul – against Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals. We’ll see the likes of Chris Gayle, Mohammed Shami and Dawid Malan take on the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan and Kagiso Rabada. Click here for our ball-by-ball commentary. If the blog doesn’t load for you, click here. Hemant Brar

News Punjab Kings play their next match later today against the Delhi Capitals KL Rahul has been diagnosed with acute appendicitis after being rushed to hospital following complaints of severe abdominal pain at the Punjab Kings’ team hotel in Ahmedabad. The issue “will be resolved surgically and for safety measures he has been transferred to

News The Royals’ overseas roster stands at just five members with Coetzee’s addition South Africa batter Rassie van der Dussen, it appears, is not going to join the Rajasthan Royals in India for the remainder of IPL 2021. ESPNcricinfo understands that he got a visa to fly to India but failed to obtain a No-Objection

News All the updates, colour and analysis with ESPNcricinfo’s match-day blog Tonight it’s Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians facing off against MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in Delhi. We’ll see the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard take on the likes of Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Ravindra Jadeja and others. Click

News Brooks becomes county cricket’s first Covid sub in match against Middlesex Jack Brooks, the Somerset seamer, has become county cricket’s first Covid-19 replacement after Lewis Gregory was ruled out of the final two days of their Championship fixture against Middlesex. Gregory, who himself contracted Covid while playing for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super

News Pakistan centurion says the slowness of the pitch and the old ball forced the batters to score slowly most of the day Pakistan have a lead of 198 runs with four wickets in hand in the first-innings exchange with Zimbabwe in Harare, but the scoring rate has hovered between 2.7 and 2.8. Fawad Alam,

News As many as ten members of the family had tested positive for the virus Prithi Narayanan, R Ashwin‘s wife, has shared details of a “nightmare of a week” in which as many as ten members of the family tested positive for Covid-19. The update came less than a week after Ashwin left the IPL

As India battles a raging Covid-19 pandemic, the BCCI is preparing for the “worst case scenario” of moving the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup to the UAE. The marquee event, comprising 16 countries, is scheduled to take place in India between October and November this year, with the final on November 14. “I hope so.

News He had been with the BBL side for three seasons and would have earned another deal Shane Bond has opted not to seek a new contract as head coach with Sydney Thunder at the BBL to ensure he is able to spend an extended period of time at home amid the ongoing challenges caused

News Shaw’s onslaught came against KKR’s Shivam Mavi Prithvi Shaw became the first batter to hit six fours in the first over of a T20 innings when he achieved the feat against Kolkata Knight Riders‘ fast bowler Shivam Mavi on Thursday in Ahmedabad. Before Shaw’s record, the most number of fours struck in the opening

News Umpire has previously stood in final of Women’s World T20 in Antigua Langton Rusere, the Zimbabwean umpire, made history in Harare on Thursday, after becoming the first Black African to stand in a Test match. Rusere, 35, stood alongside South Africa’s Marais Erasmus, as one of the on-field umpires for the first Test between

News There were concerns the pair could be stranded after the government’s suspension of flights from India Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson have managed to leave India after pulling out of the IPL. Zampa and Richardson, team-mates for Royal Challengers Bangalore, were expected home in Australia later on Thursday, a spokesman for the Australian Cricketers’

News The tournament will be played across four centres from June 4 to July 4 The BCCI has given the green signal for the fifth edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL), the state’s premier franchise-based T20 tournament, to be held in a bio-secure environment from June 4, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA)

Russell Domingo talks to Mominul Haque and Tamim Iqbal © AFP via Getty Images Bangladesh need a change in mindset to push towards winning Test matches rather than be satisfied with draws, their head coach Russell Domingo has said. The result of the first Test in Pallekele – the first draw in 29 Tests played