IPL 2025 Auction: Bidding will be done on marquee players in two sets, read big news
BCCI has requested the teams to provide information about more names to be added to the marquee list. IPL 2025 (Image Credit- Twitter X) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has informed all the 20 teams that two sets of marquee players will be available for bidding in the IPL 2025 auction. It is noteworthy that the auction for the upcoming season of IPL is going to be held on 24th and 25th of this month in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia. Apart from this, BCCI has informed the franchises that two marquee lists consisting of 8-9 players in each set will be presented. Interestingly, only one set of marquee players was available in the 2022 mega auction. Apart from this, two sets of marquee players were seen in the mega auction of 2014 and 2018. Also, let us tell you that in this time’s marquee list, bidding will be seen on some big names like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mitchell Starc and Jos Buttler. Franchises can spend around 30 to 40 percent of their remaining purse to buy two of these players. 1574 players have been registered for IPL auction On the other hand, BCCI has not yet released the list of players included in the marquee list. However, it is expected to be released in the next few days. BCCI has shortlisted a total of 1574 players for this time’s auction. These players include 1165 from India and 409 foreign players. Apart from this, BCCI had asked the teams to suggest the names of some players in the marquee list, the deadline for which was till November 12. So now as the date of auction for IPL 2025 is getting closer, excitement is being seen among the fans. It will be worth watching that which team bids the most for marquee players this time?
BPL 2024: Keshav Maharaj leaves domestic cricket and New Zealand Test, sets tour of Bangladesh
Keshav Maharaj will not be able to participate in the domestic four-day competition this week. Keshav Maharaj. (Photo Source: Getty Images) South African left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj (Keshav Maharaj) has signed a contract with Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise Fortune Barishal. Keshav Maharaj released bpl 2024 He is scheduled to reach Chattogram on February 13 to play for Fortune Barishal. Let us tell you, Maharaj is participating in BPL for the first time. The 34-year-old spin all-rounder is arriving in Bangladesh for the ongoing BPL 2024, a day before the start of the New Zealand vs South Africa second Test match in Hamilton. Let us tell you, the South African cricket team had to face defeat by 281 runs against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui, and they are trailing 0-1 in the two-match Test series. Keshav Maharaj will leave domestic cricket and play in BPL 2024 Cricket South Africa (CSA) has sent very less experienced players to New Zealand for the Test series due to SA20 204. Meanwhile, Keshav Maharaj’s SA20 2024 campaign came to an end on 10 February, with his team Durban Super Giants losing to Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the final. But Maharaj would not have been available for the Hamilton Test starting on February 13 anyway, as Cricket South Africa (CSA) policy requires players to spend a week at the host venue to acclimatise to the conditions. CSA did not allow players to play in ILT20 2024? According to reports, some South African players taking part in the SA20 2024 had expressed their desire to play in the final week of the ongoing ILT20 2024, but they did not request a NOC as the CSA was not ready for it. On the other hand, Keshav Maharaj will also not be able to take part in the domestic four-day competition resuming in South Africa this week. Fortune Barishal have reached the top four in the points table of the ongoing BPL 2024, and they have four important matches left in the tournament, where Maharaj can prove to be a big help for them. 3 Australian players who have won POTM awards the most number of times in T20I 5 players who made the biggest scores in ODI cricket for Sri Lanka Five best innings played by Indian captains in Under-19 World Cup 4 Indian bowlers who became number 1 bowler in test cricket List of batsmen who remained not out most number of times in IPL Top 4 Indian bowlers who took 150 wickets in least number of test matches List of foreign players earning big from IPL 2024 5 bowlers who have dismissed Joe Root the most number of times in Test cricket Fast bowlers who have taken more than 150 wickets for India in Test cricket Which player has scored the most runs for his franchise, see the complete list
How Shaheen Afridi became Pakistan’s T20I captain? Shahid Afridi’s reply sets the internet on fire
Shahid Afridi pulled his own son-in-law’s leg during a live event. Shahid Afridi and Shaheen Shah Afridi. (Image Source: X) Former Pakistani legend Shahid Afridi (Shahid Afridi)’s son-in-law and current star fast bowler Shaheen Afridi (Shaheen Afridi) are all set for their new chapter. Actually, Shaheen Shah Afridi is going to start his career as Pakistan captain with five matches starting from January 12 against New Zealand. Let us tell you, after the disappointing performance in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, many major changes were made in the Pakistan cricket team. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) revamped the entire selection committee, while Babar Azam was removed from the captaincy and the command of the Test team was handed over to Shan Masood, while fast bowler Shaheen Afridi. Was made T20I captain. Shahid Afridi made fun of son-in-law Shaheen Afridi Meanwhile, before Shaheen Shah Afridi started his career as a captain on the New Zealand tour, former captain and veteran all-rounder Shahid Afridi pulled the leg of his own son-in-law and that too during a live event. . Read here: Babar Azam flopped in captaincy and batting, now forced to share such posts Afridi took a dig at Shaheen and said that Pakistan’s T20I captaincy was to go to Mohammad Rizwan, but by mistake it went to his son-in-law. Actually, Shahid Afridi had recently attended an event, where Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Sarfaraz Ahmed were also present. During the event, Afridi jokingly said that he wanted Mohammad Rizwan to become the T20I captain, but Shaheen got the captaincy “by mistake”. Afridi said: ‘I wanted to see Rizwan as the T20I captain, but Shaheen became the captain by mistake!’ Now the video of this conversation is going viral all over social media. Watch that video here – Shahid Afridi praised Muhammad Rizwan and said that Rizwan should have been captain of T20 but Shaheen became it by mistake.#Rizwan #PakistanCricket pic.twitter.com/TSECe93ZPM — Ahtasham Riaz 🇵🇰 (@AhtashamRiaz_) December 30, 2023 7 big pictures of the year 2023 which made headlines 5 bowlers who will take the most wickets in test cricket in the year 2023 5 big cricketers who will retire from international cricket in 2023 5 Indian bowlers who have taken 500 wickets in the fewest innings in international cricket 4 South African opening batsmen who have scored 50+ scores most times in Test cricket Best playing 11 of the year 2023 5 batsmen who have scored the most centuries in test cricket away from home (active players) 5 Indian players who have scored the most runs in Tests against South Africa (Active Players) 6 Indian batsmen who scored centuries in South Africa Top 5 players sold in IPL 2024 auction