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New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma, the two massive uncapped Indian signings made by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction, expressed their excitement to play under Indian and CSK icon MS Dhoni. Prashant and Karthik became the joint-most-expensive uncapped Indian players to be signed by an IPL franchise, getting Rs 14.20 crores each from CSK during the IPL Auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Speaking on JioStar during the ' ...Read More >
Mumbai, December 16: Mumbai-based cricketer and former Delhi Capitals opener Prithvi Shaw has been proved lucky in his third auction attempt during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Auction held at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Prithvi Shaw was brought for auction twice and he remained unsold for both times as no team showed interest in adding him to their squad. However, the third attempt proved to be lucky for him as his former team Delhi Capitals came to his rescue and bought ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a stunning move, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has acquired Rajasthan's wicketkeeper-batter Kartik Sharma for a whopping Rs. 14.2 crore at the IPL 2026 auction. The 19-year-old cricketer's base price was just Rs. 30 lakh, making this a 47.3x jump in value. Sharma's explosive lower-order hitting in domestic white-ball cricket caught CSK's attention, particularly in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he scored 133 runs in five matches at a strike rate of over 160. With Ravindra Jadeja a ...Read More >
Chennai Super Kings have hedged their bets on two youngsters in the IPL 2026 Auction. With the second highest purse on the auction, CSK smashed the record for the most expensive uncapped player twice, spending ₹14.20 Crore each on Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma. The latter is a keeper batter, having impressed with his hitting skills in domestic cricket. Chennai Super Kings have hedged their bets on two youngsters in the IPL 2026 Auction. With the second highest purse on the auction, CSK smash ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Though Cameron became the most expensive overseas buy in the Indian Premier League history after fetching a staggering Rs 25.20 crore bid from three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), the Australian all-rounder will only take home Rs 18 crore, in accordance with the new "maximum fee" rule. The rule was introduced last year to address the shared concern of franchises that some overseas players were registering solely at mini auctions to exploit the sup ...Read More >
Sarfaraz Khan sent a stunning message to the franchises ahead of the IPL 2026 Auction with an 18-ball half-century for Mumbai during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Super League B match against Haryana on Sunday. It was a brilliant knock from the batter as he scored 64 off just 25 deliveries with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. The knock was filled with some cheeky ramps and lap shots off the left-armer Ishant Bhardwaj. The aggressive innings came at the right moment for Sarfaraz, who will be looki ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) India all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer delivered a timely reminder of his credentials with a polished 70 off 43 deliveries for Madhya Pradesh in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Elite 2025 Super League Group A fixture against Punjab at the DY Patil Academy, Ambi, Pune, on Tuesday. His innings was laced with eight boundaries and two sixes, underlining his ability to control the tempo in the middle order. The performance came just a few hours before the IPL 2026 auction, se ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) could look to buy England's batting all-rounder Liam Livingstone at the IPL 2026 auction to bolster their lower-order firepower, said former India batter Mohammad Kaif. The IPL 2026 auction will be held at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi Tuesday, and they come in with a purse of Rs 22.95 crore to fill six slots, four of which are for roping in overseas players. With David Miller released ahead of the auction, LSG's primary goal will be to get a player who f ...Read More >
Star Indian batter Abhishek Sharma is 87 runs away from breaking Virat Kohli's nine-year-old record of scoring the most T20 runs in a calendar year. The latter set the T20 benchmark in 2016 with 1,614 runs from 31 games at a stunning average of 89.66, featuring four hundreds and 14 half-centuries. Abhishek now sits just 87 runs shy of eclipsing that record. This year, he has scored 1,533 runs in 39 T20s at an average of 41.43, including three hundreds and nine fifties. Abhishek is all set to p ...Read More >
The SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) are on the back of a poor Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign where they were nowhere in the playoff reckoning. The Orange Army will thus have some work to do at the 2026 auction on Tuesday, December 16. SRH have a decent purse, having traded away Mohammed Shami and released a host of underperforming players. While their core remains intact, there are a few key slots in the playing XII that need to be filled. Players released: Mohammed Shami (traded to LSG), Atha ...Read More >
Mumbai: With the Indian Premier League introducing a stricter rule for overseas players barring them from entering the following mini auction if they skipped the mega auction, only a limited set of international stars are available for Tuesday's auction at Abu Dhabi. The IPL introduced the rule to curb manipulation by overseas players i.e. getting a bigger purse at the mini auction because of the limited pool of players in the fray. As a consequence, at this mini auction there will be a lot of ...Read More >
Suryakumar Yadav's average in T20Is in 2025 has reduced to a paltry 14.20 with two matches against South Africa remaining. Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday acknowledged the shortage of runs from him but India's T20I skipper did not count it as lack of form, saying that runs will come sooner than later. Suryakumar made an 11-ball 12 in India's seven-wicket win over South Africa in the third T20I in Dharamsala before getting out to Lungi Ngidi. It extended his run of low scores to 21 innings, with the ...Read More >
Tilak Varma is emerging as a T20I run-chase specialist, boasting the second-highest average among Test-playing nations behind Virat Kohli. Currently in good form against South Africa, Varma has expressed his flexibility to bat anywhere in the order for the team's benefit. Indian batter Tilak Varma has emerged as one of the most reliable batters in T20Is, boasting the second-highest batting average in run-chases among players from Test-playing nations with a minimum of 500 T20I runs, behind only ...Read More >
"When the runs have to come, they'll come. Not out of form, definitely out of runs," said Suryakumar Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday acknowledged the shortage of runs from him but India's T20I skipper did not count it as lack of form, saying that runs will come sooner than later. Suryakumar made an 11-ball 12 in India's seven-wicket win over South Africa in the third T20I here before getting out to Lungi Ngidi. It extended his run of low scores to 21 innings, with the exceptions being his 75 against ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Shubman Gill's dipping form and his strike rate at the top order are a genuine concern for Team India ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, as per Wisden. Team India, the defending champions of the T20 World Cup, began their road to 2026 on a positive note. After lifting the title in the 2024 edition, the Men in Blue won 17 of their next 20 T20I games. India crossed the 200-run mark eight times, smashed 220 on five occasions, and exceeded 245 on three occas ...Read More >
Current India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has added another milestone to his illustrious career, becoming the highest run-scorer for Mumbai in T20 cricket. He surpassed former Mumbai Indians star Aditya Tare's record, moving to the top of the charts with 1,717 runs. Suryakumar's tally, built over 71 matches, has come at an impressive strike rate of 145.38 and includes nine half-centuries, with his highest score being an unbeaten 94. Suryakumar Yadav is playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy fo ...Read More >
Richa Ghosh, who hit the most sixes in the tournament (12), shared her future ambitions and spoke about the changing landscape of Indian cricket. Thousands lined the streets of Siliguri on Friday to give a grand welcome to local hero Richa Ghosh, Bengal's world-winning cricketer, following the Indian Women's Cricket team's victory over South Africa in the World Cup. The celebration began at Bagdogra airport, where a huge crowd gathered, greeting her with drums as she was driven in a hooded jee ...Read More >
Siliguri, Nov 7 (PTI) The streets of Siliguri turned into a sea of celebration on Friday as thousands came out to greet hometown star Richa Ghosh, Bengal's first-ever World Cup-winning cricketer, after India's historic triumph at the Women's World Cup. Cheers, drums and chants filled the air as the 22-year-old wicketkeeper-batter emerged from Bagdogra airport, standing atop an open jeep that made its way through the city to Baghajatin Park, where a grand felicitation awaited. The entire route ...Read More >
Phoebe Litchfield is the first to admit that she is no stranger to impostor syndrome. But after going from teenage prodigy to an established Australian opener in the space of a few years, any feeling of not belonging is quickly fading. Litchfield will on Thursday experience a rare full-circle moment at age 22, when Australia take to DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai against India. It's the same ground where Litchfield made her Australian debut three years ago, walking out in a T20 as a 19-year-old w ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 30 (ANI): Australian opener Phoebe Litchfield made history for her team during the ICC Cricket World Cup semifinal against India, becoming the youngest player to hit a century in a Women's World Cup knockout match and the second-youngest centurion for Australia in the tournament's history. After Australia elected to bat first at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium, Litchfield, along with an experienced Ellyse Perry, helped the Aussies overcome the early los ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Ahead of the first T20 against Australia, former Team Indian assistant coach Abhishek Nayar reflected on India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav's poor form with the bat. BCCI passed down the captaincy mantle to Suryakumar after Rohit Sharma hung up his boots in the T20Is following the conclusion of India's unbeaten T20 World Cup-winning campaign last year. With the captaincy responsibilities on his shoulders, the 34-year-old has played 22 T20 matches, scoring ...Read More >
Prithvi Shaw has slowly started to find his mojo back as he slammed his first ton for Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy encounter against Chandigarh on Monday. Shaw took just 72 balls to reach the three-digit mark, which was his 14th First-Class hundred. Shaw had scored 8 off 9 balls in the first essay. This is also the sixth-fastest ton in Ranji Trophy. Shaw endured a forgettable start to Ranji Trophy while debuting for Maharashtra. He got out for duck in the first innings of the previous match ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): India's opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal is set to feature for Mumbai's Elite Group D fixture against Rajasthan in Jaipur in the third round of the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy, scheduled to commence on November 1. Jaiswal was a part of India's recently concluded three-match ODI series in Australia. He toured with the team but didn't get the opportunity to play in a single fixture. With India set to host World Test Champions South Africa for two Tests from November 1 ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): India head coach Gautam Gambhir isn't concerned about T20I captain Suyrakumar Yadav's dry run with the bat, considering they have adopted an "ultra-aggressive template" that is bound to lead to failures, and the management isn't focused on individual runs. For Gambhir, when Suryakumar finds his purple patch, he will shoulder the responsibility. The management passed down the captaincy mantle to Suryakumar after Rohit Sharma hung up his boots in the T20Is fol ...Read More >
Kolkata: The mesmerising thing about Rohit Sharma in one-day cricket isn't so much about his runs and records but how after so many years he can still be in complete control of the tempo he decides to set in the first place. There was the phase of daddy hundreds when Rohit was intent on exploiting the length and breadth of one-day innings, securing a record three double centuries and innumerable wins for India in the process. Had he not moved out of that mode, he would have had more than his 33 ...Read More >
Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who missed the Asia Cup 2025 final against Pakistan and the ongoing white-ball series in Australia, is all set to make a comeback for Team India next month. According to a report in the Times of India on Wednesday (October 22), Pandya will spend the next four weeks at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru and is expected to be fit for the limited overs series against the South African team. The Proteas will travel to India next month and play two Tests ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In a masterclass of power and determination, Indian batting star Rohit Sharma brought up his 50th international century during India's successful chase of 237 against Australia in the third ODI at Sydney on Sunday. With this, he became only the third Indian batter -- and the 10th overall in cricket history -- to reach this landmark.After a disappointing eight-run outing in Perth, Rohit gradually regained form with a patient 73 off 97 balls in Adelaide. He then unleashed his full arsen ...Read More >
Team India batter Tilak Varma recalled his maiden interaction with legend and former Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma. Tilak made his IPL debut with MI in the 2022 season and has been with them ever since. The left-hander opened up on how it took three days before he could meet Rohit at the team hotel. He revealed that the former captain did not come to the hotel for the first two days. On the third day, he saw Rohit with his family near the breakfast area. As he was scared and nervous, ...Read More >
'We are well aware that a three-figure mark hasn't come in this World Cup.' IMAGE: Heading into the do-or-die match against New Zealand in the Women's ODI World Cup on Thursday, the strike-rate of top-order batters Pratika Rawal and Harleen Deol remains a big concern for India. Photograph: ANI Photo Head coach Amol Muzumdar on Wednesday threw his weight behind under-fire Indian batters, whose patchy run has left the hosts struggling in their effort to reach the semifinals of the Women's World ...Read More >
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians are reportedly looking to trade Ishan Kishan back into their fold from the Sunrisers Hyderabad, a year after they released him ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. One might see this as a move for the franchise to prepare for the next few years with opener Rohit Sharma at the fag end of his career. As per The Times of India, Mumbai have approached Hyderabad ahead of the IPL 2026 auction to re-sign Ishan, but no deal has been finalised yet. Not only Mumbai, but ...Read More >
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