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IPL 2023 auctions: Sam Curran emerges costliest player ever at Rs 18.5 cr

English all-rounder picked up by Punjab Kings; Cameroon Green goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 17.5 cr

IPL Auction: Stokes best buy for CSK, MI look to secure future with Green

Chennai Super Kings management, known for its practicality and prudence, pulled off a coup by buying England Test captain and world's premier all-rounder Ben Stokes in what looks like a leadership succession plan as and when Mahendra Singh Dhoni decides to hang his boots. Mumbai Indians, a team that has been in transition in the last two years and had some baffling buys at the mega auction last season, opted to invest in Stokes' skill-set heir apparent Cameron Green. Sunrisers Hyderabad have added Harry Brooks in their roster but what they needed more was an option that stabilises their bowling line-up. PTI takes a look at top picks of all 10 teams Chennai Super Kings ============== Ben Stokes (16.25 crore), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs 50 lakh) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has a simple mantra -- rely on tried and tested seniors, who have been there and done that. Building teams is something he has always left on other franchises. With IPL set to be back in home and away format, CSK will play se

IPL 2023 Auction: I didn't sleep much thinking about auction, admits Curran

An "overwhelmed" Sam Curran on Friday said he endured a sleepless and nervous night ahead of the IPL mini-auction, where he became the most expensive player in the history of the T20 league's auction after fetching a whopping Rs 18.5 crore bid from Punjab Kings here. Curran witnessed an intense bidding with Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings raising their paddles frenetically to secure the services of T20 World Cup player-of-the tournament. In the end, it was Punjab Kings that broke the bank to get Curran, who drew the highest-ever bid that bettered the previous best buy of Rs 16.25 crore that Rajasthan Royals had shelled out to grab South African all-rounder Chris Morris in 2021. "I didn't sleep much last night, was a bit excited, also nervous about how the auction was going to go. But yeah, absolutely overwhelmed and incredibly humbled that I managed to get what I did. I never had any ...

IPL Auction 2023 Highlights: Curran costliest at Rs 18.5 Cr, CSK get Stokes

Indian Premier League Auction 2023 Highlights: Sam Curran became the most expensive buy in the history of the league. Punjab Kings paid him Rs 18.5 Cr. Stokes got 16.25 Cr from CSK. MI paid Green 17.5

IPL brand value nearly doubles to $8.4 bn in a year, auction begins today

Friday will see the IPL player auctions for the 2023 edition kick-off in Kochi

IPL Auction 2023: Slots to fill, purse remaining of each team before D-Day

Here's a look at how much money is remaining with which franchise in their purses and which players will they be looking out for in the February 23 Auction in Kochi.

Media rights auction, new teams push IPL's value over $10 billion: Report

Since 2020, the value of IPL has jumped 75 per cent in dollar terms from $6.2 billion to $10.9 billion

BCCI could introduce tactical substitutes in IPL 2023 season: Report

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is planning to introduce tactical substitutions and could make an appearance in the upcoming IPL 2023 season

JioCinema preps for its Disney-Hotstar moment with football World Cup

Tournament likely to give app visibility in run-up to IPL next year; monthly active users seen touching 105 mn

BCCI to hold IPL players auction on December 23 in Kochi, says report

Each team will have an additional Rs 5 crore to spend at this auction, making the overall purse Rs 95 crore

Disney+ Hotstar paid user base up 42% in July-Sept; firm says it may shrink

This is the second time the company has pointed to a likely drop in subscribers in the future due to the absence of IPL

Mithali Raj keeps options open for IPL - player or mentor or owning team

Former India captain Mithali Raj is keeping her options open for the women's IPL tournament slated next year -- player or mentor or even owning a team. The BCCI recently announced that the inaugural women's IPL will take place in March next year before the men's tournament. "I am keeping that role open, whether as a player or in a franchise in some way as a mentor," she told PTI in an interview on Tuesday. "But right now, nothing is clear, there are five teams...how they are going to do, whether it's a bidding or auction, so until there is some concrete information, I am keeping pretty much all things open," said Mithali, who retired from international cricket earlier this year. Asked if owning a team is an option, she said, "Maybe, yes". Mithali recently made her debut as a commentator and termed it an "interesting phase". "I am watching cricket from a very different optics. I still do feel the nerves if it's a tight game. I still have to cross that barrier of not feeling those

World T20 2022: Can Rohit's Team India repeat the Dhoni magic of 2007

The business end of the championship starts today with the Super 12 stage

A sporting proposition for BCCI

Indian cricket could benefit from much-needed transparency

IPL teams need to submit list of retained players by Nov 15: Official

The 10 IPL franchises have been asked to submit their list of retained players by November 15, a senior official of a franchise said on Sunday. It is understood that BCCI has set the ball rolling for next edition of IPL and the mini-auction will be held in the third week of December in Bengaluru. It is also learnt that even the salary cap is likely to be increased from Rs 90 to Rs 95 crore for the next season. However at the mini-auction, the franchises can bid for players with the balance amount left after what they spent during the last mega auction and also with the amount they get after releasing the players they want to give back to the auction pool. It is expected that most franchises will keep 15 core players and release the rest for them to enter the auction with at least 10 crore, if not more. Punjab Kings and CSK have Rs 3.45 and Rs 2.95 crore left respectively after the last auction while Lucknow Super Giants had exhausted their full purse. Delhi Capitals, Mumbai India

Sports is the new OTT game in town as everyone needs it to build a business

Streaming services bring complementary revenues and viewership for broadcasters

Women IPL to take place in March with 5 teams, max 5 overseas players in XI

The much-awaited inaugural edition of Women's IPL will have five teams and is set to take place in March 2023 before the start of men's IPL. As per a BCCI note accessed by PTI, the tournament will feature 20 league games with teams to play each other twice. The table toppers will get a direct entry into the final, while the second and third place teams will battle out in the Eliminator. Each team can have no more than five overseas cricketers in the playing eleven. "To have a well balance of domestic & international players and to have competitive teams, it has been tentatively decided to have five teams for WIPL. Each team can comprise maximum of eighteen players where no team can have more than six overseas players. "Further, no more than five overseas players - four from Full Members of the ICC and one from the Associate Members of the ICC can be part of the playing XI of each team," read the BCCI note. The Women's Big Bash League in Australia and The Hundred in UK don't allow

IPL to return to pre-Covid home and away format in 2023, confirms Ganguly

The Indian Premier League (IPL) will return to its original form pre-Covid-19, home-and-away format from the 2023 season, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confirmed in a letter

SA T20 Auctions: IPL owners loosen purse strings as Stubbs breaks bank

South African batting sensation Tristan Stubbs triggered a bidding frenzy with Sunrisers Eastern Cape getting his services for a staggering 9.2 million rand (USD 500,000 plus) at the inaugural auction of the SA T20 league here on Monday. The six teams in the league are owned by IPL franchises -- MI Cape Town (Reliance), Pretoria Capitals (JSW), Paarl Royals (Royals Sports Group), Durban Super Giants (RPG-Sanjiv Goenka), Johannesburg Super Kings (India Cements), Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Sunrisers Hyderabad owner Kaviya Maran). With a salary cap of R 34 million (USD 1.9 million approx, INR 15 crore) per team, robust bidding was witnessed with Stubbs, who plays for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, being the most sought-after. Four franchises were involved in bidding war with MI Cape Town making the initial move followed by Paarl Royals. However, towards the end it was Johannesburg Super Kings and Sunrisers Eastern Cape, who fought tooth and nail before the latter made a winning bid of R 9.2 .

Mumbai Indians appoint South African legend Mark Boucher as head coach

Mumbai Indians had an abysmal season last time, finishing at the bottom of the points table with only four wins out of 14 matches