DTVHINDIEXCLUSIVE: “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.
‘Did not leave Delhi Capitals for money…’, Rishabh Pant’s post before IPL auction created an uproar on social media
Rishabh Pant will enter the mega auction before IPL 2025. Rishabh Pant (Image Credit- Instagram) India’s star wicketkeeper batsman, Rishabh Pant has broken his silence on not being retained by Delhi Capitals. He has made it clear in a tweet that he did not leave Delhi Capitals for money. Pant responded to a video by Star Sports, in which Sunil Gavaskar was explaining the reason behind Delhi not retaining their captain ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. In the video, Sunil Gavaskar said that, I believe that there may be a disagreement between Delhi Capitals and Rishabh Pant regarding the retention fee of the wicketkeeper-batsman. The former batsman also said during this time that Capitals may try to buy Pant back in the mega auction to be held on 24 and 25 November. This one tweet by Rishabh Pant created an uproar on social media After this, Rishabh Pant reacted to this video and said that he did not leave the Delhi Capitals team for money. Pant has given his reply on a video of Gavaskar. Pant, who was the star batsman of Delhi Capitals, wrote in this post – I can definitely say that my retention was not about money. My retention wasn’t about the money for sure that I can say 🤍 — Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) November 19, 2024 Gavaskar told Star Sports- I think Delhi Capitals would like Rishabh Pant back in their team. Sometimes, when a player has to be retained, there are negotiations between the franchises and the players regarding the expected fees. As some of the players who have been retained by their franchises have demanded a higher No. 1 retention fee. So obviously I think there might be some disagreement there, but I think Delhi would want Rishabh Pant back. Talking about IPL retention, Delhi Capitals retained four players before the IPL 2025 auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. They retained Axar Patel for Rs 16.5 crore, Kuldeep Yadav for Rs 13.5 crore, South African star all-rounder Tristan Stubbs for Rs 10 crore and uncapped wicketkeeper Abhishek Porel for Rs 4 crore.
IPL Mega Auction: Irfan Pathan’s big prediction, Starc’s auction record is in danger, this Indian player will break it…..
Irfan Pathan. (Photo Source: Twitter) Team India’s former star all-rounder Irfan Pathan believes that wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant will break Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc’s record of being the most expensive player in IPL (Indian Premier League) history. Let us tell you that, Starc was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs 24.75 crore during the IPL 2024 mini-auction. Mitchell Starc had overtaken his Australian teammate Pat Cummins’s price of Rs 20.50 crore in the same auction. Cummins was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). However, Pathan feels that Rishabh Pant can break that record in the upcoming auction as he will be the most sought-after player in the auction. This time, big names like KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Venkatesh Iyer, Ishan Kishan will enter the IPL mega auction. Irfan Pathan tweeted on Twitter and wrote, ‘Mitchell Starc’s auction record is in danger. Rishabh Pant is ready to break it. Rishabh Pant was a part of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024 Rishabh Pant was earlier a part of Delhi Capitals and he has also captained that team. Pant was not retained this time and he is going to enter the auction. Lucknow Super Giants, KKR also did not retain their captains and both KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer will enter the auction. The mega auction is scheduled to take place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A total of 574 players have registered their names for the mega auction, of which 366 are Indian and 208 are foreign players. There are a total of 81 players in the base price of Rs 2 crore. Now it remains to be seen whether this prediction of Irfan Pathan proves correct or not.
IPL 2025 Auction: What will be the final bid of Mitchell Starc and with which team will the Australian bowler be seen playing? AI made big predictions
According to AI, famous franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) can include Mitchell Starc in their team for Rs 11 to 13 crores. Mitchell Starc (Photo Source: Getty Images) Australia’s experienced fast bowler Mitchell Starc returned to the Indian Premier League 2024 after 9 years. Mitchell Starc was included in their team by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2024 for Rs 24.75 crore. Not only this, Starc has become the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League. However, before the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders have released Mitchell Starc. The Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The performance of the experienced player in IPL 2024 was quite good for Kolkata Knight Riders. Last season, he took 17 wickets in 14 matches at an average of 26.12. Experienced fast bowler Mitchell Starc’s performance in T20 cricket has always been very good. He has taken 193 wickets in 142 matches at an average of 20.59. The best thing about Starc is that he can prove to be quite lethal even in the powerplay and can be seen bowling brilliantly in the death overs as well. AI made a big prediction about Mitchell Starc According to AI, famous franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) can include Mitchell Starc in their team for Rs 11 to 13 crores. RCB desperately needs a dangerous fast bowler in its bowling attack who can bowl lethally even in the death overs. RCB has released the brilliant Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. If Mitchell Starc is seen playing for the RCB team in IPL 2025, then it will be a matter of great joy for the franchise as well. This is also because Royal Challengers Bangalore has not yet won the trophy of this important tournament even once. However, the franchise would definitely like to win the upcoming season. 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 Batsman who scored most centuries for India in BGT- IPL 2025: CSK will target these 5 players in the mega auction The batsman who got out on zero most number of times in BGT- IPL 2025: RCB will target these 5 players in the mega auction Bowlers who took the most wickets for India in BGT-
Big reshuffle in Virat Kohli’s team before IPL 2025 mega auction, entry of this unknown player
Before the mega auction of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore have made changes in their coaching staff. RCB has appointed Omkar Salvi as its fast bowling coach for the upcoming 2025 IPL season. The 43-year-old coach, with his extensive domestic experience, will look to lead RCB to the title this season. In the history of IPL, RCB has not been able to win the title even once. According to the Indian Express report, Omkar Salvi has been appointed as the fast bowling coach and an official announcement from RCB is expected soon. His appointment comes at a strategic time for the franchise. RCB is looking to strengthen its backroom staff ahead of the 2025 IPL season and mega auction. Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy title under Omkar Salvi. Omkar Salvi may not be that well-known coach, but he has a lot of achievements at the domestic level. Salvi joined as the head coach of Mumbai ahead of the 2023-24 season and as soon as he arrived, he led Mumbai to its 42nd Ranji Trophy win. This was Mumbai’s first Ranji title after 8 years and the MCA subsequently decided to retain Salvi for another season. Not only this, then under him Mumbai won the Irani Cup after 27 years. Omkar Salvi does not have much experience as a player. He played only one match for Railways in the year 2005. He took only one wicket in his career but he is quite popular as a coach among the players. This year too, under his coaching, Mumbai is at third position in the elite group of Ranji Trophy. The team has scored 22 points in 5 matches. Salvi also has experience in IPL. He has also been the assistant bowling coach of Kolkata Knight Riders. Earlier, RCB had appointed Dinesh Karthik as its mentor and batting coach for IPL 2025. Karthik and Salvi have also worked together before in KKR.
November 17, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening
This news gives a brief description of the incidents which made headlines in the cricket world today. Sarfaraz Khan (Image Credit- Instagram) 1) WI vs ENG: West Indies gave a crushing defeat to England in the fourth T20I, registered the first win in the series.
IPL 2025 Players Auction List: 574 players shortlisted, only 204 will shine
BCCI has shortlisted 574 players for the auction, which includes 366 Indian and 208 foreign players. IPL Auction (Photo Source: IPL 2025 Players Auction List: The IPL 2025 Mega Auction will take place on November 24 and 25 (3:30 PM IST) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. BCCI has shortlisted 574 players for the auction, which includes 366 Indian and 208 foreign players. Whereas, 3 players are from Associate Nation. 318 Indian uncapped and 12 uncapped foreign players will be included in the auction. Let us tell you, out of 574 players, the luck of only 204 players is going to shine, out of which 70 slots will be for foreign players. 81 players will enter the auction with a base price of Rs 2 crore. The maximum base price of players in the IPL 2025 mega auction is Rs 2 crore and 81 players will go with this base price. At the same time, the lowest base price is Rs 30 lakh, in which 320 players have registered. Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh and Mitchell Starc will enter the auction with a base price of Rs 2 crore. He has got a place in Set-1 of marquee players. While Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj are in Set-2 with a base price of Rs 2 crore. IPL 2025 Players Auction List: Complete details of capped and uncapped players, along with their reserve prices- Number capped/uncapped players player 1 caped indian 48 2 caped alien 193 3 Associate 3 4 untapped indian 318 5 untapped exotic 12 List of players according to base price- Number base price player 1 2.00 crores 81 2 1.50 crore 27 3 1.25 crores 18 4 1.00 crore 23 5 75 lakhs 92 6 50 lakhs 8 7 40 lakhs 5 8 30 million 320 IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Know the purse of all 10 franchises- Mumbai Indians- 45 crores Kolkata Knight Riders- 51 crores Chennai Super Kings- 55 crores Rajasthan Royals- 41 crores Royal Challengers Bangalore- 83 crores Delhi Capitals- 73 crores Gujarat Titans- 69 crores Lucknow Super Giants- 69 crores Punjab Kings- 110.5 crores Sunrisers Hyderabad- 45 crores
IPL 2025: “Even if we can’t take Siraj, there is no problem…”, Aakash Chopra said about RCB’s plans in the auction.
Aakash Chopra says that RCB will have to pay more attention to building a strong bowling unit in the auction. Mohammad Siraj & Aakash Chopra (Photo Source: The IPL 2025 mega auction will take place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Royal Challengers Bangalore have retained Virat Kohli (21 crore), Rajat Patidar (11 crore) and Yash Dayal (5 crore) before this auction. The franchise has released big players like Faf du Plessis, Mohammed Siraj, Glenn Maxwell, Will Jacques and Cameron Green. Meanwhile, cricket commentator Aakash Chopra says that RCB will have to focus more on building a strong bowling unit in the auction. Even if the team is not able to buy back Mohammad Siraj, it will not make much difference. Weak bowling is the big problem of RCB Aakash Chopra said that the reason behind Royal Challengers Bangalore not winning a single trophy is bowling. Therefore, to build a strong bowling attack, the team will have to buy good players in the auction. He also said that the franchise also needs at least one good spinner. While talking in the video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said, I have to prepare a good bowling attack. For this, even if I can’t bring Siraj, I won’t have any problem, but you have to find out where you can find good bowlers. Can you buy Kagiso Rabada because you have the money? “Can you buy Mitchell Starc because you have the money?” Can you find Mark Wood because you have money? Spend money and buy bowlers because the main problem behind ‘Ee Saala Cup Namde’ becoming ‘Ee Saal Bhi Cup Rahe De’ is bowling. For this you need at least one quality Indian spinner, if it becomes two then great, and you need to have good fast bowling options. Mohammed Siraj took 15 wickets in 14 innings at an economy of 9.18 for Royal Challengers Bangalore last season. Mark Wood did not play last season. At the same time, Kagiso Rabada and Mitchell Starc have been released by their franchises. Aakash Chopra stressed that Royal Challengers Bangalore must target Yuzvendra Chahal in the mega auction. Let us tell you, Chahal has taken 139 wickets for RCB in 112 innings at an economy of 7.58, he is the highest wicket taker for the franchise.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Five released spinners on which all the franchises will have their eyes on
The Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah. Yuzvendra Chahal (Pic Source-X) The Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah. Many people have been eagerly waiting for the upcoming auction for a long time. There are many such strong spinners who can get big bids in the upcoming auction. Let us tell you that, there were many spinners who performed well in IPL 2024 but despite this, their franchises released them before the upcoming auction. However, there may be a big bid on him in the upcoming mega auction. Today we will tell you about five such spinners. 1- Harpreet Brar Harpreet Brar (Photo Source: Harpreet Brar’s performance for Punjab Kings in the IPL has been quite good. So far he has played 41 matches in this important tournament in which the young spinner has taken 25 wickets. Harpreet Brar bowled lethally against Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League match, taking the wickets of Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers. There may be a big bid for this young player in the upcoming auction.
“I don’t know what will happen this year”- Deepak Chahar said on being bought by CSK in IPL 2025 mega auction.
Deepak Chahar (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI) Chennai Super Kings spent Rs 14 crore to buy Deepak Chahar in the IPL 2022 mega auction, but he was ruled out of the entire season due to injury. Even in the last two seasons of the cash-rich league, Chahar’s fitness has become a major problem for the team and he could play only 10 and 8 matches respectively in the two seasons. After ordinary performances for the Yellow team over the past few years, Chahar was not retained by the five-time IPL champions and will now try his luck in the IPL 2025 mega auction. This mega auction is scheduled to take place in Jeddah on 24 and 25 November. Let us tell you that Deepak is completely fit at this time and he is continuously bowling well for Rajasthan in the domestic season. Deepak Chahar gave a big statement regarding IPL 2025 mega auction Meanwhile, Deepak Chahar has given a big statement regarding the IPL 2025 mega auction and he has expressed hope that CSK will again bid for him in the upcoming auction. Speaking to Times of India, Deepak Chahar said, “Even in the last mega auction they did not retain me but then tried their best for me and bought me back. I don’t know what will happen this year, but I know that my skills will be given more importance now because around 90-100 runs are being scored in the powerplay and that is why teams are scoring more than 200 times. I proved how valuable I can be in limiting runs at that stage of the game.” This time Chennai Super Kings franchise has retained Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Mathisha Pathirana, Shivam Dubey and MS Dhoni. All other players were released by the team. In such a situation, now there is a possibility that the franchise can buy some of them again in the mega auction, in which Deepak Chahar can also be a player.
