2021 Indian Premier League
The 2021 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 14 or, for sponsorship reasons, Vivo IPL 2021,[1] will be the fourteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. It is set to be played between April and May 2021.[2] Mumbai Indians are the two times defending champions, having won both the 2019 and the 2020 seasons. Kings XI Punjab have been renamed as the Punjab Kings.[3][4]
Background
Although earlier reports suggested the addition of two more teams in the season,[5][6][7] the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in their 89th AGM announced that there would not be any additional team for this season and the inclusion of two new teams should happen only in 2022.[8][9]
On 30 January 2021, the BCCI confirmed that they were confident to host the tournament in India. They also said that the UAE wasn't being considered as a backup venue.[2]
- Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Delhi Capitals (DC)
- Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Mumbai Indians (MI)
- Rajasthan Royals (RR)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Personnel changes
The released players were announced on 20 January 2021. Steve Smith, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell were the prominent names among the released players. Piyush Chawla, the costliest Indian player at the 2020 auction, was also released.[10]
The players' auction is scheduled to be held on 18 February 2021 in Chennai.[11] A total of 1097 players initially registered for the auction[12] of which 292 were selected for the auction.[13]
References
- "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- "BCCI looking to get players vaccinated, UAE not a back-up option for IPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- "Mumbai trump Super Kings to win record fourth IPL title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "Trent Boult and Rohit Sharma help dominant Mumbai Indians coast to fifth IPL title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "Await ten team IPL in 2021". The Island Online. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "Time too short for 10-team IPL 2021, addition should happen in 2022: BCCI official". Times Now News. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "IPL 2021 New Team : Guwahati wants IPL team, BCCI official says 'not possible at this stage'". InsideSport. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "BCCI approves 10-team IPL from 2022 at AGM in Ahmedabad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "BCCI approves 10 teams in IPL 2022; backs cricket's inclusion in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics". Times Now News. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "IPL 2021: Who will be retained, and who will be released?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- "IPL 2021 player auction to be held on February 18". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- "1097 players register for IPL 2021 Player Auction". iplt20.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
*This post collected from wikipedia.*
External links
- Official website
- 2021 Indian Premier League
- Indian Premier League seasons
- Domestic cricket competitions in 2020–21