DTVHINDIThis English batsman’s luck shone after being bought by RCB in the mega auction, he got the ECB central contract.
RCB bought this player for Rs 2.6 crore in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Jacob Bethell (Image Credit- Twitter The fortunes of young English cricketer Jacob Bethell, who was recently bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL 2025 mega auction, have brightened. It has only been a few days since he made his Test cricket debut for England that the 21-year-old player has received a two-year central contract from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). With this contract, Batal was now seen playing cricket in the English team with established players like Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Harry Brook. Also, let us tell you that in the mega auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia last month, RCB had bought the young player for Rs 2.6 crore. He can be seen opening with Virat Kohli in the upcoming season. This 21 year old young cricketer recently made his debut in Test cricket against New Zealand. So before this, he has also made ODI and T20 debut in the domestic white ball series against a strong team like Australia. According to Cricbuzz reports, apart from Jacob Batlle, the ECB has also extended the contracts of England’s bowling trio Joffra Archer, Matthew Potts and Brayden Curse till 2026. Cricketers who got central contract of ECB 2024-25 for two years: Jofra Archer (Sussex), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Matthew Potts (Durham), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Mark Wood (Durham). for one year: Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Jack Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Jack Leach (Somerset), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Ollie Stone (Nottinghamshire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire), Reece Topley (Surrey), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).
IPL 2025: Jitesh Sharma beats Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer in the matter of fee increase in mega auction, read big news
RCB bought Jitesh for Rs 11 crore in the mega auction. Jitesh Sharma (Photo Source: Twitter) On 24th and 25th November of this month, the mega auction for IPL 2025 was seen in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. All the 10 franchises involved in this mega auction spent a total of Rs 383 crore to buy 120 players. Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh was the first player to be sold in this auction. Arshdeep was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 18 crore. So in this auction, star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive player to be sold in the history of IPL. Pant was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for a huge amount of Rs 27 crores. So Shreyas Iyer was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore. However, in this mega auction, Indian wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma has left behind players like Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer in terms of salary increase percentage. Let us tell you that in this auction, Jitesh had kept his base price at Rs 2 crore, but in the IPL 2024 season, his salary was Rs 20 lakh and he was seen playing for Punjab Kings. But in this mega auction, Jitesh was added to the IPL 2016 season’s runner-up Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by paying a huge amount of Rs 11 crore. So this is a 5500 percent increase in Jitesh’s IPL salary. This increase has not been seen in the salary of any IPL player yet. Jitesh will play the role of finisher in RCB in IPL 2025 Let us tell you that Jitesh Sharma made his IPL debut for Punjab Kings in IPL 2022. So in the next two years the player’s strike rate was 163 and 156. However, IPL 2024 was a forgettable one for the player. Last season, he was able to score only 187 runs at a meager strike rate of 131. So after the retirement of Dinesh Karthik, RCB has included Jitesh in the team as a finisher.
I would be very surprised to see if Mumbai Indians…: Former player gave a surprising statement after the mega auction of IPL 2025
After the IPL 2025 auction, Mumbai Indians team is looking very strong. Mumbai Indians (Image Credit- Twitter Mumbai Indians included many strong players in their team in the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025. Not only this, before this auction they had also retained five Indian players. These players were Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav. After the IPL 2025 auction, Mumbai Indians team is looking very strong. Recently, former player Akash Chopra presented his side regarding the Mumbai Indians team. According to Aakash Chopra, Mumbai Indians team can qualify in the playoffs of Indian Premier League 2025. Not only this, he also said that he would be quite surprised if the team does not qualify for the playoffs. Aakash Chopra shared a video on his official YouTube channel in which he said, ‘The first 12 players are looking good. You can even go up to 13 as the team will need backup as well. The team’s backup is not that good. Fitness will also be very important. It is very important to see whether the bowling lineup of Mumbai Indians remains fit or not. If all the players remain fully fit then the team can secure its place in the Final 4. I would be surprised if the team does not make it to the Final 4. To tell the truth, I was quite surprised last season also. It seems that a lot of things did not go well for the team last season but now it has become a whole family. Mumbai Indians team will definitely win at least 5 out of 7 matches in Wankhede: Aakash Chopra The former player further said, ‘It will be very important to see how the team performs at Wankhede because it is their home. Looking at the way the team is setup, it can be said that Mumbai Indians will definitely win 5 out of 7 matches at Wankhede. They can register victory in 6 matches also. Even though the team has less spinners, the fast bowling lineup is quite strong. Mitchell Santner’s role is going to be very important in the upcoming season. List of batsmen who have scored most Test centuries away from home- IPL: Bowlers taking most wickets in powerplay since 2018 IPL 2025: Know the names of the captains of all 10 franchises- IPL 2025: Most expensive Indian players sold in the auction IPL 2025: Top 5 big players who remained unsold in the auction Rishabh Pant becomes the most expensive player in IPL history The bowler who bowled the most dot balls in IPL history- Batsman who has hit most Test sixes in a calendar year- Virat Kohli made this shameful record in his name in 2024 List of batsmen who scored most runs in IPL history-
IPL 2025: Three players whom KKR could have included in their team in place of Venkatesh Iyer in the mega auction
Kolkata Knight Riders included brilliant all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer in their team for Rs 23.75 crore in the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025. Venkatesh Iyer (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Kolkata Knight Riders included brilliant all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer in their team for Rs 23.75 crore in the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025. Kolkata Knight Riders invested heavily in Venkatesh Iyer. Let us tell you that Venkatesh Iyer’s performance was very good in the Indian Premier League 2024 and he played an important role in the victory of Kolkata Knight Riders. However, despite this, the Kolkata team released him before the upcoming season. In the IPL 2025 auction, Kolkata Knight Riders once again included Venkatesh Iyer in their team by making a big bid. However, there were some players whom Kolkata Knight Riders could have included in their team for half the amount of Venkatesh Iyer. Today we will tell you about three such players. 1- Fill Salt Phil Salt (Pic Source-X) Royal Challengers Bangalore has bought English wicketkeeper-batsman Phil Salt for Rs 11.50 crore. Phil Salt’s performance in IPL 2024 was explosive and he scored 435 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders in 12 matches at a strike rate of 182. But the Kolkata team released him before the upcoming season. Phil Salt has the ability to give his team a good start by batting explosively in the powerplay. Instead of Venkatesh, the franchise should have included Phil Salt in its team.
IPL 2025: 5 winners of mega auction, after remaining unsold in the first round, won in the accelerated round
Some players were bought in the last round of IPL 2025 mega auction. IPL 2025 Mega Auction (Photo Source: IPL 2025 Mega Auction ran for two days in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Players’ market was held on 24th and 25th November and the fortunes of about 200 players shone. 10 IPL teams made huge purchases. However, there are still many teams which do not have maximum players. After the IPL 2025 mega auction, there are only three teams which have squads of 25 players each. However, all 10 teams have 18 or more players. The squad of each team should be of at least 18 players. There were some players in this auction who were sold in the last round. No franchise bought these players in the first round, but later in the accelerated round, teams completed their squad by purchasing these players. 5) Arjun Tendulkar Arjun Tendulkar, son of the great batsman in cricket history, Sachin Tendulkar, was taken by Mumbai Indians (MI) at a base price of Rs 30 lakh. No team bid on him in the initial round. When Arjun’s name came up in the accelerated bidding, Mumbai decided to buy. He was a part of the Mumbai team earlier also. 4) Ajinkya Rahane Initially no one betted on experienced Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane. He was later bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at a base price of Rs 1.5 crore. He was released by Chennai Super Kings. He performed brilliantly for Chennai in the 2023 season. 3) Lungi Ngidi There was also no special interest in South African fast bowler Lungi Ngidi. He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 1 crore in accelerated bidding. This was the base price of Ngidi. He played his last IPL match for Chennai in 2021. 2) Devdutt Padikkal Indian batsman Devdutt Padikkal also remained unsold in the first round. He was taken by RCB in the last round at the base price of Rs 2 crore. He was released by Lucknow Super Giants. Padikkal made his IPL debut for RCB in 2021. His performance in the last few IPL seasons was not that good. 1) Glenn Phillips New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips was also sold in the accelerated round after going unsold in the first round. He was bought by Gujarat Titans in accelerated bidding for Rs 2 crore. This was his base price. Phillips played his last IPL match for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2023.
IPL 2025 Auction: ‘My son has worked hard’ Father of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who became a millionaire at the age of just 13, gave an emotional reaction
In the mega auction, the young player was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.10 crore. Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Image Credit- Twitter The mega auction for the 18th season of IPL ended on November 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. So on the second day of this auction, 13 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest player to be sold in the IPL auction. Vaibhav had kept his base price at Rs 30 lakh in the IPL 2025 mega auction. But there was a bidding war between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals to buy the young player. But in the end Rajasthan included the player in the team by making a huge bid of Rs 1.10 crore. On the other hand, now after Vaibhav made a new record in the IPL auction, his father Sanjiv Suryavanshi has given a big reaction. The young cricketer’s father says that he has worked hard to achieve this position. Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s father gave a big statement After Vaibhav Suryavanshi was sold in the IPL auction, his father quoted News 18 as saying – He is now not just my son, but the son of entire Bihar. My son has worked hard. At the age of 8, she performed brilliantly in the Under-16 District Trials. I used to take him to Samastipur for cricket coaching and then bring him back. Also, let us tell you that Vaibhav Suryavanshi had recently scored a century in Test cricket for India Under 19 team against Australia Under 19 team in Chennai. He also became the youngest Indian player to do so. Vaibhav had scored 104 runs in 62 balls in that match. Apart from this, he has also made his debut for Bihar against Rajasthan in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Saturday. In this match he scored 13 runs in 6 balls. Also, if some media reports are to be believed, his father had sold his farming land to make Vaibhav a cricketer. However, now the hard work of the young player has started paying off.
“Excellent… 90% of what we wanted…”, said PBKS owner Preeti Zinta after IPL 2025 mega auction.
If you can get more than 90 percent, it is a great auction – Preity Zinta Preity Zinta (Photo Source: Punjab Kings/X) Punjab Kings have prepared a strong squad for IPL 2025. Before the mega auction, the franchise had retained only Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh. Punjab had gone in with a purse of Rs 110.5 crore and bought players like Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nehal Vadhera and Marcus Stoinis. If these players remain in form throughout the season, then Punjab will have a big chance of winning the trophy for the first time. Meanwhile, Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta said that, after the auction, the franchise is happy with the new players as they have got 90 percent of the players they wanted. Preity Zinta said this after IPL 2025 mega auction- Speaking on Star Sports after the end of the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 25, Preity Zinta said, We wanted to start from scratch, some were successful and some failed, but most of them were what we wanted. There is no auction where you feel that these are the names we want 100 percent. If you can get more than 90 percent, it’s a great auction. And we got about 90% of what we wanted. Preity Zinta also told that the franchise is very happy to have Indian players like Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar and Nehal Vadhera in the squad. Yes, they’re back, and I’m very, very excited. Arshdeep Singh is a Punjabi boy, Harpreet Brar, Nehal Wadhera and many such people. One thing we definitely wanted was a brand new team, a brand new approach. But we also wanted players from our catchment area. Full squad of Punjab Kings for IPL 2025- Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Shashank Singh, Nehal Vadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis, Azmutullah Omarzai, Lockie Ferguson, Vijay Kumar Vaishak, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Aaron Hardy, Vishnu Vinod, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, P Avinash, Praveen Dubey
After the mega auction of IPL 2025, the possible playing XI of Sunrisers Hyderabad could be something like this.
SRH looks very strong after IPL mega auction Travis Head & Abhishek Sharma (Photo Source: IPL Official Website) The mega auction for IPL 2025 has ended in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia. In this auction which lasted for two days, 10 teams together bought a total of 182 players, out of which 62 were foreign players. The franchises spent Rs 639.15 crore to buy these players. Also, a total of 395 players including domestic and foreign players did not find any buyer. Well, if we talk about one-time champion Sunrisers Hyderabad in this mega auction, the team has bought a total of 15 players. SRH management spent Rs 44.80 crore to buy these players, while it also had a remaining purse of Rs 20 lakh. After this mega auction, Sunrisers are looking very strong in both batting and bowling departments. SRH management bought big players like Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar and Adam Zampa in the Mega Auction held in Jeddah. On spin friendly tracks, this pairing of Chahar and Zampa can prove to be dangerous for any batting order. Well, following the trends from social media and former players after this mega auction, we bring you the possible strongest playing XI of SRH See SRH’s strongest playing XI after mega auction Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abhinav Manohar, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins (captain), Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Mohammed Shami (Simarjeet Singh – impact player) Full squad of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for IPL 2025 Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brayden Carse, Kamindu Mendis. , Aniket Verma, Ishaan Malinga, Sachin Baby
IPL 2025: Suresh Raina believes, Rishabh Pant can be the most expensive player in the auction
Delhi Capitals has released Rishabh Pant ahead of the upcoming auction. Rishabh Pant (Image Credit- Twitter X) The Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction will be held on November 24-25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Many big players will be under bid in the upcoming auction and one of them is the Indian team’s explosive wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. Let us tell you that Delhi Capitals has released Rishabh Pant before the upcoming auction. His performance so far in this important tournament has been tremendous and many franchises will definitely be eyeing him in the upcoming auction. Recently, former Indian team batsman Suresh Raina has given a big statement regarding Rishabh Pant. According to him, there may be a big bid for Rishabh Pant in the upcoming auction. According to The Times of India, Suresh Raina said, ‘We should see this as an opportunity. If we look at Australian players, they are getting a lot of money and this is not seen with Indian players. He is an excellent captain of Delhi Capitals, a brilliant batsman and a strong wicketkeeper. I feel that there will definitely be a bid of Rs 25 to 30 crores for him. Rishabh Pant is a brand. All franchises will definitely have their eyes on Rishabh Pant: Suresh Raina The former player further said, ‘Rishabh has the ability to win the cup anywhere. He tried in Delhi but nothing happened. Same thing was seen with KL Rahul whereas Shreyas Iyer won the cup for Kolkata but he was not retained by the franchise. Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings, Delhi and Lucknow are the four teams who want to include such an Indian captain in their team. Chennai also has to form a team but they have Rs 55 crore left in their purse. If they spend Rs 25 to 30 crore on one player, they will have to complete the team with at least 18 players. These 8 star players will not play in IPL 2025 Indian players who have scored 50+ scores most times in Australia Batsmen who hit most sixes in T20Is in 2024- IPL 2025: PBKS will target these 5 players with a purse of Rs 110.5 crore How has been Virat Kohli’s performance in BGT, know here- List of batsmen who scored the fastest T20I century for India- IPL 2025: RR can target these players in the mega auction Indian batsmen who got out on duck most number of times in T20Is- IPL 2025: These 8 players will get expensive bids in the mega auction IPL 2025: MI will target these 5 players in the mega auction
EXCLUSIVE: “Was very aware of Dhoni’s importance in world cricket” – Richard Madley said while remembering the 2008 IPL auction.
Richard Madley. (Source – Getty Images/Wales Online) Richard Madley, who is known as the first person to host an Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, recently discussed many interesting things about his experience of being the auctioneer at the mega event. He hosted the inaugural IPL auction on February 20, 2008, and continued hosting the auction until the 2018 edition. Recently Madley was asked whether he had any prior knowledge about MS Dhoni before entering the auction. The star wicketkeeper-batsman was the most expensive player at the event as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bought him for $1,500,000 (approximately Rs 6 crore) after the bidding started at $400,000 (approximately Rs 1.6 crore). Richard Madley gave a big statement regarding MS Dhoni Madley, in an exclusive chat with CricTracker, said that he was fully aware of Dhoni’s stature in the field of cricket as he was a cricket fan and the Indian captain’s unrealistic demand at the time of that auction did not surprise him. Richard Madley said, “I was very aware of Dhoni’s importance to Indian cricket, world cricket. I am a cricket fan, you know, I follow the game closely. So I knew he was potentially a player who was going to set things up. The first IPL auction, now, of course, it is random (auction set), you don’t know whose name will be the first to come out of that velvet bag that day. The former auctioneer said that, and I think Dhoni was thinking about the number five or six player. I think it was his fourth or fifth name that day and when his name came everyone went ‘aah’. And in those days, we used small cricket balls which were kept in a velvet bag. And on that came a player number, set number, which was his and there was a noise around the room you could tell there was excitement within the room.
