Prashant Veer, a 20-year old left-arm spin allrounder from Uttar Pradesh, and Kartik Sharma, a 19-year old wicketkeeper from Rajasthan, have smashed the record for the most expensive uncapped Indian player ever signed at an IPL auction, with Chennai Super Kings bidding a whopping INR 14.2 crore for each of them at the IPL 2026…
Anrich Nortje was just about finishing his pre-match media press conference ahead of South Africa’s fourth T20I against India in Lucknow when he received word that the city is also his new IPL home. Nortje was picked up by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the IPL mini-auction for his base price of 2 crore (US$220,000…
Australian allrounder Cameron Green has been bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for INR 25.20 crore ($2.8 million) – making him the third most expensive player sold at an IPL auction, and the most expensive overseas player ever. KKR, who began the auction with the largest purse of INR 64.3 crore, had to stave off…
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Players from both Australia and England will wear black armbands at the third Ashes Test match at Adelaide Oval this week to commemorate the victims of Sunday’s shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Fifteen people died and many others sustained injuries after gunmen opened fire on crowds gathered in Sydney’s eastern suburbs to mark the first…
Shoaib Akhtar wants to pass on a few tricks to Bangladeshi fast bowlers in his first stint in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) as a mentor, with Dhaka Capitals. This will also be Akhtar’s first stint as a member of the support staff in the T20 franchise circuit. “I’ve never been part of the BPL…
Usman Khawaja has been left out of the third Test in Adelaide, raising the prospect of him having played his final match for Australia, with Australia’s selectors backing the positive approach brought by the Jake Weatherald-Travis Head pairing. As expected, captain Pat Cummins and offspinner Nathan Lyon return to the side at the expense of…
IPL 2026 will be held between March 26 and May 31, occupying the same window it has in recent years in the cricket calendar. While the BCCI hasn’t announced the full fixtures yet, the 19th edition of the IPL will kick off roughly three weeks after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup – scheduled…
PSL 2026 will be played from March 26 to May 3, 2026, PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced on Monday, following an auction on January 8 in Islamabad where the rights for two new franchises will be on offer. The additions will make the PSL an eight-team tournament from 2026. As opposed to 2025’s PSL X…
Axar Patel has been ruled out of the last two T20Is against South Africa due to illness. Shahbaz Ahmed has been named his replacement. “He [Axar] is with the team in Lucknow [the venue for the fourth T20I], where he will be further medically assessed,” the BCCI said in a statement. Axar had missed the…