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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...

A Lot of Things is happening around the IPL Even after Indefinite Suspension

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A Public interest case (PIL) has been recorded under the watchful eye of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday looking for harms from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to use towards securing clinical prerequisites for the COVID-19 pandemic. The PIL looked for dropping or delay of matches played during the Indian Premier League (IPL). A couple of hours after the appeal was recorded, the Board suspended the continuous period of the competition after various cases were accounted for among players and staff. "The BCCI would not like to settle on the wellbeing of the players, support staff, and different members associated with getting sorted out the IPL. This choice was taken keeping the security, wellbeing, and prosperity of the relative multitude of partners as a top priority," the BCCI said in an articulation. After the suspension of the IPL, an inquiry has emerged before BCCI, establishments, and unfamiliar players, How to send the abroad players home? The ...

IPL 2021 Postponed Indefinitely: BCCI to Ensure Safe Passage to Australian Players

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The postponed IPL 2021 has left Australian players and staff in a fix as they can't go back to their nation because of the travel ban which was enforced by the Australian government. Australian players trapped at the postponed Indian Premier League (IPL) will have to stay back either in India or travel to a third country likely the Maldives, as Cricket Australia and Australian Cricketers' Association have cleared the clouds that they would not seek any privilege to their national government's norms. The Australian government has put a ban on travel from India till May 15, leaving around 9,000 Australians, including cricketers and former cricketers in IPL, deserted in the country that is rocked by the pandemic with the highest fresh Covid-19 cases on a daily basis. Australian Government has paused travel from India and will not make provision for IPL participants. "CA and the ACA supported the decision of the BCCI to indefinitely postpone the 2021 IPL with immed...

BCCI in an Emergency Meeting Unanimously Decided to Postpone IPL 2021 With Immediate Effect

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suspended the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 amid cases of COVID-19. Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) has hit the stones after a few individuals from the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) establishments tried positive for COVID-19. According to IPL 2021 timetable, the Match 30 of IPL 2021 among KKR and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) which was initially scheduled to be played on Monday, May 3 was deferred with quick impact after KKR players Sandeep Warrier and Varun Chakravarthy COVID positive reports came out. The BCCI Stated: The BCCI does not want to compromise on the safety of the players, support staff, and the other participants involved in organizing the IPL. This decision was taken keeping the safety, health, and well-being of all the stakeholders in mind. These are difficult times, especially in India and while we have tried to bring in some positivity and cheer, however, it is imperative...

Ranking Top 5 Highest Opening Partnerships (By Runs) In IPL

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Some cricket players can’t take the pressure of playing first; however, there are some who thrive and enjoy taking opposition bowling attacks with grace early in the innings. These are the openers who have made everyone awestruck with their finest performances.  Over the history of IPL cricket, some openers have taken this mind-blowing run-scoring action to new levels and have even made careers out of decimating even the finest of the bowlers. The list mostly features squads who are heavy on the batting and all-rounding sides. Teams such as Royal Challengers Bangalore, the reigning champions Mumbai, Punjab, and Hyderabad graces it.  Read on to see who are these swashbuckling openers: 1. Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers of RCB - 229 Vs Gujarat Lions, (2016) The most dangerous openers of IPL. The highest partnership of RCB so far goes to De Villiers and captain Kohli. AB and Virat ripped through the bowling attack of Gujarat Lons like a knife through the butter, racking up the mar...

IPL 2021: Will Ab De Villiers Ensure Win For RCB This Year?

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With the recent play of AB De Villiers at the stands that led to RCB’s win is being predicted that Bangalore may grab the trophy for IPL 2021. Abraham Benjamin De Villiers is the former South African player who had announced his retirement from all the international platforms of cricket in 2018, since then he has been an active participant for various T20 franchises. AB de Villiers started his journey with the Indian Premier League (IPL) career with the Delhi Daredevils franchise (now Delhi Capitals) in 2008. He made it with Delhi Daredevils for the first three IPL seasons and scored 671 total runs which included a century in the second edition. From 2011, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) bought him for Rs 5 crore and the Bangalore franchise has not released him since. And who would? The phenomenal performer has single-handedly won his team several matches in the IPL.  Overall In 173 matches so far, he has scored 4974 Runs, swooped 403 boundaries, and a monstrous amount of 240 six...

IPL 2021: Good News For IPL Fans! Matches To Go As Per Schedule In Mumbai- Says Ganguly

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BCCI President has just announced that IPL matches will go as scheduled and everything will go as planned with necessary covid-related precautions.  “We are keeping a close eye on the developments. We are totally committed to Covid-19 guidelines. There is no possibility to shift the matches from the five venues, including Mumbai. In fact, operations have been smooth in the two matches played so far in Wankhede without any hiccups. Night curfews and weekend curfews seem to be a blessing in disguise as far as IPL operation is concerned given the huge spur in Covid 19 cases in Maharashtra and Mumbai,” a BCCI official told Insidesport.co   With the rapid influx of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, the government has issued a lockdown plus Section 144 from April 14 to May 2, as the state is currently grappling with the worse hit cases of Covid-19, CM Uddhav Thackery announced a nationwide lockdown. Under this only essential items will be open, and the rest will remain on tight lock...

IPL 2021: Chennai Superkings Ropes In Jason Behrendorff As Replacement Of Josh Hazlewood

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As per the official IPL Media Advisory released on April 9, 2021 , Chennai Superkings has appointed Jason Behrendorff as a replacement for Josh Hazlewood. Hazlewood was about to join the yellow brigade but decided to skip the league totally at the last moment. He said he would stay at home and take a rest due to covid fatigue. “It’s been a long 10 months in bubbles and quarantine at different times, so I decided to have a rest from cricket and spend some time at home and in Australia in the next two months. We’ve got a big winter ahead. The West Indies is going to be a long tour, with Bangladesh (T20 tour) potentially thrown on the end of that. Then potentially the T20 World Cup leading into the Ashes, so it’s a big 12 months,” Hazlewood had told Cricket Australia. Speaking of the new replaced player Jason Behrendorff, the 30-year-old fast bowler has appeared for Perth Scorchers in last year's BBL game. His T20 career displays 90 wickets scalped with an economy rate of 7.20. ...

Good News For Mumbai Indians— All Staff And Team Have Been Tested Negative for COVID-19

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Big sigh of relief for IPL Fans that all the Mumbai Indians members plus the staff have been tested negative for novel coronavirus. Thanks to this, the reigning champions can go strong in their first match which is scheduled to be on April 9, against Royal Challengers Bangalore in MA Chidambaram Stadium at 7:30 pm. And Mumbai Indians will be playing most of their IPL 2021 matches in Chennai Stadiums- unlike their home grounds. Other Players Who Have Tested Positive Or Quarantined Axar Patel of Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians wicketkeeper Kiran Moore, Daniel Sams of RCB, have tested positive. Whereas Devdutt Padikkal of RCB and Kieron Pollard of Mumbai Indians have returned to their base camps from their quarantine periods. The BCCI SOP(Standard Operating Procedure) says a player who tests positive for Covid, must isolate in the prescribed area outside the bio-secure environment for a minimum of 10 days from the date of positive reports of the said member or staff. Days before,...

IPL 2021: Aakash Chopra Predicts Six Indian Batsmen Who Would be the Highest Scorers In IPL 14

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The upcoming season of IPL 2021 will begin on April 9 when RCB and MI will be locking horns in the opening match. This time to avoid travel all the matches of IPL will be played across six cities in India- Chennai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad keeping in mind Covid-19. Less than one week before the start of the IPL 14 Season Aakash Chopra has predicted the most interesting and exciting aspects of the tournament. Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra is a well known personality in the cricket world for his analysis and commentary tactics. Here are the excerpts of his prediction about top six Indian batsmen who would be most successful: Rohit Sharma: Responsible and Consistent Rohit Sharma will get on much better in this season as earlier matches will be played on spin friendly pitches in Chennai and Delhi. Aakash Chopra quotes “If you see Rohit Sharma’s average numbers for the last few seasons, he has been consistent for Mumbai but his stats are not stellar or...

List Of Players Who Have Played And Coached The Same IPL Team

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Indian Premier League is the worldwide global platform that brings great players to meet at the same place. Each squad is backed up by legendary former players and what’s interesting is the fact that many of them belong to international lands. From New Zealands’ hitter Stephen Fleming to Australian star Ricky Pointing, here are some of the brilliant players who have played and chose to coach the same IPL teams. 1. Stephen Fleming  Recently celebrated his birthday on April 2, Coach Stephen Fleming of Chennai Super Kings was a part of the yellow brigade in the 2008 and 2009 IPL season. The New Zealand legend was then selected as a coach for CSK in the year 2009. He has played a total of 10 matches and has scored 196 runs.  Since then Stephen Fleming continues his partnership with the MS Dhoni-led Chennai team and has been showing consistent performances so far.  2. Ricky Pointing  Former Australian Ricky Ponting is associated as the head coach of two teams namely Delhi...

IPL 2021: All LIVE Streaming Details On Where To Watch IPL 2021?

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Star Sports network officially holds the right to broadcast every match of VIVO IPL 2021 on TV starting from April 9th. There are about 6 regional languages of India where VIVO IPL 2021 is going to be broadcasted, Kanada, Malyalam, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil. Star India has got the broadcasting rights for IPL with a bid of INR 16,347.5 Crores (USD 2.55 Billion) in the year 2017. Under this contract, Star Sports India has secured the broadcasting rights of every match of IPL until 2022. Disney+Hotstar Disney+ Hotstar VIP is probably the best deal for IPL in town that is providing subscribers the best of entertainment and LIVE streaming sporting action at an incredible cost of INR 399/- for a year. With an annual subscription to Disney+ Hotstar, VIP viewers can enjoy a full year of LIVE cricket – for the first time ever! They will get to watch IPL tournaments in a single subscription, Asia cup, and a bunch of other BCCI tournaments as well. This year Disney+ Hotstar VIP has al...

India vs. England Ist ODI 2021 | Players Standings, Pitch Reports, And All The Details

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  23 March | Ist ODI  India vs. England March 23, Tuesday - 1:30 PM The India vs. England 1st ODI is set to begin at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. After winning both the Tests and the T20s India is all set to lock horns with the host again to sweep the finals and take all the tournament under the noses of the England team. If one would be brimming with confidence the other- visitors would be on the lookout to take revenge. Both the Test series and the T20I leg for England had convincing starts but fell away towards the end of the matches as Kohli led side bounced back with their incredible strength against the whole English unit.   A spot in the ICC World Test Championship Final has been lost, along with a cut-to-cut T20I series title, England will now turn to ODI to chance their luck in this long set tournament. The world champions and No.1 team in this format, Eoin Morgan's men have to sort out few issues in the team compositions. While Sam Billi...

How Has The Cricket Betting Chances And Predictions Grown Popular

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Betting in cricket has now become an appealing activity. People around the globe try out their lucks and mind strategies every day, with sports results prophecies and content available online. They make wagers on potential outcomes of various cricketing events. The most cheerful aspect about a cricket prediction remains in the fact that it is a commonly accepted activity among cricket fans & lovers. Be it for earning extra or for passing time. Along those lines, the tips and predictions tend to vary as well. For an instance, in India cricket betting is banned, while in several parts of countries have it legalized within the borders. They say that this will increases people's interest and fascination for many of these sports events like T20, and Test Matches as once upon a time enjoying cricket was considered for old men. The countries suspected at that time that cricket betting would benefit teams, leagues, as well as players, and as a whole.  Progressing with the year's re...

IPL 2021 AUCTION | Updates And Full List Of Players Sold & Unsold

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  List Of Players That Were Sold According To The Franchises: Chennai Super Kings(CSK) – After the abandonment and release of many star players, CSK was left to plug many holes for all-rounders and the bowling department, they picked Krishnappa Gowtham for Rs.9.25 crores who can be of use with his finger spinning and hard hits. Other than that M Harisankar Reddy Rs.20 Lakh, K. Bhagath Varma  Rs.20 Lakh, C Hari Nishanth Rs.20 Lakh, Moeen Ali the overseas player for Rs.7crore were all adopted inside the yellow brigade. Mumbai Indians(MI) – The defending champions were first seen interested in Chris Morris but they eventually roped in Nathan  Coulter-Nile(Rs. 5crore), and Adam Milne(Rs. 3.2crores), left arm all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar for (Rs. 20Lakhs), James Neesham( Rs. 50Lakhs), Yudhvir Charak(Rs. 20Lakhs), Marco Jansen (Rs. 20 Lakhs). In the Bowling department, the addition of Piyush Chawla(Rs. 2.40crore) would keep Chahar on their toes. Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB...

How Time & Weather Management Plays A Crucial Role In Cricket Betting

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Do you know betting is termed as an entertainment thing but actually consists of a smart brain to be successful in it? It is a unique blend of science, mathematics, psychology, all the permutations, and combinations, and yes of course pinch of sheer luck, taking all this in a magical cauldron(the brain) then trying out in the league which is full of chances and various odds. Similarly, a particular team can either win a match or lose it by an excruciatingly close margin — by one run, by one wicket, by one over, off the last ball — or with complete ease. These all possible combinations and smart guessing is what makes the cricket so very enticing. As the theme of cricket, the rules of it, and every other thing related keeps getting evolved so does the rising of online cricket betting for many individuals.  Now there is betting for the top batsman, top bowlers, the 1st Wicket Method, Most Run Out, the favorites, and the outsiders, century, outright betting(who will win the match), op...

IPL 2021 | Players Registered & Latest Confirmed Schedule

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As the excitement is over the stadiums for IPL cricket lovers, the registration window closed on February 14, 2021. Over 1000 players have registered, to be exact it was 1097 players including S Sreesanth Glenn Maxwell, etc. From this 814 players are Indian, 283 Overseas. Maximum overseas players came from West Indies (56) followed by Australia which has 42, and 1 player from the Netherlands. If we come to the base price, a total of 11 players have registered at the highest base price of INR 2 Crore, straight from the reports of ESPNCricinfo, the players who themselves registered in the base price of 2 crore bracket are- Jason Roy, Coin Ingram, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Harbhajan Singh, Kedhar Jadhav, Shakib Al Hasan, Liam Plunkett, Steve Smith, Mark Wood, and Glenn Maxwell. Other Prominent Names Who Registered  S Sreesanth is going to make a comeback after his ban, after fighting a battle from spot-fixing controversy the seamer is set and registered himself at the base price of INR...

Betting Secrets: How To Stop Losing In Cricket Betting

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Last over and there seems to a chance of the evening, here comes the six ..flying high but oh no! it was captured at the stand from the other player, another loss. Ever felt a lump in your throat?  Rising temper don’t worry instead of self-loathing and wallowing in grief you can patch your losing streak by following some simple steps. The Top Secrets If you are finding the answer to the question “how to win a  cricket bet every single time?” it is a blunt "you simply cannot" there are however ways in which you can significantly limit your losses. Study your strongest leagues: Learn as much as you can before placing a bet about tactics, strategy history, relations, and past results, etc. After all every match consist of its own background, you should have grasped it before placing your bet. Plan The Bankroll Management: Plan How much you are allowed to spend every match, this way you won’t end up having lost so much of finances. Limit selections: You have to be disci...

IPL AUCTION 2021: Released Players Stand and Additional Updates

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Many Star players are in a Tug of War after the retentions list has been announced, franchises are now eyeing their opportunities weighing their balance of middle-order strength of who should be chosen who should be traded off and what strategy to maintain to support their respective squads. The players that may get abandoned 1. First is the left arm bowler Sheldon Cottrell from Jamaica who had been purchased by Kings XI for 8.5 crores in the previous season. However, the form wasn't on his side and he wound up getting only 6 wickets from the 6 matches he was featured in.  2. Kedar Jadhav an eye-pleaser back in 2018 for CSK but since then his form has dipped to an average of less than 100. His score 62 runs at an average of 20 for the 2020 edition it is said that his innings from this IPL might be over. 3. Spin bowler all-rounder Moeen Ali was released by RCB, did quite well with the bat but not so well the bowl to be appropriate for the "all-rounder" title. 4. Jimmy Nees...