The KL Rahul-led Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have bought a total of 10 players in the IPL 2023 mini-auction retained in Kochi on Friday, December 23. With a purse of Rs 23.35 crore, they bought 4 overseas performers – Romario Shephard, Daniel Sams, Nicholas Pooran, and Naveen Ul Haq – to strengthen their team for next season. The franchise broke the bank for Nicholas Pooran, and bid him for ₹16 crores, after a big bidding war against Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Capitals (DC). The smart left-hander was issued by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) last season despite securing 306 runs in…
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Uncapped all-rounders Player Price (INR) Team Vivrant Sharma 2.6 Crore SRH Samarth Vyas 20 Lakh SRH Sanvir Singh 20 Lakh SRH Nishant Sindhu 60 Lakh CSK Uncapped fast bowlers Shivam Mavi is next, and CSK and KKR are interested. GT enter at 1.1 Crore, and RR enter the fray. Bids have crossed 2 Crore, 3 Crore, 4 Crore and now 5 Crore. GT bid 6 Crore for him and get hold of Mavi. Player Price (INR) Team Vaibhav Arora 60 Lakh KKR Yash Thakur 45 Lakh LSG Shivam Mavi 6 Crore GT Mukesh Kumar 5.5 Crore DC …
Maninder Singh thinks KL Rahul should play his natural game or else he might get dismissed for a low score once again. Rahul secured just three runs off 30 deliveries as India concluded the first day of the 2nd Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur on Thursday, December 22, at 19 for losing anything. The Indian bowlers had bowled out Shakib Al Hasan and Co. for 227 before in the day. During a talk on Sony Sports, Maninder was questioned about his thoughts on Rahul’s knock and what he think of him on the 2nd day, to which he responded: “I…
England leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed,18, exhibited that the note from the camp was for him to conclude the game off with the bat before making clear that he said that to himself. The youngster also considered his fifer, declaring that it was an achieved goal. Rehan Ahmed, who loved promising primary innings in Karachi with 2 wickets, scalped 5 Pakistan batters in the 2nd to leave England requiring 167 for a series sweep. The bowling all-rounder was sent up the order at No. 3 after Zak Crawley fell for 41. He kicked 2 boundaries before losing his off-stump while working to…
The Melbourne Renegades beat the Sydney Thunder by 4 wickets on Sunday, December 18, in Match 7 of the Big Bash League 2022. They have now risen to the 2nd spot in the points table. After opting to bat primary, Sydney Thunder placed a huge total of 174 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Rilee Rossouw was the top run-getter for the team as he secured his maiden half-century in the Big Bash League off only 38 balls. Alex Ross (39 off 23) and Oliver Davies (33 off 18) made major contributions lower down the order…
Bangladesh opener Zakir Hasan stated his desire to bat longer than he did despite capturing the headlines with an excellent Test hundred on his debut against India on Saturday (December 17). The 24-year-old said that he didn’t ask too much from himself, given a difficult task at hand. While Hasan could not secure much in the first innings, he showed grand resilience in the 2nd as Bangladesh confront a steep target. The left-hander mentioned his hundred in the 78th over with a sweep off left-arm spinner Axar Patel. Although, Ravichandran Ashwin got rid of him in the following over as…
Aakash Chopra has praised Cheteshwar Pujara for proving once again that Team India requirement to stick with him as they need a performer like him for Test cricket. Pujara secured an enterprising victorious 102 off 130 balls in India’s 2nd innings of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram on Friday, December 16. His knock, coupled with a century by Shubman Gill, supported KL Rahul and Co. set a daunting 513-run 4th-innings target for the hosts. While considering the 3rd day’s play in a video uploaded on his YouTube channel, Chopra was glorified for Pujara, saying: “Cheteshwar Pujara said once…
Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan has stated that the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is bigger than the Indian Premier League (IPL). He mentioned that in Pakistan’s T20 league even reserve performers warm the bench. Speaking to Sports Paktv, Rizwan said: “We used to say there is IPL, now if you ask players who go back after playing here, wo keh rahe ki duniya ki sabse tough league jo hai wo hai Pakistan ki hai kyunki isme koi agar reserve player bhi hota hai to internationally bahar baitha hua hota hai bench pe. “(They are saying that Pakistan has the toughest…
ssssfperperry Mohammad Kaif has said that Shubman Gill must accomplish his starts count or else he will find it difficult to keep his place in India’s playing XI once Rohit Sharma is back in the mix. Gill was laid off for 20 in India’s first innings of the primary Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram on Wednesday, December 14. The Men in Blue finished the day at 278/6, a superb recovery after being 48/3 at one stage. During a conversation on Sony Sports, Kaif was asked about Gill being dismissed once again after getting off to a beginning, to which he…
Team India cricketer Shreyas Iyer recently disclosed that Shreyas Iyer, his older sister, is his biggest competition when it comes to dancing. Talking on Mashable India’s show The Bombay Journey, Iyer stated that while dancing, his aim is to exceed his sibling, who is a professionally trained performer. The batter also revealed that he enjoys grooving to African music and Bollywood numbers. “I try to be better than my sister. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and also does a lot of western dance forms now. I would say that she’s a better dancer than me, definitely. Whenever I go…
England Test skipper Ben Stokes drew comparisons between Harry Brook and Indian gloming star Virat Kohli. The seam-bowling all-rounder reckons Brook’s method is similar to Kohli’s, given it can do well under any conditions. The Yorkshire batter has been one of England’s greatest batters in the current Test tour of Pakistan. He has so far secured 2 centuries in as many Tests in Pakistan and bagged the Performer of the Match award in the 2nd Test in Multan. Two centuries in Pakistan for Brooky! 🔥 Some talent. 🇵🇰 #PAKvENG 🏴 pic.twitter.com/2KG6Z0mNcj — England Cricket (@englandcricket) December 11, 2022 Discussion with…
Pacer Navdeep Saini and all-rounder Saurabh Kumar have been appointed as replacements for Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja in Team India’s updated team for the Test series against Bangladesh. Having vanished the one-day series 1-2, India will do right now on Bangladesh in a 2-match Test series. The Initial game will be performed in Chattogram from December 14 to 18 and the 2nd in Dhaka from December 22 to 26. In an official statement on Sunday, December 11, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) established that both Shami and Jadeja are yet to complete recovery from their…
Veteran Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik thinks that there is an honest chance of Shikhar Dhawan being fallen for the one-dayers against Sri Lanka at home in the wake of his current struggles. As per DK, Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill have shifted ahead of Dhawan in the pecking order for the ODIs. Dhawan, who changed 37 earlier this month, has been dismissed for single-figure secure in 4 of his last 5 one-day knocks. On the other hand, Kishan, who got an opportunity to open in the final ODI against Bangladesh in Chattogram on Saturday, smashed 210 in 131 balls. Kishan…
Washington Sundar was seen sweating it out in the nets on Friday(December 9) under the supervision of Team India head coach Rahul Dravid ahead of the 3rd ODI against Bangladesh on Saturday, December 10. In a video shared by the BCCI on Friday, Sundar was seen concentrating on getting his timetable right. Dravid then came into the nets and was seen giving the all-rounder some beneficial advice on how to read the length of the ball and choose to play on the front end or back foot consequently. Here’s the video: Learning from one of the best! 👌 👌@Sundarwashi5 gets…
The Effective Player concept, which is being started in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season, could only apply to Indian cricketers participating in the competition. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to ascend with official rules and regulations about how the Impact Player concept can be practiced during the IPL. Although, according to a report in Cricbuzz, franchises have earlier been informed that an overseas player cannot replace another overseas performer as a substitute. Also, overseas players cannot come in place of an Indian performer as a replacement. The report included that the rule…
Former Indian player batter Sunil Gavaskar has questioned Rohit Sharma’s decision to bat at number 9 in the 2nd ODI against Bangladesh on Wednesday, December 7. He believes India could have sneaked home with caption and all-rounder Axar Patel in the middle. India lost their 2nd successive ODI series to Bangladesh even though Rohit Sharma’s late pyrotechnics. Due to his thumb injury, the Mumbai opener came out to bat at number 9 and hit a successful 51 off 28 balls. Although, the tourists fell short by five runs, chasing 271. We fought hard till the end, but it was Bangladesh…
The Pakistan Blind player Council (PBCC) has maintained that India has refused visas for their blind cricket squad for the T20 World Cup for the Blind. The 3rd edition of the tournament is being occurred in India from December 6 to 17. Pakistan was one of the 7 countries supposed to take part in the T20 World Cup for the Blind. They were expected to take on South Africa on Tuesday in New Delhi. It was primarily reported that their arrival was delayed due to visa issues. Although, an official announcement by PBCC has now claimed that Pakistan’s team was…