Lucknow Super Giants wanted to retain “players who have a mindset to win” and those that “put the team before their personal goals and aspirations,” the franchise owner has said after announcing the team’s retentions ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. LSG did not retain KL Rahul, who had captained the team for three seasons since it came into existence in 2022, following their seventh-place finish in IPL 2024….
England have signalled their intention to place Jamie Smith at the heart of their revival across formats, handing him a lucrative two-year ECB central contract that will commit him to their plans for both next year’s Ashes tour of Australia and the 2026 T20 World Cup. Smith, 24, was one of the breakout stars of England’s home Test summer, scoring a maiden Test hundred against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford,…
Imran Khwaja will continue as the ICC’s deputy chair after he was reappointed for another tenure. His new stint will begin on December 1, 2024, the day BCCI secretary Jay Shah begins his tenure as ICC chair. Khwaja, who was first elected to the ICC Board in 2008, has been the deputy chair since 2017. In that time, he has also held the position of interim chair, stepping in after…
The retention was quite the achievement for MI, considering they managed to keep players of considerable stature for a total of INR 75 crore. They will now have INR 45 crore to build the rest of their squad at the mega auction. Bumrah was retained at INR 18 crore, becoming MI’s top retention for the first time in his IPL career. Hardik and Suryakumar were retained at INR 16.35 crore…
Jasprit Bumrah is likely to miss the third and final Test of the series against New Zealand in Mumbai. Bumrah was with the team when they began training at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday, but all he did were some light fitness work and some fielding drills. He did not bowl during either of the training sessions that India had at the stadium. It is understood that Bumrah doesn’t have…
Unless Bangladesh start to put together top-order partnerships, they will continue to suffer like they did in Chattogram against South Africa, according to captain Najmul Hossain Shanto. The home side sunk to an innings-and-273-run defeat, bowled out twice in a total of 89 overs. Bangladesh’s match aggregate of 302 runs is the lowest by any team at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, reputed to be the best batting pitch in…
Sydney Thunder 146 for 5 (Knight 48, Athapaththu 38) beat Hobart Hurricanes 113 for 8 (Graham 31, Darlington 3-16) Three days after Hurricanes won by 31 runs in Hobart, Thunder scored a 33-run victory in a match reduced to 17 overs a side after rain delayed the start at North Sydney Oval by 30 minutes on Thursday. Related Carey and Graham star in Hurricanes’ opening win Parsons wickets, Laura Harris’…
Sydney Sixers have been handed a major boost with Australia captain Alyssa Healy having recovered from her T20 World Cup-ending injury to now be available for the WBBL. Healy, who ruptured the plantar fascia in her right foot against Pakistan in Dubai, which forced her to miss the final group game and semi-final where Australia were eliminated, is available for Friday’s match against Melbourne Stars at North Sydney Oval where…
Here’s the final list of players retained by each of the ten IPL franchises ahead of the upcoming mega auction for the 2025 season. Mumbai Indians 5 players retained: Jasprit Bumrah (INR 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (INR 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (INR 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (INR 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (INR 8 crore)Purse remaining for auction: INR 55 crore (out of INR 120 crore)Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1Players…
Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal are the three players likely to be retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. RCB will lose at least INR 36 crore for retaining two capped players and one uncapped player, and will have three right-to-match options at the mega auction, which they can use to buy back one uncapped Indian player and two capped players, or three…