BCCI&nbsp;was keen on having a training camp for Team India at the recently inaugurated&nbsp;Motera stadium in Gujarat ahead of the IPL&nbsp;but that plan is&nbsp;unlikely to go ahead. A Gujarat Cricket Association official told PTI that there were media reports that the camp will start from August 18 and go on till September 4 but they haven't got any formal confirmation from the BCCI till now. A senior IPL franchise official had also questioned the logic of having a red ball camp before IPL when the players are playing a completely different format. Moreover, with the current Covid-19 situation, travelling from multiple cities before leaving for the&nbsp;UAE&nbsp;may expose&nbsp;the cricketers to risk.&nbsp;&nbsp;

BCCI was keen on having a training camp for Team India at the recently inaugurated Motera stadium in Gujarat ahead of the IPL but that plan is unlikely to go ahead. A Gujarat Cricket Association official told PTI that there were media reports that the camp will start from August 18 and go on till September 4 but they haven't got any formal confirmation from the BCCI till now. A senior IPL franchise official had also questioned the logic of having a red ball camp before IPL when the players are playing a completely different format. Moreover, with the current Covid-19 situation, travelling from multiple cities before leaving for the UAE may expose the cricketers to risk.

Tata Group holding company&nbsp;Tata Sons,&nbsp;has submitted its 'Expression of Interest' in bidding for the title rights of the 13th edition of the IPL.&nbsp;Though education technology company Unacademy and fantasy sports platform Dream11 are also in the mix to replace Vivo&nbsp;as the title sponsor of the cash-rich league,&nbsp;The Tatas, already an official&nbsp;IPL partner, are being seen as the front-runners. Vivo&nbsp;was contracted to play the BCCI&nbsp;Rs 440 cr per year, the IPL is set to make up almost 75% of what it ended up losing with Chinese smartphone&nbsp;giants' exit.&nbsp;BCCI's window for 'Expression of Interest' ended on Friday and according to a report in the Times of India, the Indian board is also set to bring in two more official partners, expanding the pool from 3 to 5.

Pakistani Batsman's disappointing show&nbsp;continued as they have put the visitors in a vulnerable&nbsp;situation in the 2nd Test vs England. Despite rain,&nbsp;Day 2 once again belonged to the hosts as Pakistan were 223/9 at stumps. Visitors were counting on&nbsp;Babar&nbsp;Azam&nbsp;to bail them out of trouble but he couldn't carry on past 47. Though Mohammad Rizwan&nbsp;fought hard with an unbeaten 60, but Pakistan now largely&nbsp;depend on&nbsp;their bowlers to work magic with the ball on day 3. Trailing 1-0, even a draw here would rob&nbsp;Azhar&nbsp;Ali's men a chance to win the 3-match series.&nbsp;

Though it is largely known that the&nbsp;BCCI is a private body and has always claimed to be one but the Indian board is now citing national interest to prolong Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly and Jay Shah's tenure. The tenures of both the president and the secretary respectively ended recently and they had to go into a compulsory&nbsp;cooling-off period but the BCCI&nbsp;had filed a plea to amend its constitution.&nbsp;BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumanl's petition in the court states that any provision which has a direct and indirect effect of restricting a person with rich and varied experience whereby they have strengthened the organising capacity, finance generating capacity and administrative skills will be against national interest.&nbsp;Supreme Court was scheduled to hear BCCI&rsquo;s appeal to get rid of the cooling-off period on August 17 but hasn't even listed the matter. According to a report in Outlook, both Ganguly and Shah are expected to continue in their roles&nbsp;till the time the apex court gives a final verdict.

The wait to see MS Dhoni&nbsp;back on the field is about to end&nbsp;as&nbsp;Thala&nbsp;Dhoni&nbsp;is back in his den. MSD&nbsp;and other Chennai Super Kings stars including Suresh Raina, Piyush&nbsp;Chawla, Kedar&nbsp;Jadhav, Deepak&nbsp;Chahar, Karn&nbsp;Sharma and many others touched down in Chennai on August 14 to take part in a 5 day training camp ahead of the IPL&nbsp;in UAE. They will resume practice&nbsp;at the&nbsp;MA Chidambaram Stadium from Saturday. The players&nbsp;will not have to undergo a two-week quarantine period in Chennai as they were tested two days prior to entering the city&nbsp;and were flown in only after testing&nbsp;Covid-negative. During their stay in Chennai, they will be tested twice and will board the flight to UAE&nbsp;on August 21, only if they are found free off the virus.

In some good news for Pakistan, veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez&nbsp;has tested negative for Covid-19 despite breaching the bio-secure bubble and has been cleared to rejoin the Pakistan squad in England. The 39-year-old had gone into self-isolation after getting his picture clicked with an elderly woman on a golf course next to the&nbsp;Ageas Bowl. Though he tested negative on Wednesday,&nbsp;Hafeez will join the Pakistan squad despite the bio-security protocols stating that a player has to be in self-isolation for 5 days after breaching the bio-security norms. During the period the player should also return with 2 negative Covid-19 results before joining the squad.&nbsp;

What happens when a player tests positive during the Indian Premier League? Upon arrival in the UAE, all players, coaches, staff &amp; management will be tested for Covid-19 at the airport. Everyone will have to compulsorily quarantine themselves for a week with regular tests. In the quarantine week, everyone will be tested three times. So what happens if a player tests positive? If the case is asymptomatic then 2 weeks of isolation is compulsory. In the case of symptoms, hospitalisation on the advice of IPL's medical officer. A cricketer can rejoin the team after 2 weeks&nbsp;of isolation and 2 negative tests. Stepping out of the bio-secure bubble is a punishable offence and players will have to stick to the rules.&nbsp;

Cricket Australia has confirmed their tour of England for a limited-overs&nbsp;tour comprising of 3T20s and 3 ODIs&nbsp;starting September 4. The Aussies will depart from Perth on August 23 and travel to Derby and will play 4 practice games there before taking on England. All T20Is will be played in Southampton&nbsp;while Manchester will host the 3 ODIs.&nbsp;Both venues have hotels on-site. The Australian board has picked a mixed 21-member squad for the entire squad. The Aaron Finch led squad has a mix of experience and young blood as players with good performance in the BBL have been rewarded with an Australian call-up.&nbsp;Glenn Maxwell returns to the side from an elbow injury while&nbsp;Marcus Stoinis is also back in the mix.

Indian Premier League side Kings XI Punjab has denied reports of their star batsman Karun&nbsp;Nair contracting Covid-19. It was widely reported that Nair had tested positive earlier but had recovered and gave a negative test. Kings XI Punjab's CEO&nbsp;Satish Menon told the Times of India that Nair had just mild fever and never had Covid-19. Menon&nbsp;called the reports absurd and baseless and went on to say that all players of Kings XI Punjab including Karun&nbsp;Nair have started practising in their respective cities with mentor Anil&nbsp;Kumble&nbsp;keeping a close eye on their progress.&nbsp;

Rain consumed over half a day's play as England enjoyed sitting in the drivers' seat vs Pakistan in the 2nd Test in Southampton. After electing to bat first under the overcast sky on day 1 morning, Pakistan lost Shan&nbsp;Masood early. Skipper Azhar&nbsp;Ali chipped in with 20 before he was removed by James Anderson. Abid&nbsp;Ali scored a fluent 60 to take his side past the 100 run mark as the rain continued to affect the game. A late surge by the English bowlers crippled the middle order and reduced the visitors to 126/5. Fawad&nbsp;Alam&nbsp;playing test cricket after 11 long years was dismissed for a duck as his fairytale come back to the national side was ruined by Chris Woakes.&nbsp;

Former India skipper MS Dhoni&nbsp;has tested negative for Covid-19 and will be joining the Chennai Super Kings' camp soon. The 39-year-old underwent&nbsp;testing at a government hospital in Ranchi&nbsp;along with teammate&nbsp;Monu&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;Singh&nbsp;who also plays for the Super Kings. This was a mandatory test instructed by the CSK management for all players and support staff before they depart for a 5-day camp in Chennai. In accordance with BCCI's&nbsp;SOP for Covid-19, Dhoni&nbsp;will be tested again before he joins the camp in Chennai. After a 5-day camp in Chennai, the squad along&nbsp;with support staff will fly to Dubai for the Indian Premier League on August 21st.&nbsp;

Australia's Mitchell Starc&nbsp;is gearing up to push the 160 km per hour mark in the upcoming home summer, as he has put on 5 kgs&nbsp;during the forced break. The 30-year-old said that&nbsp;when everything is going well, that rhythm is happening and conditions suit, then he can get that speed gun up. Starc&nbsp;added that perhaps with that extra time in the gym, he might be able to push the limits again as he still wants to bowl fast and isn't going to compromise on that.&nbsp;Starc&nbsp;is one of the very few bowlers to have touched the 160 kmph&nbsp;mark in international cricket but injuries forced the left-arm pacer to lower down his pace.&nbsp;

Known for his work to strengthen cricket at the grassroots&nbsp;level,&nbsp;National Cricket Academy chief Rahul&nbsp;Dravid&nbsp;in an interaction with members of affiliated state units during a webinar&nbsp;organised by the BCCI, suggested that the expertise&nbsp;of former players&nbsp;should not be wasted and can be integrated in the cricketing set-up. Since it will be difficult for 25-30 players to train outdoors during current circumstances,&nbsp;NCA is also planning a two-phased training resumption. State team's trainers and physios&nbsp;will help players virtually and&nbsp;phase wise a few can come and train physically. Practicing in groups has been restricted in India since the pandemic hit in March but things are slowly getting back to normal.

Caribbean Premier League team&nbsp;Trinbago Knight Riders being allowed to remain outside the bio-secure bubble and continue training has left&nbsp;some franchises furious.&nbsp;St Lucia Zouks&nbsp;and former West Indies skipper Darren Sammy tweeted to question&nbsp;that&nbsp;how can everybody else in a bubble have no access to training or practice games while others on the outside in a Covid-19 infected area be training and then allowed to join the bubble without self isolation? According to&nbsp;CPL rules, all players are required to stay in their hotel rooms for a week. After that, each member will be tested and will be allowed to train only after reporting 2 negative Covid-19 tests.&nbsp;Apart from Sammy, even the title holders Barbados Tridents have reportedly approached the CPL on the issue. The tournament is scheduled to start from August 18.

Sweden&rsquo;s International Dope Test and Management may have done sample collection and testing for the last 12 seasons of the IPL&nbsp;but&nbsp;NADA will jointly carry out dope sample collection&nbsp;with&nbsp;UAE&rsquo;s National Anti-Doping Organisation for the cash-rich league this time around. Therefore, their Standard Operating Procedures will be followed all time&nbsp;by the dope control officers&nbsp;of two nations while collecting urine samples of the participating players. BCCI&nbsp;though won't bear the cost of the dope control officers.&nbsp;The Indian board came under NADA&rsquo;s ambit from the third quarter of 2019 and this year will be the first time that the agency will handle sample collection during the IPL.

Senior Pakistani cricketer Mohd&nbsp;Hafeez&nbsp;has been put in 5-day isolation after he reportedly breached the social distancing protocols in the biosecure bubble in England. The batsman who is part of Pakistan's limited-overs&nbsp;squad for the series against England clicked a picture with a senior citizen while on a walk in the golf course inside the biosecure&nbsp;bubble where the team is staying. As a precautionary measure, the 39-year old was put in isolation and can join the team after a negative test report. The Pakistan Cricket Board is expected to reprimand the former captain as this could have not only affected him but his teammates in the biosecure bubble.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Ravindra&nbsp;Jadeja is all set to miss the 5-day long training camp organised by his side Chennai Super Kings in India before their departure to the UAE&nbsp;for the Indian Premier League. Jadeja&nbsp;has informed the team about his unavailability due to some personal commitments. CSK&nbsp;has organised a 5-day long training camp in Chennai behind closed doors before leaving for the UAE. The 31-year-old allrounder&nbsp;who is a key member of the team will join his colleagues right before the franchise departs from Chennai on 21st August.&nbsp;

Kings XI Punjab's Karun&nbsp;Nair has recovered from Covid-19. According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, the right-handed batsman caught the virus some time ago and isolated himself for 2 weeks and followed up with a negative test result. Nair who scored a triple hundred in Test cricket for India is the first high-profile cricketer to have contracted the deadly virus. The report also suggests that Nair has fully recovered and is expected to join his teammates in Kings XI Punjab and is looking forward to playing in the Indian Premier League. The IPL&nbsp;Governing Council has laid out some rigorous process for the players and support staff including multiple tests and a compulsory week-long quarantine before the tournament in the UAE.&nbsp;

The Sri&nbsp;Lankana cricket board has decided to postpone the inaugural edition of the&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;Premier League&nbsp;until mid-November due to Covid-19 quarantine rules. A cricket official in a statement said that they asked for a 3-day quarantine period but the health authorities insisted on 14 days. But according to him, it's not feasible to hold the tournament this month under those restrictions. Lanka&nbsp;Premier League was scheduled to be played from August 28 to September 20 but&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;Cricket&nbsp;vice-president Ravin Wickramaratne told ESPNcricinfo&nbsp;that it was not feasible to simply push the tournament back several weeks, as it would have then clashed with the proposed dates for the IPL, which is due to start from September 19 in the UAE.&nbsp;

After losing the 1st Test in Manchester from a commanding position, Pakistan may be frustrated as to how they returned empty handed but they now need to put that behind as focus shifts to an all-important 2nd Test in Southampton. Where&nbsp;Azhar&nbsp;Ali's men would fight to win it to keep themselves alive in the series, England would hope to clinch their first Test series vs Pakistan in their own backyard for the first time in 10 years. The last 2 Test series between these 2 sides in England ended in a draw. Both teams also have selection headache.&nbsp;England will be without the services&nbsp;of their star all-rounder Ben Stokes who had to pull out of the series due to family emergency. Pakistan on the other hand were criticized for going in with 2 leg spinners in the 1st Test and may bring in an extra batsman to strengthen the middle order. The visitors&nbsp;may have been the better side so far but need to find out a away to go take that extra step this time around.

In a major blow for Rajasthan&nbsp;Royals ahead of the Indian Premier League season 13, fielding coach Dishant&nbsp;Yangnik&nbsp;has tested positive for Covid-19. In a tweet on Wednesday, the former wicket-keeper batsman said that he tested positive and is under a 14-day quarantine in a hospital in Udaipur.&nbsp;&nbsp;According to BCCI&nbsp;protocols, Yagnik&nbsp;would need 2 negative Covid-19 tests before he can join the team in the UAE. The tests were done by the Rajasthan&nbsp;Royals management as they prepare the team and support staff for the league. This is the first known positive result so far from the Indian cricket fraternity which is about to embark on a risky journey to the UAE&nbsp;to play the IPL.&nbsp;

Covid-19 pandemic likely to derail BCCI's&nbsp;plans of having a national training camp

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