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Can't guarantee a timeline on having two new IPL franchises: BCCI Treasurer

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had earlier announced that the Indian Premier League edition in 2022 will have two more franchises. But the BCCI Treasurer Arun Dhumal has now said that the board will have to see the market and also assess the situation prevailing in the country.

"We are looking to have two franchises in next year's IPL but we will have to see the market and also assess the situation prevailing in the country. We can't guarantee a timeline because there are a lot of things we have to consider," said Dhumal to IANS on Monday.

Though Ahmedabad is most likely to host one of the franchises but there would be a bidding process before the process gets underway. A mega auction is also being planned by the BCCI for next year.

The BCCI had earlier moved the remainder of IPL 2021 to UAE after the cash-rich league was suspended on May 4 due to a rise in COVID-19 cases within the franchises.

Sandeep Warrior, Varun Chakravarthy, Amit Mishra, Wriddhiman Saha, CSK batting coach Mike Hussey and bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji had tested positive for the disease.

The schedule for the IPL’s remaining matches hasn’t been announced but it is likely to take place from September 19 to October 15 while the World T20 that was also officially moved to the UAE on Monday from India is slated to begin on October 17.

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Babar Azam is one of the leading captains right now: Mohammad Rizwan

Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan has out his weight behind captain Babar Azam and has said that his scoring-rate in the T20Is isn’t really a cause of concern for the team. "We've never felt an issue with Babar's strike rate," Rizwan said. "When he goes big he generally has a strike rate over 140. People talk about our strike rate but do remember we chased down 200, just the two of us, so our strike rate can't be that bad. There was an issue with the middle order, but we have more personnel coming in, so hopefully that should be resolved now." The right-hander who led Multan Sultans to PSL title win further talked about the batting and said that the top-order is pretty sorted while some tweak is required in the middle-order. "We don't have any issue in the top order. We're all settled in our positions, and the only problems we had were in our middle order,” Rizwan added. The wicket-keeper batsman also hailed Babar Azam for his captaincy skills. “Babar is one of the leading captains right now, and if you look at our past series, he's made some brilliant decisions,” Rizwan said. Pakistan are slated to play three ODIs and as many T20Is against England slated to begin on July 8.

ICC Women Rankings: Mithali Raj regains her top-five spot among ODI batters

Indian Women skipper has regained her spot in the top five of the Women’s batter’s rating in ODI cricket after her 108 balls 78 in the first match of the three-match ODI series against England Women. The list is still topped by South Africa Women’s Lizelle Lee. The other Indian in the top 10 among ODI batters is Smriti Mandhana who slid one position and currently sits at number nine. In the bowler’s raking Jhulan Goswami has maintained her number five position while Poonam Yadav did not play in the first ODI and had a below-par outing in the home series against South Africa has slipped to number nine. The list is topped by Megan Schutt of Australia Women. England Women’s Sophie Ecclestone entered into the top 10 courtesy of her 3-40 spell vs India Women in the last game. Among the all-rounders, Deepti Sharma has maintained her number five position in the list while other Indians including Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami and Harmanpreet Kaur are in the top 20 but not part of the top 10. The list is jointly topped by South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp and Ellyse Perry. The Indian Women return to Taunton, for the second ODI against England Women on June 30 and all of these ladies would be under the spotlight if India are to get back into the series.

Salman Butt joins PCB's umpiring course

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has found his name in the list of players who had taken part in the umpiring and match referee course. The course was conducted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Apart from Butt, Abdul Rauf, Bilal Asif and Shoaib Khan were the other international players to have taken part in the course. There were a total 346 personnel who were part of the online Level-1 Umpiring course for umpires and match referees including 49 cricketers. The course was held from June 7 to 25. The PCB had introduced Level 1, 2 and 3 courses for umpires and match referees to develop the match officials. The personnel will now undergo written tests, interviews and fitness tests in the second phase. The Pakistan Cricket Board has said that it wants the former players to get employment opportunities. Butt’s inclusion in the list didn’t really go with the fans and the PCB did face some backlash on social media for the same. The former opener was one of the three Pakistan players apart from Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif to be involved in the match-fixing scandal in England in 2010. The then Pakistan skipper Butt was banned for 10 years. The three players were jailed in November 2011.

ENG vs SL | 1st ODI: Sri Lanka suffer another batting collapse as hosts take upper hand

Sri Lanka’s batting woes continued against England in the first ODI of the series after Chris Woakes and David Willey ripped apart the batting unit at Chester-le-Street as the visitors were bundled out for 185. After being put into bat, Sri Lanka had a struggling start after openers Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera only managed to put 23 on the board for the first wicket. Nissanka was the first one to depart for 5 after he was removed by Chris Woakes and his dismissal was followed by a couple of more wickets going down in quick succession. The visiting team was struggling at 46/3 when captain Perera was joined by Wanindu Hasaranga in the middle and the two tried to show some resistance after stitching a stand of 99 runs. But Hasaranga miscued a pull stroke on a short delivery from Woakes and was caught in the deep by Livingstone for 54. The right-handed batsman’s departure broke the shackles and the visitors suffered another collapse where they were reduced to 160/8 with Perera who was also back in the hut. He was undone by David Willey for 73. A lot of credit goes to the English bowlers also, especially Woakes and Willey. The two pacers troubled the Sri Lankan batsmen with the pace and some disciplined line and length. Woakes eventually returned with a four-wicket haul while Willey had three wickets to his name during the course. While the home side was impressive with the bowling, the fielding was on spot as well. Sri Lanka lost their last two wickets, courtesy runout with Sam Billings being involved in both of them. Billings repeated what he did in the last T20I when he sent Dasun Shanaka packing. The right-hander came charging in from the deep to hit the bull’s eye at the non-striker’s end and sent Shanaka back in the pavilion. This time it was Praveen Jayawickrama at the receiving end in a similar manner. But this isn’t the first instance where Sri Lanka have suffered a batting collapse. Something similar was witnessed during the T20I series between the two sides which the Lankan side lost 0-3.