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Indian Premier League made to wait as lockdown set to continue

Indian Premier League umpire Nigel Llong speaks to a Sri Lanka player in a past Test match. [AFP]

India's cricket board remains optimistic about playing the lucrative IPL later this year, a team official told AFP yesterday, as an extended national lockdown left the competition in limbo.

In line with other sports events worldwide, the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League, the world's richest Twenty20 tournament, had already been pushed back from its original start date of March 29.

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