IPL 2025: Ashwin will play for Chennai Super Kings after 9 years, the franchise spent so many crores on the spinner.
Ravichandran Ashwin will play for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025. R Ashwin (Photo Source: IPL 2024 Mega Auction is taking place on November 24 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A lot of money has been showered on 12 marquee players in the first round. Indian veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was playing for Rajasthan Royals for the last two seasons. Anna will be seen playing for Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming season. The franchise has signed him by bidding Rs 9.75 crore. With this the spinner has returned home after 9 years. Lucknow, Bengaluru and Rajasthan also bid for Ashwin Chennai Super Kings made the first bid for Ravichandran Ashwin in the IPL 2025 mega auction. After this, Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore were also seen bidding. Rajasthan Royals also entered the field to get their player back but in the end Chennai won. Ashwin has played for five IPL franchises Ravichandran Ashwin has represented five franchises so far in his IPL career. He played for Chennai Super Kings from 2008 to 2015. Then in 2016 and 2017, Ashwin was a part of Rising Pune Super Giants. Ashwin played for Punjab Kings from 2018 to 2020 and then for Rajasthan Royals from 2022 to 2024. How has your IPL career been? Talking about Ravichandran Ashwin’s IPL career, he has taken 180 wickets in 211 matches at an average of 29.83 and economy of 7.12. His best performance is 4/34. At the same time, Ashwin has also scored 800 runs at an average of 13.33 and strike rate of 118.52, his highest score is 50.
RCB cheated Siraj, Mian will play for Gujarat in IPL 2025, bid worth so many crores
IPL 2025 Auction: Gujarat Titans bought Mohammed Siraj for 12.25 crores. Mohd. Siraj (Photo Source: Getty Images) IPL 2025 Auction: Mohammad Siraj: IPL 2025 Mega Auction has started on 24th November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 577 players are going to enter this auction and only 204 players are going to shine. Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was released by Royal Challengers Bangalore before the mega auction. Gujarat Titans have included Siraj in the team by bidding crores of rupees in the auction. The surprising thing is that Royal Challengers Bangalore did not use the RTM card for Siraj. Watch here- IPL 2025 Auction Live Updates Moh became part of IPL 2022 champion Gujarat Titans. Siraj The IPL 2025 mega auction saw a competition between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans for Mohammed Siraj. Finally, Gujarat Titans bought him by bidding Rs 12.25 crore. With the presence of Siraj, the bowling unit of Gujarat Titans looks stronger. 🚨 DSP SIRAJ SOLD TO GUJARAT TITANS AT 12.25CR…!!! pic.twitter.com/WkGpxyWTiI — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 24, 2024 How was the performance for Royal Challengers Bangalore- Mohammed Siraj was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 auction for Rs 2.20 and he took 10 wickets in 6 matches in his debut season. Siraj has played 84 matches for RCB, in which he has taken 83 wickets at an average of 30.45. His best performance is 4/21. Last season, he took 15 wickets in 14 matches at an average of 33.07 and economy of 9.19. Take a look at IPL career- Talking about Mohammad Siraj’s IPL career, he has played 93 matches so far, in which he has taken 93 wickets at an average of 30.34 and economy of 8.65.
Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history, this star wicketkeeper batsman sold for Rs 27 crores
Rishabh Pant was the captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024. Rishabh Pant (Image Credit- Twitter X) The mega auction for IPL 2025 is starting from today. Marquee players were bid in the first two sets of the auction. In this series, bids were placed on Team India’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant, who was not retained by Delhi Capitals. Many franchises bid for Rishabh Pant in this auction, but Lucknow Super Giants bought him for Rs 27 crore. Lucknow, RCB and Hyderabad bid for Rishabh Pant. RCB has withdrawn its hands after 11 crores. But Lucknow and Hyderabad did not give up. Lucknow made the highest bid of Rs 20.75 crore but Delhi used RTM, after which Lucknow bid an amount of Rs 27 crore and Delhi decided not to use RTM. Rishabh Pant’s IPL stats are fantastic Former Delhi Capitals player Rishabh Pant is one of the most awaited players due to his impressive IPL career in which he has 3,284 runs in 111 matches and a strike rate of 148.93. His skills as a wicket-keeper batsman, coupled with his potential leadership qualities have made him a highly sought after player ahead of the auction. Apart from his ability as a wicketkeeper, Pant can also prove to be a good captain as he has captained Delhi Capitals for three seasons. This is why the demand for Rishabh Pant increased so much in the mega auction. For this reason all the franchises showed interest in him. Rishabh Pant IPL record Match – 111 Runs – 3284 Highest – 128* Century – 1 Half century – 18
IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad is preparing to pay 23 crores not to Pat Cummins but to Heinrich Klaasen, know here what is the whole matter
BCCI had announced that before the auction, there will be a slab of Rs 18 crore for the first retention of each franchise. Heinrich Klassen (Pic Source-Twitter) Ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025 auction, there is a lot of talk about the retention rules of players. Let us tell you that BCCI had announced that before the auction, there will be a slab of Rs 18 crore for the first retention of each franchise. However, now a surprising report is coming out. According to this report, Sunrisers Hyderabad is retaining Heinrich Klaasen for Rs 23 crore. This amount is Rs 5 crore more than the slab limit. According to the report, a franchise can retain a player for longer than the prescribed slab, as long as the total amount of multiple players is equal to or less than INR 75 crore (considering retaining five players). As per the retention rules, an IPL franchise can retain its first capped player for Rs 18 crore, second capped player for Rs 14 crore, third capped player for Rs 11 crore, fourth for Rs 18 crore and fifth for Rs 14 crore. Can keep. In this, the uncapped Indian can be retained for Rs 4 crore. The report also believes that a franchisee can distribute those rupees as per his choice. As per the rules, the retention deduction is of the overall amount rather than the per player fee, irrespective of the amount paid to the 5 players, in this case Rs 75 crore. If the total amount is more than Rs 75 crore then the actual amount will be deducted. If the amount is less than Rs 75 crore then Rs 75 crore will be deducted. All franchisees will have to keep this in mind Even if a franchise retains its designated players for less than Rs 75 crore, a fixed amount will still be deducted. However, the ability to freely distribute money to retained players could prove to be a big boost for the franchise. However, it remains to be seen how different teams use this rule as fans wait to see who are the players retained by the franchises ahead of the auction. Players who have won Player of the Match the most number of times in Tests- Which Indian batsman has the highest average in Tests against New Zealand? Fastest bowler to take 50 T20I wickets for India Take a look at the performance of Team India in every edition of Women’s T20 World Cup- IPL: You will be shocked to know the net worth of these 5 star players of Mumbai Indians. Batsman who scored the fastest century in T20I for India List of youngest players to win POTM for India in T20I- List of batsmen who scored the fastest triple century in Test cricket- Batsmen who have scored most double centuries in Tests for England- Joe Root reached this number in terms of scoring most test runs
PCB is spending money like water for renovation of stadiums before Champions Trophy, know how many crores of funds were released
After almost 3 decades, Pakistan is going to host the Champions Trophy. PCB (Image Credit- Twitter) The hosting rights of the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 are with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) this time. It is worth noting that the much-awaited 9th season of the tournament will be played in Pakistan. However, now before the start of this multi-nation tournament, the PCB is spending money like water for the renovation of the stadiums. Let us tell you that in the recent meeting of PCB Board and Governors in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has released a fund of 12.8 billion (in Pakistani rupees). This fund will be used to renovate the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Karachi’s National Stadium and Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. This much fund was released for the renovation of all three stadiums According to reports in Sports Star, the maximum funds have been released for the renovation of the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, where if speculations are to be believed, the Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan could be witnessed. A fund of ₹189 million has been set aside for the MOT of the stadium, ₹330 million for the replacement of two LED screens, ₹1100 million for new steel construction of the pavilion and ₹1250 million for the remaining renovations. On the other hand, a total fund of 3.5 billion rupees has been set aside for the renovation of Karachi’s National Stadium. This amount includes 330 million rupees for the replacement of two LED screens in the stadium, 340 million rupees for replacing 450 LED lights, 580 million rupees for the renovation of the main building and hospitality box and 1500 million rupees for the reconstruction of the pavilion building. Apart from this, a fund of Rs 1.5 billion has been released for the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Out of this money, Rs 393 million has been released for the replacement of floodlights and LEDs in the stadium, Rs 400 million for the construction of the main building, Rs 400 million for the construction of hospitality boxes and restrooms, Rs 330 million for LED screen replacement and Rs 272 million for the change of seating arrangement in the stadium.
Is LSG going to spend 50 crores for Rohit? Know what team owner Sanjiv Goenka said
Sanjiv Goenka. (Photo by Indranil Bhoumik//Mint via Getty Images) Rohit Sharma was removed from the captaincy of Mumbai Indians before the last IPL season and Hardik Pandya was appointed as the new captain of the team in his place. After this decision of the franchise, the fans of this team were also seen very angry. After this, there was speculation on social media that Rohit might leave Mumbai Indians before IPL 2025. Meanwhile, news also came that Lucknow has saved Rs 50 crore to buy Rohit. Now a big statement has come from LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka regarding these rumours. Recently, during an interview on Sports Tak, Sanjiv Goenka was asked whether it is true that he has kept a purse of Rs 50 crore for himself to buy Rohit. Sanjiv Goenka believes that any team will benefit from a player like Rohit Sharma, but it would not be right to spend such a huge amount on him. Sanjeev Goenka gave a big statement on buying Rohit Sharma Sanjeev Goenka said that “Nobody knows whether Rohit Sharma is participating in the auction or not? It depends on whether Mumbai Indians will release Rohit. Still, if Rohit participates in the auction and if you spend 50 percent of the purse amount on him, then how will you be able to buy other players. Everyone wants a good player and captain. It depends on what you have and what you can do with it?” Let us tell you that before IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants has appointed former Indian veteran fast bowler Zaheer Khan as the new mentor of the team. Earlier Gautam Gambhir was the mentor of LSG but last season Gambhir joined his old team Kolkata Knight Riders. Now Zaheer Khan will be seen in this new role.
Neeraj Chopra’s brand value increased by crores, left Hardik behind in terms of earnings
Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal in the Paris Olympics. Hardik Pandya & Neeraj Chopra (Photo Source: Getty Images) India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal in the Paris Olympics 2024. After that, Neeraj’s brand value has seen a huge increase. Neeraj Chopra’s brand value is going to cross Rs 330 crore after the Paris Olympic Games, if this happens then Neeraj Chopra can overtake Indian star all-rounder Hardik Pandya in terms of brand value. Before the Paris Olympics, the brand value of Neeraj Chopra and Hardik Pandya was almost equal, but after winning the silver medal in the Paris Olympics, Neeraj’s brand value has gained. According to financial advisory Kroll, Neeraj Chopra’s brand value is going to cross Rs 330 crore. Neeraj Chopra has the highest brand value among non-cricketer sportspersons in India. Hardik’s brand value is approximately 38 million US dollars (Rs 318 crore). Hardik is ranked fifth in the brand value of Indian cricketers. According to the recently released Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2023 by Kroll, Virat’s brand value has reached 22.79 million dollars (1904 crores rupees). Which is much more than Bollywood’s king Shahrukh Khan and Ranveer Singh. Virat Kohli is at the forefront in terms of sponsorship. Along with Neeraj Chopra, Manu Bhaker’s brand value also increased Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and then won the silver medal in the Paris Olympic Games. At the same time, Manu Bhaker won bronze medals in two events for India in shooting at the Paris Olympic Games. Manu Bhaker’s brand value has also increased rapidly after the Paris Olympic Games. According to the report, before the Paris Olympic Games, Bhaker’s endorsement fee was Rs 25 lakh, which has now crossed Rs 1 crore. Manu Bhaker has signed a deal with soft drink brand Thums Up for Rs 1.5 crore. CEO and MD of IOS Sports and Entertainment, Nirav Tomar, told the Times of India that around 40 brands have approached Manu Bhaker since the Paris Olympics. IOS Sports and Entertainment manages Manu Bhaker.