Maharashtra Government Will Provide Dedicated Traffic Lanes For IPL 2022 And More Cricket News

The Women’s World Cup warm-up game between India and South Africa concluded, however, not before generating its share of confusion owing to a gaffe by the International Cricket Council. Post the game ended the ICC amended the scorecard of the match on numerous occasions, creating confusion with regards to the outcome of the said fixture.

To start with, the scorecard mentioned that South Africa beat India by four wickets. However, within the next half hour, a scoresheet of the match went viral on social media stating it was India who had won the game by a narrow margin of two runs. A few minutes later, the ICC website also happened to update the scorecard and it eventually showed India as winners.

The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League is set to commence on March 26 with four-time winners Chennai Super Kings taking on the 2021 runners-up Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium, as the league marks a detour from the norm of defending champions featuring in the tournament opener at their home ground.

If that tradition, running since 2009, were to continue, the 2021 winners Chennai Super Kings would have played at the Chepauk. However, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2022 IPL has been restricted to only four venues across two cities, with three stadia in Mumbai – Wankhede Stadium, Brabourne Stadium, DY Patil Stadium – set to host 55 league games and the other 15 scheduled at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (MCA) in Pune.

Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial knock in the second T20I against Sri Lanka to help the men in blue secure a series victory and he credited skipper Rohit Sharma for his batting promotion. The all-rounder also bowled four overs conceding 37 runs and picked up the important wicket of Danushka Gunathilaka at a stage when Sri Lanka was running away with the game.

Jadeja came into bat at No. 5 after the fall of Sanju Samson’s wicket and he had the perfect platform set to unleash

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