IPL is a bad news for cricketers and their family, says Indian cricketer Ishant Sharma's wife; know why

As Indian Premier League is approaching near players and their fans have started getting ready for festival of cricket. For the world its a good news that IPL season 12 is about to start but for families of cricketers its a bad news, says Indian cricketer Ishant Sharma’s wife Pratima Singh.

The Delhi Capitals fast bowler Ishant Sharma’s wife Pratima Singh took to her Instagram handle to share a screenshot of a chat wherein someone asked her for tickets for an IPL match. Pratima wrote, “For the world its yey!!! IPL is coming...for cricketers and their family OMG IPL is coming!! Log tickets ke liye phone karenge, Tickets maangege...tickets...tickets...tickets.”

The dates for 2019 edition of Indian Premier League has been announced by the organisers. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will play Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opener on March 23 in Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium.

However, the dates announced are only for first seventeen matches, where each team will play a minimum of 4 matches each while Delhi and Bangalore will play five matches. Every team will play two away and two home matches with Delhi playing three home matches and Bangalore playing three away games.

Ishant Sharma played for Kings XI Punjab in IPL before and in December 2018 player auction he was bought by Delhi Capitals for the 2019 edition of the cash rich league. Sharma was part of the Indian squad that played Test against Australia at home and won the series by 2-1.