Cricket's juggernaut returns to action

April 03, 2012 14:38

"We already know that the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League, cricket's most lucrative competition, will start and finish in the same place -- Chennai,' Huw Richards writes in The International Herald Tribune.

Nor will anybody be too surprised if the final May 27 is a repeat of the opener Wednesday, when the Chennai Super Kings begin their pursuit of a third consecutive IPL title at home against the Mumbai Indians, Richards writes. The Champions League is a global competition among teams playing the Twenty20 cricket format.

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