Ipl Auctions
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19 capped Indian players among 971 up for grabs in upcoming IPL auction
There are 215 capped players, 754 uncapped and two cricketers from associate nations who will compete for the available 73 spots.
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‘Players are paraded like cattle’: NZ cricketers association hits out at ‘cruel’ IPL auction
The Indian Premier League had hinted at moving to a player draft system, thereby scrapping the auctions, in the future.
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IPL auction 2018: Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad have won on paper
Despite the Rajasthan Royals’ splurging, which went against their Moneyball reputation, they aren’t the most balanced squad of the lot.
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Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Washington Sundar eager to learn from Kohli & Co after RCB move
The Bangalore outfit bought Sundar for Rs 3.3 crore in the IPL auctions on Sunday.
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‘Let them say whatever they want’: Shukla hit backs at Bedi after IPL criticism
Bedi recently alleged that IPL is a platform for money laundering and questioned the source of big bucks being spent during the auction
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Sandeep Lamichhane, who moved from India to Nepal to play cricket, now has an IPL contract
The 17-year-old leg-spinner will play for the Delhi Daredevils next season.
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Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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IPL auction: What’s sorted and what’s needed for each franchise after Day 1
While some teams reached near the minimum squad strength mark of 18, others were still a long way off.
Jaideep Vaidya
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IPL auction: Stokes goes to RR for 12.5 Cr, Ashwin to KXIP for 7.6 Cr, Gayle goes unsold
Rajasthan Royals got hold of Stokes for a whopping Rs 12.50 crore to outbid Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab.
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IPL auction: The best uncapped players across T20 leagues around India in the last year
Uncapped players have more of a chance of being picked this season because they will feature on the first day of the auction.
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The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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‘We will definitely go for Ashwin’: MS Dhoni reveals CSK’s plans for IPL auction
The franchise can’t use a Right To Match card for the off-spinner since they have already retained three Indian capped players.
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From Rs 50,000 tennis-ball tournaments to Rs 3 crore IPL auction bids, this is T Natarajan’s story
The left-arm pacer from the interiors of Tamil Nadu became the highest paid uncapped Indian player at the IPL auction.
Sanjay Rajan
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IPL 2017: Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes to skip England duty in order to play all 14 league games
The duo will not represent England in the two-match one-day series against Ireland in early May.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver