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Prasidh Krishna played all seven matches for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the curtailed season of IPL 2021 © BCCI/IPL India and Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Prasidh Krishna has tested positive for Covid-19. Krishna becomes the fourth player from the Knight Riders camp to have tested positive after Varun Chakravarthy, Sandeep Warrier and Tim

News The island has four floodlit venues that may suit the IPL, in Khettarama, Pallekele, Sooriyawewa and Dambulla Sri Lanka is among the nations vying to host the remainder of the 2021 IPL season – a move that would substantially benefit the finances of Sri Lanka Cricket, should the BCCI agree. SLC has repeatedly attempted

A day after IPL 2021 had to be postponed because of the Covid-19 situation, all eight franchises started to disband, with their players and support staff trying to find a way back home quickly. Most of the players from England have reached the UK. Most of the Australians, the biggest overseas contingent in the IPL

News The selectors are expected to pick an enlarged squad with enough reserves to cater for any contingency The Indian squads for both the World Test Championship final and the five-Test England series are set to be picked over the weekend. It is understood that the Virat Kohli-lead Indian squad is likely to depart for

News KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha were picked subject to “fitness clearance” There was no Hardik Pandya or Kuldeep Yadav as India named a squad of 20 players, including two – KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha – subject to “fitness clearance”, as well as four standby players for the final of the World Test Championship

News ‘Things have been very tough for India…and it really pains us to see our country suffer like this,’ they said India captain Virat Kohli and his wife, actor Anushka Sharma, have donated INR 2 crore (US$ 2,70,000 approx.) towards a fundraising campaign to aid India’s Covid-19 relief. “Things have been very tough for India,

News After returning a negative test in Bengaluru, she has not been able to visit her family in Kadur India Women batter Veda Krishnamurthy, whose mother died of Covid-19 on April 23, has been bereaved a second time in a fortnight with her elder sister succumbing to complications caused by the virus on Wednesday. Krishnamurthy’s

News Analysis Late September and late November are the primary options that the BCCI can explore On Thursday, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly suggested that the 2021 IPL could be completed in a window just prior to the men’s T20 World Cup. That was the first public hint of the windows the BCCI is looking at

Big picture Fortunes couldn’t be any different for the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Mumbai Indians at the moment. After suffering five defeats in six matches, the Sunrisers axed their captain David Warner, hoping a new leader would help change their fortunes. It brought them little respite, as Kane Williamson couldn’t prevent what would be a

News “We have asked everybody in the bubble to quarantine, so they are isolated in their rooms,” says CEO Venky Mysore Varun Chakravarthy, the mystery spinner, is “still a little under the weather”, while seam bowler Sandeep Warrier is “doing fine and doesn’t have any symptoms, Venky Mysore, the Kolkata Knight Riders CEO, has said.

Members of three franchises, including the Kolkata Knight Riders, have tested positive Covid-19 © BCCI/IPL IPL 2021 has been postponed, following several positive Covid-19 cases across franchises over the past couple of days. The move was confirmed by IPL chairman Brijesh Patel, who said it was for the safety of all stakeholders. In a media

News As things stand, members of three franchises have been confirmed to have tested positive The IPL 2021 stands suspended after it was discovered that a third team – and possibly a fourth – had at least one positive case. The BCCI decided it was in the best interest of all stakeholders to get everyone

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

Today it’s Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals facing off against newly-promoted Kane Williamson and his Sunrisers Hyderabad. We’ll see the likes of Jos Buttler, Chris Morris and Mustafizur Rahman take on the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Rashid Khan and Manish Pandey. Click here for our ball-by-ball commentary. Vishal Dikshit is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo

Report Agarwal’s 99 on IPL captaincy debut in vain as Kings slump to fifth loss in eight matches Delhi Capitals 167 for 3 (Dhawan 69*, Shaw 39) beat Punjab Kings 166 for 6 (Agarwal 99*, Rabada 3-36) by seven wickets On his IPL captaincy debut, Mayank Agarwal scored 60% of Punjab Kings’ runs in fewer

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

Big Picture In a bit of a rarity, scheduling wise, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings will complete both their head-to-head clashes inside the first month of IPL 2021. At the Wankhede Stadium a fortnight ago, the Capitals powered past the Kings in a high-scoring thriller, where dew and KL Rahul’s scoring rate both played as

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 “It is the need of the hour that we do everything possible to help each other out,” says Dhawan Shikhar Dhawan, Sachin Tendulkar and Jaydev Unadkat have become the latest cricketers to contribute towards the fight to deal with the dire Covid-19 situation in India. Unadkat has pledged 10% of his salary from the

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 ESPNcricinfo understands Menon left for Indore earlier this week after his parents tested positive for Covid-19 Senior Indian umpire Nitin Menon has quit the IPL bubble for personal reasons. ESPNcricinfo understands Menon left for his home town of Indore earlier this week after his parents tested positive for Covid-19. Menon, the only Indian umpire

AB de Villiers was in red-hot form against the Delhi Capitals © BCCI Big picture KL Rahul was at a loss for words as he tried to find reasons for a profoundly tame performance by his team in their last game. How does a T20 line-up with so many hitters – Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran,

Preview Rajasthan Royals, too, will be hoping for a change of fortunes having struggled with the ball at the death Big picture 7.45. That’s the Mumbai Indians’ scoring rate in the death overs this season. No team has done as badly in that phase so far this season. Mumbai have never performed as badly in

News It is understood BCCI officials have internally acknowledged the several logistical challenges during the second wave of Covid-19 The BCCI is likely to postpone the fourth edition of the Women’s T20 Challenge owing to the potential unavailability of overseas players in the wake of restrictions imposed by several countries on travel to and from

News Says teams are not playing to win, but for “something far more important, humanity” The BCCI has told the eight teams in the IPL that they will not just be playing to win this time, but for something “much more important…humanity.” Reassuring the franchises that everyone’s safety was the priority, the BCCI also confirmed

News Left-arm pacer played only two matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad before leaving the team bubble India and Sunrisers Hyderabad left-arm pacer T Natarajan has undergone surgery on his knee for the injury that put him out of the ongoing IPL 2021. Natarajan had injured his knee first during India’s tour of Australia at the turn

News Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamsala, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai part of the list The BCCI has proposed to the ICC nine venues for the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamsala, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai were part of the list finalised by the BCCI’s Apex Council, which met virtually