The 13th season and 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to begin on March 29. IPL Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed that the tournament final will be held on May 24 in Mumbai instead of the new Sardar Patel Stadium being built in Ahmedabad as the frontrunner to host the final. GC members along with the BCCI office-bearers also decided that there will be no change in the timings of the matches. Earlier, there were reports that the IPL could see 7.30 pm starts instead of 8 pm and will have only five doubleheaders (4 pm and 8 pm) this time.
Under the new ICC rule, a player can be withdrawn from the game and be replaced when he/she has been concussed either while batting, bowling or on the field, this is subjected to approval by the match referee. On the sidelines of the league’s governing council meeting, IPL also will have concussion substitutes from this season. In a noble gesture, the BCCI will have an All Stars Game between all top international players, three days before the start of IPL for a charitable cause. The venue of the All Stars Game has not been decided yet.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Final Squad for IPL 2020
Kane Williamson, David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddharth Kaul, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Fabian Allen, Mohammad Nabi, Sanjay Yadav, Shreevats Goswami, Bavanaka Sandeep and Basil Thampi.