DTVHINDIWPL 2025 Mega Auction: This explosive batsman had left his mark in the last season, now he has become the most expensive retained player of the upcoming edition.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have retained a total of 14 players. RCB Women Team (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Royal Challengers Bangalore women’s team captain Smriti Mandhana has become the most expensive player retained in the Women’s Premier League 2025 auction. Let us tell you that Royal Challengers Bangalore has retained a total of 14 players. Not only this, this franchise has also traded Daniel Whyte from UP Warriors. They will have four available slots in the upcoming auction. Let us tell you that, before the first season of the Women’s Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore had included Smriti Mandhana in their team for Rs 3.4 crore. She was the most expensive player of this tournament. The Women’s Premier League has not yet had a mega auction and hence the franchises will have to sell their retained players at the price at which they bought them. In the first season, under the captaincy of Smriti Mandhana, Royal Challengers Bangalore had a disappointing performance and the franchise could not make its place in the qualifiers. Many people had raised questions on Smriti Mandhana’s captaincy and batting. However, in the second season, she not only gave RCB their first trophy by performing brilliantly but Smriti Mandhana herself played an important role in her team’s victory. Let us tell you that in the final of Women’s Premier League 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets. Batting first, the Delhi team was all out for 113 runs, in response to which Royal Challengers Bangalore won the target by 8 wickets. List of players retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore: retain Smriti Mandhana (Captain)Richa GhoshRenuka ThakurAsha ShobhanaShreyanka PatilEkta BishtS Meghnaalyce perrySophie DevineDanny Wyatt (trade)Georgia WarehamSophie Molyneuxkate crossKanika Ahuja released Disha CassattIndrani Roynadin de clarkShubha SatishShraddha PokkarSimran Bahadurheather knight The Indian captain who lost the most test matches at home- List of teams that have won the most matches away from home in WTC- Players who have won “Player of the Tournament” in every edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup- List of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Test cricket- Players who have been out for a duck most times in international cricket (active) Take a look at India’s lowest total in Test cricket- 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-
6 November, 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. Glenn Maxwell, Rinku Singh, David Warner, Aakash Chopra, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, & Sunil Gavaskar (Photo Source: 1. AUS vs PAK: These 3 strong players were included in the Australian team in the mid-series against Pakistan. Host Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the series by registering a thrilling win by two wickets in the first match of the ODI series. The second match will be played on 8 November at Adelaide Oval. Meanwhile, the Australian team has included Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson and Josh Philippe in the squad for the third ODI against Pakistan. 2. This 42 year old cricketer gave his name for IPL 2025 mega auction, played his last T20I match 10 years ago Former England fast bowler James Anderson has registered his name for the IPL auction. Anderson, who has not played any T20 match since 2014, will return to this format after a long time of 10 years. Furthermore, Anderson has also never been a part of the IPL, but before the mega auction, he has registered his name at a base price of Rs 1.25 crore. 3. “I am 25 years old? I thought I was younger than him”- Gambhir’s heart-winning reply to SRK’s birthday wish. Shahrukh Khan celebrated his 59th birthday on 2 November 2024. On the occasion of his birthday, not only the fans but also the stars of Bollywood and cricket world had showered their love on King Khan. Everyone had written lovely messages for Shahrukh. In this series, the current head coach of Team India and former captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, Gautam Gambhir had also wished Shahrukh and said that he would be 25 years old. Shahrukh has replied to Gambhir and it is going viral very fast on social media. Actually, Gautam had written, ‘Shahrukh is a person who is going to turn 25 years old. Your energy and charm are becoming more youthful with each passing year. You keep spreading love like this. 4. “Bumrah should captain instead of Rohit…”, Aakash Chopra supported Gavaskar with such statement. If reports are to be believed, Rohit’s wife Ritika is pregnant and he may miss the first Test match against Australia to be held in Perth from November 22. News of his absence in the second test is also coming out. Sunil Gavaskar believes that captaincy should be handed over to Jasprit Bumrah and when Rohit Sharma returns, he should play as a batsman. Cricket commentator Aakash Chopra has also supported this statement of Sunil Gavaskar. He said that what Gavaskar has said is not wrong, because it is wrong to start a big series without a captain. 5. IPL 2025 Mega Auction: KKR retained Rinku Singh for Rs 13 crore, Indian player changed his residence, bought this luxurious bungalow Indian team’s explosive batsman Rinku Singh has recently bought a luxurious bungalow in Aligarh. He bought this bungalow when Kolkata Knight Riders retained the best player in their team.…
IPL 2025 Mega Auction: 3 main reasons why RCB should include Yuzvendra Chahal back in their team
The experienced spinner has taken 205 wickets in the IPL so far and is the highest wicket taker in this tournament. Yuzvendra Chahal belongs to the breed of disappearing spinners. (Photo Source: BCCI) Many people are eagerly waiting for the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025. Recently all the franchises have announced their respective lists of retention players. Rajasthan Royals also announced the names of their retained players. The best spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was not included in this list. Let us tell you that Yuzvendra Chahal is one of the best spinners in the Indian Premier League. Not only this, the experienced spinner has taken 205 wickets in the IPL so far and he is the highest wicket taker in this tournament. Yuzvendra Chahal was also a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore team before Rajasthan Royals. The performance of this explosive player has always been very good for Royal Challengers Bangalore and the franchise would definitely like to include him again in their team in the upcoming auction. Today we tell you three main reasons why Yuzvendra Chahal can prove to be one of the important players of RCB in the upcoming season. 1- Yuzvendra Chahal is the highest wicket taker at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Yuzvendra Chahal. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI) Yuzvendra Chahal started his IPL career with Mumbai Indians in 2013. After this, RCB included him in their team and till 2021, he continuously performed brilliantly for this franchise. Yuzvendra Chahal took 23 wickets in the 2015 season and played an important role in taking his team to the playoffs. RCB was runner up in the 2016 season in which Chahal took 21 wickets. In the 2020 and 2021 seasons, he took a total of 39 wickets. For RCB, this brilliant spinner has taken 139 wickets in 113 matches, out of which he has taken 52 wickets at M Chinnaswamy Stadium which is the home venue of RCB.
Virat Kohli’s IPL salary: How much has the salary increased from 2008 to 2024
Virat Kohli resigns from captaincy in 2022 season Virat Kohli (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI) Virat Kohli is one of those players who has participated in every edition of IPL. Apart from this, he has represented Royal Challengers Bangalore since its inception. RCB included him in the inaugural edition of the season in 2008 for Rs 12 lakh. After this Virat never looked back. Kohli started his IPL career with a good salary, which remained the same for him for the first three seasons (2008–2010). However, 2011 saw a tremendous increase in his IPL salary. RCB recognized his potential and retained him for Rs 8.28 crore. After this, the franchise made him the full time captain in 2013. The next season saw an increase of Rs 12.5 crore in Kohli’s IPL salary. The 2016 season was Kohli’s best as he scored a record-breaking 973 runs with four centuries, helping RCB reach the final. Salary cut during the season affected by Covid epidemic Due to this incredible performance, his salary saw a further increase in 2018. When he became the most expensive player of the league with a salary of Rs 17 crore and this salary remained intact till 2021. It is worth noting that during the 2022 season affected by the Covid pandemic, Kohli voluntarily accepted a cut in his salary, in which he received an amount of Rs 15 crore. Now for the last three seasons, Delhi born players have been playing on the same salary. Let us tell you that in the 2022 season, the experienced player resigned from the role of captaincy and handed it over to Faf du Plessis to focus completely on batting. In the same year, he continued his dominance and scored 741 runs in the next season. With the retention deadline of 2025 approaching, Virat Kohli is expected to be retained for Rs 18 crore. There is also news that he is interested in captaining RCB again in the upcoming season.
‘Being a Bangalore boy, it would be nice to play for RCB’ Abhinav Manohar ahead of IPL mega auction
Abhinav is currently a part of Gujarat Titans. Abhinav Manohar (Image Credit- Twitter Batsman Abhinav Manohar, who plays domestic cricket for Karnataka, has expressed his desire to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on his home ground in the IPL. Let us tell you that the 30-year-old experienced player is currently a part of Gujarat Titans (GT) from the year 2022. In the first season with the team, Manohar played some swashbuckling innings, and contributed to the team winning its first title. After this, the next year when the team finished runner-up, they also performed well. However, the year 2024 IPL was nothing special for him. This season he got to play only two matches for GT. So now that the mega auction for IPL 2025 is round the corner, and the teams have to submit the list of retained and released players to BCCI before October 31. Meanwhile, Abhinav Manohar has expressed his desire to play in IPL for RCB. Abhinav Manohar gave a big statement Let us tell you that in a recent interview with Wisden, Abhinav Manohar said – Being a Bangalore boy, it would be good to play for RCB. In the last few years, I came to Bengaluru to play some matches on behalf of GT. But I didn’t get a chance to play, and I really wish I would have played, because I think I know this wicket well, and it’s a batting track. It would be any batsman’s dream to play in Bangalore in IPL, because it is very easy to hit a six here, the ground is quite small. Abhinav Manohar further said- I think it would be great to play for my home team also. Let’s see. I mean, the dynamics of the auction are very strange, and you don’t know which team you’re going to. So, I’m just hoping that I get a chance to go to a team that I can play for, that’s all.
IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant denounces fake news of joining RCB, lashes out at the person who spread the false news
Pant could be the first player to be retained by Delhi Capitals. Rishabh Pant (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian cricket team’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has condemned the news of him joining Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team for the upcoming season of IPL. He has also strongly reprimanded a social media user who spread this news. Let us tell you that recently an ex-user named Rajiv1841 wrote in a post that Rishabh Pant was recently expected to take the vacant captaincy position in RCB through his manager, but the RCB management refused to do so. Virat does not want Pant in RCB due to his political strategy in the Indian team as well as Delhi Capitals (DC). But now Rishabh Pant has replied to this user in his own style and said that before spreading such news, check your so-called source. Replying to this user, Pant wrote on X- Fake news. Why do you guys spread so much fake news on social media. Be a little sensible guys, it’s very bad. Don’t create an unbelievable atmosphere for no reason. This is not the first time and won’t be the last time, but I had to come for it now. Please double check your so called sources. Every day it is getting worse. The rest is up to you guys. It’s not just for you, it’s for many people who are spreading fake news. See this answer of Rishabh Pant 🚨 Rishabh Pant approached RCB 🚨 – Pant approached RCB through his manager earlier this week as he foresee a captaincy vacancy there but got declined by RCB’s management. Virat doesn’t want Pant in RCB due to his Political Tactics in Indian team as well as in DC. – RCB Source pic.twitter.com/B6KY2gj4gp — Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) September 26, 2024 Pant is number one in terms of retention in DC On the other hand, if we talk about Pant, he is the first choice among the players to be retained by Delhi Capitals (DC) for the upcoming season. However, some media reports had earlier claimed that Pant could go to Chennai Super Kings as Dhoni’s replacement, but later these reports also proved to be false.
RCB troll Pakistan team: RCB badly trolled Pakistan team, tweet went viral
Royal Challengers Bangalore shared a tweet which was made with the intention of trolling the Pakistani team and to rub salt to the wounds of the Pakistanis. RCB brutally troll Pakistan (Source RCB troll Pakistan team: The 2 match test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh has ended. In this series, Bangladesh won 2-0 and Pakistan had to face a shameful defeat. Once again, due to shameful performance on home soil, Pakistan team has come under the target of critics. Along with the team, every player is being trolled on social media. IPL franchise team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has also washed its hands in this flowing Ganga. RCB badly trolled the Pakistan team A picture was posted by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on X (formerly Twitter). This picture was purely done to troll the Pakistani team and rub salt to the wounds of the Pakistanis. The post had a picture of the Indian Test team, comparing the home records of Pakistan and India. This was Pakistan’s 10th consecutive home Test loss, while India maintains a record of 17 wins in home Test series since defeating Australia in 2013. RCB tweeted trolling Pakistan The post pointed to Pakistan’s 10th home Test defeat compared to India’s record of 17 Test series wins. RCB troll Pakistan team “Winning at home is not as easy as this team makes it look.” Winning at home isn’t as easy as this team makes it look like 😌 And they are back this month 😉 pic.twitter.com/Ij7jl8KHCh — Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) September 3, 2024 After Pakistan, now Bangladesh will face India India will play 10 Tests before the 2025 World Test Championship final next year, with their first home Test series against Bangladesh starting on September 19. Talking about the WTC Points Table, the Indian cricket team is currently at number one with 74 points. Australia is second with 90 points. However, Australia has a points percentage of 62.50 as compared to India (68.52), due to which it is at the second position despite having more points. New Zealand is at the third position with 36 points. Bangladesh is at the fourth position with 33 points, while Pakistan is at the eighth position with 16 points.
IPL 2025: Kohli’s RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore) team will target these 3 captains in the auction
In this article, we will discuss the three players whom RCB can bid big in the IPL 2025 mega auction to make the captain of their team. RCB’s (Image Credit- Twitter X) IPL 2025 Mega Auction: 3 Captains RCB will target for upcoming IPL season: All the franchises have started their preparations for the mega auction of the 18th edition of IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), which has not won a single IPL title yet, is planning to buy some star players in this auction. RCB’s aim is to fulfill the dream of winning the champion’s title this time. Last season, RCB performed brilliantly and reached the playoffs, but lost to Rajasthan Royals in the first qualifier. There are reports that RCB is considering releasing Faf du Plessis and is looking for a new opener batsman and captain to replace him. In this article, we will discuss the three players whom RCB can bid big in the IPL 2025 mega auction to make the captain of their team. 3 Captains RCB will target in IPL 2025 Mega Auction 1. KL Rahul KL Rahul (Photo Source: Getty Images) RCB is considering bringing KL Rahul back into the team. If Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) releases him, RCB will not shy away from spending a big amount to include him in their team. Rahul is known for his opening batting and captaincy skills, which could be a huge advantage for RCB. 2. Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: RCB is also targeting Rohit Sharma, who won the T20 World Cup for Team India. If Mumbai Indians release Rohit, then RCB will try their best to include him in the team. Rohit has won the IPL title five times as captain of Mumbai Indians, and his experience and leadership abilities can help RCB win the trophy for the first time. 3. David Warner David Warner (Photo Source: X/Twitter) David Warner is also one of the potential captaincy options for RCB. Warner, a current Delhi Capitals player, has retired from international cricket, and RCB is planning to include him in the team. Warner’s captaincy experience, who made Sunrisers Hyderabad the IPL champion, can prove to be very beneficial for RCB.
On the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, this message from RCB won the hearts of the fans, gave a special message
The festival of Raksha Bandhan is being celebrated with great enthusiasm across the country. Virat Kohli and Shreyanka Patil (Image Credit- Twitter Today, on 19th August, Monday 2024, the holy festival of Raksha Bandhan is being celebrated all over the world including India. On this occasion, sisters across the country have been seen tying Rakhi on the wrists of their beloved brothers. Cricketers have also not remained untouched by this festival. The cricket fraternity has also shared photos celebrating this festival on their official accounts. On the other hand, on the occasion of Rakshabandhan, IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has shared a special message with the fans. This message of RCB has won the hearts of the fans. Let us tell you that the franchise shared a photo of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli and Shreyanka Patil on its official Instagram account, in which they are seen protecting their bats from the rain. RCB wrote- Protect your sisters the way our superstars protect their bats. Close to your heart, cozy in your hug. See this post of RCB Protect your sisters the way our superstars protect their bats. Close to your heart, cozy in your hug. #PlayBold #Rakshabandhan pic.twitter.com/m9EFNuIKaT — Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) August 19, 2024 Know why Raksha Bandhan is celebrated? Raksha Bandhan is a major festival of Hindus. Also, this festival shows the love between brother and sister. The history of this festival is about 5 thousand years old. Let us tell you that Raksha Bandhan is made by combining the words ‘Raksha’ and ‘Bandhan’. ‘Raksha’ means protection and ‘Bandhan’ means bond. Thus, Raksha Bandhan means ‘bond of protection’. In ancient times, on the festival of Raksha Bandhan, sisters tie a Rakhi or protective thread on their brothers’ wrists and take a promise from them to protect them. Brothers, on the other hand, promise to provide protection and help to their sisters. But with time, the tradition of giving gifts has also become a trend. Also according to Hindu mythology, when Lord Indra was going to fight the demons, his wife Indrani tied a thread on his wrist, which was called Rakshabandhan.
If KKR releases him, Rinku Singh wants to play for RCB, read the full story?
Rinku started his IPL career playing for KKR. Rinku Singh (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian cricket team’s star left-handed batsman Rinku Singh has expressed his desire to play for IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) if his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) releases him before the IPL 2025 auction. Also, 26-year-old Rinku wants to play cricket in IPL for RCB because of Virat Kohli. It is worth noting that after the amazing performance in IPL 2023, Rinku was successful in making a place in the Indian cricket team. Apart from this, when the team won the IPL 2024 title by KKR, Rinku played an important role in the middle order. Also, who can forget Rinku hitting sixes on five consecutive balls against Yash Dayal in an IPL match. However, when Rinku Singh was asked which IPL franchise he would like to play for if KKR releases him, Rinku without any hesitation named RCB. Let us tell you that in a recent interview with News 18, Rinku said – RCB, because Virat Kohli is there. Also, on not being selected for the Duleep Trophy, Rinku said- I did not perform that well, I did not play many Ranji Trophy matches, played only 2-3 matches and I did not perform well, so I was not selected. Hopefully my name will be included for the next matches. A look at Rinku Singh’s cricket career On the other hand, if we give you information about Rinku’s cricket career, then till the time of writing the news, he has played 2 ODIs, 23 T20 matches for Team India, in which he has scored 55 ODIs and 418 T20 runs. Apart from this, he has scored a total of 893 runs in 45 IPL matches at a strike rate of 143.34.
