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Fantasy sports platform beats Byju's and Unacademy to win deal with average bid of Rs 234 crore per year.  India’s leading fantasy gaming company Dream11 has been named as the title sponsor of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is scheduled to kick off on September 19th in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).   Brijesh Patel, chairman of the IPL Governing Council has announced, “Dream11 has won the bid. The other two bids were from Byju’s and Unacademy for Rs

The schedule of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) is yet to be officially released by the IPL Governing Council. But Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has spilled the beans by dropping a huge hint about the IPL 2020’s opening match.   Rohit while paying a tribute to his former captain and just retired MS Dhoni has literally revealed that their opponent in the first game will be Chennai Super Kings as he is waiting for Mahi at the toss on

August 13 is observed as the international Lefthanders' day to 'celebrate the uniqueness and differences of the left-handers'. Left-Handedness has always been looked at as being unconventional, with roughly ten percent of the world population being left-handers. But, set aside the small percentage, left-handers have had, and continue to have, their share of success. Joan of Arc, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Julius Caesar, Napoléon Bonaparte, Fidel Castro, Lewis Carroll, Henry Ford, Neil Armstrong, HG Wells, Albert Einstein, Sir Paul McCartney, Charlie Chaplin, Barack

Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar criticised the Pakistan Test team for their loss against England in the first Manchester Test on Sunday. Blaming the batsmen for their lacklustre approach, especially in the second innings, Akhtar said that the reckless shots and lack of partnerships were the reasons for Pakistan’s defeat. "Pakistan had a chance to put a big target but made the same mistake (that they have been making) since Partition. The batting let us down. We had a lead of more than

Shan Masood scored a third century in as many innings and seamer Mohammad Abbas caused mayhem at the top of the England order as Pakistan moved ahead in the first test at the close of day two at Old Trafford on Thursday. England are teetering at 92 for four, still 234 runs behind Pakistan’s competitive first innings total of 326, a total boosted by a superb career-best 156 from opener Shan. Much will likely depend on the current partnership at the wicket as

The IPL teams will observe a six-day quarantine period upon reaching Dubai, this has been decided in the IPL team owners’ meeting on Wednesday. “We can’t take chances on health issues and team members will observe a six-day quarantine period,” an IPL franchise official told The Indian Express. As per the Dubai government health protocol, a PCR test needs to be done within 96 hours before embarking and take one after reaching there. Only those tested positive will be quarantined for 14 days.

Pakistan 139 for 2 (Azam 69*, Masood 46*) v England Babar Azam and Shan Masood lifted Pakistan on a day punctuated by shifting fortunes on the field and above it as the first match in the three-Test series against England began.ADVERTISEMENT A moment of silence to remember those who have lost their lives in the Covid-19 pandemic before play began under heavy skies put the match in perspective and emphasised the efforts of both countries to stage this contest behind closed doors at Emirates Old Trafford. Having been

BCCI will have to find a new title sponsor for this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) after VIVO decided to take a break from their sponsorship commitments in 2020. The decision from the Chinese mobile manufacturing giants came just a couple of days after the IPL Governing Council announced that it has retained all of its sponsors including VIVO for IPL 2020. VIV was in the middle of a social-media storm in the last 48 hours after the IPL GC’s decision. The BCCI

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

Venue - The Ageas Bowl, Southampton Start time - 1:00 PM GMT/2:00 PM LOCAL Head to Head record in ODIs -  England: 9 Ireland: 1 No Result: 1 Weather -Showers, 12-22°C, Precipitation: 40%, Humidity: 65%, Wind: 19 km/h In other words, Ireland had the worst possible start to the series and could never recover from it. Ireland's best batsman Paul Stirling fell into the pre-set trap, chipping an in-swing delivery from David Willey straight to mid wicket. And, Ireland could never snatch back the momentum from there on. It

The BCCI is awaiting a final decision from the Indian government even as it eyes the September 19-November 8 window to host the IPL in the UAE. BCCI has been keen on hosting IPL in 2020 and the postponement of the T20 World Cup, which was scheduled to be held in Australia in October-November, has cleared the route for the cash-rich T20 league. IPL chairman Brijesh Patel also confirmed that Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 will be held across all 3 venues in

After preponing the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 season from September 26 to 19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is looking to postpone the final from November 08 to 10. The change is being contemplated in order to get the Indian cricket team to depart for their tour of Australia directly from the UAE instead of a pit stop in India. The start date, however, is unlikely to be changed which means that the span of

CPL T20 2020 season is set to kick off from 18th August at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. Barbados Tridents secured their 2nd title defeating Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL T20 2019 Final at Trinidad. Prior to the Final, GAW were unbeaten in the season. Betting sites in India had Guyana as the clear favorite to win the 2019 final, valuing the team’s win at 1.68 betting odds. However, Barbados Tridents delivered yet another astonishing performance to defeat the 2018 runner-up.

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal's three-year ban for failing to report corrupt approaches earlier this year was on Wednesday reduced to 18 months. Akmal's ban will effectively run from February 2020 to August 2021 after the 30-year-old's sentence was reduced by independent adjudicator Faqir Mohammad Khokhar. The batsman expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling and vowed to appeal again. "There have been many cricketers before me who have committed corruption but none of them were given a punishment as severe as mine. I will appeal

Stuart Broad made the headlines left, right, and centre after he guided England to a resounding 269-run win over West Indies in the third and final Test at Old Trafford on Tuesday. His 10/67 helped Joe Root reclaim the Wisden Trophy. And in that process, Broad joined an elite club — the one that features bowlers who have scalped atleast 500 wickets in their Test career. "Whoever's plan it was to drop Stuart Broad the person must be sent to quarantine for 14

It should have been a busy year for Indian women's cricket. There was the promise of a lot of action after India's maiden run to the T20 World Cup final in March - an expanded four-team Women's T20 Challenge followed by a tour of England for players to get back into the ODI groove ahead of next year's World Cup - but Covid-19 put paid to that. "Even nature has started conspiring against women's cricket," Shanta Rangaswamy, the former India captain who is also part of the

At the end of the third day, the outcome of the match is still unknown but it would require an epic rescue act from the West Indies to retain the Wisden Trophy. The script ran perfectly for England—they winkled out West Indies for 197 runs and seized a lead of 172 runs, to which they added another 226 runs and set the tourists a target of 399. The cornerstone was their openers—Rory Burns and Dom Sibley, putting together their first 100-run association in

Dismissing Virat Kohli is a dream for many bowlers, but one bowler who had the upper hand on the Indian captain was Pakistan left-arm pacer Junaid Khan. Junaid has bowled 24 balls to Kohli conceding just 3 runs, bagging 3 wickets. All their clashes came in the 2012 Pakistan tour of India, where the visitors beat the hosts 2-1 in a three-match ODI series. "The first ball I bowled to him was a wide but the next ball when I beat him, I

Kane Williamson and Gary Stead, the New Zealand captain and coach respectively, have had to answer questions about their supposedly frayed relationship ever since they got to Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui for a training session. After Williamson called the relationship "very good", Stead has called it "really strong", adding that they are both gung-ho about taking the team to the next level. Some of the chatter in local cricket circles started after speculation in May that Stead wanted Tom Latham as the regular Test captain in

West Indies pacer Kemar Roach was in scotching form for his side on day one of the 3rd Test at Old Trafford and changed the mood of the game when his steaming delivery knocked out Ben Stokes' wickets in Manchester on Friday (July 24). After England got off to a poor start in the morning when Roach dismissed Dominic Sibley for a duck in the very first over, Stokes joined forces with Rory Burns to stable the ship for the home side. The pair managed to