Sourav Ganguly visited Sharjah to take stock of the progress at the Sharjah stadium before IPL 2020. The opening match of the tournament takes place on Saturday with Mumbai Indians taking on Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi.
Sourav Ganguly visited Sharjah to take stock of the progress at the Sharjah stadium before IPL 2020. The opening match of the tournament takes place on Saturday with Mumbai Indians taking on Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi. Ganguly was already in the UAE a week back but has been in mandatory quarantine for six days.
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Sourav Ganguly, the BCCI president, made a visit to the Sharjah cricket stadium to monitor the progress before the start of the IPL 2020. Ganguly will make trips to Dubai and Abu Dhabi to see how the stadium has copped up to the challenges of hosting the IPL 2020. (Image credit: Sharjah Cricket Stadium Twitter)
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Sourav Ganguly was already present in the UAE a week back but he was under strict quarantine for six days. Ganguly is also expected to make a trip to Dubai and Abu Dhabi to monitor the progress of the stadium's preparedness ahead of IPL 2020. (Image credit: Sharjah Cricket Stadium Twitter)
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Sourav Ganguly has had some memorable moments in Sharjah in the late 90s. Ganguly was famous for hitting Grant Flower for sixes over the roof in deep midwicket during the tri-series final against Zimbabwe. Those shots that landed on the roof made the late Tony Greig label that roof as Ganguly's roof. (Image credit: Sharjah Cricket Stadium Twitter)
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Sourav Ganguly poses with members of the Sharjah Cricket stadium along with former IPL Governing Council chairman Rajeev Shukla. Ganguly is expected to be present for the opening game of the IPL 2020 after the BCCI AGM was postponed in India due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Image credit: Sharjah Cricket Stadium Twitter)
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Sharjah will host it's first IPL 2020 game on September 23 and it will be between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. After many delays, finally, the IPL is going to be played in a calamitous 2020 that has seen major sporting events like the Tokyo Olympics and the ICC World T20 postponed. (Image credit: Sharjah Cricket Stadium Twitter)
