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Desperate to save its multi-million dollar broadcast deal with Channel Seven, Cricket Australia has overshot its Covid-19 bio-bubble budget, which now stands at a whopping 30 million Australian dollars with marquee tour of India and the Big Bash League (BBL) being part of it. India are scheduled to tour Australia at the end of this year for a four-Test series.

Royal Challengers Banglore skipper Virat Kohli has said that he “did not feel” any change even though he was away from the game for a long time and had a net session after a five-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The allegation of this nature is ‘hugely concerning’, said Yorkshire Cricket on Thursday after the former England Under-19 spinner Azeem Rafiq claimed he was close to committing suicide because of the racism he faced within the club.

All Chennai Super Kings (CSK) players who are not in quarantine underwent a Covid-19 test on Thursday, and all of them have tested negative. While it has paved the way for them to start practice in Dubai from Friday, one understands that they have also been unofficially told that they will play the opener against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sep 19 which could be announced today.

Australia’s Twenty20 women’s Big Bash League was Friday shifted entirely to Sydney as coronavirus travel restrictions forced drastic venue and schedule changes.

Mumbai Indians on Thursday shared a glimpse of Rohit Sharma’s training session in which the batsman can be seen getting into rhythm as he prepares for the much-anticipated upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Even though Australia’s limited-overs skipper has an experience of playing in 61 T20Is and 75 matches in the IPL, he doesn’t want to let go of the opportunity to pick Kohli’s brains on batting while at RCB.

The BCCI has no intention, whatsoever, of allowing fans inside the stadium during the entire course of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) 13th edition in the UAE. While the “discussions are still going on” to decide if there should be any fan-engagement, even in the latter half of the event, the general idea floating around is that it will be “too much of a risk”.

One of the most fierce competitors in the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders have developed into a force to reckon with. With two titles in the competition so far (2012 and 2014), KKR have been one of the top performers in the league and one of the major reasons for their stupendous display has been their ability to put up some big scores.

Chennai Super Kings, one of the most successful franchises in the IPL — with three titles — too are up and running and have even managed to get permission for a camp for their Indian players from August 15, ahead of their scheduled departure for Dubai on August 21.