The game of fours and sixes will start today at 7:30 pm at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.There will be 60 matches in 52 days, 8 teams will participate in thetournament. Today, the first match will be against Indiancaptain Virat Kohli’s team Royal Challengers Bangalore and vice-captain RohitSharma’s team Mumbai Indians.
From October 18, India will host T-20 World Cup 2021,wherefore it can be considered as team selection trial matches for the T-20World Cup. India will be playing some T-20 matches including the World Cupafter the IPL tournament, that’s why the selectors will keep an eye on thetournament for team selection. The T-20 future of Shikhar Dhawan and KuldeepYadav will totally depend on their game in IPL 2021.
This year there will be five X-Factor players in the IPL.Let’s have a look at them.
RishabhPant: Pant will be a skipper of Delhi’s team ‘Delhi Capitals’.He did not shine in IPL 2020, but his recent performance is remarkable.
SuryakumarYadav: He is popular for his long hits. He is playing for MI,in 2018 he contributed 1416 runs from his bat.
PrashidKrishna: He will be seen in Kolkata Knight Riders. He performedexcellently during India vs England tournament. He is known for his speed andpace.
IshaanKishan: Last year he hit 30 sixes, which are maximum in numbers.After seeing his game, it is expected that he may become a part of the Indianteam for the World Cup, and lastly
DevduttPadikkal: He will be playing for RCB this year as well. Last year,he scored more runs than Kohli and AB de Villiers.
Thisyear there are some changes in the rules of IPL.
i. It iscompulsory that the inning must be finished within 90 minutes.
ii. Super overcan be played within the span of one hour after the match.
iii. Short runswill be checked by the third-umpire.
iv. Decision aboutno ball can be changed by the third-umpire.
v. On-fieldumpires cannot grant soft-singles.
Virat Kohli motivated the team in the “Chak De” style. Hesaid, “I wholeheartedly welcome those players who joined RCB this year. Thisseason also the team will play the game energetically. I hope you all willutilize your time in the field effectively and efficiently in favor of yourgame. There will be no change in our game, we have played the game with energyand this year as well the level of our energy will remain constant. We togethercan change the statics of the game this year.”
The final match of the IPL tournament will be played onthe 30th of May 2021. Matches are scheduled in such a way that a game will beplayed in one day, but on 11 days the game will be played twice a day. Thefirst match at 3:30 noon and the second at 7:30 in the evening on the same day.The tournament will be live telecasted in 120 countries as well as due to theglobal pandemic covid-19 fans will not enjoy the game at the stadium.