Ajay Mandal, Madhav Tiwari and Darshan Nalkande NEW DELHI: Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals had a fantastic two-day mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where they hogged the limelight with their marquee buy of star India batter KL Rahul.Having retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abishek Porel, the Delhi-based franchise made a…
The Punjab Kings executed one of their most successful IPL auction strategies in recent years, leveraging the largest available budget to secure key players. Their primary acquisitions included Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Arshdeep Singh, significantly bolstering their core squad.They made an early impact in IPL 2025 auction by securing Shreyas with a record-breaking bid…
Reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) focused on retaining the core of their successful squad. They achieved this by re-signing key players, including a marquee acquisition of Venkatesh Iyer for Rs 23.75 crore.However, their attempt to retain Nitish Rana fell short, prompting the inclusion of experienced middle-order batters Manish Pandey and Ajinkya Rahane as replacements.On…
Priyansh Arya and Yuvraj Singh NEW DELHI: Some time during the Delhi Premier League, former India cricketer Nikhil Chopra was playing a round of golf with Yuvraj Singh. Chopra informed Yuvraj about a boy named Priyansh Arya who had recently hit six sixes in an over during the T20 tournament. Yuvraj, who is famous for…
Former MI captain Rohit Sharma posing with the five IPL trophies won by the team (Photo: @maipaltan on Twitter) NEW DELHI: Adding to the five core players retained ahead of the two-day Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, the Mumbai Indians (MI) came up with a good effort to put together a 23-member squad in Jeddah,…
Seam bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar attracted top prices Monday in the Indian Premier League’s second and final day player auction, after staggeringly big bids broke records.Here is the team-wise list of the players sold by the end of the second and final day of the Indian Premier League’s mega auction:CHENNAI SUPER KINGSPURSE SPENT:…
NEW DELHI: When Sanjiv Suryavanshi sold his farm land to fund his 10-year-old son Vaibhav’s cricketing aspirations, little did he know that within three years the boy would be scripting history. During the second and final day of the IPL mega auction in Jeddah, Vaibhav, at 13 years and eight months, became the youngest cricketer…
NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Suryavanshi has etched his name in IPL history by becoming the youngest crorepati in the league’s history. The promising young talent was sold to Rajasthan Royals for a staggering Rs 1.1 crore from his base price of Rs 30 Lakh at the IPL 2025 auction.Vaibhav rose to prominence when he played in…
Gurjapneet Singh (Instagram Photo) NEW DELHI: Gurjapneet Singh is a promising 26-year-old left-arm seamer from India, known for his smooth bowling action, towering 6’3” frame, and the ability to move the new ball both ways. Born on November 8, 1998, in Ludhiana, Punjab, he spent much of his childhood in Ambala, Haryana, before relocating to…
NEW DELHI: The IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah has set a new benchmark for the highest spending in the league’s history.So far, 115 players have been sold, with the 10 franchises collectively spending Rs 587.30 crore, surpassing the previous record of Rs 551.7 crore from the IPL 2022 mega auction held in Bengaluru.Star wicketkeeper-batter…
