It’s that time of the year again! The IPL mega-auction, set to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the next couple of days will witness all the 10 franchises going all out in the fiercest of bidding wars to complete their squads, atleast for the next three seasons.
RCB on Monday announced Salvi's appointment as their new bowling coach, just six days before the mega auction for IPL 2025.
On Friday, the Indian Premier League issued the highly-anticipated Player Auction List for the 2025 edition with a total of 574 players set to be featured in the Mega Auction in Saudi Arabia. Pant was not retained by Delhi Capitals while Shreyas Iyer and K.L Rahul were let go by Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants, respectively.
Former South Africa spinner Paul Adams believes Delhi Capitals made a smart decision in retaining South African power-hitter Tristan Stubbs for the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The 24-year-old Draca represented the Brampton Wolves in the Global T20 Canada in August this year, and finished as the joint second-highest wicket-taker of the tournament. He ended up with 11 wickets from six innings, boasting a stellar average of 10.63 and an economy of 6.88.
It had to be said, sometime ago that Sourav Ganguly hadn’t really shot up like a rocket blasting off into space when they showed him the door as India's cricket board president and he, playing to the Bengal gallery, seemed to harrumph before promising a bigger jump in life, which left his targeted audience tickled pink.
This year's mission will also see RCB restore two lakes in South Bengaluru covering 44 acres and close to 200 schools will see the Green School certification roll out.
Given the intellectual vacuity Twenty20 tournaments exist in, you would not really be surprised if anyone inside the bubble said Margaret Thatcher was “the other woman” in King Alfred’s life. But the assumption that cricket before it was slow as a snail probably calls for contradiction.
Those who should have had something to say if he was less than honest or accurate have been seemingly impassively silent. Among other things, Kumar wrote that the BCCI gave huge amounts of money to state associations, mostly raked in through the Indian Premier League.
Delhi Capitals to play their fifth league match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.
