In a fierce bidding war in IPL 2023 mini player auctions, five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians signed Australia's all-rounder Cameron Green at a whopping INR 17.5 crores
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
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
Friday will see the IPL player auctions for the 2023 edition kick-off in Kochi
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.
All ten Indian Premier League franchises on Tuesday announced their full list of retained and released players ahead of the mini-auction next month
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 had an abysmal season last time, finishing at the bottom of the points table with only four wins out of 14 matches
The best change in Hardik though has been the incorporation of the thought process of his guru MS Dhoni. Now, Hardik doesn't seem in a hurry to achieve anything and lets things happen naturally
The first instalment of bets from Russia amounting to Rs 3 lakh had just been delivered when they were caught.
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The tournament will also provide a valuable platform for Emirates Cricket to take their local talent to a higher level.
DC's five-wicket defeat enabled Royal Challengers Bangalore to make it despite an inferior net run-rate throughout the tournament.
It was some concrete changes made prior to the season and during it that played a catalyst for various fresh changes. Here's the list of seven such things that made the IPL 2022 interestingly unique
In his first year for Mumbai after being bought by them for INR 8.25 crores in the mega auction, David was dropped after scores of 12 and 1 in the first two matches
The record five-time IPL winning Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma had a woeful season finishing with 268 runs from 14 innings at an average of 19.
Royal Challengers Bangalore sneeked into the play-offs after Mumbai Indians broke Delhi Capitals' heart with a five-wicket win in their last IPL match here on Saturday.
MI vs DC Highlights: Tim David, who should have been out on a first-ball duck only if the decision was reviewed, led Mumbai Indians to a five-wicket win over Delhi Capitals. RCB qualify for Playoffs
MI vs SRH Highlights: Bhuvneshwar Kumar's maiden wicket over in the 19th and Umran Malik's figures of 3-23 helped Sunrisers Hyderabad win the game by just three runs even as Tim David almost stole it
Gavaskar also praised the youngster for having the basics right and agreed with Rohit Sharma's observation that the rising Hyderabad cricketer could be an all-format India batter in the future.