The decision comes a month after DSport, the official broadcasters of the Pakistan Premier League (PSL) in India, stopped the coverage of the tournament in protest of the Pulwama terror attack.

As the new season dawns this summer, the IPL has become more diverse and the competition has surely heated up and this summer, the battle for the coveted title gets only more exciting.

The flamboyant batsman, who is yet to make his IPL debut, said he got to watch Dhoni closely, adding that he got inputs from the talismanic captain.

ICC chairman Dave Richardson said reports in the Indian media that the ICC was somehow seeking to interfere in or dictate to the IPL were wide of the mark.

Last year, IPL had staged a one-off exhibition match for women players in Mumbai hinting at the possibility of the start of women’s own T20I league.

There were talks that IPL could be a possible shoot-out between Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant for the second wicketkeeper's slot.

Mumbai rode on Shaw's blazing 71 off just 47 balls to reach the target of 140 with 10 balls to spare.

The quality of the competition can't be compromised and that is one of the reasons why a women's IPL can't be organised at the moment, reasons BCCI.

The middle-order batsman now sits at sixth position amongst all-time leading scorers in T20s with Chris Gayle leading the charts with 12,298 runs.

Kohli doesn't want the India stars to drift too much from their ODI game plan during the seven-week league.

No decision yet on India's World Cup match against Pakistan, said Rai.

Vihari feels his India stint will make a difference as it has upped his confidence so necessary in a slam-bang tournament.

Ishant, who missed out on the final Test against Australia in Sydney owing to an injury is now fit and will be unleashing his thunderbolts against Jharkhand in Delhi's opening game at Vijaywada.

Shukla admitted to having faith in the concept of sports being above everything else but asserted that “if somebody is sponsoring terrorism” then it would obviously have an impact on sports.

Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab are the only three franchises, which still have the founding owners on board since the inception of the league in 2008.

The right-arm bowler said his small stint in the BBL would help him strengthen his chances of playing in the upcoming 2019 World Cup.

Last year, the BCCI organised one exhibition match with two teams -- IPL Trailblazers and IPL Supernovas led by Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur respectively.  

Virat Kohli is currently the No.1 ODI batsman while Kane Williamson is currently 11th in the rankings for batsmen.

It has been learnt that the current franchise owners have approached key BCCI officials and intimated their decision to sell around fifty percent of their stakes.

Kohli isn't interested in joining the likes of AB de Villiers and Brendon McCullum who continue to play T20 leagues after retiring.