IPL 2020 - Withdrawn players and replacements

This space will keep all the replacements logged for Dream 11 IPL 2020. 

12-Sep-20

Kolkata Knight Riders: Harry Gurney( Eng) ruled out from IPL on 27-Aug-20 due to shoulder injury.Ali Khan(USA) named replacement on 12-Sep-20

4-Sep-20

Chennai Super Kings: Harbhajan Singh (Ind) pulled out from IPL on 4-Sep-20 due to personal reasons. Replacement yet to be named.

2-Sep-20

Mumbai Indians: Lasith Malinga ( SL) pulled out from IPL on 2-Sep-20 due to personal reasons. James Pattinson( Aus) named replacement on 2-Sep-20

31-Aug-20

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Kane Richardson Aus) pulled out from IPL on 31-Aug-20as Kane and his wife are expecting the birth of their child. Adam Zampa( Aus) named replacement on 31-Aug-20.

29-Aug-20

Chennai Super Kings: Suresh Raina( Ind) pulled out from IPL on 29-Aug-20 due to personal reasons. Replacement yet to be named.

27-Aug-20

Delhi Capitals: Jason Roy( Eng) pulled out from IPL on 27-Aug-20 due to personal reasons. Daniel Sams ( Aus) named replacement on 27-Aug-20

18-Aug-20

Delhi Capitals: Chris Woakes( Eng) pulled out from IPL on 6-Mar-20 to focus on international matches. Anrich Nortje( SA) named replacement on 18-Aug-20

27-Feb-20

Kolkata Knight Riders: 48-year old Pravin Tambe( Ind) disqualified from IPL on 27-Feb-20 as he had featured in the T10 league in Sharjah in 2018. Replacement yet to be named. 

Dream 11 IPL 2020: Dream 11 wins IPL 2020 Title Sponsor Rights

Fanatsy gaming platform Dream 11, had the winning bid of INR 250 crores that landed it the IPP Title Sponsor for 2020.

BCCI had earlier invited for EOIs ( Expression of Interests) in which Unacademy, Byjus, Tata, Dream 11 and Patanjali were reportedly interested. Tata was the front runners as per all the reports but Dream 11 sprung a surprise.

The next highest bid was from Edtech company Unacademy for 210 crore, and Tata for 180 crore iNR. Byju's bid was at INR 125 crores.

Due to border tensions between India and China, Vivo had pulled out of the title sponsor this year and apparently it's a mutual pause and will be re looked next year. Vivo was paying BCCI INR 440 crores and the current bid is almost the half of it( by Dream 11)

Dream 11 IPL 2020: Full Squads List of All Teams, Schedule, Dates, Stadiums

Dream 11 IPL 2020 - the 13th edition of Indian Premier League has finally been scheduled despite the challenges the world has faced because of COVID-19 Pandemic. But although at a delayed date, IPL 2020 will take place in UAE from 19th September 2020 to 10th November 2020.

Schedule

19th September 2020 to 10th November 2020.

Venues

Dubai

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Sharjah

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Abu Dhabhi

Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium

Chennai Super Kings IPL 2020 Squad (CSK)

PC: The Economic Times

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Coach Stephen Fleming

Home Ground M. A. Chidambaram Stadium

IPL Wins : 3 

MS Dhoni (Captain)

Suresh Raina

Ravindra Jadeja

Kedar Jadhav

Harbhajan Singh

Murali Vijay

Faf Du Plessis

Imran Tahir

Piyush Chawla

Ambati Rayudu

Deepak Chahar

Lungi Ngidi

Dwayne Bravo

Karn Sharma

Shane Watson

Shardul Thakur

Mitchell Santner

KM Asif

Narayan Jagadeesan

Monu Kumar

RutuRaj Gaikwad

R. Sai Kishore

Rajasthan Royals IPL 2020 Squad (RR)

Captain Steve Smith

Coach Andrew McDonald

Home Ground Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

IPL Wins : 1

Steve Smith (captain)

Jofra Archer

Jos Buttler 

T.Curran

Ben Stokes

A.Tye 

Samson

Ankit Rajpoot

Rahul Tewatia

Robin Uthappa

Jaydev Unadkat

Varun Aaron

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Mayank Markande

Kartik Tyagi

Anuj Rawat

David Miller

Oshane Thomas

Shashank Singh

Mahipal Lomror

Manan Vohra

Riyan Parag

Shreyas Gopal

Aniruddha Joshi

Akash Singh

Kings XI Punjab IPL 2020 Squad(KXIP)

Captain KL Rahul

Coach Anil Kumble

Home Ground PCA Stadium, Mohali

IPL Wins :0

KL Rahul(captain)

Sheldon Cottrell

Chris Jordan

Glenn Maxwell  

Krishnappa Gowtham

Karun Nair

Mohammed Shami

Nicholas Pooran

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Chris Gayle

Ravi Bishnoi

Mandeep Singh

Mayank Agarwal

Hardus Viljoen

Prabhsimran Singh

Deepak Hooda

Jimmy Neesham

Darshan Nalkande

Sarfaraz Khan

Arshdeep Singh

Harpreet Brar

Jagadeesha Suchith

Murugan Ashwin

Tajinder Singh

Ishan Porel

Delhi Capitals IPL 2020 Squad(DC)

Captain Shreyas Iyer

Coach Ricky Ponting

Home Ground Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi

IPL Wins :0

Shreyas Iyer (captain)

Alex Carey

Jason Roy

Marcus Stoinis,

Rishabh Pant

Shimron Hetmyer

Ravichandran Ashwin

Ajinkya Rahane

Shikhar Dhawan

Axar Patel

Kagiso Rabada

Amit Mishra

Chris Woakes

Prithvi Shaw

Ishant Sharma

Avesh khan

Keemo Paul

Mohit Sharma

Harshal Patel

Sandeep Lamichhane

Tushar Deshpande

Lalit Yadav

Mumbai Indians IPL 2020 Squad(MI)

Captain Rohit Sharma

Coach Mahela Jayawardene

Home Ground Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi

IPL Wins :4

Rohit Sharma(captain)

Coulter -Nile

Chris Lynn

Aditya Tare

Anmolpreet Singh

Anukul Roy

Dhawal Kulkarni

Hardik Pandya

Ishan Kishan,

Jasprit Bumrah

Jayant Yadav

Kieron Pollard

Krunal Pandya

Lasith Malinga

MItchell McClenaghan

Quinton de Kock

Rahul Chahar

Sherfane Rutherford

SuryaKumar Yadav

Trent Boult

Saurabh Tiwary

Digvijay Deshmukh

Prince Balwant Rai Singh

Mohsin Khan

Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2020 Squad(KKR) 

Captain Dinesh Karthik

Coach Brendon McCullum

Home Ground Eden Gardens Stadium

IPL Wins :2

Dinesh Karthik(captain)

Pat Cummins

Chris Green

Harry Gurney

Eoin Morgan

Tom Banton  

Andre Russell

Kamlesh Nagarkoti

Kuldeep Yadav

Lockie Ferguson

Nitish Rana

Prasidh Krishna

Rinku Singh

Sandeep Warrier

Shivam Mavi

Shubman Gill

Siddhesh Lad

Sunil Narine

Varun Chakravarti

Rahul Tripathi

Nikhil Naik

Pravin Tambe

M Siddharth

Royal Challengers Banglore IPL Squad (RCB)

Captain Virat Kohli

Coach Simon Katich

Home Ground M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

IPL Wins :0

Virat Kohli(captain)

AB de Villiers

Chris Morris

Yuzvendra Chahal

Shivam Dubey

Aaron Finch

Umesh Yadav

Kane Richardson

Washington Sundar

Navdeep Saini

Mohammed Siraj

Dale Steyn

Moeen Ali

Parthiv Patel

Pawan Negi

Gurkeerat Mann Singh

Isuru Udana

Devdutt Padikkal

Shahbaz Ahamad

Joshua Philippe

Pavan Deshpande

Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL Squad(SRH)

Captain David Warner

Coach Trevor Bayliss

Home Ground  Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad

IPL Wins :1

David Warner(captain)

Kane Williamson

Manish Pandey

Rashid Khan

Bhuvneshwar kumar

Siddarth Kaul

Shahbaz Nadeem

Vijay Shankar

Sandeep Sharma

Khaleel Ahmed

Jonny Bairstow

Mitchell Marsh

Priyam Garg

Virat Singh

Wriddhiman Saha

Mohammad Nabi

Shreevats Goswami

Basil Thampi

Abhishek Sharma

Billy Stanlake

Fabian Allen

T Natarajan

Sandeep Bavanaka

Sanjay Yadav

Abdul Samad

Updates on BCCI's hunt for the title sponsor for IPL 

After Vivo pulled out for the 2020 rights, BCCI invited expression of interest for this year's IPL title rights. As of 16th August, several companies have expressed their interest including Tata Sons, Patanjali, Byju's, Jio, Unacademy and Dream 11. The bidding amount is expected to less than Vivo's INR 440 crore. The speculations are 150-200 crore of winning bid on the 18th of August. Vivo exit happened in the wake of anti Chinese sentiments coming out of border tensions. EOIs don't mention bidding amount, so the final deal would be revealed by 18th. 

Update- On 18th August, Dream 11 has been awarded the IPL title sponsorship for 2020 at a bid of nearly INR 250 crore. Dream 11 is a fantasy sports platform and they would looking to promote their fantasy sports platform during this mega event of cricket. So here is the name for this year

Dream 11 IPL 2020

Cricket Daily : MS Dhoni and Raina retire

In a instagram post, MS Dhoni shared a video with montage of pictures of his playing career. It brings down curtains to an illustrious career with many jewels in his crown. He leaves behind a legacy as a World Cup winning captain, a successful IPL captain, a unconventional yet effective batsman, and a tactician. 

Although his legacy was bigger than numbers, but the numbers signified the magnitude of contribution to Indian cricket over the years. Here is a snapshot of his statistics

Few minutes later, Suresh Raina joined Dhoni and announced his retirement. He posted on Instagram "It was nothing but lovely playing with you, @mahi7781 . With my heart full of pride, I choose to join you in this journey."

More to follow...

Cricket Daily : 12 Aussies to miss IPL First week, Tata Sons submit EOA, Rizwan fights for Pakistan

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England vs Pakistan

Southampton Test, Aug 13-17 2020

At Ageas Bowl on Day-2, Pakistan's Md Rizwan made a valiant half century to take his team to a respectable score of 223/9 at the end of a rain affected 2nd Day. Along with the last batsman Naseem Shah at the crease, Rizwan was undismissed at 60*. English bowlers had earlier reduced Pakistan to 155/5. Broad and Anderson led the wickets' tally with 3 wickets a piece.

Image courtesy: ESPNcricinfo

12 Australian players set to miss the first week of IPL 2020 in UAE

Following players named in the Australia's squad for a limited over series against England might miss the first week of IPL 2020 in UAE.

Aaron Finch (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders),  David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad), Steven Smith (Rajasthan Royals), Glenn Maxwell (Kings XI Punjab), Mitchell Marsh (Sunrisers), Josh Phillipe and Kane Richardson (Royal Challengers), Alex Carey and Marcus Stoinis (both Delhi Capitals), Josh Hazlewood (Chennai Super Kings) and Andrew Tye (Rajasthan Royals).

IPL starts Saturday, 19th September.

Tata Sons enters the IPL Title Sponsor Bid after Vivo exits

Friday 14th August had been announced as the last day to submit expression of interest for IPL title sponsor rights, by BCCI. Surprisingly, Tata Sons joined Unacademy, Byju's, Patanjali and Dream 11. BCCI might announce the title sponsor by 18th August. This void was created when Vivo pulled out for this year's IPL in the wake of India China border tensions.