IPL 2020 auction: The list of sold and unsold players

6:22 AM GMT Annesha Ghosh The full list of players sold and unsold at the 2020 IPL player auction in Kolkata. (Conversion rates as follows: USD 1 = INR 71; INR 50 lakh = USD 70,400 approx; INR 1 crore = USD 140,800 approx; INR 10 crore = USD 1,408,000 approx) Sold players Unsold players This list will be updated once the auction begins. Source: ESPN Crickinfo

December 19, 2019
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Live blog – The IPL Auction

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December 19, 2019
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Melbourne Stars call up Haris Rauf as cover for Dale Steyn

December 19, 2019

Haris Rauf struck in the death overs © PSL Dale Steyn‘s debut in the BBL for the Melbourne Stars has been delayed due to a niggling side strain with uncapped Pakistan quick Haris Rauf plucked out of Hobart grade cricket to replace him in the Stars squad for their opener against Brisbane Heat at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast on Friday night. Steyn injured his side playing for the…

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First day of New Zealand's tour match cancelled due to extreme heat

Neil Wagner wears a towel packed with ice while fielding in 40-degree temperatures during the Perth Test  4:50 AM GMT Alex Malcolm New Zealand have cancelled the opening day of their scheduled two-day tour match against Victoria XI in Melbourne on Friday due to extreme heat that is forecast. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting temperatures of 43C in Melbourne on Friday combined with hot north-westerly winds. New Zealand’s first…

December 19, 2019
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Fantasy Picks: BBL – Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder

4:44 AM GMT December 19: Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder in Geelong Our XI: Sam Harper, Aaron Finch, Tom Cooper, Callum Ferguson, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Dan Christian, Daniel Sams, Arjun Nair, Kane Richardson, Harry Gurney Captain: Callum Ferguson A match-winning 73* in the Thunder’s first game gives Ferguson the nod over everyone else. From the 70 in the trial game to the two hundreds in his last three List…

December 19, 2019
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Pollard puts loss down to bowlers' poor execution at the death

Kieron Pollard, Keemo Paul and West Indies have been struggling to pick up wickets in the middle overs  3:32 AM GMT Deivarayan Muthu After KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma had given India a rousing start, West Indies’ bowlers tightened up and bowled 12 successive dot balls to Rohit. Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph found some seam movement and beat Rohit’s outside edge while debutant left-arm fingerspinner Khary Pierre attacked the stumps….

December 19, 2019
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IPL 2020 set to allow inter-team loans of capped players

6:03 PM GMT The 2020 IPL season is likely to begin in late March, with the BCCI earmarking the period between March 28 and May 24 as the prospective window for the tournament. The upcoming edition will, for the first time, allow loans of capped players – Indian or overseas – between teams after the halfway point of the season. Last year, the IPL had made a provision for uncapped…

December 18, 2019
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Bangladesh reluctant to play Tests in Pakistan, propose neutral venue

5:51 PM GMT Bangladesh’s tour of Pakistan, scheduled for next month, is now facing uncertainty with the BCB offering to play only T20Is in Pakistan, while asking that the two-Test series be shifted to a neutral venue. “We have had a round of correspondence with them [the BCB] and they are happy to play three T20s in Pakistan but they are slightly reluctant to play two Tests,” Wasim Khan, the…

December 18, 2019
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Anderson back in the groove but illness hits England build-up

2:19 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England XI (Root 72, Denly 60, Sibley 58) drew with SA Invitational XI 289 (Snyman 79, Rosier 70, Sekhukhune 65) James Anderson picked up a wicket in his first competitive work-out since August, but England’s hopes of fine-tuning their bowling attack ahead of next week’s Boxing Day Test were undermined by illness as their opening warm-up finished a draw in Benoni. Anderson, who had not…

December 18, 2019
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