Due to COVID-19 concerns, India A's tour England has been postponed and now the senior Indian men's team will travel to England with a larger squad instead. Earlier, India A were scheduled to lock horns with England Lions and the senior Indian side ahead of Test series against England.

England fast bowler Jofra Archer will resume his training, shortly, after being cleared by his hand Consultant. Due to his injury concerns, the pacer was ruled out of the initial stages of the IPL and it isn't clear yet when he would return back to play for his franchise, Rajasthan Royals.

Despite the call from Virat Kohli publicly for ICC to look at the current umpire’s call ruling, the ICC on Thursday, announced that the umpire’s call ruling would continue to stay but with a few changes. ICC has increased the height of the wicket zone, which had caused so much confusion in the past.

Ahead of the World T20 in India, Ben Stokes has stressed that the IPL is a great chance for the English guys to experience the Indian conditions under the immense pressure of the competition. Stokes also crossed his fingers, hoping that there would be fans allowed back in the stadium.