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iPL 2021: waTcH ouT!

THe FesTivaL is

BacK in TOwn!

this IPL. Some of those T20I
PL 2020 provided us sev- games took up 5 hours and
eral moments to cherish
Iamidst the global pandem- Suryakumar Yadav’s soft-signal
caused uproar. Last year, the
ic—Rahul Tewatia’s bizarre double super overs went well
heist, Nicholas Pooran’s super- into the next day. For IPL 2021,
human fielding effort, double Teams have been accommo-
super Overs, and the Mumbai dated 90 minutes per innings
Indians stamping their authori- including the Strategic Time
ty once again. Outs. Penalties have been
Who will be the surprise pack- BroKen cricKeT dreaMs raised for violation.
age this year? The emerging play- NITESH MATHUR No soft-signal for catches
er? Here are 5 things I am looking and obstruction of field ap-
forward to the most in IPL 2021. www.brokencricketdreams.com peals.

shine Like a diamond Chetan Sakariya, Lukman help England prepare for the Time capped for multiple

From the young Ravindra Meriwala, or someone we have World Cup). Super Overs. If time elapses,
Jadeja in 2008 & Manish Pan- not heard much about (yet) ris- the game will be declared a tie
dey in 2009 to the inspirational ing to the occasion. This is it, isn’t it? (one point each).
stories of Natarajan & Chakra- Chris Gayle is 41 and has The world Must come
varthy last year, the IPL has a can the discards Find Their stated his desire to play for 5 Together as one
habit of thrusting new faces into way Back to the Pack? more years. Imran Tahir at 42
limelight. In 2020, uncapped Due to COVID-19, ICC and Harbhajan Singh at 40 are Before we can enjoy the
players like Ravi Bishnoi, Ab- events have allowed up to still bamboozling oppositions. spectacle, the real question is
dul Samad, and Devdutt Padik- 23-player squads. This has It is unlikely any of them will will we even have a complete
kal had breakout seasons. Here provided a small window for play all the 14 games, but their IPL due to the pandemic?
are some of the exciting candi- discarded players like Prithvi experience will be crucial in The PSL showcased bril-
dates for 2021: Shaw, Dinesh Karthik, & Sanju pressure situations. liant display of cricket...for two
• Finn Allen signed as a replace- Samson to squeeze into the T20 weeks before the insecurity of
ment for Josh Philippe and an- World Cup squad in October we should just sit back the bio-bubble packed up the
nounced himself to the interna- this year. tournament.
tional stage with a destructive Since the World Cup is and enjoy because this Mitchell Marsh, Josh Ha-
71(29) against Bangladesh last scheduled in India, it is also a might be the final chance zlewood & Philippe have al-
month. Will he get a match in golden opportunity for play- ready withdrawn days from the
the star-studded RCB line-up? ers from other countries like we get to witness players IPL, and the likes of Axar Patel
• Syed Mushtaq Ali Tro- Liam Livingstone, the Currans, like Ms dhoni on the field. & Padikkal have tested positive
phy graduates Mohammad & Dawid Malan (England), for coronavirus. Cases are ris-
Azharuddeen (WK/batsman), Allen & Kyle Jamieson (New ing in India, and several travel
Shahrukh Khan (finisher), and Zealand), & Riley Meredith & With IPL 2022 having a concerns still remain.
R Sai Kishore (spinner) would Jhye Richardson (Australia) to large auction, this IPL is defi- With mental health,
be quite handy if they carried impress their selectors. nitely the end of an era. bio-bubble fatigue, and finan-
their devastating forms from Eoin Morgan has made it cial security all at stake, only
earlier this year. clear he wants England to hold can cricket get time will decide the fate of this
• Surprise Packages Paul both the ODI & T20I World any Longer? tournament.
Valthaty & Rahul Tewatia be- Cup trophies. He has even gone rule changes For iPL 2021 Let’s just hope that this vi-
came household names after as far as suggesting that rivals The limited overs series be- rus is defeated, the spirit of the
bizarre IPL seasons. Rajasthan Royals will open with tween India and England have IPL remains alive, and the sur-
Would love to watch a Buttler-Stokes combination (to caused direct rule changes to prises keep on coming.

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