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1603 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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1660 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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1689 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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1823 days ago

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IPL 2020: Chennai Super Kings Full Schedule

3 times winners, Chennai Super Kings will take on Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener on September 19 in Abu Dhabi. ## The MS Dhoni-led side will play 7 out of 14 league matches in Dubai, 4 in Abu Dhabi, and 3 matches in Sharjah. The team is scheduled to play 2-afternoon games.## Here is Chennai Super Kings full schedule DATEOPPONENTVENUETIME [IST] 19-Sep Mumbai Indians Abu Dhabi 7:30 PM 22-Sep Rajasthan Royals Sharjah 7:30 PM 25-Sep Delhi Capitals Dubai 7:30 PM 2-Oct Sunrisers Hyderabad Dubai 7:30 PM 4-Oct Kings XI Punjab Dubai 7:30 PM 7-Oct Kolkata Knight Riders Abu Dhabi 7:30 PM 10-Oct Royal Challengers Banglore Dubai 7:30 PM 13-Oct Sunrisers Hyderabad Dubai 7:30 PM 17-Oct Delhi Capitals Sharjah 7:30 PM 19-Oct Rajasthan Royals Abu Dhabi 7:30 PM 23-Oct Mumbai Indians Sharjah 7:30 PM 25-Oct Royal Challengers Banglore Dubai 3:30 PM 29-Oct Kolkata Knigh Riders Dubai 7:30 PM 01-Nov Kings XI Punjab Abu Dhabi 3:30 PM ## Full Squad - MS Dhoni (wk), Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, N Jagadeesan (wk), M Vijay, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, Sam Curran, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore ## Stay tuned...

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2087 days ago

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IPL 2020 Auction: Top Buys, Team Squads

The player auction for the Indian Premier League took place in Kolkata, West Bengal on December 19 (Thursday). Australian fast bowler and ranked 1st in ICC Test Ranking Pat Cummins becomes the most expensive player in the auction 2019 and second most expensive in the history of the IPL as he bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in INR 15.50 Cr. ## Here is the list of the top picks in Auction (Team-wise) & team squad - ## Kolkata Knight Riders PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Pat Cummins Australia Bowler 15.50 Eoin Morgan England Batsman 5.25 Rahul Tripathi India Batsman 0.60 Varun Chakravarthy India Bowler 4.00 Manimaran Siddharth India Bowler 0.20 Tom Banton England WK-Batsman 1.00 Chris Green Australia Bowler 0.20 Pravin Tambe India Bowler 0.20 Nikhil Naik India WK-Batsman 0.20 ## Full Squad - Shubman Gill, Siddesh Lad, Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (C, WK), Rinku Singh, Eoin Morgan, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Harry Gurney, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Pravin Tambe, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Pat Cummins, Manimaran Siddharth, Tom Banton, Chris Green, Nikhil Naik ## ---------------------------------------- ## Royal Challengers Bangalore PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Chris Morris South Africa All-Rounder 10.00 Aaron Finch Australia Batsman 4.40 Joshua Philippe Australia WK-Batsman 0.20 Kane Richardson Australia Bowler 4.00 Pavan Deshpande India All-Rounder 0.20 Dale Steyn South Africa Bowler 2.00 Isuru Udana Sri Lanka All-Rounder 0.50 Shahbaz Ahmed India WK-Batsman 0.20 ## Full Squad - Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Parthiv Patel (wk), Aaron Finch, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Joshua Philippe, Kane Richardson, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn ## ---------------------------------------- ## Delhi Capitals PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Jason Roy England Batsman 1.50 Alex Carey Australia WK-Batsman 2.40 Chris Woakes England All-Rounder 1.50 Shimron Hetmyer West Indies Batsman 7.75 Mohit Sharma India Bowler 0.50 Marcus Stoinis Australia All-Rounder 4.80 Tushar Deshpande India All-Rounder 0.20 Lalit Yadav India All-Rounder 0.20 ## Full Squad - Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Rishabh Pant (wk), Alex Carey (wk), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Keemo Paul, Avesh Khan, Shimron Hetmyer, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Tushar Deshpande, Lalit Yadav## ---------------------------------------- ## Rajasthan Royals PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Robin Uthappa India Batsman 3.00 David Miller South Africa Batsman 0.75 Yashasvi Jaiswal India All-Rounder 2.40 Anuj Rawat India WK-Batsman 0.80 Jaydev Unadkat India Bowler 3.00 Akash Singh India Bowler 0.20 Kartik Tyagi India Bowler 1.30 Anirudha Joshi India Batsman 0.20 Oshane Thomas West Indies Bowler 0.50 Andrew Tye Australia Bowler 1.00 Tom Curran England All-Rounder 1.00 ## Full Squad - Jos Buttler (wk), Steve Smith, Sanju Samson (wk), Manan Vohra, Robin Uthappa, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat (wk), Riyan Parag, Ben Stokes, Mahipal Lomror, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Anirudha Joshi, Oshane Thomas, Tom Curran, Andrew Tye ## ---------------------------------------- ## Chennai Super Kings PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Piyush Chawla India Bolwer 6.75 Sam Curran England All-Rounder 5.50 Josh Hazlewood Australia Bowler 2.00 R Sai Kishore India Bowler 0.20 ## Full Squad - MS Dhoni (wk), Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, N Jagadeesan (wk), M Vijay, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, Sam Curran, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore ## ---------------------------------------- ## Mumbai Indians PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Nathan Coulter-Nile Australia Bowler 8.00 Chris Lynn Australia Batsman 2.00 Saurabh Tiwary India Batsman 0.50 Digvijay Deshmukh India Bowler 0.20 Mohsin Khan India Bowler 0.20 ## Full Squad - Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aditya Tare (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan, Sherfane Rutherford, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Saurabh Tiwary, Digvijay Deshmukh, Mohsin Khan, Chris Lynn ## ---------------------------------------- ## Kings XI Punjab PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Glenn Maxwell Australia All-Rounder 10.75 Sheldon Cottrell West Indies Bowler 8.50 James Neesham New Zealand All-Rounder 0.50 Deepak Hooda India Batsman 0.50 Ravi Bishnoi India Bowler 2.00 Ishan Porel India Bowler 0.20 Chris Jordan England Bowler 3.00 Tajinder Dhillon India All-Rounder 0.20 Prabhsimran Singh India WK-Batsman 0.55 ## Full Squad - KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, K. Gowtham, J. Suchith, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Sheldon Cottrell, Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Porel, James Neesham, Chris Jordan, Tajinder Dhillon, Prabhsimran Singh ## ---------------------------------------- ## Sunrisers Hyderabad PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Virat Singh India Batsman 1.90 Priyam Garg India Batsman 1.90 Mitchell Marsh Australia All-Rounder 2.00 Sanjay Yadav India Batsman 0.20 Sandeep Bavanaka India All-Rounder 0.20 Abdul Samad India All-Rounder 0.20 Fabian Allen West Indies All-Rounder 0.50 ## 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 ## Follow for more...

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2335 days ago

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BCCI Announced Team India Squad For The World Cup 2019

Ambati Rayudu who was India's number 4 before the start of the Indian Premier League 2019 has been dropped from the World Cup 2019 squad as the BCCI has announced the 15-member squad on Monday (April 15). ## KL Rahul who was dropped from the ODI set up after the controversial talk show incident has been included in the 15-member squad as a backup opener for Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. Ravindra Jadeja also rewarded for his brilliant all-round form in IPL 2019. Dinesh Karthik will be as a backup wicketkeeper for MS Dhoni. Rishabh Pant also was discussed in the meeting but selectors go with the experience of Dinesh Karthik.## "Definitely a case where we debated in length. We all were in unison that either pant or DK will come in only when Mahi is injured. In an important game, wicket keeping is also important. That’s the reason we went with Dinesh Karthik" - MSK Prasad said## Ambati Rayudu who was the first choice at number 4 but his recent form including IPL has been really poor and that cost him his spot. Vijay Shankar or Dinesh Karthik likely to bat at number 4. ## "We did give a few more chances to Rayudu but Vijay Shankar gives three dimensions. He can bat, if the conditions are overcast he can bowl, plus he is a [good] fielder," MSK Prasad said added.## The selectors have included three genuine pacers along with Hardik Pandya. Mohammed Shami who has shown brilliantly form in white ball cricket in recent time has given a chance into the World Cup squad. The other two pacers are Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal will be two guanine spinners. Both have been brilliant for India in the last one and a half year.## India’s squad: Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami## India will start their World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5.## Follow for more...

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World Cup 2019: Teams' Squad And Schedule

With the World Cup, 2019 is just one and a half months away from taking place in England and Wales, all the teams are looking for the best combination for the mega event. After West Indies announced their squad on Wednesday (April 24), all ten teams have named their squad for the mega event. The deadline for submitting the team squad was 30th April. A few days ago New Zealand became the first to announce their team for the 12th edition of ICC's biggest tournament.## This time, the tournament will be played as Round-robin league where all ten teams will play against each other at least once. The top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals which are scheduled to play on 9th and 11th of July whereas final will be played on 14th July.## Here Is The Complete Schedule Of The World Cup 2019 Match No.Date & TimeTeamsVenue 1st May 30, Thu, 3:00 PM England vs South Africa Kennington Oval, London 2nd May 31, Fri, 3:00 PM Windies vs Pakistan Trent Bridge, Nottingham 3rd Jun 01, Sat, 3:00 PM New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 4th Jun 01, Sat, 6:00 PM Afghanistan vs Australia County Ground, Bristol 5th Jun 02, Sun, 3:00 PM South Africa vs Bangladesh Kennington Oval, London 6th Jun 03, Mon, 3:00 PM England vs Pakistan Trent Bridge, Nottingham 7th Jun 04, Tue, 3:00 PM Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 8th Jun 05, Wed, 3:00 PM South Africa vs India The Rose Bowl, Southampton 9th Jun 05, Wed, 6:00 PM Bangladesh vs New Zealand Kennington Oval, London 10th Jun 06, Thu, 3:00 PM Australia vs Windies Trent Bridge, Nottingham 11th Jun 07, Fri, 3:00 PM Pakistan vs Sri Lanka County Ground, Bristol 12th Jun 08, Sat, 3:00 PM England vs Bangladesh Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 13th Jun 08, Sat, 6:00 PM Afghanistan vs New Zealand The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton 14th Jun 09, Sun, 3:00 PM India vs Australia Kennington Oval, London 15th Jun 10, Mon, 3:00 PM South Africa vs Windies The Rose Bowl, Southampton 16th Jun 11, Tue, 3:00 PM Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka County Ground, Bristol 17th Jun 12, Wed, 3:00 PM Australia vs Pakistan The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton 18th Jun 13, Thu, 3:00 PM India vs New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham 19th Jun 14, Fri, 3:00 PM England vs Windies The Rose Bowl, Southampton 20th Jun 15, Sat, 3:00 PM Sri Lanka vs Australia Kennington Oval, London 21st Jun 15, Sat, 6:00 PM South Africa vs Afghanistan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 22nd Jun 16, Sun, 3:00 PM India vs Pakistan Old Trafford, Manchester 23rd Jun 17, Mon, 3:00 PM Windies vs Bangladesh The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton 24th Jun 18, Tue, 3:00 PM England vs Afghanistan Old Trafford, Manchester 25th Jun 19, Wed, 3:00 PM New Zealand vs South Africa Edgbaston, Birmingham 26th Jun 20, Thu, 3:00 PM Australia vs Bangladesh Trent Bridge, Nottingham 27th Jun 21, Fri, 3:00 PM England vs Sri Lanka Headingley, Leeds 28th Jun 22, Sat, 3:00 PM India vs Afghanistan The Rose Bowl, Southampton 29th Jun 22, Sat, 6:00 PM Windies vs New Zealand Old Trafford, Manchester 30th Jun 23, Sun, 3:00 PM Pakistan vs South Africa Lord's, London 31st Jun 24, Mon, 3:00 PM Bangladesh vs Afghanistan The Rose Bowl, Southampton 32nd Jun 25, Tue, 3:00 PM England vs Australia Lord's, London 33rd Jun 26, Wed, 3:00 PM New Zealand vs Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham 34th Jun 27, Thu, 3:00 PM Windies vs India Old Trafford, Manchester 35th Jun 28, Fri, 3:00 PM Sri Lanka vs South Africa Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 36th Jun 29, Sat, 3:00 PM Pakistan vs Afghanistan Headingley, Leeds 37th Jun 29, Sat, 6:00 PM New Zealand vs Australia Lord's, London 38th Jun 30, Sun, 3:00 PM England vs India Edgbaston, Birmingham 39th Jul 1, Mon, 3:00 PM Sri Lanka vs Windies Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 40th Jul 2, Tue, 3:00 PM Bangladesh vs India Edgbaston, Birmingham 41st Jul 3, Wed, 3:00 PM England vs New Zealand Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 42nd Jul 4, Thu, 3:00 PM Afghanistan vs Windies Headingley, Leeds 43rd Jul 5, Fri, 3:00 PM Pakistan vs Bangladesh Lord's, London 44th Jul 6, Sat, 3:00 PM Sri Lanka vs India Headingley, Leeds 45th Jul 6, Sat, 6:00 PM Australia vs South Africa Old Trafford, Manchester 1st Semi-Final Jul 09, Tue, 3:00 PM TBC vs TBC (1 v 4) Old Trafford, Manchester 2nd Semi-Final Jul 11, Thu, 3:00 PM TBC vs TBC (2 v 3) Edgbaston, Birmingham Final Jul 14, Sun, 3:00 PM TBC vs TBC Lord's, London ## Here Are The Teams' Squad For The World Cup:## New Zealand squad - Kane Williamson (C), Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (WK), Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor## Australia squad - Aaron Finch (C), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (WK), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa## India squad - Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (WK), Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami## Bangladesh squad - Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Shakib Al Hasan (VC), Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Mithun, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosaddek Hossain, Abu Jayed## England squad - Eoin Morgan (c), Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, James Vince, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood## Sri Lanka squad - Dimuth Karunaratne (C), Avishka Fernando, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera (wk), Kusal Mendis, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Malinda Siriwardana, Angelo Mathews, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Jeffrey Vandersay, Nuwan Pradeep## South Africa squad -Faf du Plessis (C), JP Duminy, David Miller, Dale Steyn, Andile Phehlukwayo, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada, Dwaine Pretorius, Quinton de Kock, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Hashim Amla, Tabraiz Shamsi.## Pakistan Squad - Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Haris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Hasnain## Afghansistan Squad - Gulbadin Naib (C), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman## West Indies Squad - Jason Holder (c), Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Evin Lewis, Fabian Allen, Kemar Roach, Nicholas Pooran, Oshane Thomas, Shai Hope, Shannon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer## Follow for more...

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2358 days ago

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IPL 2019 Stats and Records: IPL's First

Here are the first things happened in Indian Premier League 2019. Who faced the first ball in IPL 2019? Who took the first wicket in IPL 2019? Who took the first hat trick in IPL 2019? Who bowled the first maiden in IPL 2019? Who faced the first free hit in IPL 2019? Who bagged the first Golden Duck in IPL 2019? Who hit first six in IPL 2019? Who hit first four in IPL 2019? ## Here is everything about that occurred very first in IPL 2019! ## First Match – Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (CSK vs RCB) ## First Venue – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai ## First Toss won – Chennai Super Kings ## First Match won - Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets (71/3) vs RCB ## Batting in IPL 2019 ## First Run – Virat Kohli off the 1st ball in IPL 2019. ## First Four – Parthiv Patel off Deepak Chahar ## First Six – Moeen Ali off Harbhajan Singh ## First Batsman Dismissed – Virat Kohli off Ravindra Jadeja ## First Duck – Shimron Hetmyer ## First Golden Duck – Rashid Khan c & b Alzarri Joseph (SRH vs MI Match No. 19)## First Free hit faced – Virat Kohli off Deepak Chahar ## First Batsman Caught – Virat Kohli by Ravindra Jadeja ## First Batsman Bowled – Umesh Yadav off Ravindra Jadeja ## First Batsman Run Out – Shimron Hetmyer by Suresh Raina ## First Batsman LBW – Nitish Rana off Rashid Khan ## First Batsman Stumped – Mitchell McClenaghan (MI)## First 50 – David Warner (85 off 53 SRH vs KKR Match No. 2) ## First 100 – Sanju Samson (102 off 55 RR vs SRH Match No. 8) ## First 150 – None ## Bowing in IPL 2019 ## First Delivery – Chahar to Virat Kohli ## First Wicket – Harbhajan Singh, dismissed Virat Kohli ## First Maiden – Imran Tahir ## First 3 wicket haul – Harbhajan Singh (3/20) ## First 4 wicket haul – Yuzvendra Chahal (4/38 vs MI) ## First 5 wicket haul – Alzarri Joseph (MI vs SRH) ## First 6 wicket haul – Alzarri Joseph (MI vs SRH) ## First Hat Trick – Sam Curran (KXIP vs DC) ## First bowler to concede 50 or more runs in a match – Sam Curran (52 runs in 4 overs)## First bowler to concede 60 or more runs in a match – None ## Extras in IPL 2019 ## First Extra – Leg Bye by Harbhajan Singh to Parthiv Patel ## First Wide – Navdeep Saini to Kedar Jadhav ## First No Ball – Chahar to Virat Kohli ## First Byes – Ferguson (KKR) to Yusuf Pathan (SRH) 1 Bye, Match No. 2 ## Partnerships in IPL 2019 ## First, 50 runs Partnership in IPL 2019 – Nitish Rana and Robin Uthappa (80 runs for the second wicket) KKR vs SRH Match No. 2 ## First, 100 runs Partnership in IPL 2019 – David Warner and Jonny Bairstow (118 runs for the first wicket) SRH vs KRR Match No. 2 ## First, 150 runs Partnership in IPL 2019 – David Warner and Jonny Bairstow (185 runs for the first wicket) SRH vs RCB Match No. 11 ## First 200 runs Partnership in IPL 2019 – None ## Teams in IPL 2019 ## The first team to score 200 runs in a match – Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians (213/6) ## The first team to be dismissed in less than 100 in a match – Royal Challengers Bangalore (70 vs CSK) ## First team to score over 200 runs while chasing – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore ## First team to chase a target of 150 or more – KKR (183-4 / 19.4 Overs) vs SRH (181-3 /20 overs) Match No. 2 ## First team to chase a target of 200 or more – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore ## Matches in IPL 2019 ## The first match to be tied – Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Capitals won in super over) ## First match won by 1 run – RCB vs CSK ## First match won by 1 wicket – None ## First match won by 2 wickets – None ## First match won by 10 wickets – None ## First match won by a team at the last ball while chasing – Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab ## Fielding in IPL 2019 ## First Catch – Ravindra Jadeja to dismiss Virat Kohli, CKS vs RCB ## First Run Out – Suresh Rain to dismiss Shimron Hetmyer ## First fielder to take 3 Catches in a match – Deepak Hooda vs RCB ## First fielder to take 4 Catches in a match – Rahul Tewatia, DC vs MI, Match No. 3 ## Awards in IPL 2019 ## First Man of the Match – Harbhajan Singh ## DRS in IPL 2019 ## First successful DRS - Chennai Super Kings vs RCB (Against Navdeep Saini) ## First unsuccessful DRS - Chennai Super Kings vs RCB (Against Parthiv Patel) ## For more and the latest news about IPL 2019, stay tuned to us.

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2359 days ago

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IPL 2019: CSK's Schedule And Team Squad

Defending and three-time champions Chennai Super Kings will start their campaign against the Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Banglore in the opener of the Indian Premier League 2019 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 23rd March.## Here is the CSK's schedule for the IPL 2019 Match No.DateOpponentVanueH/A 1st Mar 23, Sat Royal Challangers Bangalore MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai H 5th Mar 26, Tue Delhi Capitals Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi A 12th Mar 31, Sun Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai H 15th Apr 03, Wed Mumbai Indians Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai A 18th Apr 06, Sat Kings XI Punjab MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai H 23rd Apr 09, Tue Kolkata Knight Riders MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai H 25th Apr 11, Thu Rajasthan Royals Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur A 29th Apr 14, Sun Kolkata Knight Riders Eden Gardens, Kolkata A 33rd Apr 17, Wed Sunrisers Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad A 39th Apr 21, Sun Royal Challengers Bangalore M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru A 41st Apr 23, Tue Sunrisers Hyderabad MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai H 44th Apr 26, Fri Mumbai Indians MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai H 50th May 01, Wed Delhi Capitals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai H 55th May 05, Sun Kings XI Punjab Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali A ## CSK's Team Squad BatsmenAll-RoundersWicket-KeepersBowlers Suresh Raina Shane Watson MS Dhoni Harbhajan Singh Faf du Plessis Kedar Jadhav Sam Billings Mohit Sharma Ambati Rayudu Dwayne Bravo Narayan Jagadeesan Karn Sharma Murli Vijay Ravindra Jadeja Deepak Chahar Dhruv Shorey David Willey Shardul Thakur Ruturaj Gaikwad Mitchell Santner KM Asif Chaitanya Bishnoi Imran Tahir Monu Kumar ## Probable Playing XI:-## Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (C & WK), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Mohit Sharma, Deepak Chahar.## Follow for more...

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2362 days ago

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CSK - 5 Players To Watch Out For In IPL 2019

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has been one of the most consistent teams of the Indian Premier League over the 9 of 11 IPL seasons and probably are the most favorite to win its 12th edition if odds aren't derived. CSK has been the mixture of youth and experience that make them one of the most invincible teams of the biggest T20 tournament.## CSK with Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, and Suresh Raina have one of the best and lethal top orders in IPL. With MS Dhoni's presence in the middle order along with Ambati Rayudu and Kedar Jadhav make CSK one of the most balanced sides who have the all-rounders like Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo. Bowling has always been looked weakness of CSK on paper but there is something about MS Dhoni who brings out the best of an ordinary bowler.## CSK have participated in 9 out of 11 seasons and have reached in the final for 7 times of which they have won 3 times. They couldn't take part in 2016, and 2017 season due to ban. But they return in grand style to win the title for the 3rd time in 2018. However, there are five players who can win CSK their 4th title and will be the key for the men in yellow for the upcoming addition.## Here is the list of 5 players to watch out for in IPL 2019 (CSK):## 1. Shane Watson (All-Rounder) - Shane Watson was probably the biggest star for CSK's fairy-tale title triumph last year. With 555 runs in 15 innings, he was CSK's second highest run scorer after Ambati Rayudu. With his vast experience of playing in the IPL, he will be one to watch out for in the 12th season of Indian Premier League.## A statical view at his IPL career (Batting)## YearMatchesInningsRunsH.S.10050S.R. 2018 15 15 555 117* 2 2 154.59 Overall 117 113 3,177 117* 4 16 141.20 ## Bowling## YearMatchesInningsWicketsBBI5-WicketsEcon 2018 15 11 6 - 0 8.96 Overall 117 105 92 4/29 0 7.93 ## 2. Suresh Raina (Batsman) - Suresh Raina with average 400 runs in every season is probably the most consistent batsman ever in Indian Premier League history. He has been always been the backbone of Chennai Super Kings and has played an important role in all three CSK's title triumph. Though the chances are very thin this tournament could be the turning point for his international career as he is currently out of the Indian team.## A statical view at his IPL career## YearMatchesInningsRunsH.S.10050S.R. 2018 15 15 445 75* 0 4 132.44 Overall 176 172 4,985 117* 1 35 138.43 ## 3. MS Dhoni (Wk-Batsman) - With world cup just around the corner, MS Dhoni's form will be the key for India's hope of winning the cup. Dhoni has been playing well but his ability to score quickly in the last overs somehow has gone. He hasn't been able to finish the game. However, since Australia tour last year, he is slowly getting back into that rhythm and hence, this tournament is going to be vital for his own confidence.## A statical view at his IPL career## YearMatchesInningsRunsH.S.10050S.R. 2018 16 15 455 79* 0 3 150.66 Overall 175 158 4,016 79* 0 20 138.20 ## 4. Dwayne Bravo (ALL-Rounder) - Dwayne Bravo has been one of the most consistent players for CSK. He can be lethal with the bat and equally effective with the ball, especially in death overs. In a match last year against Mumbai Indians, he smashed 25-ball fifty and gave his side a win which at one stage was looking almost impossible. He has been MS Dhoni's one of the most trustworthy foreign players and will have shown that trust again if CSK eying 4th title win.## A statical view at his IPL career (Batting)#### YearMatchesInningsRunsH.S.10050S.R. 2018 16 10 141 68 0 1 154.94 Overall 122 93 1,403 70 0 5 128.72 ## Bowling## YearMatchesInningsWicketsBBI5-WicketsEcon 2018 16 16 14 - 0 9.96 Overall 122 119 136 4/22 0 8.44 ## 5. Lungi Ngidi (Bowler) - Lungi Ngidi made his debut in IPL last year and was mighty impressive for the men in yellow. His ability to hit the deck hard and swing the ball in both ways makes him players to watch out for in IPL 2019.## A statical view at his IPL career## YearMatchesInningsWicketsBBI5-WicketsEcon 2018 7 7 11 4/10 0 6.0 ## Follow for more...

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2373 days ago

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Rishabh Pant Gets Grade A Central Contract

Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has been given an A grade contract after finding himself without a contract last time while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shikhar Dhawan who were in the A+ category have been dropped to A in latest central contract released by BCCI's Committee of Administrators (CoA).## Murli Vijay found himself without a contract this time around. He was dropped from the Test series during the England tour after his poor runs. However, he was brought back into the team for Australia tour but soon was dropped again as his poor show with the bat continued and hence, he will be without any central contract for the upcoming season.## Some of the players like Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Parthiv Patel and Jayant Yadav who all had contracts in the previous cycle have been left out of the current one while Khaleel Ahmed and Hanuma Vihari who have been awarded the central contract for the first time and have earned a Grade C contract.## Wriddhiman Saha, who had a Grade A contract last time sees himself drop down two categories to Grade C after missing a large part of cricket due to injury. He is currently out from the Test. Dinesh Karthik too dropped a category to Grade C.## Grade A+ (INR 7 Cr):## Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah## Grade A (INR 5 Cr):## Ravichandaran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant## Grade B (INR 3 Cr):## KL Rahul, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya## Grade C (INR 1 Cr):## Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Hanuma Vihari, Khaleel Ahmed, Wriddhiman Saha## Women's contract## The highest wicket-taker in ODIs, Jhulan Goswami who has been retired from T20Is, moved to Grade B while Poonam Yadav earned Grade A contract. All-rounders Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, and D Hemalatha have been awarded a Grade C contract for the first time.## Grade A (INR 50 Lakhs):## Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Poonam yadav## Grade B (INR 30 Lakhs):## Ekta Bisht, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues## Grade C (INR 10 Lakhs):## Radha Yadav, D Hemalatha, Anuja Patil, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mansi Joshi, Punam Raut, Mona Meshram, Arundhati Reddy, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Taniya Bhatia, Pooja Vastrakar## Follow for more...

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2485 days ago

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IPL 2019: Players Retention And Releases

Australia's Steven Smith and David Warner were among the big players who have been retained by their respective franchise for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019. Steven Smith and David Warner who captained Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017, missed out the previous season due to one-year ban in Newland's ball-tampering saga earlier this year. However, the Australian duo will be seen in action in an upcoming edition of IPL after their respective franchise shown full faith in them but whether or not they will retain the leadership role is yet to be known.## India's World Cup 2011 winning hero Yuvraj Singh has been released by Kings XI Punjab along with Australia's Aaron Finch. Both the players struggled in the previous season with the bat and therefore they will have to wait till players auction to be picked.## Here are the list of all the players who have been retained and released by all the franchises ahead of the 2019 auction.## Rajasthan Royals:## Retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S. Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror.## Released: D'Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin, Heinrich Klaasen, Dane Paterson, Zahir Khan, Dushmantha Chameera, Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Jatin Saxena.## Available slots: 9; Indian 6, Overseas 3## Salary cap available: 20.95 cr## Sunrisers Hyderabad:## Retained: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan## Released: Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan## Traded: Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem## Salary cap available: 9.70 cr## Available slots: 5; Indian 3, Overseas 2 5; Indian 3, Overseas 2## Chennai Super Kings:## Retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi## Released: Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma## Available slots: 2; Indian 2, Overseas 0## Salary cap available: 8.40 cr## Kings XI Punjab:## Retained: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin## Released: Aaron Finch, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar and Manzoor Dar## Traded: Marcus Stoinis for Mandeep Singh## Available slots: 15; Indian 11, Overseas 4## Salary cap available: 36.20 cr## Royal Challengers Bangalore## Retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya## Released: Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Sarfraz Khan## Traded: Mandeep Singh for Marcus Stoinis## Available slots: 10; Indian 8, Overseas 2## Salary cap available: 18.15 cr## Kolkata Knight Riders## Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti## Released: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Ishank Jaggi, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Javon Searles## Available slots: 12; Indian 7, Overseas 5## Salary cap available: 15.20 cr## Delhi Daredevils## Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult## Released: Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Junior Dala, Liam Plunkett, Mohammed Shami, Sayan Ghosh, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Naman Ojha## Traded: Shikhar Dhawan from SRH for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem## Available slots: 10; Indian 7, Overseas 3## Salary cap available: 25.50 cr## Mumbai Indians:## Retained: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff.## Released: Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, JP Duminy, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, Akila Dananjaya.## Traded: Quinton de Kock from RCB## Available slots: 7; Indian 6, Overseas 1## Salary cap available: 11.15 cr## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.