India halts cricket league as coronavirus cases cross 20 million

India halted its most popular sports tournament on Tuesday and the country’s opposition chief called for a nationwide lockdown as the number of coronavirus infections climbed past 20 million, a dismal milestone crossed only by the United States. Cricket officials suspended the money-spinning Indian Premier League (IPL), after the country added 10 million cases in […]
McCullum to overhaul top-order to revive Kolkata’s IPL campaign

Kolkata Knight Riders coach Brendon McCullum criticised the top-order’s slow batting in Thursday’s defeat against Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and said changes were likely in the team to revive their campaign. The top three of Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill and Rahul Tripathi combined to score 77 runs off 67 balls, failing […]