[harry10]

Originally Posted by Oxy

Which channel is broadcasting it? Sony again?

Yes. Will be on Max again. I wish it was on star cricket but Sony has the rights till 2020 I guess.

[nkrishnap]

Whats with the Chinnaswamy stadium pitch. Slow pitch makes it so boring on a high scoring ground.

[Eddy]

It's been an exciting tournament thus far.

Our limited over batting is in good hands it seems, the selectors now need to look beyond Raina & Dhawan... and Yuvi / Dhoni soon.

[libranof1987]

Oh, boy.

Bumrah is quite the revelation!

What I hate most about this is- Rohit will walk into the Indian team with an air of entitlement. And not worry about performing in the next 19 matches.

Wonder what Dhoni's future post CT is.

[PPS]

Steve Smith & Pune badly messed it up in the end. It was looking like a one-sided game but Mumbai bowlers fought back.

[hemanth.anand]

Star has acquired the IPL media rights, both TV and digital, for a period of five years (2018-2022), with a whopping global bid of INR 16,347.50 crores.

[hemanth.anand]

IPL player retention news: As an RCB fan, good to see that Virat and ABD have been retained by RCB. I also feel they should retain K L Rahul.

The following are the names ESPNcricinfo understands the eight franchises have retained. The BCCI will reveal the list later in the day.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan (uncapped)

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya

Delhi Daredevils: Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris, Rishabh Pant

Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Rajasthan Royals: Steven Smith

Kings XI Punjab: Axar Patel

Source: ESPNCricinfo

[Eddy]

If you go through the link, you will see that DD has made an interesting retention - at least financially. They have retained three players by paying them 22 cr while the deduction from salary cap is 33 crores.

The auction will be very interesting

[Eddy]

The timings for matches are revised to 5.30 & 7 PM. This means a clash on the double header days, lets see how that turns out.

Jofa Archer looks to be the next big thing in T-20 cricket and will, I am guessing, go for big bucks in the auction. The other hitters like D'ancy Short etc will be found out against spin.

[PPS]

Originally Posted by Eddy

The timings for matches are revised to 5.30 & 7 PM. This means a clash on the double header days, lets see how that turns out.

I believe its yet to get approval of the IPL governing council. I wonder what the thinking behind this is, perhaps the summer heat?

[libranof1987]

Originally Posted by PPS

I believe its yet to get approval of the IPL governing council. I wonder what the thinking behind this is, perhaps the summer heat?

Could be the dew factor. Another could be having a buffer (for the second match) in case of rain delays.

[Eddy]

Originally Posted by PPS

I believe its yet to get approval of the IPL governing council. I wonder what the thinking behind this is, perhaps the summer heat?

Originally Posted by libranof1987

Could be the dew factor. Another could be having a buffer (for the second match) in case of rain delays.

The primary reasons quoted are

- Lesser sponsorship for the afternoon matches, thereby broadcaster and franchise loss

- 2nd match finishing too late in the night

- Multiple channels now available for telecast in India, so clash does not matter. Overseas channels may have to pick and choose.

[hemanth.anand]

Wonderful start to the 11th IPL. From out of the Blue, yellow came ahead. Bravo Bravo!!
Mumbai continue their trend of not winning their 1st match.

[Eddy]

Yeah, almost followed a script, didn't it ?

On a serious note, just the start that the tournament needed !

[libranof1987]

HotStar doesn't show IPL for free now; not even delayed stream. Good in a way, I won't be whiling away my time watching it