Having released 10 players ahead of the auction, the team management focussed on strengthening the batting and pace bowling units.
We look back at how one of the biggest days in Indian cricket panned out...
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, in Chennai.
Real Madrid saw off a stirring Chelsea fightback to book their place in the Champions League semi-finals following a 3-2 defeat after extra time in a scintillating second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday to go through 5-4 on aggregate.
'Leg-spinners are very important and it's lovely to see that Shamsi, Adil Rashid, Rashid Khan are doing magic in the T20 World Cup. They are making proud for their respective countries. These are the three names that come to my mind in white ball cricket.'
Sensational teenager Ansu Fati shows there is life after legend Messi at Camp Nou.
'Kobe is easily among the five greatest basketball players of all time. This is such a tragic loss.'
David Warner scored a sparkling, unbeaten triple hundred after before being reprieved by another no-ball as Australia declared their first innings closed at 589 for three before the dinner-break on Day 4 of the second Test against Pakistan, at the Adelaide Oval, on Saturday.
Sanjay and Maheep Kapoor's daughter Shanaya made her debut at the high-profile Le Bal in Paris.
Chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav's magical spell of wrist spin and KL Rahul's dazzling strokeplay helped India outclass England by eight wickets in the first T20 International in Manchester, on Tuesday.
The stadiums at Qatar offer plenty of wisdom and chutzpah on how to take our own lives forward.
The legendary Muttiah Muralitharan only sees Ravichandran Ashwin achieving the 700-800 Test wicket mark among the current crop of spinners and feels Nathan Lyon, who is set to play his 100th Test in Brisbane, 'may be not good enough to reach that far'.
West Ham United and Chelsea both narrowly avoided ignominious FA Cup exits with narrow wins against lower-league opposition but Everton marked Frank Lampard's first game in charge by sauntering past Brentford into the fifth round on Saturday.
West Indies captain Jason Holder tipped his cap to Jasprit Bumrah after the India pace bowler bagged a hat-trick on Day 2 of the second Test, in Kingston, on Saturday. Bumrah had figures of 6 for 16 as the West Indies collapsed to 87 for seven at stumps in their first innings, still 329 runs in arrears of India's first innings score.
Inter Milan got a crucial 1-0 win at Juventus on Sunday
'If I gave him out, I won't make it back'
Lorenzo Insigne curled a quite wonderful shot beyond the reach of Belgium goal-keeper Thibaut Courtois after jinking in from the left flank.
Images from Day 2 of the second Test between England and India, at Lord's, on Friday.
The 15-year-old Shafali, who was dismissed for a four-ball duck on her debut in the opening match, laid the foundation for a good total with a 33-ball innings, while Jemimah Rodrigues (33) provided the stablity, scoring a 22-ball 33.
KKR struggled for stability in the last edition in the UAE, while a change of captaincy at the halfway stage did not help them either.
Belgium finished top of Group B with a maximum nine points, with Denmark, Finland and Russia all on three points but with the Danes ahead on goal difference.
Both Hayden and Philander asked the Pakistani fans to back the current team.
Mumbai trounced Himachal Pradesh by 200 runs in their final Elite Group D game to remain unbeaten in the league stage
AB de Villiers's breathtaking strokeplay powered RCB to victory against the Delhi Daredevils.
As entertainment continues to play out from the comfort of our living rooms, Sukanya Verma tells you where you can catch all the Globe winners on OTT.
Atletico Madrid won the La Liga title for the first time since 2014
MP was a good team but it was Pandit, who brought about changes that were required to transform it into a champion team
Delhi Capitals will be keen to make up for the last year's result when they lost to Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 2, but their task won't get easier against an in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have won their last four games.
Blessed with silky technical skills, vision, anticipation and an eye for goal, Phil Foden offers coach Gareth Southgate several options, either wide in a three-pronged attack, a more orthodox central midfield role or even as a "false nine".
Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the man and his movie magic.
Russian made amends for their opening loss to Belgium as the group remains wide open.
Mr Warne, the world will miss you.
IMAGES from Premier League matches played on Sunday.
India's fielding drills: Balls of different weights, simulation machine, 'blind-fold' catching
Barcelona pulled off a stirring comeback to overturn a two-goal deficit and reach the Copa del Rey final, beating Sevilla 3-0 after extra-time in Wednesday's semi-final second leg, to go through 3-2 on aggregate.
Cheteshwar Pujara is confident that history will repeat itself in Australia this time.
Australia batsman Steve Smith says he likes to get into tough situations and be the player on whom the team can count upon.
Spinner Kuldeep Yadav starred with an impressive four-wicket spell as he set up Kolkata Knight Riders to a comfortable six-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match in Kolkata, on Tuesday.
What went wrong for India in the World Test Championship Final against New Zealand?
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