As the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is about to kickstart from the 19th of September, the brains have involved under substantial discussion for the same. Keeping in mind the uncontrollable outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the tournament will take place in the UAE under plenty of restrictions. Nevertheless, the participation of South African players for the start of competition remains under doubt. With the entire country put under lockdown by the South African government in response to
The coronavirus pandemic had already begun to cast a dark shadow on our lives, but the global sports activities had yet not come to a grinding halt. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, one of India’s main pace bowlers, gave a routine press conference on the eve of their first ODI against South Africa a sudden twist by saying they may refrain from using saliva to shine cricket balls in the series. The three-match ODI series was eventually called off in view of the potential health hazards
All the South African players, who returned from their incomplete ODI tour of India, were found to be symptom-free of coronavirus and those who underwent tests returned negative, according to the team's chief medical officer Dr Shuaib Manjra. The Proteas, who returned from India on March 18, completed a 14-day period of self-isolation on Thursday, but will remain in lockdown for the next two weeks just like the rest of the country."All the players were symptom-free and those who opted to perform the tests returned negative
Fast bowler Dale Steyn has been left out of Cricket South Africa's national contract list for the 2020-21 season, while pacer Beuran Hendricks has been awarded his first national contract. The list was announced on Monday, 23 March, in a media release, as all-rounder Dwaine Pretorius, batsman Rassie van der Dussen and fast bowler Anrich Nortje received contract upgrades. "We have contracted 16 men's players and 14 women's players which we feel is the appropriate number to maintain our national squads across the
England and South Africa are currently playing four-match Test series which is a part of the World Test Championship. The series is tied at 1-1 after England won the second Test match in Cape Town after the Proteas won the first Test in Centurion. However, the Centurion Test became a highlight for an entirely different reason. England players Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad were involved in a bitter on-field spat which became the talking point of the Test match. The spat happened on
After dominating the world of cricket in the bygone decade (2010-2019), the Indian cricket team is all set to start a new decade aiming to maintain the domination. Year 2020 will be the first year of a new decade and the Indian cricket team have set their sights on winning the World T20 World Cup in Australia next year, which is the biggest cricketing event of the season. The Virat Kohli led team has been very consistent in the last three to four