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Indian Premier League and tra and Rest of India — will Council discussing the way Wadia, while speaking to re­ “There are a couple of op­ India’s two ODIs against most probably be played as forward after suspending the porters, also stressed on the tions for a truncated IPL: South Africa, the Board of a precursor to the next sea­ event till April 15, BCCI presi­ “safety” aspect, without Eight teams playing each oth­ Control for Cricket in India son while the renovated dent Sourav Ganguly hinted spelling out the details. er just once instead of home has put the whole domestic Motera stadium in Ahmeda­ that “truncated IPL” is the After the Governing Coun­ and away in the league (32 season “on hold” on Satur­ bad, with a record capacity only way forward but that’s cil meeting, however, Gangu­ games, including 4 playoffs) day. of 1.11 lakh which was sche­ the last possible option that ly admitted that truncated or the teams being divided duled to host the Senior Wo­ the BCCI is considering. IPL is definitely being consi­ into two groups of four each “In view of the ongoing men’s Challenger from dered. “It (truncated IPL) and playing home and away novel coronavirus (CO­ March 26, will have to wait Anxious wait will happen because if it is basis (28 games, including VID­19) outbreak, the BCCI longer for hosting its first Once the BCCI adhered to (starting by) April 15, then in playoffs) can be considered on Saturday announced that competitive game. the government advisories any case 15 days are gone, so should the need arise,” an all matches of the Paytm Ira­ on Friday and suspended it has to be truncated. How IPL official said. ni Cup, Senior Women’s Surprise decision IPL’s 13th edition till April 15 truncated, how many games, He corroborated that the One­Day knockout, Vizzy in the wake of the COVID­19 I can't say at the moment. Till two possibilities of a truncat­ Trophy, Senior Women's The decision came as a sur­ outbreak, the franchise own­ April 15, (there are) no visas,” ed IPL will arise only if the One­Day Challenger, Wo­ prise to many since Gujarat ers were anxiously waiting to Ganguly said. Union Government gives a men's Under­19 One­Day is yet to have any positive be briefed by the BCCI boss­ go­ahead and clears visas of knockout, Women’s Under COVID­19 case. es on Saturday. Various options overseas players and support 19 T20 League, Super In fact, the national selec­ No wonder then that the However, multiple franchise staff members for a start at League and knockout, Wo­ tion panel had even final­ meeting saw virtually all the officials confirmed to The the end of April or early May. men's Under­19 T20 Chal­ ised the Rest of India squad, high­profile owners — includ­ Hindu that the BCCI office­ However, all these possi­ lenger Trophy, Women's Un­ with Hanuma Vihari as cap­ ing Kolkata Knight Riders’ bearers and IPL executives bilities will arise if and when der­23 knockout, Women’s tain. However, considering Shahrukh Khan, Mumbai In­ tabled various options to the the COVID­19 pandemic sub­ Under­23 One­Day Challen­ the rapidly perpetrating co­ dians’ Akash Ambani, Ness teams. Possible start dates sides in India. Till then, as ger have been put on hold ronavirus cases in various Wadia of Kings XI Punjab and that were mentioned were Ganguly admitted, BCCI will till further notice,” Jay Shah, regions of India, the BCCI Onerous task: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah arrive for a crucial Parth Jindal of Delhi Capitals April 15, April 20, April 25, keep “reviewing the situa­ BCCI secretary, said in a decided to suspend all offi­ meeting in Mumbai on Saturday. * VIVEK BENDRE — in attendance, along with April 30 and May 1. tion every week”. statement. cial cricket tournaments. IN BRIEF Culmination of a rich cricketing history Gopi welcomes Adjah helps Kiwis abandon tour Neroca hold of Australia I ensured that players were picked purely on basis of performance: Jaydev Shah SYDNEY BWF’s decision CCFC New Zealand abandoned its RANJI REVIEW one­day cricket tour of BADMINTON Australia on Saturday after Y.B. Sarangi I-LEAGUE V.V. Subrahmanyam Wellington tightened border RAJKOT restrictions to combat the HYDERABAD IANS Carrying on a long legacy spread of coronavirus. The IMPHAL from the time of the British India’s chief national coach Blacks Caps lost the opening Host Neroca FC played out rule, the friendly and hospit­ P. Gopi Chand welcomed game of the three­match the Badminton World Fed­ a 2­2 draw with Chennai Ci­ series and were due to play able Saurashtrians finally ex­ eration’s (BWF) decision to ty FC (CCFC) in the I­ the second here on Sunday, perienced a dream come suspend till April 12, all League here on Saturday. but will fly home after New true when Jaydev Unadkat Khanngam Horam found Zealand Prime Minister lifted the Ranji Trophy for events from March 16 due to the coronavirus pandemic. the net for the host just 21 Jacinda Ardern announced the first time by beating Ben­ seconds after kick­off — the “It is a good decision and everyone entering the gal at home here on Friday. quickest goal of this sea­ one cannot ignore the country from midnight on After the erstwhile Nawa­ Gopi Chand. * FILE PHOTO son. Sunday would have to self­ nagar (the previous version health risk of players, offi­ isolate for 14 days. of Saurashtra) won the Ranji cials and spectators. need to know the cut­off Mashoor Sheriff equal­ Trophy — which was named “When the whole world date and the number of ised in the 21st minute be­ after the legendary Ranjit­ is witnessing so many res­ tournaments the players, fore Adolfo Miranda made sinhji of Jamnagar — way trictions, it was not the especially those aspiring it 2­1 for CCFC before the All England: back in 1936­37, incidentally ideal scenario to go ahead from India, can play to break. beating Bengal, its cricket with the BWF events,” Gopi make the cut for the Philip Adjah saved the Axelsen in final administration went through told The Hindu on the way Games,” the former All En­ day for Neroca, converting Sports Bureau a lot of changes before the back to Hyderabad from gland champion said. a penalty in the added time London Saurashtra Cricket Associa­ London. “Unless, there is a clear to give a vital point for his Viktor Axelsen of Denmark tion (SCA) came into being in message detailing the quali­ side. entered the final of the All the 1950s. ‘Element of concern’ fication norms, what sort of Chances had been abun­ Trophy. For generations to he built a solid unit. “Once, hand over captaincy to Un­ England badminton cham­ “I don’t say the players are impact they will have on the dant on either end and not follow, it will give them be­ we were No. 28 among 30 adkat. The transition was pionships here on Saturday Renowned cricketers scared but there was a se­ players, especially those as­ surprisingly so. The lines­ lief,” said Pujara. teams. Then we became the smooth. Every small thing after rallying to get past Over the years, the region rious element of concern piring to make it from In­ man flagged seven offsides Plate division champion, was taken care of. Getting Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia 17­21, has produced several re­ For former Board of Con­ which I feel was pretty ge­ dia,” the former All England in the first forty five mi­ came to Elite, qualified for such top class infrastructure 21­13, 21­19. nowned cricketers — includ­ trol for Cricket in India nuine, given the kind of champion said. nutes and with both teams knockouts and ultimately be­ (at the SCA) also helped,” He will now meet Chou ing Duleepsinhji, L. Amar­ (BCCI) secretary Niranjan alarming reports that have The tournaments which playing a high line at the came a Ranji champion. said Jaydev. Tien Chen of Chinese Tai­ sinh, L. Ramji, Vinoo Shah and his son Jaydev, the been emanating from diffe­ will be affected by the BWF back, the statistic seems to pie, who had an easy pas­ Mankad, Salim Durrani, Dhi­ Ranji Trophy triumph was a Former captain and coach rent parts of the world,” Go­ directive on Saturday in­ suggest that both managers Purely on performance sage to the final after An­ raj Parsana, Karsan Ghavri, lifetime achievement.

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