The second leg of the Indian Premier League is all set to commence from September 19 in the UAE. The participation of many players is doubtful ahead of the marquee event owing to the Covid-19 protocols, national duties, rest concerns, and the preparation of the T20 World Cup. However, what comes as a sigh of relief for the franchises is that the New Zealand players will now be available for the remainder of the IPL 2021.

New Zealand is expected to tour Pakistan in the September-October window which had made their participation in the IPL doubtful. Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson are some of the key names that stand important for their respective franchises and thus this news would iron out a lot of concerns for the teams. The New Zealand Cricket chief David White confirmed the participation of the New Zealand players despite their white-ball series against Pakistan during the same window.

The tension around the inaugural edition of the Kashmir Premier League is not coming to an end, with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) casting some serious allegations against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

After former South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs took to Twitter to reveal how the BCCI was “preventing him” from participating in the league, the PCB issued a statement alleging the BCCI for breaching international norms and the spirit of the gentleman’s game. More recently, the former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi took to Twitter to express displeasure over the entire KPL row.

The sport of cricket has seen innumerable on-field rivalries. While they usually end with the end of players’ cricket careers, a couple of gentlemen have managed to keep a rivalry of sorts alive despite having said goodbye to the game many moons back. It is not a hard guess – they are the frenemies Wasim Jaffer and Michael Vaughan.

The duo has had the most rib-tickling and hilarious banters on Twitter, where neither of the.