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IPL 2021: BCCI opens up on availability of overseas players; Bangladesh players not available for the entire season

• Delhi Capitals (DC) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) can be in serious trouble if South African cricketers miss the first week of the Indian league.
• England and New Zealand players will also participate in the whole tournament.
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India vs England: Joe Root likely to miss the ODI series

• England are likely to be without their star batsman Joe Root for the upcoming ODI series against India.
• The series is currently locked at 1-1 and has two more games remaining.
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ECB reveals the reserve price bracket of various players for The Hundred tournament

• It is learned that as many as 252 overseas and 254 domestic players have registered for the domestic league.
• All the eight franchises will have 14 players each including three overseas players.
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Will Pucovski to undergo shoulder surgery; out for six months

• Will Pucovski, the Australian right-handed batsman, is set to be out of cricket for the next six months.
• Thereafter, he dislocated his shoulder and was ruled out of the fourth Test in Brisbane.
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Danny Briggs on standby for England’s ODI and T20I series against India

• Danny Briggs, the 29-year-old spinner, has been kept on standby for England’s upcoming ODI and T20I series against India.
• In seven T20Is and one ODI, the 29-year-old has picked two and five wickets respectively.
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IPL 2021: Mitchell Johnson urges franchises to pick Josh Inglis in auction

• Johnson seemed highly impressed with the 25-year-old’s talent and stint in the just-concluded 2020-21 edition of Big Bash League (BBL).
• However, Mitchell Johnson doesn’t want Inglis to essay the role of a reserve player in IPL.
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