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After a long wait, Indian football fans can now rejoice with the Indian Super League starting from Friday 20 November 2020. With a lot of uncertainty surrounding the event due to COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s edition will be played behind closed doors in Goa. Although spectators are prohibited inside the stadiums, they can watch the matches through live streaming apps and get all football updates too from their residence. With some of the best signings made this year, let us look at complete details about the Indian Super League 2020-21 tournament.

Teams:

131-year old club Mohun Bagan has merged with ATK to form ATK Mohun Bagan and SC East Bengal are the two new entrants in the league this year. Now, there will be 11 teams playing in 115 matches over the next few months. The complete list of teams is as follows:

ATK Mohun Bagan
Bengaluru FC
Chennaiyin FC
FC Goa
Hyderabad FC
Jamshedpur FC
Kerala Blasters FC
Mumbai City FC
NorthEast United FC
Odisha FC
SC East Bengal

Full Schedule:

ATK Mohun Bagan will face two times finalist Kerala Blasters in the inaugural match of ISL 2020-21. As yet, only fixtures for the first 11 rounds have been declared and the remaining 55 matches will be declared in December after clarity on calendar dates of Asian Football Confederation. The dates for the semi-finals and final fixtures are yet to be finalised.

ISL Live Streaming:

All the ISL matches will be shown live on Star Sports Network, which is the official broadcaster but will also be available online on Disney+Hotstar VIP and JIO TV from 7:30pm IST.

Users who do not have Star Sports Subscriptions, can also catch the live streaming and updates of matches in specific apps such as Tata Sky Mobile, SportsTiger, Sportskeeda and Sportstar. Apps such as SportsTiger is completely free to use and can get you live updates of matches without investing a penny.

Venues:

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, all the matches will be played in empty stadiums in Goa. Safety protocols have been set and will be followed by each franchise during the entire league. There are three stadiums as given below, which will host the 115 matches of the tournament.

The Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Fatorda
Tilak Nagar stadium in Vasco da Gama
GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim

Additionally, for players to undergo safe training before matches 12 training pitches have also been allotted.

The Kolkata team, now named as ATK Mohun Bagan led by Spanish coach Antonio Lopez Habas, is the most successful team in the ISL having won three titles so far. Chennaiyin FC have bagged two titles and Bengaluru FC with one title are the second and third most successful teams in ISL. After IPL, ISL will get a lot of eyeballs from the Indian users. With restriction of in stadium crowds, live streaming app and updates will be the prime focus for fans to stay in touch with their favourite sport.

Indian cricket team will kick-off their first international assignment since the COVID-19 break with the tour of Australia from November 2020. Captain Virat Kohli will lead his men to play a full series Down under, with three ODIs, three T20Is and four Tests. Although entry in the stadiums is still not confirmed, Indian fans will be able to get all cricket live updates of the tour on their mobile phones through sports apps. The upcoming tour promises to be exciting with some young talents included in the side this time around. Cricket fans from around the globe can catch the live action through cricket streaming app Hotstar or by downloading mobile apps. Here are five best cricket apps, which will provide live updates from the series, so that you are always connected to your favourite team and players.

Cricbuzz: The Cricbuzz app is the most downloaded app in India for sports news and updates. It provides ball-by-ball commentary of all cricket matches, which helps us visualize the action through our mobile device. India vs Australia tour will be completely covered by Cricbuzz on their application so that you can stay up to date with latest scores.

ESPNCricinfo: ESPNCricinfo is one of the pioneers of cricket app that covers the latest cricket news, special video contents, and expert analysis. They also cover almost all the cricket leagues around the world. It should be one of the primary choice app for users who are interested in stats related updates from the India vs Australia 2020 series.

SportsTiger: SportsTiger is a latest mobile app for cricket news. One of the USP’s of this website is news in 60 words, which makes it one of the most downloaded app among users. India vs Australia 2020 latest news and updates can be viewed on this application to be informed of cricket match live updates with ball-by-ball commentary. Personally, I would recommend this app for users also into fantasy sports, it will help them get inside news and expert analysis.

Sportskeeda: Sportskeeda provide news, features, commentary and videos on sports like football, cricket, hockey, tennis, basketball and kabaddi. They provide fast score updates and schedule details. You can get some of the best news from the sports industry on this app and should definitely be handy for a sports fanatic.

Sportstar: Sportstar is a fortnightly sports magazine published in India by the publishers of The Hindu. They provide some of the best updates from all sports around the world. It has a good fan base because of quality of news on its platform. Sportstar should however be your last preference for getting live updates as it has many good competitors as informed above.

After the completion of the India Premier League, sporting action will continue for the Indian user’s which is a good news during these tough times. Where players are getting a feel of playing in empty stadiums, fans are also getting used to following sports by app for live cricket updates. There are many more good sports apps available on the playstore , which you should definitely check out and updates us if you find any better app then those mentioned above!

Indian cricket team will kick-off their first international assignment since the COVID-19 break with the tour of Australia from November 2020. Captain Virat Kohli will lead his men to play a full series Down under, with three ODIs, three T20Is and four Tests. Much to the excitement of all Indian user’s they will be able to get all cricket live updates of the tour on their mobile phones through sports apps. The last time India toured Australia was for the Border Gavaskar trophy in 2018-19. Indian team had pulled out a fabulous victory over the Aussies to end a 71-year streak of not winning in Australia. The upcoming tour promises to be equally exciting with some young talents included in the side this time around. Cricket fans from around the globe can catch the live action through cricket streaming app Hotstar or by downloading mobile apps.

Cricket Australia has confirmed the entire schedule for the tour. The matches are scheduled to begin on November 27, 2020 and will end on January 19, 2020. Lot of exciting battles between players will be witnessed during this long period of play and users can enjoy these cricket live updates from their homes. The five venues where Australia will host the matches are Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane. Entry of crowds for watching the matches is estimated, however it is yet to be confirmed by Cricket Australia eyeing the Coronavirus situation at hand. Fans who are considering watching from home and not risking going to stadiums for watching matches can download cricket streaming app and stay updated without missing a single action.

The India tour of Australia is set to start with three 50-over matches between the two sides followed by three 20-20 over format matches. Lastly, four all important and exciting Test matches will be played to end the long awaited encounter between the two cricket loving nations. Coming to the squad of the Indian team, King Kohli will be leading the side in all three formats. The Test squad will witness return of veteran Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari. Star opener Rohit Sharma and pacer Ishant Sharma miss out from the squad due to injury constraints and are replaced by Shubman Gill and Mohammad Siraj. Some new names also make an entry to the T20I squad such as Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy and Deepak Chahar. On the other hand the Australian team will be led by Aaron Finch and Pat Cummins will handle the vice-captain role. Cameron Green and Daniel Sams also get a spot in the Australian squad.

With the Indian Premier League to end on November 10, year 2020 seems to be taking a U-turn for something good to be witnessed in the coming months. Indian users are still away from the action as no major sporting action has taken place in India yet. However, cricket lovers can get all cricket news and live updates for events around the globe at their fingertips using cricket live streaming apps. Some known and trusted apps such as Cricbuzz, ESPN Cricinfo, SportsTiger and Sportskeeda will cover the entire tour so that we do not miss out on any important score and news updates from the tournament.

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