IPL, national teams on collision course
The IPL resumes on Saturday, but there are doubts over foreign players and the extended schedule has sparked a showdown with international cricket.
The IPL resumes on Saturday, but there are doubts over foreign players and the extended schedule has sparked a showdown with international cricket.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius landed in India and went straight to see Rajasthan Royals teammate Kwena Maphaka.
England have selected five IPL players in their ODI squad to face the West Indies, including former captain Jos Buttler, but have not ruled out allowing them to skip the series.
The BCCI has released an updated schedule for the remainder of the IPL season.
Kagiso Rabada’s legal team helped to ensure the Proteas fast bowler only served a one-month suspension for recreational drug use.
BCCI officials were reported to be meeting on Sunday to discuss a quick resumption of the IPL.
The IPL has been suspended for one week because of the conflict between New Delhi and Pakistan.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius has been called up by the Rajasthan Royals as an injury replacement.
An IPL match was abandoned on Thursday after a floodlight malfunctioned at the stadium in Dharamsala because of a “technical failure”.
Dewald Brevis hit a 22-ball fifty as the Chennai Super Kings beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by two wickets on Wednesday.
Pressure is mounting on record IPL signing Rishabh Pant with the Lucknow Super Giants badly needing their captain to find his brilliant best with the bat if they are to have any chance of making the playoffs.
The Gujarat Titans edged out the Mumbai Indians by three wickets from the final ball in a rain-hit IPL clash on Tuesday.
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill reckons Kagiso Rabada is in need of more net time after the Proteas pacer was omitted for Tuesday’s IPL match against the Mumbai Indians.
Pat Cummins’ figures of 3-19 went in vain after rain ended his and the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s chances of reaching the playoffs as their clash against the Delhi Capitals was called off on Monday.
Marco Jansen’s Punjab Kings strolled to a 37-run win over the Lucknow Super Giants who suffered a fourth defeat in five IPL games.