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IPL: 4 Interesting Facts about Mumbai Indians

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Mumbai Indians are known for many different things, their records, best performances, players, and jaw-worthy entertaining play on the ground, but do you know these 4 facts about them? Mumbai Indian’s Could Have Been Mumbai Razors The Rohit Sharma-led squad could have had a completely different name if not for the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. As you can see the logo of the team is the famous Sudarshan Chakra or the Razor and thus, the possible team name with a “Razor” made sense. However, Sachin Tendulkar then had something separate thought in his mind and suggested the name, Mumbai Indians which was ultimately accepted and made the team name. Even the name Mumbai Indians appears to sound a bit strange as it isn’t often that nationality is selected as a suffix for the name of a team. But time made that name one of the favorites among IPL fans. Richest Squad & Owner of IPL The Blue franchise was sold to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries for over $112 million making t...

IPL 2021: BCCI May Set The Remaining Match Window From September 15 and Final On October 15

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The cash-rich league midway through the season in the first week of May had gotten postponed indefinitely because of the rising cases of the pandemic Notably, there are 31 games still remaining, and thankfully, BCCI had reached the decision to conduct the remaining leg of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League at United Arab Emirates (UAE). Initially, BCCI had kept the league for shorter durations, but taking into condition September's searing heat in Dubai, they are hoping to push the finale to     15th or 18th October The decision taken is to decrease the number of doubleheaders as players could suffer in the extreme heat of the UAE during the afternoon matches. BCCI is still in discussion with the required officials and may announce the verdict soon. “We will get an extended window of 8 days and we will be able to reduce the doubleheaders. It is very hot in UAE and the cricketers might suffer due to this. So, the board is trying to keep less afternoon matches. If the...