Sri Lanka Cricket ready to host IPL 2020 Amidst the stern circumstances due to the massive coronavirus outbreak, the BCCI announced the suspension of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for an indefinite period. The disastrous COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll across the globe and more than 1 lakh deaths have occurred due to the life-threatening virus. In order to prevent this situation, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently extended the lockdown period until May 3. However, with India not ready to host the IPL in the near future, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has proposed to host the cash-rich ..read more

Dinesh Karthik confident of returning to India T20I team Many of the players’ careers were dependent on the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Now with the huge uncertainty over the IPL 2020 due to the massive coronavirus outbreak, it will be very much difficult for some players who were looking to make a comeback in the national team after a stellar performance in the IPL. Indian team management is yet to decide their first-choice wicket-keeper batsman for the 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia. KL Rahul currently looks as the top-contender for the slot with brilliant performan ..read more

IPL 2020 officially suspended indefinitely Even after the big 21-day lockdown period in India, the massive COVID-19 pandemic situation is still very much threatening. This has also forced the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to also take the hard step. In a huge development, the BCCI has officially suspended the forthcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for an indefinite period. The announcement from the BCCI was quite expected with regards to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi extending the lockdown period in the country until May 3. In its recent press release, the BCC ..read more

Tim Paine gives a fitting reply to Michael Clarke Recently, former Australian captain Michael Clarke made a statement that the Australian players were too scared to sledge Indian captain Virat Kohli during the 2018-19 Test series as they were afraid of losing their IPL contracts. India made history under Virat Kohli’s captaincy by winning their maiden Test series in Australia. However, Clarke feels that the home team players were too soft against Kohli because they didn’t want to lose million dollar IPL deals. Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine has come up with a fitt ..read more

Reason behind Sanjay Manjrekar dropped from commentary panel Before the official COVID-19 lockdown in India, it was learned that former Indian cricketer and a well-known commentator Sanjay Manjrekar was sacked by the BCCI from the commentary panel. Manjrekar had been under the striking lines for his various critical statements because of his vocal nature. He was not included in the commentary panel for the ODI series against South Africa that got suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak. During the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales, Manjrekar controversially terme ..read more

Ben Stokes claims top honour at Wisden Awards By far, England’s premier all-rounder Ben Stokes enjoyed a great time in the year 2019. Stokes won the Player of the Match award in the final of the 2019 World Cup at the Lord’s for his brilliant knock under pressure. He played yet another stunning match-winning knock against Australia in the 2019 Ashes at the Headingley. In the recent development, the Wisden Almanack has named Ben Stokes as the leading cricketer of the year for 2019. "Ben Stokes pulled off the performance of a lifetime - twice in the space of a few weeks ..read more

Shoaib Akhtar has a great proposal amid coronavirus pandemic The entire world is currently fighting against the massive coronavirus outbreak situation in its own ways. Most of the parts of the world are currently under a lockdown as it is currently being referred to as the only prevention in these stern circumstances. Just like the rest of the sports, the cricketing world has also come to a standstill. It is fact that the widespread of the novel coronavirus has taken a huge toll on human existence and individuals have been forced to stay in isolation to battle the pand ..read more

United World Wrestling calls for cancellation of events The coronavirus outbreak situation is worsening with each passing day and in the entire world already, reportedly a lot of lives have been lost. Much like the rest of the events, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has cancelled the upcoming Under-15 national championship. This decision comes after the world governing body, the United World Wrestling (UWW) directed all the members to suspend all the domestic as well as international events planned until June 30. It was also announced by the UWW that the rema ..read more

Shooting World Cup cancelled due to coronavirus threat The massive COVID-19 threat is currently pointing big fire shots and has brought the entire world to a standstill. After the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) has also been forced to cancel the upcoming Rifle/Pistol and Shotgun World Cups scheduled to be held in Delhi only due to the coronavirus threat. Earlier the tournament was scheduled to be held from March 15 to 26, but was then postponed to May, just four days before the start of the event. Due to t ..read more

Aussie players afraid to sledge Virat Kohli due to IPL contracts Since a long time, India and Australia’s rivalry is one of the amazing and fierce battles on the cricket field. Players from both the teams have often been seen going against each other during the exciting matches between the two quality sides. However, a big change has been observed in the attitude of the Australian cricketers after the start of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL). Former Australian captain Michael Clarke has also stated that his country players are scared too sledge Virat Kohli du ..read more