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IPL 2020—The 3 Most Interesting Highlights Of The Season So Far

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  IPL 2020 has been one of the unique seasons of the league so far. Scheduled for March, the tournament was postponed by BCCI due to COVID-19. Amidst speculations that IPL 2020 can get cancelled, BCCI found a window to schedule IPL matches when ICC postponed the T20 World Cup to 2022.   The tournament got shifted to the UAE because of the high number of COVID-19 cases in India. This year’s IPL matches are being played in Sharjah, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi behind closed doors. However, this has led to record viewership numbers at home, making it a great season for advertisers and broadcasters as well.   IPL highlights that will be remembered for seasons to come   Despite the COVID-19 restrictions such as players being allowed to play in a strictly controlled bio-bubble environment, IPL 2020 has won many hearts. IPL has been a roller coaster ride so far.   The 13th version of IPL is seeing many ups and downs. We have witnessed many occasions of tremendous finishes, me...
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IPL 2020 Edition To Be Played In Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi From 19th Sep, 2020: IPL News

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  Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 edition dates have been announced. IPL chairman Brijesh Patel has made it clear that the T20 league will begin in the UAE on 19 September, while the final match will be played on 10th November. The IPL 2020 was scheduled to be held from March 29, but was postponed due to the Covid-19 situation.  The BCCI gets approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India to organize the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in UAE. The IPL will start in UAE from 19 September to 10 November will be held in 53 days at three stadiums in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. According to recent ipl news after August 20 most teams will leave for UAE they will have to undergo two RT PCR tests within 24 hours before departure. The IPL tournament will take place in a completely bio-secure environment. All matches will be held in Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai only. The BCCI and the franchisees have decided that eight different teams will stay i...
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Top 5 record breaking T20 score in the cricket history

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Afghanistan hammer highest T20 score at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun, Uttarakhand on 23rd Feb 2019. The previous record was of Australia's 263/6 scored against Sri Lanka in 2016. Afghanistan is now the proud record holder to score highest T20 total in international cricket.  Below are the highest scores ever recorded in T20 internationals:  1. Afghanistan 278/3 vs Ireland 194/6 at Dehra Dun, 2019 Afghanistan created history in second Twenty20 International against Ireland at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun. Afghanistan scored 278 for the loss of three wickets from their allotted 20 overs, to register the highest t20 score . Hazratullah Zazai played a remarkable innings, as he scored 162 runs from just 62 balls. Zazai became the first player from Afghanistan to score 150 or more runs, and his 236-run highest opening stand with Usman Ghani, who made 73 runs from 48 balls and became the highest partnership in T20Is....
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Is The Craze To Watch ICC Cricket World Cup Still The Same?

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With the corona pandemic situation, most of the sports events have been cancelled or postponed including the 13th season of IPL and ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. There are fair chances for the T20 World Cup to get shifted to 2021.   However, our four-yearly ICC Cricket World Cup is going to take place in 2023. In such a situation, there is one question we should ask ourselves—are we still that crazy about watching the Cricket World Cup?   Cricket was different when Sachin, Sehwag, Dravid and Ganguly were playing for India. Every kid used to know with points the exact ICC Cricket Ranking of India, at least. There might not be precise metrics at the time to measure what number of people watched the tournament. But there was physical proof in the neighborhood. Every home had Doordarshan Channel tuned on their TV. You’ll find the streets empty during India’s match. They are not kidding when they say cricket is a religion in India. But, is that still so?   I have not much dat...
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