Former Australia spinner Brad Hogg, who was in India for the Road Safety World Series, has now returned back to Australia after the postponement of the tournament due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Hogg, who was representing Australia Legends in the tournament, took to his social media platform Twitter handle to announce his arrival back in Australia.
Being asked several about T20 leagues, the 49-year old gleefully replied to his fans and expressed his opinion on the likes of the postponed Indian Premier League and the ongoing Pakistan Super League.
Regards IPL and PSL
When a fans asked Hogg to rate the IPL and the PSL out of 10, the chinaman bowler believed both the leagues to be at par with each other. Hogg, who gave nine points each to the IPL and the PSL, followed his judgement with explanation regarding both the leagues.
IPL and PSL
Hogg, who played for Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League till 2018, had represented Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals during his playing days in the IPL.
Hogg replied in an un-expected manner and stunned everyone
IPL, due to the fact that a window has been made in the cricket calender for all international players to be available to play the tournament. The best are on show. The IPL has sorted out a few overrated players over the years. #IPL#cricket#BCCIhttps://t.co/6ONwQO5ZW5
Both 9 out of 10. The PSL has been the most prevalent of late because it has bought the game back to Pakistan. The IPL has the most interest in viewership worldwide. https://t.co/7jf5ulmCzQ
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s videos of returning to practice had been doing the rounds for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League would have given his plentiful fans a chance of watching him do his thing on a cricket ground yet again.
IPL postponed
Due to the out break of corona virus BCCI along with IPL franchise decide to postpone the series on behalf of the safety measure. Previously IPL franchise agreed to play the matches behind the closed door with a condition. They request the BCCI to have a discussion with the particular Government department regards the visa restriction imposed till April 15.
The BCCI arranged an official meeting with their IPL franchises on March 14(Saturday) regards the IPL postpone. And come up with the decision to postpone the match to Mid of April. BCCI President Ganguly after the meeting states that ,“It will happen, because if it is April 15, then, in any case 15 days are gone, it has to be truncated. How truncated, how many games, I can’t say at the moment.”
CSK left the camp
Following the announcement regarding the postponement of the tournament, CSK have decided to send all their players back home. The preparation camp conducted by the franchise had seen the likes of Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla and others taking part.
On the last day before returning home, Dhoni was seen greeting his fans and all other people associated with Chennai Super Kings. The legendary cricketers shook hands, signed autographs and interacted with fans despite the coronavirus scare.
The former Indian player Sanjay Manjrekar has been dismissed from the commentary panel recently. Sanjay Manjrekar was part of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) commentary panel for many major ICC events ever since he took up the commentary gig post his retirement in 1996. While Manjrekar is one of the most experienced commentators in the world, the former Mumbai captain has been involved in quite a few controversies over the years.
Meanwhile, apart from a statement, no particular reason has been released by any official stating as to why Sanjay Manjrekar was dropped. He has covered World Cups and many other ICC tournaments and is a mainstay in the commentary teams covering multi-nation cricket tournaments.
Sanjay Manjrekar’s reply
Regards the decision of BCCI board, Sanjay Manjrekar takes to twitter to reply to that action.
“I have always considered commentary as a great privilege, but never an entitlement,” Sanjay’s tweet read.
“It is up to my employers whether they choose to have me or not & I will always respect that. Maybe BCCI has not been happy with my performance of late. I accept that as a professional,” he added.
I have always considered commentary as a great privilege, but never an entitlement. It is up to my employers whether they choose to have me or not & I will always respect that. Maybe BCCI has not been happy with my performance of late. I accept that as a professional.
Manjrekar on Dhoni’s run out decision in last year IPL
Sanjay Manjrekar is a proud Mumbaikar and there is nothing wrong with that. That does however, become a problem when you hold a position where you’re expected to play the part of the neutral with perfection. Manjrekar however, made no bones about his favouritism. In fact, during the IPL, he made it abundantly clear, where his heart lay.
During last year’s IPL final, Manjrekar bluntly blurted his desire to see the third umpire rule MS Dhoni out in a controversial run-out decision. He did get his wish but also received a lot of flak and was called a Mumbai Indians cheerleader.
Sanjay Manjrekar
Verbal abuse on Jadeja
One of the biggest talking points from last year’s Cricket World Cup was Ravindra Jadeja’s levelling of Sanjay Manjrekar after the commentator called him a bits and pieces cricketer and expressed that he wasn’t a fan of cricketers like him.
Jadeja shot him down by claiming that he had heard enough of his verbal diarrhoea before putting on an all-round clinic in the semi-final vs New Zealand. Manjrekar later admitted that he was off the mark with his unsavoury comments but the damage was already done.
Brawl with Harsha Bhogle
Sanjay Manjrekar had a commentary brawl with Harsha Bhogle during the pink ball test match between India and Bangladesh. The whole transcript of the conversation between the two follows..
Harsha Bhogle: When there’s a post-mortem done on this game, and there should be a post-mortem done on this game, visibility of that ball will be factor against the white sightscreen.
Sanjay Manjrekar: Don’t think so. Because when you see the slip catchers, the way they have taken catches, I don’t think visibility is an issue at all. The texture of the ball is the issue.
Harsha Bhogle: Definitely ask batsmen on both sides.
Sanjay Manjrekar: Do you think Virat Kohli wasn’t seeing the ball properly?
Harsha Bhogle: Or Ajinkya Rahane, or Cheteshwar Pujara. Ask all of them, just ask them, ‘what do you think?’”. Because if pink-ball cricket is going to be a regular feature, then you want to make sure everything’s working.
Sanjay Manjrekar: Don’t we get an indication watching from the outside whether the batsman is seeing the ball properly or not?
Harsha Bhogle: Doesn’t cost anything to ask. Always good to know everything around you. If I was doing a post-mortem, I’d ask everything because I want to know everything about the pink-ball game. To see, if everything’s working, why are so many batsmen getting hit.
Sanjay Manjrekar: You need to ask, Harsha. For us, who have played the game, we get a fair idea of what’s happening out there. Have been watching two-and-a-half days, three days of cricket, I don’t think visibility is an issue. We’ve seen some terrific catches taken in the slips, on the boundary as well.
Harsha Bhogle: When you have played the game, you get a very good idea of what’s happening, what the conditions are. But it cannot be a limitation to learning. If you’d never asked players, you’d never have got T20 cricket, you’d never have got day-night cricket. So sometimes it’s best to ask everybody what they think and justify your hypothesis rather than rolling it out before asking. That’s the only point I’m making.
Sanjay Manjrekar: Point taken, but don’t agree.
Manjrekar later apologised for his actions but by then he had already burned a bridge with his listeners and from the looks of it, possibly his employers as well.
After the out break of corona virus many scheduled sports event have been collapsed globally. The cash rich Indian Premier League(IPL) also affected due to the corona out break. Previously IPL has been scheduled to start from March 29 with an opening match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and BCCI Secretary Jai Shah arrive at the BCCI headquarters for a meeting with IPL franchise owners in Mumbai
Possibilities of IPL
An BCCI official hints that IPL would cancelled if it misses April 20 deadline. The BCCI took this decision on behalf of the safety measure to prevent the spread of corona virus. Experts comes out with six possibilities if the IPL begin in mid of April.
One of the first options presented in the meeting was the diminish of the IPL for this season.
The second option is of dividing 8 teams into two groups of four. The team finishing at top two at both groups will play the play-offs.
The third option is to increase in the double-headers matches. This year only 6 doubleheaders were scheduled which was making it a 50-day long tournament.
The fourth option is holding all matches in just a couple of centers with restricted movements of players, support staff and TV crew, to prevent the spread of the virus
The fifth option is to play behind closed doors (empty stadiums) and has all the 60 games in a shorter time frame which will ensure that the stakeholders do not lose out truckloads of money.
Finally the last option seems to have more possibility as BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, after the meeting told that the number of matches will be reduced if IPL takes place this year since the window of the tournament will be massively reduced after postponement.
Ganguly said, “It will happen, because if it is April 15, then, in any case, 15 days are gone, it has to be truncated. How truncated, how many games, I can’t say at the moment.”
Due to the out break of corona virus many sports event including IPL has been postponed. The cash-rich IPL has been scheduled to begin from March 29. Due to the corona issue and visa restriction BCCI announced to host the IPL in the mid of April.
An BCCI official hints that IPL would cancelled if it misses April 20 deadline. Due to the uncontrollable spread many events have been called off globally. The BCCI took this decision on behalf of the safety measure to prevent the spread of corona virus.
“The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to suspend IPL 2020 till 15th April 2020, as a precautionary measure against the ongoing Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) situation. The BCCI is concerned and sensitive about all its stakeholders, and public health in general, and it is taking all necessary steps to ensure that, all people related to IPL including fans have a safe cricketing experience. The BCCI will work closely with the Government of India along with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and all other relevant Central and State Government departments in this regard,” the BCCI said in a statement yesterday.
“If at all the IPL starts, it would be around April 20 but the decision will be made around April 10. If the tournament doesn’t start by April 20, it will have to be deferred till the next year,” an IPL official said when speaking about the latest developments.
“Besides players, most teams have foreigners in its coaching staff. Since the visa issue is unresolved, they were not so keen on starting the tournament without coaches, not just the players,” the official added.
Cut Short if it happens
The BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Saturday said that the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League will be cut short if it happens, news agency PTI reported. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai after the meeting, BCCI President said ,“It will happen, because if it is April 15, then, in any case 15 days are gone, it has to be truncated. How truncated, how many games, I can’t say at the moment.”
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and BCCI Secretary Jai Shah arrive at the BCCI headquarters for a meeting with IPL franchise owners in Mumbai.
Previous Announcement
Earlier, on Friday, Ganguly had spoken to reporters and had said that postponing the tournament was the only way to go as “first priority is safety” for everyone.
“Let’s stick to the postponement (at the moment). First priority is safety, so we postponed the games,” he had said. On being asked if IPL franchises were happy with the call, he had added: “Nobody has a choice.”
According to reports, the BCCI and IPL is set to take a massive hit in case the IPL gets called off this season with the figure envisaged to hit the roof of Rs.10, 000 crore with over 200 brands brought on board for IPL 2020. A lump sum of Rs. 400 crore will be lost on ticket sales solely while a further Rs.300 were shelved out by Star Sports as they have the telecast rights for the ongoing edition of the league.
MA Chidambaram stadium is located in Chennai and it is also known as Chepauk stadium. Established in 1916, the stadium has hosted plenty of Tests, ODIs, T20Is and also IPL matches involving the local IPL side, Chennai Super Kings and the final as well. The stadium which is controlled by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association is also the oldest cricket stadium in the country that is currently used on a consistent basis. It has a capacity of 50,000 seats but only 38,000 seats are being used.
The three stands of the stadium remains empty where it has a maximum capacity of 12,000 and each of the three stands, I, J and K have a capacity of 4,000 seats apiece. These three stands have not been used since November 2011.
Reason for the empty stands
The three stands in Chepauk have been under legal issues since their construction. The High Court in Madras put a stay on the use of those stands as TNCA altered with the assessment report for those stands. In fact, a criminal case was also issued against TNCA by the High Court in 2013. Late last year, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association got possession of the ground as it had entered into a new lease agreement for 21 years with the state government.
Subsequently, the Madras Cricket Club agreed to demolish its gym to create the required space, but it didn’t work out as the ground’s lease to TNCA and MCC had ended in 2015. Late last year, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association got possession of the ground as it had entered into a new lease agreement for 21 years with the state government.
Chepauk Stadium
A decision to demolish the gym was taken during a general body meeting of MCC recently. TNCA sources said work has begun for demolition of the gymnasium and once it is done, the Corporation and CMDA will be approached for reopening the stands. The three stands (I, J and K) will be opened for the forthcoming IPL, the sources added.
“After the demolition is completed, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) will seek permission of the Chennai Corporation and the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) for clearance for the three stands”, he added.
He also said that “the club will be building a new gymnasium, adding that arrangements for an alternate gym for members has already been made”.
The last time Chepauk had a full house audience before the stands were shut was when Pakistan visited India in December 2012 for an ODI series.
SanjayManjrekar removed from BCCI commentary panel
Sanjay Manjrekar was part of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) commentary panel for many major ICC events ever since he took up the commentary gig post his retirement in 1996. While Manjrekar is one of the most experienced commentators in the world, the former Mumbai captain has been involved in quite a few controversies over the years. Meanwhile, apart from a statement, no particular reason has been released by any official stating as to why Sanjay Manjrekar was dropped. He has covered World Cups and many other ICC tournaments and is a mainstay in the commentary teams covering multi-nation cricket tournaments.
During the first washed-out ‘Ind vs SA’ ODI affair in Dharamsala, Sanjay Manjrekar was not present at the venue while the other commentators from BCCI’s panel like Sunil Gavaskar and Murali Kartik were present. The Indian cricket community is currently dealing with the outbreak of coronavirus, as the pandemic has resulted in the cancellation second and third matches in the series, which were to be held in Lucknow and Kolkata.
Sanjay manjrekar
But, as per Mumbai Mirror’s report, he has been left out of the BCCI commentary team and will not be a part of the commentary team for the upcoming Indian Premier League, as and when it starts. “Maybe he will be left out from the IPL panel too. At this stage, it is not on top of our mind. But the fact is, they are not happy with his work,” a source was quoted saying in the report.
Manjrekar in recent months has been in the middle of a couple storms after he first called Ravindra Jadeja a bits and pieces cricketer during the 2019 ICC World Cup and then a few months later questioned the credentials of Harsha Bhogle during the historic Pink-ball Test against Bangladesh in Kolkata.
In other news, a massive statement was released by BCCI on Friday, March 13 stating the launch date of the upcoming IPL 2020 has been pushed to April 15. The BCCI’s decision comes as a precautionary measure against the Coronavirus. While the IPL 2020 has been postponed, other bilateral ODI series like ‘Ind vs SA’ and ‘Aus vs NZ’ have been entirely called off after their respective first matches.
Due to the unexpected out break of coronavirus many sports event collapsed globally. Even the cash rich Indian Premier League has been postponed after a lot of controversy. Previously IPL franchise agreed to play the match behind the closed door with a condition. As per new visa restriction issued by Indian Government on behalf of the Corona issue, participation of the foreign players remains doubtful till April 15.
The IPL franchise request BCCI to have a conversation with the particular Government department regards visa issue. Corona out break even restrict Australia women’s tour of South Africa after the winning the T20 trophy. The on going South Africa tour of India match has been cancelled where the first ODI abandoned due to rain.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday said that the board came to the decision of postponing this year’s IPL as safety is their first priority in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As things stand, IPL 2020 will kick-off on April 15, but the new schedule of matches remains unknown.
🚨Announcement🚨: #VIVOIPL suspended till 15th April 2020 as a precautionary measure against the ongoing Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) situation.
“Let’s stick to the postponement (at the moment). First priority is safety, so we postponed the games. We will see what happens. It is too early to answer. Nobody has a choice,” Ganguly told PTI.
So far, India has recorded more than 80 positive cases so far (seven recovering) with the global infected count standing at over 1,30,000. The death toll because of the virus has gone beyond 5,000 internationally, two of them being confirmed cases from India.
The ace former batsman Brain Charles Lara gave his view on possible T20 world cup winner. T20 world cup 2020 is scheduled later this year in Australia. The 50-year-old is currently in India to lead the West Indies Legends in the Road Safety World Series though his team has lost both the games they have played so far.
Lara in Road Safety World Series
Lara himself has not been able to score big in the two matches he has played in the veterans’ tournament in India. He made 17 from 15 in the game against Sachin Tendulkar’s India Legends where the West Indies Legends lost by seven wickets. He managed only four from eight deliveries in the second game against Jonty Rhodes’ South Africa Legends. The West Indies Legends have two matches left now, against Australia and Sri Lanka.
Lara took time to speak to ESPNCricinfo in between where he spoke on several issues related to the game. When he was asked to pick the favorites for this year’s T20 World Cup to be held in Australia, the former left-handed batsman came up with three choices. He states that India could be his first choice of possible winner as they are in perfect form in 20 over series. The wash out series winning over New Zealand by India in their home ground proves their glorious form he added.
Regarding his second possible winner he mentioned the mighty Australia lead by Finch. He also added Australia will be tough to beat at home. Last but not least he never forget to mention the current T20I champions West Indies (the only team to win the title twice). He also mentioned their inconsistency could be their draw back in the upcoming T20I world cup.
“I think India is going to be a force to reckon with. Australia at home… it’s not going to be an easy World Cup for anyone. Australia is going to be worried about India and the West Indies, West Indies are going to be worried about everybody because of their inconsistency sometimes. So it’s going to be a great World Cup to look at,” Lara told ESPNCricinfo.
The out break of corona collapsed many sports event across the world. The ongoing South Africa tour of India has been cancelled where first ODI abandoned due to rain. The remaining matches are expected to play behind the door without any viewers in the stadium as imposed for Road Safety World Series.
But the officials confirmed that the match between South Africa and India has been called off. As the spread of corona is in its peak the officials decide to cancel the remaining matches.
CONFIRMED: The #INDvSA ODI series has been suspended in the wake of a growing number of coronavirus cases. pic.twitter.com/3qE3CnHG24
BCCI has finally postponed the start of the IPL that was scheduled to start on March 29, reported the news agency PTI. The tournament will now start on April 15. The news has come in just hours after the Delhi state government had ruled out the permissions to hold IPL matches in Delhi. The media reports have suggested that the franchises have been informed of the development. The postponed date for the start of the IPL is critical as the orders to suspend visa by the government will end on April 15. BCCI is likely to announce the official development very soon.
IPL postponed to April 15
Women’s tour cancelled
Australian women’s tour of South Africa has been called-off due to the outbreak of corona. After the successful victory over India in the finals of the T20 world cup, Aussies women set to play three ODIs and three T20s in South Africa between March 22 and April 4. As WHO announced corona as ‘pandemic’ the world sports scheduled collapsed. In order to prevent the spread and to guard the players from the infection many events have been called off.
Kane Williamson | New Zealand captain : ‘We would have batted as well. Not a lot of grass on it. It was a good series against India, but this is a new series and we need to adapt to the conditions pretty early. We are going in with two seamers and two spinners.’
Aaron Finch | Australia captain : ‘We will bat first. Looks like a nice wicket, a bit on a dry side, we will need to put the runs on the board. We weren’t consistent enough in the series in South Africa. It’s an unusual feeling, to be playing in front of no one.’
Squad
New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, D Arcy Short, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Australia vs New Zealand
Australia batting
Hosts massive opening partnership
After a series whitewash to South Africa, Aussies in concern to win the series scheduled at their home ground. Warner and Finch gets in the crease, Warner is on strike. Boult opens the attack against Australia. Warner who is in red hot form starts to strike aggressively and starts gathering runs with Finch. This duo paired and laid the expected partnership, after the power play Australia scored 51 runs without a wicket loss.
Openers half century
Aussies openers strikes without any fear towards Kiwi bowlers. Warner reached his half century from 69 balls. He left unknown about his fifty as there’s no one in stadium to cheer up then Finch approached him to congrats. At the end of 20 overs Australia scored 107 runs without a wicket loss. Finch too scored his fifty and registered his personal 26th fifty. That’s a 100 runs stand from the Aussies openers,they laid a strong base for the Aussies to score further.
David Warner scored his 21st fifty
Santner quick spell
After a long struggle Ferguson dismissed Warner when he scored 67 runs from 88 balls. At the end of that over Aussies scored 127 runs for a wicket loss. Steven Smith joins hand with Finch, this partnership didn’t last longer as expected. Finch lost his wicket to Santner when he scored 60 runs from 75 balls. Smith too lose his wicket to Santner in his next over and returned pavilion.
Two new batsmen Marnus Labuschagne and D Arcy Short gets into ground while Aussies scored 146 runs. D Arcy Short tried his best to add some score but failed to Ish Sodhi and return pavilion for 5 runs.
Mitchell Marsh then joins hand with Labuschagne and tries to drag Aussies to score better. This duo added 59 runs in total to the score where Labuschagne made his second half century. Ish Sodhi in his 7th over dismissed Mitchell Marsh(27) and Carey(1) where Aussies scored 226 runs for 6 wicket loss. Finally Pat Cummins 14 runs off 11 balls dragged Aussies to score 258 runs. Ish Sodhi took three wicket where Mitchell Santner and Lockie Ferguson picked two weicket for each.
Marnus Labuschagne scored his 2nd ODI fifty
New Zealand Batting
Struggled visitors
After a successful aggressive whitewash on India in ODI as well as Test series, Kiwi’s stand against Aussies. In order to chase a target of 258 runs, Guptill and Henry Nicholls gets in crease, Guptill is on strike. Starc opens the attack against Kiwi. The visitors struggled to score runs that costs Kiwis to lose their opener Henry Nicholls for 10 runs at the last over of the power play. Where Kiwis just scored 28 runs for a wicket loss after the power play.
Kiwis star players failed to show up
Kiwis skipper Kane Williamson gets in ground and joins hand with Guptill. New Zealand scored their 50 run at the 17th over. But soon Zampa with his googly dismissed Williamson for 19 runs. Ross Taylor, the man who showed his glorious form against India came into ground. New Zealand is in pressure to build a perfect partnership for their victory in the first match of the series.
But in the very next over Mitchell Marsh scatters Kiwis dream of victory by uprooting their dangerous player Taylor for just 4 runs. The long fought Guptill sent back to pavilion by Cummins when he reached 40 runs.
At the end of 25th over Neesham too lost his wicket to Cummins when he scored 8 runs. Kiwis starts to collapse after their skippers wicket and failed to add runs. At this stage Kiwis scored 96 runs for half a wicket loss in total. Latham and de Grandhomme paired and scored 51 runs stand partnership. Aussies in need to break this partnership and Hazlewood did as expected by dismissing Latham for 38 runs.
Kiwis lost their wicket in a regular interval and failed to pair a partnership and lost all their wickets for 187 runs. Finally Australia won by 71 runs and register their first win in the series.
Mitchell Marsh | Australia : Pleased to get the win at the start of the series. We were disappointed to lose 0-3 to South Africa. We were pumped to get out here and win today. It was not a 300 wicket. The opening partnership set us up beautifully.
Captain’s view
Aaron Finch: It was a crucial toss to win on a dry surface. We bowled well in the powerplay and restricted New Zealand. We both had to adjust to the slowness of the wicket. You had to pick your moments on this wicket.
Kane Williamson: It was a tough wicket. They had an above-par score. That opening partnership gave them a very competitive total. Australia were too good today, tough outing for us. We had to be a bit more tight with our lines and extend partnerships with the bat. The spinners did well and slowed things down in the middle overs.
Due to the outbreak of corona the cash rich IPL has been postponed after a lot of controversy. BCCI has finally postponed the start of the IPL that was scheduled to start on March 29, reported the news agency PTI. The tournament will now start on April 15. The news has come in just hours after the Delhi state government had ruled out the permissions to hold IPL matches in Delhi. The media reports have suggested that the franchises have been informed of the development. The postponed date for the start of the IPL is critical as the orders to suspend visa by the government will end on April 15. BCCI is likely to announce the official development very soon.
Though the IPL franchise agreed to play the matches behind the closed door they request the government to permit the foreign players as the Indian Government imposed fresh visa restriction. Karnataka Government already denied to host the IPL matches in order to avoid the corona spread.
The postponement of the tournament was in thick of things since the time Maharashtra’s Health Minister Rajesh Tope had said that the state government was in discussion with the BCCI to postpone the annual cricket tournament that features cricketing stars from across the world.
Before the BCCI meeting the officials announced that the match will be played mid of the April instead of March 29. However, neither Sourav Ganguly nor the BCCI has confirmed about the meeting of the council or with franchisees.
