Cricket Today - 06.04.2018

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*** It’s that time of the year when we look forward to scintillating cricket action. With Indian Premier League returning for its eleventh season - bigger and better from the last edition, cricket fanatics are all set to be part of the excitement. Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, after serving their ban of two years, are making return to the league, meaning old charm is back. Preparations are in full swing, and players have landed at the given locations by franchises, waiting to unleash themselves on the horizon of the league. Australia cricket captain Steve Smith and Vice-captain David Warner have been banned from playing for their country for 12 months, with Warner identified as the instigator of the ball tampering plot in the test series in South Africa. Cricket Australia also imposed a nine-month ban on Cameron Bancroft, who carried out the on-field tampering on the instructions of Warner and with the knowledge of skipper Smith. There is more to read from cricket in this issue. ***