Lockdown 4.0: Do new govt rules pave the way for decision on IPL 2020?

As stadiums are opened for cricketers’ training in lockdown 4.0, the question arises whether the 13th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) can be held in near future?

Stadiums and sports complexes will reopen for athletes to train, according to the government’s new guidelines for extending the national lockdown to contain the coronavirus. Spectators won’t be allowed still, raising hopes that the 13th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) can be held sometime soon.

The government has, however, listed sports events in the prohibited category, along with domestic and international flights till May 31. Responding to the new lockdown 4.0 guidelines, BCCI treasurer Arun Kumar Dhumal said: “Taking into the account the restrictions on air travel and movement of people till May 31, the BCCI will wait further before organising a skill-based training camp for its contracted players.” IPL 2020 was scheduled to begin from March 29 but BCCI decided to suspend the cricket extravaganza indefinitely because of the lockdown. Here are possible scenarios for the tournament.

Windows when IPL 2020 could be held

July-August : India cricket team is scheduled to tour Sri Lanka for limited over series in July and recently Sri Lanka board has requested BCCI to not cancel the tour. If BCCI doesn’t scrap India’s tour, most likely IPL could not take place in July-August…

Group India need to take a shot at their handling for T20 World Cup: Sunil Gavaskar

I think handling is the most significant thing and on the off chance that group spare runs, at that point resistance go under weight, says Sunil Gavaskar

Previous Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar feels Virat Kohli’s men need to chip away at their handling in the event that they are to win the World T20 scheduled to be held in Australia one year from now. “I think handling is the most significant thing. You spare runs, you put pressure on the resistance,” Gavaskar told new organization IANS.

The handling principles of Team India have improved significantly in the ongoing years. Be that as it may, in the initial two T20Is against the West Indies, their presentation in the field was “poor” as there were many slip-ups and dropped gets. After the game in Thiruvananthapuram where India confronted a devastating destruction, captain Virat Kohli even lashed out at his players and stated: “In the event that we field so ineffectively, no measure of runs will be sufficient. We were poor with the field in the last two games. We dropped two gets in one over.”

What’s more, Gavaskar, much the same as Kohli, feels the more India take a shot at their handling, the simpler it will become for them going into the World T20. “The Indian group has been doing truly well. Be that as it may, I figure the more they do in the handling division, take gets and spare more runs, the simpler it will become for them,” he said. The 70-year-old likewise felt that it’s not simply India who face issues while safeguarding an aggregate in T20Is, it is a case with a large portion of the groups far and wide…Cricket News