IPL 2020 schedule: Check Mumbai Indians’ full fixture, match timing, venue

Mumbai Indians will miss the services of its most successful bowler in IPL history as Lasith Malinga has withdrawn from IPL 2020 due to personal reasons

Sports News: Mumbai Indians (MI), the defending champion, would like to continue its glorious run of last season in Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020), too. The Rohit Sharma-led team would be eyeing a record fifth IPL title in the 13th season. The Mumbai-based franchise will kick off its IPL 2020 campaign against 2019 runner-up Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the tournament opener at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on September 19.

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Mumbai Indians team news

MI has made some strategic changes to its IPL 2020 squad by bringing in Australian Chris Lynn at the top of the batting order. With Hardik Pandya facing intermittent fitness issues, Australian bowling all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile should prove handy for Mumbai. However, the Mumbai-based franchise will miss the services of Lasith Malinga, who withdrawn his name due to personal reasons. Mumbai Indians has signed Australian fast bowler James Pattinson as a replacement for Sri Lankan speedster Malinga…Read More

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…

Royal Challengers Bangalore unveils new logo ahead of 13th edition of IPL

A few days back RCB deleted its profile picture from its official twitter handle before removing all posts from its Instagram account too

The Virat Kohli-led Indian Premier League side Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday unveiled its new logo ahead of the upcoming season starting March 23. The club said the new logo design, which features a lion, “embodies the bold and fearless attitude” of the side.

Speaking on the launch of the new visual identity, Sanjeev Churiwala, Chairman of Royal Challengers Bangalore, said, “The elements in the logo is a commitment to continuously entertain and engage with fans who are the force behind Royal Challengers Bangalore. “We believe a change in identity for the club was necessary to effectively live and breathe this vision and celebrate the passion for cricket and playing bold,” he added.

Royal Challengers Bangalore recently announced a three-year partnership with Muthoot Fincorp Ltd. A few days back RCB deleted its profile picture from its official twitter handle before removing all posts from its Instagram account too. The club’s top players such as skipper Kohli, Yuzvendra Chahal and AB de Villiers had posted queries on the changes a few days back.

IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians full players list, and the salary of each player

With Hardik Pandya in the squad as batting all-rounder, MI were secured an extraordinary fight with CSK for Australian bowling all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile, and they at long last stowed him for Rs 8 crore

Sports News: Indian Premier League (IPL) guarding champions, Mumbai Indians, entered the IPL 2020 closeout with perhaps the most grounded squad, as they had held their center group and had not many opening to fill. The most conspicuous open space for them was that of an abroad bowling all-rounder, as they had discharged Ben Cutting.

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With Hardik Pandya in the squad as a batting all-rounder, they were secured an exceptional fight with Chennai Super Kings for Australian bowling all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile, and they at last packed away him for Rs 8 crore. Another significant purchase for the Akash Ambani-claimed IPL establishment was Chris Lynn, who could demonstrate convenient at a batting-accommodating Wankhede wicket, at his base cost of Rs 2 crore.

Here are the key numbers for Mumbai Indians after the IPL 2020 closeout:

Squad Strength: 24

Abroad players: 8

Players purchased in IPL 2020 closeouts: 6 [Chris Lynn, Digvijay Deshmukh (uncapped), Mohsin Khan (uncapped), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Prince Balwant Rai Singh (uncapped), Saurabh Tiwary]..Read More

IPL auction: Full list of KXIP players and their salaries for 2020 season

Glenn Maxwell was the costliest purchase for KXIP, at Rs 10.75 crore, in IPL 2020 closeout, while the second-costliest buy for them this year was Sheldon Cottrell

Sports News: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) entered the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 sale with the most profound pockets among the eight IPL groups — an accessible tote Rs 42.7 crore. This permitted the Chandigarh-based establishment to offer vigorously for their picks. Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell was the costliest purchase for KXIP in the IPL 2020 closeout, at Rs 10.75 crore, while their second-costliest buy was West Indies quick bowler Sheldon Cottrell, famous for his salute festivity, at Rs 8.50 crore.

Defending the robust check for Maxwell, Punjab’s lead trainer Anil Kumble said his group required capability in the center request. “For us, the holes that we needed to fill were entirely apparent. We needed to fill the quick bowlers’ openings and furthermore get control hitters, as we required somebody in the center request who could truly be a ruinous player. That is the reason we picked Glenn Maxwell,” Kumble said.

The other huge abroad players that went to the KXIP overlay were the England cricket crew all-rounder Chris Jordon (Rs 3 crore) and New Zealand’s everything rounder James Neesham, who was purchased at his base cost of Rs 50 lakh. After the sale, Kumble defended the establishment’s choice to spend more cash on abroad players. “Obviously all-rounders are a gift in the event that you can get them. Furthermore, we were fortunate to get Neesham, Cottrell and Jordan. Clearly, the decision for the cash we needed to spend was more on the four remote players,” said Kumle, a veteran Indian turn bowler himself…

IPL 2020 player auction: At 15.5 cr, Aus pacer Cummins most expensive buy

Leg spinner Piyush Chawla tops the list of Indian players

Australian cricketer Pat Cummins turned into the second-most costly player throughout the entire existence of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after he was gotten by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs 15.5 crore during a bartering held in Kolkata on Thursday. A sum of 62 players was sold in the closeout. This was out of a pool of 332 players in the race for 73 openings in eight IPL groups. The all-out cash spent was Rs 140.3 crore.

Cummins, co-bad habit commander of the Australian national cricket crew in all configurations, ended up at the focal point of an offering war including Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and KKR. He isn’t just expected to add profundity to KKR’s bowling side, yet in addition liable to contribute with his batting aptitudes drop down the request, as per cricket specialists..(Sports News)

The 26-year-old quick bowler, positioned the main in Test cricket, presently stands insignificantly behind Yuvraj Singh, who has marked for a record-breaking high measure of Rs 16 crore in 2015 by then establishment Delhi Daredevils. Cummins likewise broke the record of English all-rounder Ben Stokes, who was purchased by Rising Pune Supergiants in 2017 for Rs 14.5 crore, to turn into the most costly outside player in IPL.

Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who was not considered for the up and coming ODI arrangement against India, came back to Kings XI Punjab with a sticker price of Rs 10.75 crore after an extraordinary offering war with Delhi Capitals. KXIP went into the closeout with the greatest accessible satchel of Rs 42.70 crore. Both Maxwell and Cummins had quit the most recent year’s IPL…

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IPL 2020 sale: When and where to watch, live spilling subtleties here

Star Sports who has the worldwide privileges of IPL has arranged unequaled survey understanding for fans that incorporates live master responses and examination, including every single live advancement from the bartering room

Cricket News: After an effective and nail-gnawing IPL 2019, the much-anticipated cricketing competition of the year is back with IPL 2020 closeouts planned to occur on December 19 in Kolkata. Star Sports, worldwide rights holder of the IPL has arranged unrivaled survey understanding for fans that incorporates live master responses and investigation, including all the live improvements from the sale room.

Cricket specialists, for example, Dean Jones will be back with Daren Ganga, who is said to make his editorial introduction alongside previous Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor Tom Moody. They will be joined by Gautam Gambhir and Aakash Chopra on the Hindi feed. Sanjay Bangar and Ian Bishop would join the live feed from Kolkata.

Star Sports additionally propelled the third version of IPL Election Se Selection as a lead up to the IPL 2020 players‘ sale. IPL Election Se Selection offers fans a chance to flaunt their IPL aptitude and vote which group will wind up picking from the select 10 players.

When are the place to watch IPL 2020 Live sale

Catch all the activity of the IPL 2020 sales on December 19 from 2:30 pm on Star Sports 1 Hindi/1 HD Hindi, Star Sports First, 1 Tamil, 1 Telugu, 1 Kannada, 1 Bangla; and from 3:20 p.m. on “Select Dugout Auction Special” on Select 1/1 HD and Hotstar.