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It’s difficult to match quality of IPL: Tom Moody – Times of India

DUBAI: Former Australian player Tom Moody is a very popular figure when it comes to franchise cricket. The all-rounder, currently in Dubai, is the director of cricket for the Desert Vipers, who finished runners-up in the opening edition of the DP World ILT20 here.Ahead of the second season of the league, the veteran Aussie feels the team is well prepared this year to go the distance. "We feel our recruitment process has been robust and we are going into the tournament with a lot of confidence and with a feeling that we will play till the last game and hopefully win," said Moody, during an interaction at the ICC Academy here.Though franchise cricket leagues are coming up all around the world, there is still a big gap among them. Talking about the same, Moody said, "This league is still v...
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Still have the drive and burning desire to play cricket: Kieron Pollard | Cricket News – Times of India

DUBAI: In Rohit Sharma's absence, West Indies star allrounder Kieron Pollard has led Mumbai Indians on various occasions. In the DP World ILT20, being played in the UAE, Pollard has been given a full-time charge as MI Emirates captain and the swashbuckling allrounder is ready for the new challenge. “Personally, I still have the drive and burning desire to play cricket that keeps pushing me. As a leader, I am going to continue to guide these guys because they have played cricket before and that’s the reason why they are here. So, it’s a matter of putting all the pieces of the puzzle together and play an exciting cricket that MI is known to play,” Pollard said ahead of MI Emirates’ opening game against Sharjah Warriors on Saturday. “Pressure is always there, be it any franchise. Having th...
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Virender Sehwag set to join commentary panel for inaugural ILT20 season | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former swashbuckling batsman Virender Sehwag will be setting the inaugural DP World ILT20 on fire with his action-packed commentary. The tournament will be played between January 13 to February 12 this year. The six-team competition will be held across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah in the UAE.Apart from Sehwag, who has scored over 17,000 international runs, the six-team tournament will have Ian Bishop, Simon Doull, David Lloyd, David Gower, Wasim Akram, Mohammad Azharuddin, Harbhajan Singh, Waqar Younis, Niall O’ Brien in their commentary panel."I am really excited to be part of the ILT20 commentary team. The teams in the tournament are evenly matched and each of the franchises have many exciting players. I am certain that it will be a magnificent tournament and I feel very p...