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970 days ago

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IPL Auction 2023: List Of Sold And Unsold Players

Here is the complete list of sold players in IPL 2023.## Sam Curran became the most expensive player of IPL Punjab Kings bought him for Rs 18.50 crore. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green became the second costliest player in IPL, bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 17.50 crore.## Nicholas Pooran again took a huge amount of Rs 16 crore from the Lucknow Super Giants. Chennai Super Kings bought their most expensive player ever Ben Stokes for 16.25 crores.## Amit Mishra, Piyush Chawla and Ishant Sharma have returned to the teams.## Check out the full list below.## Batters Player Name Base Price selling price Team Kane Williamson 2 crore 2 crore Gujarat Titans Harry Brook 1.5 crore 13.25 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad Mayank Agarwal 1 crore 8.25 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad Ajinkya Rahane 50 lakh 50 lakh Chennai Super Kings Shaik Rasheed 20 lakh 20 lakh Chennai Super Kings Manish Pandey 1 crore 2.4 crore Delhi Capitals Will Jacks 1.5 crore 3.2 crore Royal Challengers Bangalore Harpreet Bhatia 20 lakh 40 lakh Punjab Kings Rilee Rossouw 2 crore 4.6 crore Delhi Capitals Anmolpreet Singh 20 lakh 20 lakh Sunrisers Hyderabad Mandeep Singh 50 lakh 50 lakh Kolkata Knight Riders Joe Root 1 crore 1 crore Rajasthan Royals Bowlers Player Name Base Price selling price Team Reece Topley 75 lakh 1.9 crore Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaydev Unadkat 50 lakh 50 lakh Lucknow Super Giants Jhye Richardson 1.5 crore 1.5 crore Mumbai Indians Ishant Sharma 50 lakh 50 lakh Delhi Capitals Adil Rashid 2 crore 2 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad Mayank Markande 50 lakh 50 lakh Sunrisers Hyderabad Vaibhav Arora 20 lakh 60 lakh Kolkata Knight Riders Yash Thakur 20 lakh 45 lakh Lucknow Super Giants Shivam Mavi 40 lakh 6 crore Gujarat Titans Mukesh Kumar 20 lakh 5.5 crore Delhi Capitals Himanshu Sharma 20 lakh 20 lakh Royal Challengers Bangalore Kyle Jamieson 1 crore 1 crore Chennai Super Kings Piyush Chawla 50 lakh 50 lakh Mumbai Indians Amit Mishra 50 lakh 50 lakh Lucknow Super Giants Vidwath Kaverappa 20 lakh 20 lakh Punjab Kings Rajan Kumar 20 lakh 70 lakh Royal Challengers Bangalore Suyash Sharma 20 lakh 20 lakh Kolkata Knight Riders Joshua Little 50 lakh 4.4 crore Gujarat Titans Mohit Sharma 50 lakh 50 lakh Gujarat Titans Avinash Singh 20 lakh 60 lakh Royal Challengers Bangalore Kulwant Khejroliya 20 lakh 20 lakh Kolkata Knight Riders Akeal Hosein 1 crore 1 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad Adam Zampa 1.5 crore 1.5 crore Rajasthan Royals KM Asif 30 lakh 30 lakh Rajasthan Royals Murugan Ashwin 20 lakh 20 lakh Rajasthan Royals Naveen Ul Haq 50 lakh 50 lakh Lucknow Super Giants Raghav Goyal 20 lakh 20 lakh Mumbai Indians All Rounders Player Name Base Price selling price Team Sam Curran 2 crore 18.5 crore Punjab Kings Odean Smith 50 lakh 50 lakh Gujarat Titans Sikandar Raza 50 lakh 50 lakh Punjab Kings Jason Holder 2 crore 5.75 crore Rajasthan Royals Cameron Green 2 crore 17.50 crore Mumbai Indians Ben Stokes 2 crore 16.25 crore Chennai Super Kings Vivrant Sharma 20 lakh 2.6 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad Samarth Vyas 20 lakh 20 lakh Sunrisers Hyderabad Sanvir Singh 20 lakh 20 lakh Sunrisers Hyderabad Nishant Sindhu 20 lakh 60 lakh Chennai Super Kings Romario Shepherd 50 lakh 50 lakh Lucknow Super Giants Daniel Sams 75 lakh 75 lakh Lucknow Super Giants Manoj Bhandage 20 lakh 20 lakh Royal Challengers Bangalore Mayank Dagar 20 lakh 1.8 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad Duan Jansen 20 lakh 20 lakh Mumbai Indians Prerak Mankad 20 lakh 20 lakh Lucknow Super Giants Shams Mulani 20 lakh 20 lakh Mumbai Indians Swapnil Singh 20 lakh 20 lakh Lucknow Super Giants David Wiese 1 crore 1 crore Kolkata Knight Riders Sonu Yadav 20 lakh 20 lakh Royal Challengers Bangalore Ajay Mandal 20 lakh 20 lakh Chennai Super Kings Mohit Rathee 20 lakh 20 lakh Punjab Kings Nehal Wadhera 20 lakh 20 lakh Mumbai Indians Bhagath Varma 20 lakh 20 lakh Chennai Super Kings Shivam Singh 20 lakh 20 lakh Punjab Kings Akash Vashisht 20 lakh 20 lakh Rajasthan Royals Yudhvir Charak 20 lakh 20 lakh Lucknow Super Giants Abdul PA 20 lakh 20 lakh Rajasthan Royals Shakib Al Hasan 1.5 crore 1.5 crore Kolkata Knight Riders Wicket Keepers Player Name Base Price selling price Team Nicholas Pooran 2 crore 16 crore Lucknow Super Giants Heinrich Klaasen 1 crore 5.25 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad Phil Salt 2 crore 2 crore Delhi Capitals N. Jagadeesan 20 lakh 90 lakh Kolkata Knight Riders KS Bharat 20 lakh 1.2 crore Gujarat Titans Upendra Singh Yadav 20 lakh 25 lakh Sunrisers Hyderabad Donovan Ferreira 20 lakh 50 lakh Rajasthan Royals Urvil Patel 20 lakh 20 lakh Gujarat Titans Vishnu Vinod 20 lakh 20 lakh Mumbai Indians Nitish Kumar Reddy 20 lakh 20 lakh Sunrisers Hyderabad Kunal Rathore 20 lakh 20 lakh Rajasthan Royals Litton Das 50 lakh 50 lakh Kolkata Knight Riders Stay Tuned...##

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1024 days ago

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List Of Hat-Tricks In IPL

Here is the list of the hat tricks in IPL.## A total of 21 hat tricks have been taken by bowlers in IPL as the first hat trick was taken by Lakshmipathy Balaji on 10 May 2008 at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India. Amit Mishra is the only bowler with three hat tricks in IPL.## Check out the full list below.## List of the hat tricks in IPL S. No Bowler Team Against Wickets Venue Date 1 Lakshmipathy Balaji CSK PBKS Irfan Pathan (c Suresh Raina) Piyush Chawla (c Chamara Kapugedera) VRV Singh (c MS Dhoni) M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India 10 May 2008 2 Amit Mishra DD DC Ravi Teja (c Shoaib Malik) Pragyan Ojha (c Tillakaratne Dilshan) RP Singh (st Dinesh Karthik) Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India 15 May 2008 3 Makhaya Ntini CSK KKR Sourav Ganguly (b) Debabrata Das (b) David Hussey (b) Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India 18 May 2008 4 Yuvraj Singh PBKS RCB Robin Uthappa (c Simon Katich) Debabrata Das (b) David Hussey (lbw) Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa 1 May 2009 5 Rohit Sharma DC MI Abhishek Nayar (b) Harbhajan Singh (b) JP Duminy (c Adam Gilchrist) Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa 6 May 2009 6 Yuvraj Singh PBKS DC Herschelle Gibbs (c Piyush Chawla) Andrew Symonds (st Kumar Sangakkara) Venugopal Rao (b) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 17 May 2009 7 Praveen Kumar RCB RR Damien Martyn (b) Sumit Narwal (c Manish Pandey) Paras Dogra (b) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India 18 March 2010 8 Amit Mishra DC PBKS Ryan McLaren (c Daniel Christian) Mandeep Singh (st Kedar Devdhar) Ryan Harris (c Shikhar Dhawan) Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala, India 21 May 2011 9 Ajit Chandila RR PWI Jesse Ryder (c Shane Watson) Sourav Ganguly (st Shreevats Goswami) Robin Uthappa (st Shreevats Goswami) Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India 13 May 2012 10 Sunil Narine KKR PBKS David Hussey (c Manvinder Bisla) Azhar Mahmood (c and b) Gurkeerat Singh (b) Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India 16 April 2013 11 Amit Mishra SRH PWI Bhuvneshwar Kumar (lbw) Rahul Sharma (b) Ashok Dinda (b) Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India 17 April 2013 12 Pravin Tambe RR KKR Manish Pandey (st Sanju Samson) Yusuf Pathan (c and b) Ryan ten Doeschate (lbw) Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India 5 May 2014 13 Shane Watson SRH Shikhar Dhawan (b) Moises Henriques (c Ajinkya Rahane) Karn Sharma (c Sanju Samson) Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India 8 May 2014 14 Axar Patel PBKS GL Dinesh Karthik (b) Dwayne Bravo (b) Ravindra Jadeja (c Wriddhiman Saha) Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India 1 May 2016 15 Samuel Badree RCB MI Parthiv Patel (c Chris Gayle) Mitchell McClenaghan (c Mandeep Singh) Rohit Sharma (b) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India 14 April 2017 16 Andrew Tye GL RPS Ankit Sharma (c Brendon McCullum) Manoj Tiwary (c Ishan Kishan) Shardul Thakur (b) Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India 17 Jaydev Unadkat RPS SRH Bipul Sharma (c Ben Stokes) Rashid Khan (c and b) Bhuvneshwar Kumar (c Manoj Tiwary) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, India 6 May 2017 18 Sam Curran PBKS DD Harshal Patel (c KL Rahul) Kagiso Rabada (b) Sandeep Lamichhane (b) Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India 1 April 2019 19 Shreyas Gopal RR RCB Virat Kohli (c Liam Livingstone) AB de Villiers (c Riyan Parag) Marcus Stoinis (c Steven Smith) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India 30 April 2019 20 Harshal Patel RCB MI Hardik Pandya (c Virat Kohli) Kieron Pollard (b) Rahul Chahar (lbw) Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 26 September 2021 21 Yuzvendra Chahal RR KKR Shreyas Iyer (lbw) Shivam Mavi (c Riyan Parag) Pat Cummins (c Sanju Samson) Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India 18 April 2022 Stay Tuned...##

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1065 days ago

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List Of Highest Average In Each Batting Position In International t20 Cricket

Here is the list of the highest average in each batting position in international t20 cricket.## Mohammad Rizwan has the highest batting average as an opener, his average is 65.11, he plays for Pakistan. Leslie Dunbar has the highest batting average playing at number 3, His average is 69.14, and he is a Serbian player.## Check out the complete list below.## List of the highest average in each batting position Batting Position Batsman Innings Runs Average Team T20I Career Span Opener Mohammad Rizwan 36 1,758 65.11 Pakistan 2020–2022 Number 3 Leslie Dunbar 10 484 69.14 Serbia 2019–2022 Number 4 MS Dhoni 12 255 51.00 India 2006–2018 Number 5 Manish Pandey 15 357 51.00 India 2017–2020 Number 6 Preston Mommsen 10 249 49.80 Scotland 2012–2016 Number 7 Najibullah Zadran 12 264 52.80 Afghanistan 2013–2019 Number 8 Isuru Udana 10 155 31.00 Sri Lanka 2009–2021 Number 9 Nuwan Kulasekara 12 92 15.33 Sri Lanka 2008–2017 Number 10 Adil Rashid 13 32 10.66 England 2009–2022 Number 11 Chris Mpofu 8 26 13.00 Zimbabwe 2008–2020 Stay Tuned...##

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1065 days ago

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List Of Highest Career Average In International t20 Cricket

Here is the list of the highest career average in international t20 cricket.## Virat Kohli has this record as his career average is 52.73 which is the highest in international t20 cricket, He plays for India. Mohammad Rizwan is in the second rank, his career average is 48.79, and he plays for Pakistan.## Check out the complete list below.## List of the highest career average Rank Average Batsman Innings Runs T20I career span 1 52.73 Virat Kohli 107 4,008 2010–2022 2 48.79 Mohammad Rizwan 69 2,635 2015–2022 3 48.75 Devon Conway 32 1,170 2020–2022 4 44.31 Manish Pandey 33 709 2015–2020 5 44.00 Suryakumar Yadav 40 1,408 2021–2022 Stay Tuned...##

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1532 days ago

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Shikhar Dhawan Named Captain As BCCI Announces ODI and T20I Squad For Sri Lanka Tour

Mumbai, June 10, 2021: The All-India Senior Selection Committee picked the Indian squad for the 3-match ODI series and the 3-match T20I series against Sri Lanka scheduled in the month of July. All matches will be played at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo.## With regular players are in England for the WTC Final and 5-match test series against England, Shikhar Dhawan has been named the captain of both the ODI and T20I series for the Sri Lanka tour. Dhawan remains the only senior player apart from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya, who is not a part of the test squad currently. ## Meanwhile, the absence of regulars means, Devdutt Padikkal making the cut in the limited-overs series for the first time. The left-hander has been in rollicking form in white-ball cricket in the domestic circuit as well as the IPL. Maharashtra and CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad has also been handed his maiden call up along with medium-pacer, Chetan Sakariya who impressed one and all in the first half of IPL 2021. ## India's squad - Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya. ## Net Bowlers - Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh## The white ball tour will start with three ODIs, taking place on July 13, 16, and 18, followed by three T20Is on July 21, 23, and 25 in Colombo. ## Stay tuned...

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1587 days ago

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Hardik Pandya And Shubman Gill Among The Gainers As BCCI Announces Annual Contract List

All-rounder Hardik Pandya has been promoted to Grade A (INR 5 Cr) from Grade B (INR 3 Cr) in the annual contract list released by BCCI on Thursday (April 15) for the time period of October 2020-September 2021. Among the top gainers, Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj, who played a vital role in the series win down under, have been a Grade C (INR 1 Cr) contract along with Axar Patel, who was handed his Test cap during the recently concluded series against England. ## Shardul Thakur, who made an impact in India's incredible tour Down Under, has also seen a jump and promoted to Grade B from C while Bhuvneshwar Kumar's lengthy injury and India's growing list of fast bowlers has seen him demoted to Grade B from A. The leg-spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have also slipped down the contract pecking order, both getting Grade C from B. Manish Pandey and Kedar Jadhav, the two Grade C white-ball players who are now out of favor, have not been given a contract. ## A total of 28 players have been given annual contracts this time, out of them - Grade A to 10 players, Grade B to 5, and Grade C to 10 while Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah have retained their A+ contract (INR 7 cr). ## Check out the full list -## Grade A+ (INR 7 Cr) - Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah## Grade A (INR 5 Cr) - Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma## Grade B (INR 3 Cr) - Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Agarwal## Grade C (INR 1 Cr) - Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal## Stay tuned...

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1615 days ago

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Prasidh Krishna And Suryakumar Yadav Earn Maiden Call-Ups As Team India Squad For England ODIs Has Been Announced

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Indian team squad for the 3-match ODI series against England. Prasidh Krishna, Karnataka pacer, has been handed his maiden India call-up along with Suryakumar Yadav, who recently made his India debut in the T20I series against England and Krunal Pandya. ## Krishna will join the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, T Natarajan, and Shardul Thakur in the pace department. Jasprit Bumrah, who recently got married, is missed out after being on an extended leave. Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja have also not included in the squad as they are yet to fully recover from their injuries. ## The All-India Senior Selection Committee, led by Chetan Sharma has picked a full packed batting unit with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer have all been included along with Rishabh Pant in the squad. Hardik Pandya will perform all-rounder duties with Krunal Pandya, and Washington Sundar while Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav are two specialist spinners in the squad. ## Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarwal, and Sanju Samson who were part of the ODI squad against Australia have been left for the England ODIs. ## Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, and Shardul Thakur.## The ODI series will be played in Pune behind closed doors with first ODI scheduled to be placed on March 23 followed by next two on March 26, and 28. ## Stay tuned...

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1644 days ago

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IPL 2021 Auction: Top Buys | Complete Team Squads

The mini players' auction for the Indian Premier League 2021 took place in Chennai on February 18. A total of 57 players were sold to all eight franchises of which 22 are overseas players and 35 Indian players. ## South African all-rounder, Chris Morris grabbed the gold and becomes the most expensive buy in the history of IPL auction. He has been picked by Rajasthan Royals in INR 16.25 Crores. New Zealand's new sensation Kyle Jamieson also went big and picked up by Royal Challengers Bangalore in INR 15 Crores. RCB also bought Australian all-rounder, Glenn Maxwell in INR 14.25 Crores.## How's that for numbers 💥💥Here are the 🔝5️⃣ buys in the @Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/SPagm8laZo— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021 ## Among the Indian players, Krishnappa Gowtham got the highest price as Chennai Super Kings snatched him in INR 9.25 Crores. He also becomes the most expensive uncapped player in the IPL history. Punjab Kings picked the most number of players with 9 players. ## Here is the list of today's buys and complete team squads - ## 1. ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (RCB) ## Squad: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Josh Philippe (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini## Today's buys: Glenn Maxwell (INR 14.25 Cr), Kyle Jamieson (INR 15 Cr), Sachin Baby (INR 20 L), Rajat Patidar (INR 20 L), Mohammed Azharuddeen (INR 20 L), Suyash Prabhudessai (INR 20 L), K.S. Bharat (INR 20 L), Daniel Christian (INR 4.80 cr)## Slots to fill: 3 [Overseas - 0]## Purse Remaining: INR 35 L## Base Price - INR 75 LacSold for - INR 15 CrKiwi 🇳🇿 pacer Kyle Jamieson heads to @RCBTweets 😎🤙🏻@Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/eReICVL0Bu— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021 ## 2. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (CSK) ## Squad: MS Dhoni (c&wk), Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, KM Asif, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood## Today's buys: Moeen Ali (INR 7 Cr), K Gowtham (INR 9.25 Cr), Cheteshwar Pujara (INR 50 L), M Harisankar Reddy (INR 20 L), K. Bhagath Varma (INR 20 L), C Hari Nishanth (INR 20 L)## Slots to fill: 0## Purse Remaining: INR 2.55 cr## After a three-team bidding war, K Gowtham joined @ChennaiIPL for INR 9.25 Cr. ⚡️⚡️@Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/DO5IMJOOV3— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021 ## 3. RAJASTHAN ROYALS (RR) ## Squad: Sanju Samson (c&wk), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Kartik Tyagi## Today's buys: Chris Morris (INR 16.25 cr), Shivam Dube (INR 4.40 Cr), Mustafizur Rahman (INR 1 cr), Chetan Sakariya (INR 1.20 Cr), Liam Livingstone (INR 75 L), KC Cariappa (INR 20 L), Kuldip Yadav (INR 20 L), Akash Singh (INR 20 L)## Slots to fill: 1 [Overseas - 0]## Purse Remaining: INR 13.65 cr## Base price - INR 75 LacSold for - INR 16.25 Cr@rajasthanroyals win the bidding war to bring @Tipo_Morris on board. 🔥🔥@Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/m5AMqKE1Dy— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021 ## 4. PUNJAB KINGS (PBKS) ## Squad: KL Rahul (c&wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan## Today's buys: Dawid Malan (INR 1.5 cr), Jhye Richardson (INR 14 cr), Shahrukh Khan (INR 5.25 cr), Riley Meredith (INR 8 cr), Moises Henriques (INR 4.20 Cr), Jalaj Saxena (INR 30 L), Utkarsh Singh (INR 20 L), Saurabh Kumar (INR 20 L), Fabian Allen (INR 75 L)## Slots to fill: 0## Purse Remaining: INR 18.80 cr## Riley Meredith makes merry at the #IPLAuction & moves to @PunjabKingsIPL for INR 8 Cr. 👏👏@Vivo_India pic.twitter.com/MZYW9Mczlv— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021 ## 5. MUMBAI INDIANS (MI) Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan## Today's buys: Adam Milne (INR 3.20 Cr), Nathan Coulter-Nile (INR 5 cr), Piyush Chawla (INR 2.40 Cr), James Neesham (INR 50 L), Yudhvir Charak (INR 20 L), Marco Jansen (INR 20 L), Arjun Tendulkar (INR 20 L)## Slots to fill: 0## Purse Remaining: INR 3.65 cr## Coming your way at 150 kmph 🔥💙#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPLAuction @AdamMilne19 pic.twitter.com/cD7tfm4fZG— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 18, 2021 ## 6. SUNRISERS HYDERABAD (SRH)## Squad: David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed## Today's buys: Kedar Jadhav (INR 2 Cr), Jagadeesha Suchith (INR 30 L), Mujeeb-ur-Rahman (INR 1.50 Cr)## Slots to fill: 0## Purse Remaining: INR 6.95 cr## .@JadhavKedar joins @SunRisers for INR 2 Cr. @Vivo_India #IPLAuction— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021 ## 7. KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR)## Squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Seifert (wk), Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier## Today's buys: Shakib Al Hasan (INR 3.20 Cr), Sheldon Jackson (INR 20 L), Harbhajan Singh (INR 2 Cr), Vaibhav Arora (INR 20 L), Karun Nair (INR 50 L), Ben Cutting (INR 75 L), Venkatesh Iyer (INR 20 L), Pawan Negi (INR 50 L)## Slots to fill: 0## Purse Remaining: INR 3.20 cr## .@KKRiders bring @Sah75official on board for INR 3.2 Cr. @Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/VvolLQsVv2— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021 ## 8. DELHI CAPITALS (DCS) ## Squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Prithvi Shaw, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Pravin Dubey## Today's buys: Steve Smith (INR 2.20 Cr), Umesh Yadav (INR 1 cr), Ripal Patel (INR 20 L), Vishnu Vinod (INR 20 L), Lukman Meriwala (INR 20 L), M Siddharth (INR 20 L), Tom Curran (INR 5.25 Cr), Sam Billings (INR 2 Cr)## Slots to fill: 0## Purse Remaining: INR 2.15 cr## .@stevesmith49 moves to @DelhiCapitals for INR 2.20 Cr. @Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/gDoNb1frkV— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021 ## Stay tuned...

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1673 days ago

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IPL 2021: Full List Of Players Released & Retained By Each Franchise | Remaining Purse

Ahead of the Indian Premier League 2021 auction, each of the 8 franchises has released some of their players as Wednesday (January 20) was the last day to submit the players' list to BCCI. Among the big overseas players released by the teams ahead of the auction set to take place in Februry, Steve Smith, Lasith Malinga, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, and Chris Morris are prominant names. ## Chennai Super Kings, which finished second last in the IPL 2020, have released Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, and Murali Vijay while Suresh Raina who didn't play in the IPL 2020 due to personal reasons, has been retained by the team. ## Here is the complete list of released and retained players and the remaining purse - ## Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ## The three-times champions, CSK have released six players from their squad ahead of the auction, among them, Shane Watson, who retired from all forms of cricket after the last season of IPL, is the only foreigner to have not been retained by the MS Dhoni-led side## Released: Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson, Monu Singh, Piyush Chawla, Murali Vijay## Remaining Squad: MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Narayan Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore, Sam Curran## Purse Remaining: INR 22.9 cr## Slots Remaining: 7 (1 overseas)## Mumbai Indians (MI) ## The most successful team of the IPL history with 5 titles to their name, Mumbai Indians have shown faith in Indian players and released almost their entire foreign pace battery apart from Trent Boult ahead of the 2021 IPL auction. The franchise has retained only three other foreign players - Kieron Pollard, Quinton de Kock, and Chris Lynn ## Released: Mitchell McCleneghan, James Pattinson, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai Singh## Remaining Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult## Purse Remaining: INR 15.35 cr## Slots Remaining: 7 (4 overseas)## Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) ## Royal Challengers Bangalore who is searching for their maiden IPL title, have released 10 players - most by any team ahead of the auction. Surprisingly, the Virat Kohli-led side has released Umesh Yadav and Chris Morris from their squad and retained both Adam Zampa and the player he replaced last season, Kane Richardson. ## Released: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parthiv Patel## Remaining Squad: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson## Purse Remaining: INR 35.7 cr.## Slots Remaining: 13 (4 overseas)## Rajasthan Royals (RR) ## Rajasthan Royals, who finished last in the IPL 2020, will be led by a new captain, Sanju Samson after the franchise opted to release Steve Smith ahead of the IPL 2021 auction. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan great, Kumar Sangakkara will join the team as the Director of Cricket.## Released: Steve Smith, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Anirudha Joshi, Shashank Singh## Remaining Squad: Sanju Samson (c), Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Robin Uthappa## Purse Remaining: INR 34.85 cr.## Slots Remaining: 8 (3 overseas)## Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) ## Kings XI Punjab have released two of their most expensive buys - Glenn Maxwell and Sheldon Cottrell ahead of the 2021 IPL auction which has allowed them to go big in the auction with INR 53.20 crores remaining in their purse. Among foreign players, they have also released James Neesham, Mujeeb ur Rahman and Hardus Viljoen, apart from four Indians. ## Released: Glenn Maxwell, Karun Nair, Hardus Viljoen, Jagadeesha Suchith, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Sheldon Cottrell, Jimmy Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Tajinder Singh## Remaining Squad: KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel## Purse Remaining: INR 53.2 cr.## Slots Remaining: 9 (5 overseas)## Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ## Two-times champions, KKR will go into the auction with a 17-member squad after releasing only 5 players including Tom Banton and Chris Green as the two foreigners ahead of the auction. ## Released: M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Chris Green, Tom Banton## Remaining Squad: Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan (c), Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Ali Khan, Tim Seifert## Purse Remaining: INR 10.85 cr.## Slots Remaining: 7 (1 overseas)## Delhi Capitals (DCs) ## Delhi Capitals have released five players including three foreigners from their squad that reached the final last season. They have only one wicketkeeper - Rishabh Pant - retained in the side after having released Alex Carey. ## Released: Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy## Remaining Squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Daniels Sams, Anrich Nortje, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes## Purse Remaining: INR 12.8 cr.## Slots Remaining: 6 (2 overseas)## Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ## SRH, who finished 3rd in the last season, have released only five players including Billy Stanlake and Fabian Allen who didn't play a single game for the team in 2020. Yarra Prithviraj, who had come in as a replacement for Bhuvneshwar Kumar last season after the veteran pacer had suffered an injury early in the tournament, has also been released. ## Released: Sanjay Yadav, B Sandeep, Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Yarra Prithviraj## Remaining Squad: David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh## Purse Remaining: INR 10.75 cr.## Slots Remaining: 3 (1 overseas)## Stay tuned...

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Virat Kohli To Return India After The First Test Against Australia; Rohit Sharma Included In Test Squad

Team India captain, Virat Kohli who is expecting his first child with Anushka Sharma in January is all set to miss the last three Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Test series starting from December 17 against Australia. ## At the selection committee meeting held on October 26th, 2020, Virat Kohli had informed the BCCI about his plans to return to India after the first Test in Adelaide. The BCCI has granted paternity leave to the Indian captain. He will return after the first Test against Australia in Adelaide. ## On the other hand, Rohit Sharma who was left out from all three squads in the initial team selection has been included in the Test squad after BCCI received a medical update of his fitness. However, BCCI has decided to rest him for the ODIs and T20Is in Australia to regain full fitness. ## The Selection Committee also has added Sanju Samson as an additional wicket-keeper to India’s ODI squad while Varun Chakravarthy who was included in the T20 squad has been ruled out of the series owing to a shoulder injury. ## Ishant Sharma who has been undergoing his rehab at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru will be added to India's Test squad once he fully recovers and gains sufficient match fitness. Thangarasu Natarajan gets his maiden India call-up after an impressive IPL 2020 season. He has been included in the T20I squad.## The revised squads are as below:## Team India T20I squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan.## Team India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain & wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper).## Team India Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj.##

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BCCI Announces Tests, ODIs, And T20Is Squads For Australia Tour; Rohit Sharma Not Named

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Monday (October 26) have announced the team India's squads for the Tests, ODIs, and T20Is for the Australia tour. The regular vice-captain in white-ball cricket, Rohit Sharma hasn't been named in any of the squads due to the injury along with Ishant Sharma. ## The Senior Selection Committee headed by Sunil Joshi have named 28 players that'll feature across the three formats in Australia. Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma's progress, a BCCI media release states, will continue to be monitored by a medical team.## KL Rahul has been named in India's Test squad for the forthcoming four-Test Border-Gavaskar series against Australia at the end of the year. Rahul is joined by fellow Test returnee Kuldeep Yadav while seamer Mohammed Siraj gets a call-up in an 18-member Test squad.## India is going with full packed pace attack in Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah along with Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, and Mohammed Siraj. BCCI has also announced that 4 additional bowlers - Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kartik Tyagi, Ishan Porel, and T. Natarajan - will travel with the Indian contingent.## NEWS - Four additional bowlers - Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kartik Tyagi, Ishan Porel and T. Natarajan - will travel with the Indian contingent.The BCCI Medical Team will continue to monitor the progress of Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma. #AUSvIND— BCCI (@BCCI) October 26, 2020 ## Test Squad: Virat Kohli (C), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj. ## Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who limped out of IPL 2020 with a leg injury, will not be part of the traveling contingent to Australia. The swing bowler, who has been beset by injury problems since the start of 2018, had been named in the 50-over squad for the series against South Africa which was eventually called off due to the Coronavirus pandemic.## Rishabh Pant and Prithvi Shaw have been axed from the ODI squad after their poor run in the ongoing IPL. They have also been removed from the T20I squad as well. KL Rahul will be Virat Kohli's deputy in ODIs and T2OIs. ## ODI Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vc&wk), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur.## Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy who has been impressive in the IPL 2020 has received his maiden India call-up for the three T20Is. The Tamil Nadu player picked up a five-wicket haul against Delhi Capitals on Saturday and has overall taken 12 wickets at an impressive economy rate of 7.05. He replaces Kuldeep Yadav as the fourth spinner in the 16-man squad.## Rohit Sharma's absence has also given Mayank Agarwal a spot in the shortest format for the very first time. The 29-year-old opener has lit up the IPL this season scoring almost 400 runs in the 10 games he has played so far with a hundred. Hardik Pandya also returns for the limited-overs series. ## T20I Squad: Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (VC & WK), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy. ## India will start their tour on November 27 with three T20Is, followed by three ODIs and four Tests later on. India became the first Asian team to win a Test series in Australia when they toured down under in 2018-19 and now, will have a chance to retain the Border-Gavaskar series. ## Stay tuned...

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IPL 2020: Sunrisers Hyderabad Full Schedule

The winner of the 2016 season, Sunrisers Hyderabad will kick-start their IPL 2020 campaign against Royal Challengers Bangalore on September 21 in Dubai. ## The Kane Williamson-led side will play 8 out of 14 league matches in Dubai, 3 in Abu Dhabi, and 3 matches in Sharjah. The team is scheduled to play 3-afternoon games.## Here is Sunrisers Hyderabad full schedule DATEOPPONENTVENUETIME [IST] 21-Sep Royal Challengers Bangalore Dubai 7:30 PM 26-Sep Kolkata Knight Riders Abu Dhabi 7:30 PM 29-Sep Delhi Capitals Abu Dhabi 7:30 PM 2-Oct Chennai Super Kings Dubai 7:30 PM 4-Oct Mumbai Indians Sharjah 3:30 PM 8-Oct Kings XI Punjab Dubai 7:30 PM 11-Oct Rajasthan Royals Dubai 3:30 PM 13-Oct Chennai Super Kings Dubai 7:30 PM 18-Oct Kolkata Knight Riders Abu Dhabi 3:30 PM 22-Oct Rajasthan Royals Dubai 7:30 PM 24-Oct Kings XI Punjab Dubai 7:30 PM 27-Oct Delhi Capitals Dubai 7:30 PM 31-Oct Royal Challengers Bangalore Sharjah 7:30 PM 03-Nov Mumbai Indians Sharjah 7:30 PM ## Full Squad - David Warner, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Mitchell Marsh, T. Natarajan, Billy Stanlake, Sanjay Yadav, Sandeep Bavanaka, Abdul Samad, Fabian Allen ## Stay tuned...