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IPL 2024 live telecast: Star Sports to provide sign language feed

The upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League will have a sign language feed and descriptive commentary for the deaf, hard-of-hearing and visually-impaired fans. The official broadcaster of the T20 league, Star Sports, said in a release on Thursday that it will work with India Signing Hands (ISH News) to curate customised commentary. In consultation with specialists on-boarded by ISH, the feed will provide ball-by-ball updates using the Indian sign language, as well as regular verbal score updates. What makes it even more special is its ability to engage with visually impaired fans with commentators describing every moment of the game along with regular verbal score updates, said the broadcaster. The 17th edition of the T20 tournament gets underway in Chennai on Friday with the five-time winners and defending champions Chennai Super Kings taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

IPl 2024 Preview, CSK vs RCB: 4 men, 4 narratives and a Cup on the horizon

The never-ending speculation surrounding Mahendra Singh Dhoni's retirement, Virat Kohli's 16-year-itch, the second chance that life has offered Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma's bleeding heart will make for intriguing sub-plots in the annual carnival called the Indian Premier League starting on Friday. Dhoni, the 42-year-old evergreen captain, will once again smile wryly when asked if it's his last year. His heir apparent Pant, literally back from the brink after a life-threatening accident, will be desperate to show the world that he can still hit those one-handed sixes with elan. In between, he could also be slipping in those quotable quotes behind the stumps that are considered broadcast gold. Rohit will be the last person to show his scars hidden behind the typical 'Mumbaiya' nonchalance as he gets down to enjoying his evening dates at the Wankhede albeit without the captain's title. The partisan crowd would nonetheless look forward to those pulled sixes. As for King Kohli, he wo

Indian Premier League's return to kickstart two-month spending boom

The IPL ecosystem was valued at Rs 92,500 crore ($11 billion) in 2023, including the value of media rights and sponsorships, according to Indian valuation consulting firm D&P Advisory

Kohli is coming in fresh, which is what we are excited about: RCB's Bobat

Virat Kohli's physical and mental freshness will play a crucial role for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2024, feels the team's director of cricket, Mo Bobat. Kohli is coming off a two-month break from competitive cricket. He skipped the five-Test series against England at home due to personal reasons. "We all know he is an absolute champion cricketer. He is coming in fresh, which is what we are excited about," Bobat told reporters during the pre-match press conference here on Thursday. "Good little bit of a time off from cricket; he is in a great frame of mind. He has had a good family time and is fresh with energy. "He is looking forward to getting involved (in the season). He has been practising for the last few days and has been hitting the ball brilliantly." Asked if the inexperienced bowling attack would be a disadvantage to the side, Bobat brushed aside such talks. RCB has six specialist bowlers who have played international cricket. While Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguso

Why IPL player pay has not grown in sync with BCCI and franchise revenue?

While the value of IPL has increased by 433%, the salary cap of the franchise has only increased from Rs 20 crore in 2008 to Rs 100 crore in 2024

Indian Premier League 2023: 70% of viewers Gen Z and millennials

73 per cent of IPL 2023 viewers tuned into the tournament digitally, of which 30 per cent preferred watching it solely on mobile

IPL 2024: Rohit posts cheeky photo after Dhoni steps down as CSK captain

Rohit posted an image of him alongside Dhoni during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match when they were both leading their respective teams MI and CSK

Uninterrupted by poll or pandemic, IPL an unavoidable annual sporting event

Uninterrupted by election or pandemic, the cash-rich tournament has become an unavoidable annual event

IPL 2024: CSK vs RCB head-to-head, Chennai pitch report, weather forecast

The two teams have faced each other in 31 matches with the yellow brigade having the upper hand. The match will be played on a relatively slow wicket at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai

My11Circle outbids Dream11, becomes official fantasy sports partner of IPL

The five-year period will begin from the IPL 2024 season, starting in March 2022 with the opening match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore

IPL 2024: Zaheer Khan reveals big secret about Dhoni's priorities in life

Cricket remains integral but "not everything" for MS Dhoni, says his former India teammate Zaheer Khan of the man with a penchant for catching the world off-guard and an eagerness to explore various avenues. At 42, the two-time World Cup winning captain Dhoni is gearing up to lead Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming IPL. The charismatic former India skipper had quit international cricket four years back. "MS Dhoni understood a long time ago that he is passionate about cricket and it is an integral part of his life. But it couldn't be everything," Zaheer said in an episode dedicated to the Dhoni on JioCinema. Besides his World Cup triumphs and India's march to the world number one position in Tests, Dhoni has led CSK to a joint-record five IPL titles, having taken on the top leadership role from the league's inaugural edition in 2008. Zaheer said, "When you're playing, switching off (from the game) is very important. Cricket is not everything. Every cricketer has to face this ...

IPL 2024: Will MSD retire after CSK-RCB match? CSK's wicketkeeping options

Suffering from knee issues, the former India captain had undergone surgery right after the completion of IPL 2023

IPL 2024: Dhoni steps down as CSK captain; Ruturaj Gaikwad to lead vs RCB

On the eve of the IPL 2024 opener, Chennai Super Kings have changed their captain. Ruturaj Gaikwad will take the reins from MS Dhoni as CSK captain

IPL 2024 opening ceremony live timing, performers list, live streaming

IPL 2024 opening ceremony, which begins at 6:30 PM IST on March 22, will be followed by a marquee encounter between defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

IPL 2024: Pandya's MI plays first intra-squad practice game without Rohit

In the huddle before the intra-squad game of the Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya was seen hugging Rohit Sharma by getting out of the huddle

IPL 2024: Highest individual scores in the history of Indian Premier League

Here are the top five high-scorers in the history of the Indian Premier League. The list has only one Indian who currently plays for a franchise from the northern part of India

IPL 2024: MI replaces injured Madushanka with U-19 star from South Africa

Maphaka, who is just 17 years old, was in brilliant form during the U1-9 World Cup 2024 where he received the Player of the Tournament award for picking 21 wickets

IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans name Sandeep Warrier as Shami's replacement

Gujarat Titans have roped in Kerala medium-pacer Sandeep Warrier as a replacement for injured senior Indian seamer Mohammed Shami, the Indian Premier League said on Wednesday. Shami recently underwent a successful Achilles heel surgery in London for his right heel problem. He is expected to be undergoing rehabilitation for almost the whole of IPL 2024, thus ruling him out of the entire event. Shami has not played competitive cricket since last year's ODI World Cup final here, which India lost by six wickets against Australia. As for Warrier, the 32-year-old has played five IPL matches since 2019, grabbing two wickets at an economy of 7.88. "Shami the veteran Indian pacer recently successfully underwent surgery for his right heel problem and is currently recovering," read a statement from IPL. "His replacement, Sandeep Warrier, has so far played 5 IPL matches and will join GT for his base price of INR 50 Lac." GT will be his fourth IPL franchise, having previously played for Ko

If Rahul performs in IPL 2024, reward will be T20 World Cup slot: LSG coach

If KL Rahul leads Lucknow Super Giants to their maiden IPL title, he will automatically be rewarded with a spot in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup, reckons head coach Justin Langer, who wants his team's national hopefuls to "concentrate" on doing well for the franchise first. Rahul, who is coming back from a quadriceps injury and is not expected to keep wickets at the beginning of the IPL, is still not a certainty in the Indian T20 squad and only a good IPL with both the bat and gloves can seal the deal for him. Asked how he would balance his skipper's personal ambition with the team's interests, Langer said it isn't all that complicated. "If the team does well, everyone gets rewarded. If KL can captain LSG to IPL title, that means he would have captained well, batted well and kept wickets well," Langer replied to a PTI query during a season-opening media interaction on Wednesday. Apart from Rahul, the other serious T20 World Cup contender from LSG is leg-spinner Ravi ...

IPL 2024: Langer sidesteps question on coaching India, terms Dravid lucky

Justin Langer got a 'probing delivery' on his possible future as coach of the Indian national team but the former Australian opener like his playing days, judged it perfectly and left the one bowled on the "corridor of uncertainty". Langer, who took a two-year-break after his much publicised acrimonious exit from Australian team's head coach's position in 2022, is back as the head coach of IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants. He got a straight question first up. Will he be considering a possibility of coaching Indian team in the near future? He first laughed as the franchise very rightly wanted to keep it strictly about themselves but the gritty Aussie very nicely skirted the question. "I was talking to Ricky Ponting and I cannot believe depth of talent in India. My mind is blown away. India is blessed to have so much of talent and Rahul Dravid must be waking up really excited with amount of talent that he gets to work with," said Langer, carefully side-stepping the issue. For the