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CRICKET AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCED THE DATES FOR INDIA TOUR ·     India to tour down under for a full-fledged tour C ricket Australia on Thursday [May 28 th 2020] announced the dates for the six-month home cricket summer. Cricket has been on standstill due Covid-19 pandemic but various cricket boards are putting their everything to get the players back on field, Cricket Australia has done the same as the Covid-19 has been successfully contained in Australia. The six-month home summer includes the most anticipated series of India. E arlier, their was doubts on the conduction of the India series, various scenarios were discussed to somehow conduct the series during the pandemic as it was to bring almost 300 million Australian dollars. A s, the Covid-19 spread has brought down wonderfully by Australia by imposing lockdown and then travel restrictions. This has made it possible to resume cricket in near future. India series is the talk of the town and official confirmation abo

CRICKET WON’T BE SAME POST COVID-19 ·     ICC has laid down some new rules to resume cricket N o Cricket has been played for more than 4 months due global pandemic Covid-19.Well, Cricket has to resume at some point of time, Bundesliga Football tournament has also been resumed during the period with special care and precautions, So, ICC has brought up some new rules to resume cricket. I nternational Cricket Committee held a meeting which was led by former Indian veteran spinner, Anil Kumble and the committee has decided that in order to resume cricket there has to be some new rules implemented for the safety concerns of the players. T he new rules are listed below: 1.     Ban on using SALIVA to shine the ball, instead 2.     SWEAT can be used to shine the ball 3.     No HAND-SHAKES before and after the match 4.     Umpires to wear HAND GLOVES 5.     LOCAL umpires can be used due travel restrictions 6.     Each team will be given an EXTRA DRS per inning of

BCCI willing to send the team to Sri Lanka ·       BCCI Treasurer Arun dhumal has the answer O n 17 th May Indian Government has extended the lockdown for the fourth time in a row, calling it Lockdown 4.0, whereas India’s Prime Minister has said the Lockdown 4.0 will be totally new meaning a lot of relaxations to be given. W hereas on Monday 18 th May there were guidelines issued by the government of India and in context of cricket the local stadiums to be opened for the contracted players to resume training, providing that player is in Green zone. The players in red zone still can’t resume their training like in Mumbai, which is the hotspot for Covid-19. The Mumbai Cricket Association in its press release stated their will be no training arranged for players in Mumbai as the city is facing most devastating times ever. A ccording to MCA’s press release players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane will not be able to resume their training and without an

INDIA LIKELY TO TOUR SOUTH AFRICA IN LATE AUGUST ·         .    Both left handers also the respective board presidents propose this tour[Sourav Ganguly & grame smith} E ven though T20I series is proposed, the conduction of the series would highly depend on the respective governments, if they want this series to happen, it would also depend on Covid-19 cases in respective countries as well. T his tour to South Africa is not included in the FTP, although this was discussed by the board presidents Sourav Ganguly & Grame Smith and both showed their willingness for this tour. This news however was confirmed by the Cricket South Africa [CSA} acting chief executive Jacques Faul on Thursday. H e stated “ We’ve had a very good discussion with them (BCCI). We’re seeking via Sascoc an audience with the sports minister to be given approval to, if needed, play behind closed doors. This will relate specifically to the potential of an incoming Indian tour” . He further a

         KP has his doubts on KOHLI ·     Kevin pietersen unsure of kohli scoring 100 centuries V irat Kohli known as the King of Cricket has been piling up runs for fun in the decade gone by be it Tests, ODIs or T20Is, he has been unmatchable to any batsman in the cricketing world. He has some staggering numbers to prove it as well. Apart from having such great numbers former England batsman Kevin Pietersen is unsure of Kohli breaking a giant world record. A s of now, Virat has 27 Test centuries, 43 ODI Hundreds which adds Looking at his fitness and training regimes it is as clear as a crystal that he has at least 6-7 years of cricket left in him. S achin Tendulkar who has played the game for 24 years has the most 100 centuries to his name. After he scored that historic 100 against Bangladesh he predicted Virat might be the one who can break this mammoth record. There are contrasting views among the cricket pundits all around the globe on this topic. In latest inter

INDIAN PLAYERS TRAINING TO RESUME NEXT   WEEK ·       NCA Bangalore is in full preparation to resume Indian players training T here might be a possibility that Indian players might resume their full training as Board of Control for Cricket in India [BCCI] has permitted them to join next week at National Cricket Association [NCA]. C ertain players such as Indian skipper VIRAT KOHLI and his deputy ROHIT SHARMA may not be able to attend the training sessions as they are stranded in Mumbai under a strict lockdown, reckons BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal. H e also added that National Cricket Association in Bangalore is in full swing with their preparation to conduct training sessions as well as follow the norms of Covid-19. Also said that BCCI is regularly in touch with all the players through an app and online modes. T reasurer also said “ The coaches and support staff are regularly in touch with the players. Everybody would be keen to hit the ground and the idea is whene

       INTERNATIONAL CRICKET TO                                      RESUME ·       W indies to tour England in july I nternational cricket is at standstill due COVID-19 pandemic and there are various speculation all around about the resumption of International Cricket. ICC has held a meeting on 23 rd April via video conferencing with most of the cricket boards and also taken advice from the medical team about the correct time to resume International cricket, various scenarios were also discussed to conduct the ICC T20 World Cup down under. T he latest news doing rounds all around the world that Windies will tour England in early July and go ahead as per the earlier planned schedule. Conducting an international bilateral series at this moment in the middle of this pandemic is difficult, but it will be held behind close doors only for television purpose. W indies Cricket Board has allowed the players to opt out of the series. It will be a hectic task to conduct the ser

               Cricket pop out   .      TWO      indian teams to play on the same day T he whole cricketing world is on standstill due Covid-19 pandemic . It is obvious that the cricketing boards all around the world will be facing huge losses and some may go bankrupt as well. I ndian cricket board, BCCI [Board of Control For Cricket In India] is planning a unique to compensate some losses as the whole loss cannot be recovered. A BCCI official stated "None of us know when sport, especially international cricket will resume. But if we have to safeguard all our stakeholders - from sponsors to spectators - one of the options is to select two different squads and play a Test series and a T20I series simultaneously," T his concept is new to make an international team to play two formats on the same day by picking two different squads, it has never happened in the past although Australia once in 2017 played a T20 match against Sri Lanka back in Australia and t