{"id":192195,"date":"2026-07-10T02:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192195"},"modified":"2026-07-10T02:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:04:37","slug":"chepauk-lands-historic-first-as-big-bash-league-crosses-australian-shores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192195","title":{"rendered":"Chepauk lands historic first as Big Bash League crosses Australian shores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71205399\">Australia\u2019s Big Bash League will break new ground in December, with Chennai set to host the competition\u2019s first match outside Australia.<\/p>\n<p>After months of speculation, the Melbourne Renegades\u2019 clash with the Perth Scorchers on December 12 was confirmed at a special event at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday, attended by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture will bring the BBL to the 38,000-capacity M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, with league officials hoping Chennai\u2019s appetite for cricket translates into a packed Chepauk for the historic occasion.<\/p>\n<p>The match will also occupy a carefully chosen window in the cricket calendar. Scheduled as an evening fixture in Australia, it will begin in the afternoon in India, shortly after the close of play on the fourth day of the Australia-New Zealand Test in Perth.<\/p>\n<p>It is the BBL\u2019s first step beyond home shores and into the world\u2019s biggest cricket market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 10, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/big-bash-league-first-overseas-match-chennai-chepauk-renegades-scorchers\/article71205399.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s Big Bash League will break new ground in December, with Chennai set to host the competition\u2019s first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DJI_20260407150359_0005_D.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176580,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176580","url_meta":{"origin":192195,"position":0},"title":"Big Bash League \u2014 Plan to merge BBL\u2019s Melbourne teams sparks \u2018anxiety\u2019 for players","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Melbourne\u2019s two Big Bash League sides \u2014 the Stars and the Renegades \u2014 are set to merge into a single T20 franchise, but the move has sparked \u201cconfusion, uncertainty and anxiety\u201d among players. 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