Kings XI Punjab, the franchise is jointly owned by Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, Wadia Group scion Ness Wadia, Dabur’s Mohit Burman and Karan Paul. IPL KXIP Team 2019 Players List: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) failed to make it to the playoffs last season despite having some pretty big names in[Read More…]
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CSK team in IPL 2019: Full list of Chennai Super Kings players after IPL 2019 Auctions
Chennai Super Kings are one of the most successful teams in Indian Premier League. They have lifted the IPL title thrice, in 2010, 2011 and 2018. Returning to IPL after serving a two-year suspension in 2018, Chennai suffered a poor start but the team bounced back in a spectacular way[Read More…]
RCB team in IPL 2019: Full list of Royal Challengers Bangalore players after IPL 2019 auctions
RCB has never won the coveted IPL title and will look to end the title drought in the upcoming season. Last season RCB again disappointed their fans by finishing at sixth spot. RCB will be hoping for an improved show this time around as they head into the IPL 2019[Read More…]
RR team in IPL 2019: Full list of Rajasthan Royals players after IPL 2019 auctions
Rajasthan Royals (RR) has won the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) title in 2008. Under Shane Warne’s captaincy, RR played their best ever IPL tournament as they were the winners of 2008 IPL edition. After a two-year suspension, Rajasthan Royals re-entered the competition in 2018 and made an impressive comeback by reaching[Read More…]
KKR team in IPL 2019: Full list of Kolkata Knight Riders players after IPL 2019 auctions
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has won the Indian Premier League (IPL) title twice in its history, i.e. 2012 and 2014. Dinesh Karthik led it in the previous season and will remain the captain for KKR in IPL 2019. Its former player Jacques Kallis is their head coach. Karthik along with Robin Uthappa,[Read More…]
IPL Auction 2019 LIVE Updates: Unadkat most expensive player for Rs 8.40 crore to Rajasthan Royals
LIVE UPDATES: IPL Auction and Yuvraj Singh Yuvraj Singh in IPL auctions: 2014: Bought by RCB for Rs 14 crore 2015: Bought by DD for Rs 16 crore 2016: Bought by SRH for Rs 7 crore 2017: Retained by SRH 2018: Bought by KXIP for Rs 2 crore 2019: Bought[Read More…]
IPL 2019 Auctions: Complete list of players who will go under the hammer
The excitement levels for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 season is touching sky high with the highly anticipated auctions just around the corner. As many as 346 cricketers will go under the hammer with a total of 226 Indian cricketers included in the auction list. The highest base price[Read More…]
IPL 2019: Trading window round up – top 3 transfers!
A month before the auction, as the trading window ends for the Indian Premier League, a few surprises were sure to erupt. After being the leading run scorers for their sides at multiple occasions, Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir were left untraded, un-retained. There was no shortage of bewilderment, Mumbai let go[Read More…]
IPL: RCB retains 13 players; releases few big guns
Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Thursday released big guns in former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum, all-rounders Corey Anderson and Chris Woakes while welcoming another all-rounder Marcus Stoinis ahead of the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction next month. The Virat Kohli-led franchise traded in Australian Stoinis for Rs[Read More…]
IPL 2019 Auction Dates and Schedule: Indian Premier League Auction dates out?
According to reports by Mumbai Mirror, Cricket Australia(CA) and English Cricket Board(ECB) have told the Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI), that their players won’t be available post 1 May for the Indian Premier League. The player’s auction for IPL 2019 will take place on December 17 and 18[Read More…]
Five years with KKR helped me do well here: Kuldeep Yadav
Kolkata: Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav, who starred in India’s five-wicket win over the West Indies in the first T20I here, said his long stint with Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL helped him do well on Sunday. Kuldeep, who returned match-winning figures of 3/13, restricting the Windies to a paltry[Read More…]
Want to be the new ball bowler who can bat too: Deepak Chahar
Chennai: Aiming to cement his place in the national team in white ball cricket — a Herculean task by his own admission — young India pacer Deepak Chahar wants to be counted as a new-ball bowler who is also handy with the bat. “I can bat too. I was drafted[Read More…]
IPL: Ashish Nehra appointed RCB coach for new season
Former India pacer Ashish Nehra was on Wednesday elevated as a coach, thereby inducting him into the new coaching leadership team of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Nehra, the current bowling coach of the franchise will be part of[Read More…]
IPL Playoffs: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by 25 runs
Kolkata: Skipper Dinesh Karthik (52) led from the front as Andre Russell (49 not out), Piyush Chawla (2/24) and Kuldeep Yadav (1/18) starred with bat and ball to help Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) see off Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 25 runs and reach Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League[Read More…]
IPL 2018: Hyderabad beat Rajasthan to claim top spot
Jaipur: Sunrisers Hyderabad dominated with both bat and ball to defeat Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs and rise to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) table here on Sunday. Electing to bat first, Hyderabad rode on excellent batting by Kane Williamson and Alex Hales to post 151/7 in their[Read More…]
IPL: Sunrisers Hyderabad fancy chances against under-pressure Mumbai Indians
Mumbai: Sunrisers Hyderabad will aim to recover from the recent slump and get back to winning ways when they face an under-pressure Mumbai Indians in a league encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium here on Tuesday. Sunrisers have slipped from a comfortable three-match winning start, suffering[Read More…]
IPL 2018: I perform well under pressure: Nitish Rana
Kolkata: In-form Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batsman Nitish Rana, whose 59 helped the team drub Delhi Daredevils by 71 runs, feels he excels under pressure. “I had said that the last time as well — when there is pressure, I seem to do better. I was happy that there was pressure,[Read More…]
Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs
Bengaluru: Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 19 runs here on Sunday to register their second win in three matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament. Rajasthan put up a huge score of 217 for 4 wickets, riding on Sanju Samson’s blistering 92 not out[Read More…]
IPL 2018: Billings, Watson help CSK pull off heist against KKR
Chennai: Sam Billings’ 23-ball 56 coupled with Shane Watson’s 19-ball 42 helped Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pull off a heist as they beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by five wickets in a thrilling IPL game, held amidst strong protests on the issue of Cauvery waters here on Tuesday. Needing 17[Read More…]
Kerala might get some IPL matches amid Cauvery row
Thiruvananthapuram: With Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery river water sharing row with Karnataka hotting up, a few IPL matches of the present season, which got underway on Saturday, might be held in Kerala. The matches that could be held in Kerala include those involving Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)[Read More…]
IPL: Chennai beat Mumbai by one wicket in thriller
Mumbai: A heroic effort from Kedar Jadhav at the end helped Chennai Super Kings edged past three-time champions Mumbai Indians by one wicket in the opening match of the 11th Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament here on Saturday. Needing seven runs in three balls, Jadhav (24 not out) who[Read More…]
How will be this IPL season for Ben Stokes?
Ben Stokes is an English cricketer who plays for England in all the three formats of International cricket. A dominating left-handed batsman, a right-arm fast-medium bowler who can give you four overs in most of the games (T20s), and an excellent fielder who is a live-wire in the field. Stokes[Read More…]
IPL 2018: Rahane replaces Smith as captain of Rajasthan Royals
New Delhi: In the aftermath of the recent ball tampering controversy which forced Australia skipper Steve Smith to step down, his IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals on Monday also stripped Smith of the captaincy and named Ajinkya Rahane to lead the side in the upcoming Indian Premier League. The Royals, returning to[Read More…]
Rajasthan Royals unveil team anthem ‘Phir Halla Bol’
Jaipur: Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket team Rajasthan Royals on Sunday released this year’s team anthem “Phir Halla Bol” with a renewed spirit and exuberance. “Our anthem has been unique in the sense that it is soaked in the flavour and colour of Rajasthan. ‘Phir Halla Bol’ is a tribute[Read More…]
IPL unveils anthem for 2018 edition
New Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday launched the anthem for the 2018 edition, starting April 7 with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on Chennai Super Kings. In a first, the BCCI and Star India have collaborated to create an anthem for the campaign this year which puts the[Read More…]