DTVHINDI“We will try to buy Pant but I don’t think….”- CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan
MS Dhoni Kashi Vishwanathan (Photo Source: Twitter) The mega auction of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is going to take place in a few days. This mega event is scheduled to take place on 24th and 25th November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Just ahead of this auction, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO, Kasi Vishwanathan has finally broken his silence on the team signing star Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. After the end of the T20 World Cup, some reports had come out in which it was said that Chennai has shown interest in the wicketkeeper-batsman for the next season. Then this speculation finally reached its peak when Delhi Capitals released their retention list. Now in such a situation, the excitement among the fans regarding the auction of Rishabh Pant has reached its peak. We will try to buy Pant but….- Statement of CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan Now the question is, will CSK join the race to acquire Pant in the mega auction? While speaking to former CSK batsman Ambati Rayudu on Provoke TV, Kashi did not rule out the possibility but also admitted that he is keen to be the first to pick his players in the mega auction. Kasi Vishwanathan said, “We had discussions with captain Ruturaj, MS (Dhoni) and coach Stephen Fleming before taking the decision on retention. We were very clear that the players who helped the team grow and stabilize over the years were very important for the CSK team to continue going forward.” He further said, “It was very easy to retain Gaikwad, Jaddu, MS, Shivam Dubey and Mathisha Pathirana. But we knew that if we retained these players, we would have less money going into the auction. We knew that we would not be able to compete with other teams when it came to the best of Indian players. I mean, we’ll still try, but I don’t think we’ll be able to buy them at the auction.”
IPL 2025: KKR CEO Venky Mysore made a surprising revelation about his retained players.
Kolkata Knight Riders first included Rinku Singh in the retention list for Rs 13 crore. Venky Mysore. (Photo Source: Twitter) On 31 October, Kolkata Knight Riders revealed their retained players for the upcoming season. Kolkata Knight Riders first included Rinku Singh in the retention list for Rs 13 crore. After this, Varun Chakraborty, Andre Russell and Sunil Narayan were retained for Rs 12 crore each. Among the uncapped players, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh were signed for Rs 4 crore. Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore shared a video on KKR’s official YouTube channel in which he said that the franchise had to retain 10 to 11 players and it was not easy for anyone to select 6 players. Apart from this, he praised all the retained players. Venky Mysore said, ‘We wanted to retain 10 or 11 players because everyone’s performance has been excellent. It was very difficult for everyone to choose 6 of these because the players have won the hearts of all the fans by performing tremendously for the Kolkata team. Sunil Narayan has been with us for 12 years and Andre Russell has also been with the team for 10 years. Varun Chakraborty has also performed well for Kolkata Knight Riders for a long time and everyone knows about Rinku Singh very well. Harshit Rana has also bowled brilliantly for the team for 3 years and Ramandeep Singh has left his mark after joining the team last year. I think this is the best combination. Here’s the video: Kolkata Knight Riders have Rs 51 crore left in their purse for IPL 2025 mega auction. Let us tell you that Kolkata Knight Riders now have Rs 51 crore left in their purse for the upcoming mega auction. Many fans were hopeful that the Kolkata franchise would definitely retain Shreyas Iyer, under whose captaincy the franchise had won the trophy for the 2024 season. However this has not happened. Mitchell Starc has also not been retained. It will be very exciting to see which players Kolkata Knight Riders include in their team in the upcoming auction? 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-
MS Dhoni will play in IPL 2025, CSK CEO confirmed
MS Dhoni played as a player in IPL 2024. MS Dhoni (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI) IPL 2025: For IPL 2025, all the franchises have to submit the list of their retained players to BCCI before October 31. Meanwhile, a big relief news has come out for Chennai Super Kings regarding retention. Actually, CSK franchise did not know whether Dhoni would play in the next season or not, but now Dhoni has told his decision regarding this to the franchise. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO Kasi Vishwanathan himself has told Cricbuzz that, MS Dhoni will play in IPL 2025. This top official of the five-time champion team said that he is very happy with this and he does not need anything else. Kasi Vishwanathan said that when he (Dhoni) is ready, what else do we need? We are happy. Now CSK is all set to retain MS Dhoni as an uncapped player. Apart from this, if some reports are to be believed then Ravindra Jadeja will be the top retention of this franchise followed by Rituraj Gaikwad and then Mathisha Pathirana. That means Jadeja will be at number one while Rituraj will be at second and Pathirana will be at number three among the players to be retained. MS Dhoni will meet N Srinivasan soon The report also claims that MS Dhoni will meet franchise owner N Srinivasan to finalize the retention for the team. It is also reported that this wicketkeeper-batsman will be kept in the uncapped category for Rs 4 crore. Recently BCCI has re-implemented this rule, under which players who have not played international cricket for 5 years can be retained in the team as uncapped players. It is now completely clear that Ravindra Jadeja will be the first retention of Chennai, followed by Rituraj Gaikwad. Mathesa Pathirana No. 3 has agreed to retention. Apart from them, Shivam Dubey, Devon Conway and uncapped player Sameer Rizvi can also be retained.
(Exclusive) We do not compete with IPL, but complement it: LLC CEO Raman Raheja
In the first three years the LLC has registered a growth of 300 percent. LLC CEO Raman Raheja (Image Credit- Twitter The third season of Legends League Cricket (LCC), which started in 2022, is currently being played. Apart from India, some famous cricketers from all over the world are participating in this tournament. Fans have got to see some great matches in the tournament so far. This time a total of six teams are playing in the ongoing season of the tournament, which like IPL, are owned by different people on the franchise model. Former veteran cricketers like Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Gayle, Ian Bell and T Dilshan etc. are seen playing on behalf of these teams. The league has recorded 300 percent growth in the first three years of the tournament. After this, there is a strong discussion about the fact that in the coming time, LLC can compete with IPL, the biggest T20 league in India and the world. But now, amidst the successful third season of the tournament, the league’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Raman Raheja has made a big statement. Raheja says that we do not compete with IPL, rather we complement it. Raman Raheja gave a big statement Let us tell you that recently in an interview with Crictracker, the media partner of the ongoing season of LLC, Raman Raheja said on comparison with IPL – No comparison, no comparison. See, we all consider IPL as a benchmark. Yes, we all learn from this. IPL has set such high standards and it is just the progenitor of all the leagues that have started after IPL. We are just a small player in that entire ecosystem, but I can proudly say that we are the IPL of legends. Raheja further said- Whichever player retires from IPL, we start with him. Tournament is the story of DK (Dinesh Karthik), Shikhar Dhawan, Mohammad Kaif. There are a lot of these cricketers, they finish and we start. That’s why I will never compete, I don’t even want to challenge the IPL. I just want to complement it.
(Exclusive) We will take the tournament all over the world: LLC CEO Raman Raheja
We are not thinking of competing our tournament with IPL. LLC and Raman Raheja (Image Credit- Twitter The third season of Legends League Cricket (LCC), which started in January 2022, is currently being played. Apart from India, some famous cricketers from all over the world are participating in this tournament. Fans have got to see some exciting matches in the tournament so far. A total of six teams are playing in the third season of the tournament. The names of these teams are Manipal Tigers, Toyam Hyderabad, Southern Super Stars, India Capitals and Konark Suryas Odisha and Gujarat Greats. Former veteran cricketers like Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Gayle, Ian Bell and T Dilshan etc. are seen playing on behalf of these teams. On the other hand, amid the successful third season of the tournament, the league’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Raman Raheja has given a big statement. Raheja says that now he is trying to take the tournament to the whole world. Raman Raheja gave a big statement Let us tell you that recently in an interview with Crictracker, the media partner of the ongoing season of LLC, Raman Raheja said – Yes, we have already done some work on it. We are in partnership with other countries and we started with Oman. After this we started the franchise model like it is done in India. After this we went to Qatar, this year also we wanted to take the league to Qatar, but unfortunately the weather did not allow us to do so. We will take LLC worldwide. Especially, in those countries which are desperate to watch cricket, and where there are not many international matches. Raman further said – This is a category of league cricket in the world which is vacant and we are trying to fill it. We don’t want to compete with the IPL or any international cricket, rather we want to go to smaller countries because these giants bring a lot with them that the youth and the countries adopting this game can really inspire.
ICC CEO Geoff Allardyce has confirmed that the Champions Trophy 2025 tournament will be held here
Geoff Allardyce has confirmed that the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 tournament will be hosted in Pakistan. Geoff Allardice (Image Credit- Twitter X) International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Geoff Allardice has confirmed that the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 tournament will be hosted in Pakistan. He said that they are not planning to change the hosting of the upcoming tournament at all. Let us tell you that the Champions Trophy 2025 tournament will be played in the months of February and March 2025. For the upcoming tournament, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also started work in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi stadiums. Construction work has started in all these three venues and the upcoming tournament can be organized here. For quite some time now, there have been reports that this tournament can be played outside Pakistan. Actually, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) does not want to send Team India to Pakistan. Not only this, PCB also believes that except India, all the teams participating in the tournament have already visited Pakistan. In such a situation, India has no solid reason to refuse to tour Pakistan. Champions Trophy 2025 tournament will be held in Pakistan itself A few days ago, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajeev Shukla had revealed that Team India’s tour of Pakistan will depend on the instructions given to them by the Indian government. The upcoming tournament will see fierce clashes between India, Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. West Indies and Sri Lanka will not be seen participating in the Champions Trophy 2025. Now it remains to be seen what decision the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) takes on this. The Indian team has never toured Pakistan since 2008. It is also possible that the Champions Trophy 2025 tournament may be played in a hybrid model, although no confirmation can be made about this right now. Players who scored most centuries in Tests between IND vs BAN- List of players who scored most runs in the powerplay of T20I in 2024- Ishan Kishan suddenly entered the Duleep Trophy and then scored a century Players who have won the most “Player of the Match” in WTC- Know how is Virat Kohli’s record in the test against Bangladesh? Batsmen who hit the most sixes for India in the death overs of T20I Batsmen who scored the fastest T20 century for Australia- Mushir Khan broke Sachin Tendulkar’s 33 year old record Wicketkeepers with most Man of the Match awards for India 7 expensive watches of Hardik Pandya and their prices, know here-
Rashid Khan will be fully available for the ODI series against South Africa: ACB CEO made a big revelation
Rashid Khan is fully available for the ODI series against South Africa starting from September 18. Rashid Khan (Photo Source: Getty Images) Afghanistan’s best player Rashid Khan was advised not to play in the Test format for 1 year after undergoing surgery in 2023. However, Rashid Khan is fully available for the ODI series against South Africa starting on 18 September and this has been confirmed by Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Naseeb Khan. Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Naseeb Khan told the Times of India in Kabul, ‘Rashid Khan had an operation last year and after that the doctor advised him to stay away from Test cricket for at least 1 year. Rashid Khan also agreed to this. During the Shpageeza tournament, we got reports that Rashid Khan has not faced any problem with his injury and he is currently completely fit. Not only this, the Afghanistan team has to play an ODI series against South Africa in the UAE from September 18 and looking at Rashid’s health, it can be said that he is fully available for this series. Earlier this week, Rashid Khan was also not included in the preliminary squad for the one-off Test against New Zealand starting in Greater Noida from September 9. Rashid Khan was away from cricket for 4 months after the end of the ODI World Cup 2023. However, under his captaincy, the Afghanistan team made it to the semi-finals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 played in the West Indies and USA. This experienced player has performed quite well in the Shpaheeza tournament Let us tell you, Rashid Khan has taken a total of 6 wickets in three matches in the Shpageeza tournament being played in Afghanistan. Not only this, before the start of this tournament, Rashid Khan was also seen participating in The Hundred tournament. This experienced spinner has played five Tests, 103 ODIs and 93 T20 matches for Afghanistan. All the fans of the Afghanistan team will be very happy to know that Rashid Khan is fully available for the upcoming ODI series against South Africa. List of Indian captains who scored the highest in WTC- KL Rahul and Athiya Shetty trolled for their poor dressing sense Top-5 batsmen who scored the most centuries in WTC 10 HOT pictures of Ishan Kishan’s girlfriend Highest wicket taker for India in International Cricket Virat Kohli’s 10 expensive watches and their prices, know here- Dinesh Karthik will rock LLC, join this team for the upcoming season List of batsmen who hit the most T20 sixes in 2024- Pakistan’s luck is bad, they have not won a Test match for 1294 days These 5 Indian cricketers are addicted to alcohol
Nick Hockley made a big announcement, will leave the post of CEO of Cricket Australia very soon
Nick Hockley has announced that he will step down as Chief Executive of Cricket Australia after March 2025. Nick Hockley. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Nick Hockley has announced that he will step down from the post of Chief Executive of Cricket Australia after March 2025. Let us tell you, Nick Hockley was working in this post for five years. He worked in Australia Cricket for about 13 years, in which he was the Chief Executive for five years. Hockley said, “The decision to step down was very difficult, but after completing five successful years, it would be the right time for me to move on and accept a new challenge. I will leave this post in March next year, by then the board will also have time to find its new CEO.” He further said in a statement, ‘This is not the time to say goodbye, as I am completely focused on the upcoming season. Also, I am supporting the board in finding a new option.’ Nick Hockley held this position during the Covid period Hockley’s tenure began during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially he was appointed in an interim capacity in 2020 but from 2021 he took over the entire tenure on his own. His tenure was quite successful. During his tenure, both the Australian men’s and women’s teams won the ODI and T20 format World Cup. Not only this, the men’s team also won the World Test Championship trophy. CA Chairman Mike Baird said, ‘Hockley’s tenure has always been very challenging but he handled this job very well. Under his leadership, we have signed many deals. He has still not left Cricket Australia midway and his entire focus is that the coming summer proves to be very successful for all the fans and broadcasters and partners of Australian cricket. We would like to celebrate his tenure well.’ 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Wasim Akram rejected the offer of PCB CEO post citing family commitments, read big news
Akram has worked a lot with Pakistan cricket in the past Wasim Akram (Photo Source: After Pakistan’s humiliating defeat against India in the ICC T20 World Cup in New York in June this year, former Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram was seen strongly criticizing the team. In his statement, Akram had sharply criticized the Pakistan cricket team and said that now the time has come for big changes in Pakistan cricket. However, now when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to the legendary cricketer regarding these changes, he has rejected it citing family commitments. According to some media reports of Cricket Pakistan, the former cricketer was offered the post of CEO or Chief Advisor of Pakistan Cricket by the Pakistan Cricket Board, but he has rejected it due to personal reasons. It is worth noting that Wasim currently lives in Lahore district of Pakistan, but he often visits Australia. On the other hand, after Akram rejected this post, PCB has offered this post to former Pakistani fast bowler and coach Waqar Younis, who lives in Australia. Younis has also shown interest in this post. Now it will be interesting to see how long it takes for PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi to bring Waqar Younis back to Pakistan cricket? A look at Wasim Akram’s cricket career If we give you information about Wasim Akram’s cricket career, then in his 19-year cricket career, he has played 104 Test and 356 ODI matches for the Pakistan cricket team. During this time, Akram has taken 414 Test and 502 ODI wickets. Also, in the world of cricket, Akram is known as the Sultan of Swing.
Ravichandran Ashwin joined Chennai before IPL 2025, CEO Kashi Vishwanathan handed over this big responsibility
Ashwin started his IPL career playing for Chennai Super Kings. Ravichandran Ashwin (Image Credit- Twitter X) Recently, the 17th season of IPL has ended. Kolkata Knight Riders won the title for the third time by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final match. So now cricket fans are waiting for the upcoming season. However, this time a mega auction is going to be held for the upcoming season. As per the IPL rules, all teams can retain 3 out of the total players in the team and buy one player under the Right to Match Card (RTM) under the 3+1 strategy. But before the start of IPL 2025, according to some media reports, Rajasthan Royals and Indian team’s experienced spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has joined Chennai Super Kings. So after joining the team, franchise CEO Kashi Vishwanathan has also entrusted him with a big responsibility. Ashwin joined Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Let us tell you that before the start of IPL 2025, experienced spinner Ashwin has joined five-time champion Chennai Super Kings. According to a report of Indian Express, Chennai Super Kings can buy Ravichandran Ashwin in the mega auction of IPL, because Ashwin is not seen in the main core of Rajasthan Royals. In such a situation, if Chennai is unable to get Ashwin in the auction, then it can also get him through trade. On the other hand, regarding Ashwin, franchise CEO Kashi Vishwanathan said – It all depends on the auction, because we have no control over it. We have to wait and see if the opportunity presents itself. But first and foremost, Ashwin will be heading our High Performance Centre and looking after all cricket-related work. We have got him on board in our setup and he is now part of the CSK venture, while at TNCA he will also play first division cricket for the India Cements team.
