IPL returns to India without spectators
Pandemic forces several changes to how the competition will be played
07 March 2021 - 17:45
New Delhi — The popular Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin in Chennai on April 9 and will be played across six venues, initially without spectators, the Indian cricket board said on Sunday.
The world’s richest Twenty20 competition was shifted to the UAE in 2020 as India grappled with the Covid-19 pandemic. Sunday’s IPL governing council meeting decided to bring the tournament home but the pandemic forced several changes to how it would be played...
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