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SILIGURI, India (Reuters) - Batting great Sachin Tendulkar is convinced Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan are good enough to be in the India squad when the nation hosts the Twenty20 World Cup later this year. Both the top-order batsmen made their India debut in the ongoing T20 series against England, with Kishan smashing an incendiary fifty in his first match. Yadav, who plays with Kishan for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, had to wait until his second match to get a bat but also produced a match-winning half-century in Ahmedabad. "There is no question how talented both the players are," Tendulkar told Reuters in a telephone interview. "It eventually boils down to selection and the selection committee. But I can say that having played in IPL against all the leading foreign players, they are ready to play (in the Twenty20 World Cup)." As the Mumbai Indians mentor, Tendulkar had a ringside view of the duo in the IPL and was not surprised how they performed ... » Learn More about Yadav, Kishan good enough to play T20 World Cup, Tendulkar

SINGAPORE - Cricket lovers in Singapore will be able to continue to catch all the thrills and spills from the Indian Premier League (IPL) season on local telco StarHub, which said on Tuesday (April 6) that it will broadcast all 60 IPL matches 'live'. The new season starts on Friday (April 9) with the opening game between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Twenty20 tournament is one of the richest and most popular domestic leagues in the world, and features stars like India's MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, and England's Ben Stokes. StarHub customers can catch the IPL matches at either 6pm or 10pm streamed exclusively over India's video streaming app Hotstar. Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) chief executive officer Saad Khan Janjua, who admires players such as Mumbai's Suryakumar Yadav and Punjab Kings' Chris Gayle, said: "There is a decent-sized cricket following in Singapore, as well as expats from cricket-loving nations such as India, ... » Learn More about Cricket: StarHub to broadcast all 60 ‘live’ IPL matches

CHENNAI, India: The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) began with an upset after Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore stunned defending champions Mumbai Indians by two wickets at Chennai's M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Friday. Harshal Patel claimed 5-27 in the contest between the tournament's perennial underachiever Bangalore and its most successful team Mumbai who managed a modest 159-9 after being put into bat. Patel then sealed the nervy contest for Bangalore by taking a single off the last ball following AB de Villiers' (48) dismissal in the final over. Earlier, Chris Lynn's quickfire 49 and Suryakumar Yadav's breezy 31 had set up a perfect stage for Mumbai to launch a late assault. Patel claimed three wickets in four balls and eventually registered the first five-wicket haul against Mumbai to restrict the champions to a below-par total. Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli came out to open, a role the India captain wants to reprise in the T20 World Cup ... » Learn More about Bangalore stun champions Mumbai as IPL begins with an upset