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Big Bash League opener to be played in India, announces Australian PM during meeting with PM Modi
39+ min ago (503+ words) New Delhi: Australia's Big Bash League (BBL) is set for its historic India debut later this year. The opening match of the BBL 2026-27 will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in December. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…...
Big Bash League to open 2026 season with match in Chennai
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (116+ words) The Hindu Published - July 10, 2026 09: 50 am IST - SYDNEY The opening "match of Australia's men's "cricket Big "Bash League will take place in "India in December this year, "Australia's Prime Minister "Anthony "Albanese said "on Friday (July 10, 2026). Mr. Albanese announced with Prime…...
Australia's Big Bash League match to be played in Chennai, announces Modi
30+ min ago (590+ words) The opening match of the 2026-27 edition of Australian Men's Big Bash League (BBL) will be played in Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium on December 12. The announcement was jointly made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese at…...
PM Modi visits MCG during Australia visit, highlights India's 2036 Olympics bid and welcomes BBL opener in Chennai | Sports-Games
47+ min ago (944+ words) PM Modi visits MCG during Australia visit, highlights India's 2036 Olympics bid and welcomes BBL opener in Chennai Devdiscourse PM Modi visits MCG during Australia visit, highlights India's 2036 Olympics bid and welcomes BBL opener in Chennai Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited…...
Grassroots first as AFL aims to expand in India
59+ min ago (437+ words) Chastened by the lack of grassroots support in China, the AFL is working from the bottom up to break into the lucrative Indian market. The league's Indian strategy, announced on Friday at the MCG, has no provision for an exhibition…...
Chennai to host BBL 2026-27 opener in Dec, Modi reveals during India-Australia Sports Collaboration Roadmap presentation
35+ min ago (503+ words) The opening match of the upcoming Big Bash League (BBL) will be played in MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) in Chennai in December later this year, as announced during the India-Australia Sports Collaboration Roadmap in the presence of Indian Prime Minister…...
Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium to host Big Bash League 2026-27 opener
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (344+ words) ANI 10 Jul 2026, 09: 29 GMT+ Melbourne [Australia], July 10 (ANI): Australia's Big Bash League (BBL) will kick off its 2026-27 season in India, with Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium set to host the opening match in December, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday....
Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket league to open its season in Chennai, India
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (152+ words) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, shakes hands with former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh, right, as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese watches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, July 10, 2026. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and…...
Big Bash League's 2026-27 season to kick off in India's Chennai
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (331+ words) Australia's Big Bash League (BBL) will kick off its 2026-27 season in India, with Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium set to host the opening match in December, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday. Albanese made the announcement alongside India's Prime…...
PM Modi, Albanese unveil historic BBL fixture; Chennai to host season opener
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (272+ words) Melbourne, July 10 Melbourne Renegades will play Perth Scorchers in Chennai in December to open the 2026-27 Big Bash League (BBL) season. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese unveiled the fixture during a joint visit to the Melbourne…...