For a sports writer living in Mumbai, the two days before the IPL I play between Mumbai Indians and Super Kings of Chennai they are the most feared. Not because your publisher asks you to get a MS Dhoni exclusive, but because he suddenly discovers friends and relatives he thought …
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Royal Challengers Bangalore’s official anthem for the season was met with widespread criticism on social media on Friday. Minutes after the franchise released the video on its social media platforms, fans were upset with the dominance of Hindi in the anthem. “RCB’s Official Anthem is here! And it is dedicated …
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After a long wait, the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) finally starts at 7:30 pm The first game will witness the clash between the two most successful teams in the history of the IPL. Showdown between 4-time champion Mumbai Indians against 3-time champion Chennai Super Kings. Showdown between Rohit Sharma …
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The long-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) kicks off on Saturday with the defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on the Chennai Super Kings at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The venue, which opened in May 2004, hosted its first first-class match when Scotland faced Kenya in the Intercontinental Cup in …
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ABU DHABI: Your gap year from gambling has made Mahendra Singh Dhoni a world of good Super Kings of Chennai coach Stephen Fleming he said on Friday, stating that the enigmatic patron is “mentally committed and determined” to face the challenges of a “tactically different” IPL. Dhoni’s CSK will face …
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4:19 pm GMT Nagraj Gollapudi Near News Editor, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor of ESPNcricinfo Gaurav sundararaman One of the truest clichés of the IPL is that each edition is more open than the last. For example, playoff spots in the last four seasons were determined only on the …
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MI and CSK starred in an all-ages thriller in last year’s finale, when Rohit Sharma’s team emerged as the most successful in IPL’s short history. Now we can argue about this or just submit to the statistics: there has been no greater rivalry in the IPL than that between the …
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CSK head coach Stephen Fleming was quick to dismiss any doubts about Dhoni’s fitness. Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni last played competitive cricket in July 2019, in the semi-final of the World Cup in India. He has since retired from international cricket and will take over his IPL …
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New Delhi: Paytm, a major fintech, asked its users on Friday not to panic and that their money be “completely safe” despite the application being removed from the Google Play Store. In a tweet, Paytm said that the Paytm app for Android is temporarily unavailable on the Google Play Store …
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Adaptability, choosing the right personnel and reading pitches correctly in the absence of pitch advantage will be key to success at IPL 2020, according to Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming. “This season is going to be very different tactically,” Fleming told the Super Kings website. “Without a real …
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