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Players should not be expected to choose between the rearranged IPL and their international commitments

OSCAR RESS: With the rescheduled IPL, owing to the India-Pakistan tensions, threatening to create chaos in the cricketing calendar, the ECB and CSA stepped in to ensure they were prioritised

IPL to resume later this week

The BCCI have announced that the rest of the competition will restart on May 17 and be played at six venues with a final on June 3

ECB offer opens door to possible IPL arrangement

GEORGE DOBELL: The Cricketer understands contact has been made with the BCCI, after the 10-team tournament was suspended for a week after an increase in military tensions between India and Pakistan

IPL 2025 suspended due to India-Pakistan tensions

The decision to suspend the competition for one week was taken after tensions between the nations had escalated further, and the remainder of the Pakistan Super League was moved to the UAE

The struggles of RCB's home disadvantage at the Chinnaswamy

OSCAR RESS: The team have a home win percentage of below 50 per cent over 14 seasons, and all three of their losses so far this season have come at home, but they have won their last two to put them in the qualification driving seat

Kagiso Rabada serving "provisional suspension" for recreational drug use

The South African seamer returned home from the Indian Premier League on April 3 for "personal reasons", which he had now revealed is related to an "adverse analytical finding" from a drug test

Shades of Sachin Tendulkar as Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashes his way into IPL history books

OSCAR RESS: Rajasthan Royals' 14-year-old opener scored the fastest IPL century by an Indian batter when he made 101 off 38 balls against Gujarat Titans

Rajasthan Royals' losing habit, caused by their ill-advised retentions

OSCAR RESS: The decision to let Jos Buttler go and prioritise a middle-order which has played their part in losing three seemingly unlosable matches in a row has all but ended their hopes of a second IPL title

How has the IPL's impact sub rule developed?

OSCAR RESS: The introduction of two bowling-focused rule changes ahead of this season may have mitigated one particular criticism of the impact rule, but it still appears to be stunting the development of India's allrounders

Inside the Chennai Super Kings environment and what might be going wrong this season

OSCAR RESS: The joint-most successful franchise in the tournament's history have endured a tough start with one win in five matches, but will their "pressure off" method help them turn things around?

MS Dhoni and the curious debate between commercial and performance value

OSCAR RESS: With CSK's head coach, Stephen Fleming, admitting this week that his veteran wicketkeeper "can't bat 10 overs," will Dhoni's dwindling value on the field lead to the end of his remarkable IPL career?

"That's the way franchise cricket works" - the IPL and the absence of loyalty

OSCAR RESS: From Krunal Pandya to Quinton de Kock, the first week of the IPL has been defined by players thriving for their new teams, but how much longer will players and fans accept such a lack of continuity?

Poor Jofra Archer… I'm glad Richard Hadlee was never used as cannon fodder

After the England seamer delivered the most expensive IPL figures of all time during Rajasthan Royals's crushing 44-run loss in the IPL, HUW TURBERVILL reminisces about some of the great contests between bat and ball

England seamer smashed for most expensive IPL spell

Sunrisers Hyderabad compiled 286 for 6 from their innings as Jofra Archer, playing his first IPL game since 2023, went wicketless for 76 runs in his four-over spell

Shardul Thakur's Essex stint curtailed by IPL contract

The India allrounder was due to play in the first seven County Championship matches but has been picked as a replacement player by Lucknow Super Giants