Name: Why Virat in shorts had social media fuming
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Description: after the leave india comment, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is once again facing a social media backlash for wearing shorts during the toss in the practice game vs Cricket Australia XI in Sydney. Many slammed VK on social media for disrespecting the game and questioned his attitude.

after the leave india comment, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is once again facing a social media backlash for wearing shorts during the toss in the practice game vs Cricket Australia XI in Sydney. Many slammed VK on social media for disrespecting the game and questioned his attitude. 

As the pressure on BCCI to boycott Chinese sponsorships got stronger, IPL head sponsor Vivo has pulled out of the tournament this year. The Chinese smartphone giants though will be back in 2021 and will continue till 2023. BCCI who recently announced their decision to retain all the sponsors for IPL, will now have to fetch for a new title sponsor for the 13th edition of the cash rich league. Vivo had paid Rs. 2199 crore for a 5-year contract in 2018 but decided to pull out for a year after backlash on social media. The postponed&nbsp;IPL is due to start from September 19 in the UAE.

The&nbsp;England and Wales Cricket Board on Wednesday appointed former star batsman Jonathan Trott&nbsp;as their batting coach for the upcoming 3-match Test series vs Pakistan. The 39-year-old was England's batting pillar&nbsp;and&nbsp;scored 3835 runs in 52 Tests between 2009-2015. Trott will also be joined by former New Zealand spinner Jeetan Patel and Warwickshire seamer Graeme Welch. England take on Pakistan in the 1st Test from Wednesday at the Old Trafford in Manchester.

As the BCCI&nbsp;issued standard operating procedures for state associations, the board is also planning to form a&nbsp;Covid-19 task force. Among others, BCCI&nbsp;has also included National Cricket Academy chief Rahul Dravid&nbsp;to be a part of it. Apart from the former India captain, the Covid-19&nbsp;task force will include a medical officer, a hygiene officer and BCCI AGM, Cricket Operations for resumption of training at the NCA in Bengaluru. As per the SOP, their responsibilities will include communicating clearly and regularly with the players, explaining measures being taken to manage risk and the advice being given to individuals to follow the same and updating the&nbsp;relevant higher management about&nbsp;Covid-19 cases. Apart from all the players, administrative staff of NCA will also be tested for Covid-19 before training resumes.

Having staged an incredible fightback&nbsp;in the Test series vs the Windies, England now face Pakistan in the longest format but this time the challenge will be a lot tougher. England all-rounder Chris Woakes&nbsp;too feels that they will have to be on the money from ball one. The series, which will also be held inside a bio-secure bubble, will begin from Wednesday at the Old Trafford in Manchester, the same ground where the 3 Lions won back-to-back Tests vs the Windies. Also, as a delighting news for the hosts, talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes, who had an injury scare,&nbsp;was able to bowl in the nets on Monday. Though momentum is with England but&nbsp;Pakistan&nbsp;have also&nbsp;been training in England from almost a month now and are also well versed with the conditions. Interestingly, the last 2 times these 2 teams played in England, the Test series was shared and Pakistan will try to take an extra step this time around.

Since the World T20 hs been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Cricket Australia has decided to also call-off their T20 series against the West Indies in October. Australia was scheduled to play 3 T20I between 4-9 October as a warm-up before the World T20. The decision though came as a welcome news for the BCCI&nbsp;as it was on a collision course with the IPL. But top players from both the sides are now available to play in the cash rich league,&nbsp;due to start from 19th September in the UAE. Most players from Australia and West Indies are top stars in almost all the franchises of the cash rich league.

Though the news of the Women's T20 Challenge being held on the sidelines of the Indian Premier League in the UAE in November came as a welcome news for Indian cricket but BCCI&nbsp;has received flak for its scheduling as it clashes with the Women's Big Bash League in Australia. With the WBBL&nbsp;scheduled to be played from October 17 to November 29, Australian star&nbsp;Alyssa Healy&nbsp;asked on Twitter as to what will the Indian players do who have already signed up to play in the Women's Big Bash League?&nbsp;The clash of schedule also means that several marquee players may have to choose between the two tournaments. The&nbsp;Women's T20 Challenge though is still subject to government clearance.

RSS&nbsp;affiliate Swadeshi&nbsp;Jagaran&nbsp;Manch&nbsp;on Monday asked people to boycott the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. The organisation has slammed&nbsp;BCCI's&nbsp;decision of retaining its contract&nbsp;with the&nbsp;Chinese sponsors for the upcoming T20 league. The group's co-convener Ashwani&nbsp;Mahajan&nbsp;who wants BCCI&nbsp;to reconsider their stand said that at the time when the country is striving hard to make economy free from Chinese dominance in the market, the IPL&nbsp;governing council's decision&nbsp;is an aberration to the nation's mood. Mahajan&nbsp;felt that BCCI&nbsp;has shown disrespect to the 20 Indian soldiers who were killed in June in the&nbsp;Galwan&nbsp;valley clash by the Chinese troops.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

On the sidelines of the all-important IPL Governing&nbsp;Council&nbsp;meeting, the BCCI&nbsp;also issued a list of Standard Operating Procedures to all the cricketers and State Associations. Players will have to sign a consent form before resuming training at their respective centres. Under which, players will undergo 2 tests one day apart to account for false negatives. If both the test results are negative, only then they will be&nbsp;included in the camp. Apart from that,&nbsp;players are advised to take their own transportation&nbsp;to the stadium and will have to wear masks&nbsp;on the way. Also, the support and ground staff and officials over 60 years of age and any individual with underlying medical conditions will be barred from attending training camps until suitable guidelines are issued by the Government.

According to the latest guidelines issued by England&rsquo;s Football Association, players who deliberately cough at opponents or referees can now be shown red or yellow cards. The move came as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of Covid-19 and will be&nbsp;applied at all levels of the game immediately.&nbsp;The document added that referees must not look to punish routine coughing and should remind players to avoid spitting on the ground.

The BCCI&nbsp;on Tuesday invited bids for the new Team India's kit sponsor and Official merchandising partner. The new kit sponsor will replace educational technology giants BYJU's&nbsp;who had earlier replaced Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Oppo. The new bids can be lower than previous ones as the future calendar for Team India is still undecided due to the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Despite being the 4th worst affected nation in the world due to the global pandemic, Russians ignored all the warnings and participated in running events on Sunday. Strangely, promoted by the government, the country saw competitions simultaneously happen in&nbsp;85 cities including Moscow despite having a ban on mass events. Organisers confirmed that over 17,000 people ran in Moscow while 8,000 people participated in St. Petersburg. Despite having 11 time zones in the nation, all events were organised at the same time and were promoted by the administration. Russia with over 8 &amp; half lakh&nbsp;cases so far is the 4th most-affected nation in the pandemic after India.&nbsp;&nbsp;

American Golfer Justin Thomas&nbsp;won the World Golf Championships on Sunday to recapture the number one spot in the rankings for the first time since 2018. Thomas sealed the win with a 5-under on the final day to finish ahead of&nbsp;defending champion Brooks Koepka. It was a stunning effort from Thomas&nbsp;who at&nbsp;27 is the third-youngest since 1960 to reach 13 PGA Tour wins only after Tiger Woods and the legendary Jack Nicklaus.&nbsp;

Indian Golfer SSP&nbsp;Chawrasia&nbsp;has tested positive for Covid-19. A four-time winner on the prestigious European Tour, Chawrasia&nbsp;is in home isolation in Kolkata. The 2-time Indian Open Champion was training at Kolkata's&nbsp;Royal Calcutta Golf Course and was aiming to fly to England later this week. The 42-year-old confirmed that he had no symptoms and only went in for a test as it was mandatory to get a negative test certificate while flying to England.&nbsp;
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On the sidelines of the all-important IPL Governing&nbsp;Council&nbsp;meeting, the BCCI&nbsp;also issued a list of Standard Operating Procedures to all the cricketers and State Associations. The 100 page SOP defines all rules for cricketers, coaches and associations under the BCCI's&nbsp;umbrella. The cricket board also expects all the players to sign a consent form before getting back on the field. The SOPs&nbsp;will define the way forward for the players &amp; support staff about training protocols, match scenarios and situations when anyone tests positive for Covid-19.&nbsp;

Despite approving the dates &amp; schedule at the&nbsp;Governing Council meet, many answers are still not available for the IPL&nbsp;franchises. According to a report in the Times of India, the organisers have now asked the teams to delay their departure to UAE. Earlier, the teams were planning to reach Dubai in the 2nd week of August to get up to&nbsp;3-4 weeks for practice. IPL&nbsp;now wants the teams to not travel before 20th August and that has left the teams confused &amp; upset. The world's richest cricket board is currently in talks with the stakeholders and also the&nbsp;UAE&nbsp;cricket board to put certain Covid-19&nbsp;protocols in place for the teams which can explain the reason behind the delay. While some of the teams had already started working on the travel and stay bookings, the Governing Council expects more clarity in the coming week.

The BCCI&nbsp;broke a 12-year long tradition of hosting the Indian Premier League final on a Sunday. The decision came from the IPL&nbsp;Governing Council&nbsp;meeting which decided to host the final on Tuesday, 10th November. This decision comes after weeks of negotiations with host broadcaster Star who wanted the finals in the Diwali&nbsp;week to cash-in on the tv audience and recover the losses due to the postponement of the league. The final on Tuesday, 10th November&nbsp;will give Star 2 extra days in the Diwali&nbsp;week as they expect bumper TV &amp; online audience for the 13th edition of the league. There will be 10 double-header match days in total as the tournament now will be 53 days long.&nbsp;

Chasing a record-equalling&nbsp;7th Formula 1 World Championship, Lewis Hamilton was on point as he dragged his Mercedes home to win the British Grand Prix. A dramatic finish for the local lad who lost his front tyre in the last lap but finished on the top of the podium despite the fiasco ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen&nbsp;&amp; Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. This was the 7th win at the British Grand Prix&nbsp;for Hamilton as he extended his lead on top of the drivers' championship to 30 points over 2nd placed teammate&nbsp;Valterri&nbsp;Bottas. The next race in the Formula 1 calendar will take place on Silverstone&nbsp;again marking the 70th edition of the racing championship at the same venue.&nbsp;

In a major announcement, the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League has been cleared by the Indian government to be played in the UAE. The starting date remains September 19 but the final has been rescheduled to be played on November 10. Interestingly, this time around the evening matches will begin from 7:30 pm IST. Moreover, all the sponsors including Vivo have been retained. 24 player squads per franchise will leave for Dubai after August 26 and will be allowed replacements in case a player gets unwell. Initially, the games will be played behind closed doors but limited crowd may be allowed at a later stage.&nbsp;

Coronavirus forced Major League baseball's 17th postponement in 10 days on Saturday, as Milwaukee Brewers game against St. Louis Cardinals was cancelled for the second successive day. The decision came after one more player and three staff members with St. Louis tested positive for Covid-19. 2 Cardinal players were flagged for positive tests on Friday, forcing the series opener to be called off. The latest incident has again raised questions as to whether the league can complete a truncated 2020 season.

An unnamed tennis player set to feature in the Palermo Ladies Open tested positive for Covid-19 and has since withdrawn from the tournament on Saturday.&nbsp;The WTA tournament marks the return of tour-level tennis following a five-month forced interruption.&nbsp;The announcement was made amid growing concern that the 2020 WTA calendar could continue to be severely affected due to&nbsp;Covid-19, with even the 2020 US Open scheduled to start from August 31 seriously in doubt. World no. 1 Ashleigh Barty&nbsp;has already pulled out of the New York Grand Slam.

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