Delhi Capitals are looking to retain captain Rishabh Pant as their first-choice retention and also secure the spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. Delhi are also eyeing to fill in their coaching staff with two former Indian cricketers after Ricky Ponting's reign.
As relations between India and Canada soar, countries like the US and UK, both of whom are part of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance. Both countries have supported Canada's claims and have called on India to cooperate with the probe on Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing.
Paras Mhambrey, who was associated with the Mumbai Indians for four years previously, has been appointed the bowling coach for the franchise ahead of IPL 2025 alongside Lasith Malinga. Mhambrey was part of Rahul Dravid's coaching staff with the Indian team from 2021 until T20 World Cup 2024.
India-Canada ties, already fraught with tensions over Justin Trudeau's allegations in 2023, deteriorated further when New Delhi recalled its High Commissioner and expelled six Canadian diplomats. Canada has accused India of being involved in Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing.
Canada expelled six Indian diplomats in a tit-for-tat move after India asked Canadian diplomats to leave the country by October 19, marking a severe escalation in the diplomatic row. Canada had attempted to link the diplomats in a probe related to a Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Nijjar's killing.
The relations between the two countries came under severe strain following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations in September last year of "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Indian-origin Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
The Impact Player rule has been the major talking point in the Indian Premier League. While it has been scrapped from the SMAT, the rule will be in use in IPL for the next three seasons.
The Ministry of External Affairs said it received a diplomatic communication on Sunday suggesting that Indian High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma and other diplomats are "persons of interest" in an investigation there. The MEA rejected the latest charges as "preposterous implications".
Mahela Jayawardene has replaced Mark Boucher as the head coach of Mumbai Indians after the franchise finished last under the former South African cricketer in IPL 2024. Jayawardene has previously served in the same role from 2017 to 2022.
Pat Cummins is focusing on the upcoming Borer-Gavaskar trophy and has taken a break from the limited-over assignments. The SRH skipper has opened up on the new IPL rule of handing a ban to overseas players for pulling out of an IPL season after being picked in the auctions.
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