After the yearly Indian cricket tournament was put on hold due to rising Covid-19 cases, the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is back and it restarted last Sunday. The tournament, like always, is available for streaming on Disney+ Hotstar and the first match since the League’s restart took place in Dubai International Stadium between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. The aforementioned match was the 30th match of the tournament and we expect the remaining 30 matches to happen on schedule without any more foreseeable problems.
Since the second wave of the coronavirus (and the upcoming third wave) is still creating more cases within India, the Tournament has been shifted to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Last year’s IPL tournament happened in its entirety within UAE, and so the country had no problems in hosting the remainder of the popular cricket tournament.
The points table is shown below:
| @Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1.223 |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.547 |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −0.706 |
| 4 | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.071 |
| 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0.110 |
| 6 | Rajasthan Royals | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | −0.190 |
| 7 | Punjab Kings | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.368 |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | −0.623 |
Includes Matched played up till 20 September 2021.
Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals are at the top with 12 points while Sunrisers Hydrabad are at the bottom with only 2 points. The top 4 spots are still up for grabs however, with only 6 points separating the leaders and second-last (7th place). This is going to be a tight tournament.
Check out all the daily IPL action on Disney+ Hotstar. Tonight, at 7:30 PM, Punjab Kings take on Rajasthan Royals.