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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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1688 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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IPL 2020: Kings XI Punjab Full Schedule

Kings XI Punjab will begin their IPL 2020 campaign against Delhi Capitals on September 20 in Dubai. The team 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 Kings XI Punjab full schedule DATEOPPONENTVENUETIME [IST] 20-Sep Delhi Capitals Dubai 7:30 PM 24-Sep Royal Challengers Bangalore Dubai 7:30 PM 27-Sep Rajastjan Royals Sharjah 7:30 PM 1-Oct Mumbai Indians Abu Dhabi 7:30 PM 4-Oct Chennai Super Kings Dubai 7:30 PM 8-Oct Sunrisers Hyderabad Dubai 7:30 PM 10-Oct Kolkata Kinght Riders Abu Dhabi 3:30 PM 15-Oct Royal Challengers Bangalore Sharjah 7:30 PM 18-Oct Mumbai Indians Dubai 7:30 PM 20-Oct Delhi Capitals Dubai 7:30 PM 24-Oct Sunrisers Hyderabad Dubai 7:30 PM 26-Oct Kolkata Kinght Riders Sharjah 7:30 PM 30-Oct Rajasthan Royals Abu Dhabi 7:30 PM 01-Nov Chennai Super Kings Abu Dhabi 3:30 PM ## 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 ## Stay tuned...

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2086 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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2355 days ago

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IPL 2019: KXIP's Schedule And Team Squad

The runner-up of the season Indian Premier League 2014, Kings XI Punjab will kick start their IPL 2019 campaign against the winner of the inaugural season, Rajasthan Royals on Monday, 25th March at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.## Here is the KXIP's schedule for the IPL 2019 Match No.DateOpponentVanueH/A 4th Mar 25, Mon Rajasthan Royals Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur A 6th Mar 27, Wed Kolkata Knight Riders Eden Gardens, Kolkata A 9th Mar 30, Sat Mumbai Indians Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali H 13th Apr 01, Mon Delhi Capitals Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali H 18th Apr 06, Sat Chennai Super Kings MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai A 22nd Apr 08, Mon Sunrisers Hyderabad Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali H 24th Apr 10, Wed Mumbai Indians Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai A 28th Apr 13, Sat Royal Challengers Bangalore Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali H 32nd Apr 16, Tue Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali H 37th Apr 20, Sat Delhi Capitals Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi A 42nd Apr 24, Wed Royal Challengers Bangalore M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru A 48th Apr 29, Mon Sunrisers Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad A 52nd May 03, Fri Kolkata Kinght Riders Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali H 55th May 05, Sun Chennai Super Kings Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali H ## KXIP's Team Squad BatsmenAll-RoundersWicket-KeepersBowlers Mayank Agarwal Ravichandran Ashwin (C) KL Rahul Mohammed Shami Karun Nair Sam Curran Simran Singh Ankit Rajpoot Chris Gayle Moises Henriques Nicholas Pooran Andrew Tye David Miller Harpreet Brar Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mandeep Singh Murugan Ashwin Sarfaraz Khan Hardus Viljoen Varun Chakravarthy Arshdeep Singh Darshan Nalkande Agnivesh Ayachi ## Probable Playing XI:-## Chris Gayle, KL Rahul (WK), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, David Miller, Nicholas Pooran/Sam Curran/Moises Henriques, Ravichandran Ashwin (C), Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot.## Follow for more...

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2372 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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2464 days ago

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Top 5 Fastest Triple Centuries In Test Cricket

Karun Nair is one of only two Indian players who have a triple century to his name in the longest format of the game. On December 2016, Nair became the only second Indian and 30th overall to listed his name among the greats of the game when he hammered 303* against England at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.## The best part of his innings was that he scored 232 runs in a single day that saw his phenomenal fitness. Apart from that, he took only 381 balls to reach his triple century which is the 4th fastest in terms of balls. Despite his great knock, he has always been sidelined from the playing XI and didn't get many chances to prove his worth after that knock.## Karun Nair is celebrating his 26th birthday on 6 December and here we are presenting you some of the fastest triple centuries in which Nair also featured.## Here is the list of top 5 fastest triple hundred in test cricket history ## 1. Virendra Sehwag (278 balls, 2008, Chennai) - Virendra Sehwag is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen that cricket has ever seen. It has always been his motto to see the ball, hit the ball that makes him one of the most dangerous batsmen in the world.## In 2008, against South Africa against the bowlers like Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini, Morne Morkel and Jacques Kallis, Sehwag registered fastest triple ton in Test cricket by any player. He turmoil South African attack and went on to score 319 runs off just 304 balls with the strike rate of 104.93. During his inning, he hit 42 fours and 5 sixes. His ability to hit the ball from very first over has always been the hallmark of his career.## 2. Matthew Hayden (362 balls, 2003, Perth) - Australia's legend and one of the best openers in the world, Matthew Hayden played the knock of his life against helpless Zimbabwe in 2003 in Perth. During his 380 runs knock off 437 balls, he broke Brian Lara's highest individual score (375) record that was broken later by Lara himself when he made highest individual score ever of 400* against England.## Hayden, during his knock, hit 38 fours and 11 big sixes that saw Australia piled on a colossal 735 for 6 in the first innings. It was the fastest triple ton at that time before Sehwag broke it by a country mile.His mammoth knock ended up with the strike rate of 86.95.## 3. Virendra Sehwag (364 balls, 2004, Multan) - There have been only four batsmen who have scored 2 triple centuries in Tests and Sehwag is one from them. Don Bradman, Chris Gayle and Brian Lara are other three batsmen. Sehwag had a chance to become the first player to score three triple tons but missed by just 7 runs when he scored 293 runs against Sri Lanka at Mumbai on December 2009.## In 2004, against Pakistan in Multan, Sehwag scored his first triple hundred. After that knock, his nicknamed 'The Sultan Of Multan'. The Multan match is infamous for Dravid’s declaration when Sachin was on 194*. Sehwag who made 309 runs reached his triple century with a six. His knock was filled up with 39 fours and 6 sixes with the strike rate of 82.40.## Note: Accurate information is not available about the balls required to reach a triple-hundred in earlier matches. It is estimated that Wally Hammond took around 355 balls against New Zealand in 1932-33.## 4. Karun Nair (381 balls, 2016, Chennai) - In December 2016, Karun Nair became the only second Indian batsman to score a triple century in Tests. It was his first score of a three-figure mark which turned out to be in memorable one. Surprisingly, He didn't get enough chances after that famous triple century knock.## Nair scored 303* off 381 balls including 32 fours and 4 sixes with the strike rate of 79.52. Interestingly, his last 102 runs came off just 76 balls. In the same match, KL Rahul missed out his double century as he caught on 199.## 5. Chris Gayle (393 balls, 2010, Galle) - West Indies' left-hander, Chris Gayle is known for his big hitting sixes ability. He is among the only 4 players who have scored more than one triple century in Tests. In Galle against Sri Lanka, he turmoil Lankan's attack and made 333 off 437 balls which later became his jersey number.## He scored those runs with the strike rate of 76.20. He hit 34 fours and 9 sixes in that innings. His knock is the fifth highest away from home.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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2484 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.

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2529 days ago

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Karun Is Very Much In The Scheme Of Things For Test Cricket - MSK Prasad

There seems no end to the problems of the selectors after Karun Nair's exclusion from the Test squad for West Indies series. Nair who has played only three Test since his 303 runs innings against England in 2016 and now he has been axed from the Test squad.## Nair's exclusion from the Test squad have raised questions but the chairman of selectors MSK Prasad said on Monday that the player himself has been told the reasons. "I personally spoke to Karun soon after the selection of the Test team against the West Indies and also told the ways to make a comeback. The selection committee is very very clear with regard to the communication process," Prasad told news agency PTI.## Significantly, Nair had said a day before the selection that neither the team management nor the selectors had communicated with him why he has been not picked in playing XI. In the last Test against England, Hanuma Vihari who had yet to make his debut, preferred over Karun Nair. It is widely believed that the Indian team management were not happy with Nair's inclusion in the Test set-up.## However, MSK Prasad explained why the certain decision was taken.## "Communication has always been the strong point of this committee. It's really tough to inform any unpleasant news to any player. You need to have valid reasons to explain them about their exclusion though they may not agree with it.## "Having said that we are very clear and candid in our communication process. My colleague Devang Gandhi spoke to Karun Nair at length in England to keep him motivated and wait for his opportunities," Prasad said.## When he was asked what is the way forward for Karun Nair to make his comeback again, Prasad said,"He will have to keep on piling runs in Ranji Trophy and whatever India A series is there. Karun is very much in the scheme of things for Test cricket. Right now, we have advised him to focus on performing in domestic and India A matches.## Keep in mind, Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal along with Mohammed Siraj and Vihari have been included in the squad for the 2-match home series staring from October 4. Selectors have given rest to some of the senior players to keep them afresh for Australia tour.## For more updates and news about Cricket, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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2596 days ago

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Indian Batsmen Shine As Essex-India Practice Match Ends With Draw

The only practice match between Essex and India before the 5-match series against England ends with draw at County Ground, Chelmsford on Friday, July 27. It was a good outing for the Indian batsmen as five players scored half centuries in the first innings and also for Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma who looked in good rhythm.## However, opener Shikhar Dhawan failed in both the innings as he couldn't even open his account in both the innings. Same happened with Cheteshwar Pujara who could manage only 1 and 23. But apart from Dhawan and Pujara, Murli Vijay 53 (first innings), skipper Virat Kohli 68 (first innings), Lokesh Rahul 58 & 36*, Dinesh Karthik 82 (first innings), and Hardik Pandya 51 (first innings) had a good practice with bat.## Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane however, didn't score big as he scored 17 in first innings and remained not out on 19 in the second innings, but he looked in good touch in both the innings. India tried Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant also and they scored 4, 15, and 34* respectively in the first innings. India's first innings finished on 395 in 100.2 overs. Essex's Paul Walter took 4 wickets for his side.## Essex in reply of India's first innings, give a good fight and made it difficult for the Indian bowlers. They declared their innings on 359 for 8 in 94 overs with three players scored half centuries. Paul Walter was the top scorer with 75 and had a good match with both bat and bowl. skipper Tom Westley and Michael-Kyle Pepper also contributed with 57 and 68 respectively.## For India, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma made most of this practice match and grabbed 4 and 3 wickets respectively. Virat Kohli tried 8 bowlers to know the batter bowling combination before going to official matches. But apart from, Yadav and Sharma no other bowler looked in good touch. Shardul Thakur picked a wicket but he never looked in good rhythm despite some odd balls.## In the second innings when India was on 89 for 2, both the captains agreed on draw as the result wasn't looking possible. Rahul and Rahane remained unbeaten on 36 & 19.## It was the only practice match for India before the series against England which is scheduled to play from August 1.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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2605 days ago

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Pant Gets Maiden Test Call-Up, Bhuvneshwar Misses Out For England Series

Swashbuckling left-hander Delhi's Rishabh Pant has received his maiden Test call-up as the BCCI announced an 18-man squad for the first 3-matches of the 5-match test series against England on Wednesday, July 18. Kuldeep Yadav also included in the squad while Wriddhiman Saha continues to miss out owing to a thumb injury sustained during the IPL. Bhuvneshwar Kumar also missed out due to back injury.## Rishabh Pant currently is the part of India A side for the 4-day match against England Lions in England. He had done well against West Indies A recently where he played a match-winning knock of 67* in a chase of 321 against the Caribbean side in Taunton. The 20-year old was also among the top run-getters in the recently concluded Indian Premier League where he struck 684 runs in 14 matches.## Karun Nair also able to retain his spot from Afghanistan Test. He is leading India A against England Lions. He played the knocks of 93 and 55 in two of his four innings against West Indies A. Dinesh Karthik retained his spot as a replacement of Saha.## BCCI named a strong bowling attack for the series against England. Mohammed Shami returns to the India Test team, having been left out of the squad for the Afghanistan Test after failing the yo-yo test. Apart from Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Shardul Thakur also included in the squad.## Including the two wicketkeepers, India has ten frontline batting options along with the all-around abilities of Hardik Pandya. Kuldeep Yadav, who finished as the team's leading wicket-taker in the white-ball formats, joins R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the spin department.## India Squad For First Three Tests:## Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, M Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Rishabh Pant, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

IPL

2669 days ago

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Rejuvenated RCB outsmarts KXIP to get two crucial points

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kings XI Punjab by 10-wickets after their dominating performance at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore on Monday (May 14). Led by Umesh Yadav's 3 for 23, RCB bowled out KXIP on a modest total of 88 in 15.1 overs, before they made this chase a Cakewalk and chased down the target in just 8.1 overs and provided RCB an all-important win to get two crucial points and boost their net run-rate.## How crucial was toss and how Punjab respond## Win the toss and opted bowl first. It has been the tendency of this season and Virat Kohli didn't change it. However, it was a challenge for the batting heavyweight KXIP to put on a challenging total. KL Rahul shone his intent from the second over with a six to Tim Southee and followed it up with another one to Umesh Yadav in next over. Chris Gayle took on Southee for 3 fours in the fourth over. Both Rahul and Gayle put 36 runs off 27 balls and gave Punjab a good start.## Then how did they bowled out on 88## After putting 36 for the opening stand, Rahul was the first batsman to be dismissed. He scored 21 off 15 balls with three maximums. After that, it was just matter of time to bowled out on 88. After Rahul's wicket, Gayle also followed him in the same over before scoring 18 off 14 balls. Karun Nair and Marcus Stoinis also fell cheaply in back to back overs. After reducing 50 for 4, Aaron Finch did fight for a while but got out to Moeen Ali after scoring 26 off 23 balls. However, after that none of the batsmen couldn't do much and bowled out on just 88 in 15.1 overs.## How good were RCB with ball## Outstanding. It was perhaps best bowling display by RCB in this IPL. Led by Yadav, who dismissed both the openers inside first 6 overs. Umesh Yadav finished his spell with 3 for 23. Moeen Ali and Chahal were brilliant with spin bowling and didn't allow batsmen to open their arms. Chahal bowled only two overs and conceded only 6 runs and picked a wicket. While Ali finished with 13 for 1 in 2.1 overs.## Kohli-Parthiv finished in style## 89 was never going to trouble RCB. It was a matter of how quickly RCB get those runs. It took only 8.1 overs to get those runs as RCB chased down the target with 10-wickets in hand. Virat Kohli scored 48* off 28 balls including 6 fours and 2 sixes. While Patel remained unbeaten on 40 off 22 balls with the help of 7 fours.## Umesh Yadav awarded Man Of The Match for his brilliant spell of fast bowling. And moved up to the 3rd number in the highest wicket-takers list with 17-wickets in 12 matches.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for reading.