DTVHINDIIPL 2025: Ben Stokes will withdraw his name from the mega auction, big reason revealed
Ben Stokes (Image Source: BCCI-IPL) England Test captain Ben Stokes is probably planning to withdraw his name from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega-auction to give greater priority to England’s Test cricket. He did not name his name in the IPL 2024 auction to focus on the Ashes. Star all-rounder Stokes played his last IPL match in 2023. Stokes played only two matches for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) that season. CSK had bought Stokes in the auction for a huge amount of Rs 16.25 crore but he could not play most of the matches due to injury. Now once again Stokes can withdraw his name from IPL to focus on the upcoming series of England. Ben Stokes can now withdraw his name from the mega auction of IPL 2025 According to The Telegraph report, Stokes not being named in the IPL 2025 mega auction means that he is considering focusing completely on white-ball cricket. He last played T20 International in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. However, the 33-year-old all-rounder returned in the ODI World Cup 2023 after retiring from ODI cricket. He has indicated to play ODI again. Ben Stokes has a very busy schedule in 2025. England are scheduled to play home and away Test series against India and Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle. As an all-rounder, it is very important to manage Stokes’ workload. He has recently made a comeback after injury. In such a situation, it is very important for the England team to remain fit. The 33-year-old player has played 43 IPL matches so far and has scored 974 runs and taken 28 wickets at an average of 34.79 and economy of 34.79 respectively. The last date of registration for IPL Mega Auction is Sunday (November 3). One reason for Stokes’ withdrawal from the auction is also believed to be the special rules of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) for foreign players.
November 1, 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. IND vs NZ, Rachin Ravindra, Washington Sundar, Virat Kohli, Sanjay Manjrekar, IND vs PAK (Photo Source: 1. IND vs NZ: Why is Bumrah not playing in Mumbai test match, captain Rohit gave the big reason The third and last Test between India and New Zealand has started from Friday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is not playing in the Mumbai Test. Fast bowler Mohammad Siraj has been included in the playing eleven in place of Jasprit Bumrah. Regarding this, at the time of toss, captain Rohit Sharma said that Bumrah was not well, due to which he was out of the playing XI. Bumrah took three wickets in two test matches against New Zealand. 2. IND vs NZ: First success in Mumbai Test in the name of Akash Deep, Devon Conway was out after scoring 4 runs. The last match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai from November 1. Akash Deep gave a big success to Team India by dismissing Kiwi opener Devon Conway in the first session of the first day of the game. The fourth over of New Zealand’s first innings was bowled by Akash Deep. The first ball was played by Tom Latham towards mid-off and three runs were taken. Akash then dismissed Devon Conway LBW on the next ball. In the first innings, Conway could score only 4 runs in 11 balls. 3. IND A vs AUS A, First Unofficial Test: Thanks to Sai Sudarshan’s excellent half-century innings, Rituraj Gaikwad and Company took control of the match. The first unofficial Test match between Australia A and India A is being played at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in McKay. On the second day of play of this match, the best batsman Sai Sudarshan scored a brilliant half-century for India A in his second innings. Sai Sudarshan has batted very well so far due to which India A has taken the lead against Australia A. 4. “His performance in the last few seasons” – Manjrekar expressed displeasure over making Virat Kohli the captain. Sanjay Manjrekar said that Virat Kohli should not be made the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Manjrekar said that instead of looking at Kohli’s height, one should see how Kohli has performed with the bat in the last few seasons. 5. BGT 2024: Team India will not play its intra-squad match before Perth Test, know what is the whole matter Team India has to tour Australia for a 5-match Test series, which is starting from November 22 in Perth. Team India is fully prepared for the upcoming tour. However, before the Perth Test, a big news is coming out about Team India. Before the Perth Test, the Indian team was to play an intra squad match between November 14 and November 17, but now it will not be an intra squad match.…
“Sanju had a big role, he also faced difficulties…”, said head coach Rahul Dravid regarding RR’s retention and release.
As a captain, he (Sanju Samson) has built very good relations with these players – Rahul Dravid Rahul Dravid & Sanju Samson (Photo Source: IPL franchises have released their retention lists ahead of the upcoming mega auction. Rajasthan Royals showed confidence in their 6 star players and retained them and spent Rs 79 crore. The team will now enter the auction with a purse of Rs 41 crore. Rajasthan has retained captain Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal for Rs 18 crore each. Dhruv Jurel and Ryan Parag were retained for Rs 14 crore each, Shimron Hetmyer for Rs 11 crore and Sandeep Sharma for Rs 4 crore. The franchise has not retained opener Jos Buttler and spinners Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, due to which the fans are quite surprised. Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid has given a big statement regarding this. We are very sad that we could not retain him – Rahul Dravid Rahul Dravid says that the decisions taken were not easy and captain Sanju Samson has played a big role. He said that Sanju had built good relations with everyone in the last 5-6 years. However, the decision has been taken keeping in mind the dynamics and the pros and cons of each step. According to Hindustan Times, Rahul Dravid said, Sanju had a big role in these retentions. He also had to face many difficulties. As a captain, he has built very good relations with these players. We are very sad for the players we could not retain, and Sanju has worked with these players for 5-6 years. They have balance considerations on these retentions. He has taken the trouble to understand its dynamics, its advantages and disadvantages. They have discussed this with us a lot, and it was not an easy decision. We had a lot of debates, but in the end, we are happy with our team and we wanted to retain as many players as possible.
IPL 2025, RR Retained & Released Players: Complete list of retained and released players of Rajasthan Royals-
Check the list of RR’s retained and released players- Rajasthan Royals (Photo Source: Getty Images) IPL 2025: RR Retained and Released Players List: Rajasthan Royals had started well in the last IPL season, but then the team lost its rhythm in the middle. The team had secured the third position in the points table by winning 8 out of 14 matches. The team reached Qualifier-2 by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 4 wickets in the Eliminator but then the team had to face defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad and their dream of winning the second title remained unfulfilled. Before the IPL 2025 auction, the team has expressed confidence in its 6 star players and retained them. The franchise has retained captain Sanju Samson (18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (18 crore), Riyan Parag (14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (11 crore), Dhruv Jurel (14 crore) and Sandeep Sharma (4 crore). At the same time, the franchise has released players like R Ashwin, Jos Buttler, Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal. IPL 2025: RR Retained Players (Rajasthan Royals Retained Players List)- player Roll Price sanju samson wicketkeeper-batsman 18 crores Yashasvi Jaiswal batsman 18 crores Riyan Parag batsman 14 crores Shimron Hetmyer batsman 11 crores Dhruv Jurel wicketkeeper-batsman 14 crores Sandeep Sharma bowler 4 crores IPL 2025: RR Released Players (Rajasthan Royals Released Players List)- player Roll jos buttler wicketkeeper-batsman trent bolt bowler Yudvendra Chahal bowler R Ashwin allrounder Navdeep Saini bowler Tanush Kotian bowler Donovan Ferreira bowler Kuldeep Sen bowler Kunal Singh Rathore wicketkeeper-batsman rovman powell batsman Shubham Dubey batsman Tom-Kohler Cadmore wicketkeeper-batsman Abid Mushtaq allrounder Nandre Burger bowler RR Remaining Purse Ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auction (Rajasthan Royals purse before Mega Auction)- 41 crores
CSK Retained & Released Players 2025: See the list of retained and released players of Chennai Super Kings here
CSK (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Five-time champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), are one of the most successful franchises in the history of the Indian Premier League, but the last season was not very good for them. In 2022, Ravindra Jadeja was appointed as the new captain in place of MS Dhoni, but the performance of the franchise was very poor that season. Jadeja left the team midway through the season and then Dhoni was reinstated as captain, but it did not help as CSK finished ninth in the points table. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, CSK won the IPL in 2023 and it was their fifth title. They were on the verge of defeat in the final against Gujarat Titans, but there again Ravindra Jadeja gave them the trophy by hitting a six and a four in the last two balls. The following year, Dhoni once again resigned from the captaincy and CSK failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three years. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Retained Players 2025 player Roll Price Ruturaj Gaikwad batter 18 crores Ravindra Jadeja All-rounder 18 crores Shivam Dubey All-rounder 12 crores Mathisa Pathirana Bowler 13 crores ms dhoni Keeper-batter 4 crores
KL Rahul left LSG..! These franchises including RCB and CSK want to join the team
According to media reports, KL Rahul has decided to leave Lucknow Super Giants due to personal and professional reasons. Kl Rahul (Photo Source: IPL franchises have to submit the list of their retained players by the evening of October 31, 2024. Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul has decided to leave the franchise. Lucknow started its journey from the IPL 2022 season, under the captaincy of KL Rahul, he took the team to the playoffs in the first two seasons. But the last season was very disappointing for the franchise, the team finished seventh in the points table. For this reason KL Rahul left Lucknow According to media reports, KL Rahul has decided to leave Lucknow Super Giants due to personal and professional reasons. Let us tell you, after the defeat in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad last season, there was a heated argument on the field between Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjeev Goenka and KL Rahul. However, in August this year, Rahul came to Kolkata to meet Sanjeev Goenka, after which it seemed that everything was fine between the two. The LSG owner had also described the cricketer as a part of his family. Let us tell you, before the IPL 2022 mega auction, the franchise had included Rahul in the team for a hefty sum of Rs 17 crore. According to the Times of India report, a source said, LSG was ready to offer Rahul the top retention bracket, but Rahul decided to move on due to personal and professional reasons. At present, there are four franchises that have expressed their interest in him – Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. Talking about KL Rahul’s IPL career, he has scored 4,683 runs in 132 matches at an average of 45.47 and strike rate of 134.61. He has scored 4 centuries and 37 half-centuries so far. His highest score in IPL is 132, which he made against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2020.
October 30 Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening
The last ODI match of the three-match series between the Indian women’s cricket team and New Zealand was played today at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Where Team India defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets. With this, the host team has also won the series by 2-1. However, during the match, Indian batsman Smriti Mandhana made a big record. He created history by scoring a brilliant century in the third ODI against New Zealand. She has become the female cricketer to score the maximum number of 8 centuries for India. 3) IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Which players is CSK going to retain, gave this hint to the fans
IPL 2025: I don’t think I will retain any player: Tom Moody gave his stand regarding the retention of PBKS
According to Tom Moody, Punjab Kings should not retain any of their players before the upcoming auction. Tom Moody (Image Credit- Twitter X) Many people are eagerly waiting for the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025. The upcoming auction will see all 10 franchises retaining some important players in their team. At present, all the fans’ eyes are on which of their best players the Punjab Kings retain. Recently, former Australian player Tom Moody has presented his side regarding the retention of Punjab Kings. According to Tom Moody, Punjab Kings should not retain any of their players before the upcoming auction. Tom Moody believes that Punjab Kings should use Right to Match card for Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran and Kagiso Rabada instead of retention. Tom Moody told Star Sports, ‘For Punjab Kings, I feel that no player should be retained. Especially capped players. I would say that they should use Right to Match card for Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran and Kagiso Rabada. Jitesh Sharma is another player in the auction who should be included in the team using the Right to Match card. When it comes to uncapped players, there are some who performed very well last season. Shashank Singh came in the middle order and batted aggressively and Harpreet Brar’s performance was also explosive. Punjab Kings team would like to win the Indian Premier League 2025 season. The performance of Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League 2024 was disappointing. Punjab Kings could not make it to the playoffs last season and were ranked 9th in the points table. Let us tell you that in the last season, they had won only 5 out of 14 matches whereas they had to face defeat in the remaining 9 matches. However, the team would like to perform well in the 2025 season. Not only this, Punjab Kings would definitely like to win the trophy of the upcoming season. It will also be important to see who will be seen captaining Punjab Kings in the upcoming season. 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-
IPL 2025: KL Rahul’s fans may get a big shock, LSG can use the Right to Match card for this strong all-rounder.
Under the captaincy of KL Rahul, the performance of Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League 2024 was very poor. KL Rahul (Photo Source: Getty Images) All Indian fans are eagerly waiting for the Indian Premier League 2025 tournament. Many great players will be auctioned in the mega auction of this important tournament. All franchises will also have to announce the list of their retained and released players as soon as possible. All the fans will also have their eyes on the retained players of Lucknow Super Giants. For quite some time now, reports have been coming out that Lucknow Super Giants franchise may release KL Rahul before the upcoming season. In fact, under the captaincy of KL Rahul, the performance of Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League 2024 was very poor. The team could not secure its place in the playoffs of the 2024 season. However, Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjeev Goenka has confirmed that Rahul will be retained. According to the report of NDTV Sports, Lucknow Super Giants is looking to use the Right to Match card in the auction but Rahul’s name is not in this list. The report believes that the Right to Match card can be used for Australia’s lethal all-rounder Marcus Stoinis. KL Rahul expressed his desire to play in the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the IPL 2025 season. Let us tell you that, KL Rahul is with Lucknow Super Giants since the 2022 season. Under his captaincy, the team had secured its place in the playoffs for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. However, due to the disappointing performance in 2024, Sanjeev Goenka and Rahul were seen having a serious conversation about something. Many fans also believed that Royal Challengers Bangalore can include Rahul in their team in the 2025 season. Let us tell you, KL Rahul has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore team in 2013 and 2016 seasons. According to the report, if KL Rahul’s name is also included in the IPL 2025 auction, then the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise can make a big bid on him and include him in their team. 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-
“I just enjoy cricket…”, MS Dhoni made a big statement about playing in IPL 2025
Recently, Chennai Super Kings CEO Kashi Vishwanathan had said that Dhoni has not taken a final decision regarding playing in IPL 2025. MS Dhoni (Photo Source: Getty Images) Before the IPL 2025 mega auction, there is suspense regarding Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) playing in the upcoming season. For the past few years, there has been speculation about MS Dhoni’s retirement as he has been battling injuries. However, the veteran player has entertained his fans with his brilliant batting and brilliant wicket-keeping. Recently, Chennai Super Kings CEO Kashi Vishwanathan had said that MS Dhoni has not taken a final decision regarding playing in IPL 2025. He has told the management that he will inform before October 31. Meanwhile, now Dhoni himself has given a big statement about playing in IPL. He said that he still has a few years of cricket left in him. MS Dhoni will play in IPL 2025 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) while speaking at a promotional event organized for Rigi said, “I just want to enjoy the last few years of cricket that I have been able to play, Under the new retention policy of IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings can retain Dhoni only as an uncapped player. Because he has not played any international cricket for the last five years. Dhoni played his last match for India in the 2019 ODI World Cup semi-final against New Zealand. He announced his retirement from international cricket in August 2020. According to the new rules, franchises are allowed to retain former international players at an uncapped base price of Rs 4 crore. I have to keep myself fit for nine months- Dhoni MS Dhoni further talked about the challenges of playing professional cricket. He told how he keeps himself fit to play in the IPL despite being away from the game for the whole year. In childhood, we used to go out and play at 4 pm and enjoy the game. But when you play professional sport, it becomes difficult to enjoy cricket, just like the game itself. This is what I want to do. It is not easy. Feelings keep coming, commitments are made. I want to enjoy the game for the next few years. I have to keep myself fit for nine months so that I can play two and a half months of IPL. I have kept it very simple. I’ll train for 15, 20, 25 days, then take a break for 15-20 days, so it really helps me stay on track.
