Kolkata Knight Riders coach Dav Whatmore chose not to speak on Sourav Ganguly being snubbed at the IPL auction but the burly Australian is happy with the set of players his franchise has picked for the next edition of the Twenty20 event.
After being heavily criticized from almost all quarters for ignoring former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly in the recently held Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, Bollywood actor and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan has said that there is no IPL team possible in Kolkata without Ganguly.
With Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab being cleared by the Bombay High Court to take part in the January 8-9 Indian Premier League players' auction in Bangalore, the fourth season of the cash-rich Twenty20 league in April-May will be a 10-team event.
There is a possibility that some of the senior India players may play against England Lions when they tour India for a full-fledged series in end January-February.
Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will be striving to turn around their fortunes in IPL 2021 after a below-par showing last season.
Indians were not invited for the Tour de Pakistan race in response to the humiliating treatment meted out to Pakistani cricketers at the Indian Premier League auction last month, national cycling federation said on Sunday.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt on Friday demanded an apology from Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi for the IPL auction fiasco and made it clear that no Pakistani cricketer can play in the Twenty20 tournament without the PCB's permission.
Shahid Afridi has said that the Indian Premier League (IPL) fiasco could have been avoided had the T20 league organisers and franchises restrained themselves from allowing politics to influence their decision.
Dhawan returns to Delhi for the 2019 season after being traded by Sunrisers Hyderabad. Australian great Ricky Ponting will continue to coach the team.
An emotional Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said it could not get bigger for his side to bag their second title of the year by by winning the Champions League Twenty20 title.
Kerala pacer Basil Thampi feels that being a part of this T20 tournament is a big opportunity for young domestic players like him.
The exclusion of Pakistani cricketers from this year's Indian Premier League tournament was a premeditated plan, according to all rounder Abdul Razzaq.
Two-time World Cup-winning former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had nothing left to achieve and his international retirement is "close of an era", said former BCCI president Narayanswami Srinivasan.
The exact reason for Starc's release is not yet known but it is believed that it could be because of the uncertainty around his availability for the 2019 season.
Pacer Mohammed Siraj attributes his success to his good showing on the domestic circuit, the IPL and India 'A' team.
Fortunately for those disappointed fans, there are several signs that India and Pakistan may be padding up for a new round of engagement, which could possibly change the atmospherics in time for IPL-4. Last week Foreign Minister S M Krishna picked up the phone to dial his Pakistani counterpart S M Qureshi, to greet him on the occasion of the New Year and to push for progress in the Mumbai attack investigations.
Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar believes that the Virat-Kohli led team has a "fantastic chance" to lift the upcoming World Cup, which begins on May 30 in United Kingdom.
Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has suggested that the national hockey team should be withdrawn from the World Cup in India to protest the "humiliating" treatment meted out to the country's cricketers at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who remained unsold during the recent IPL auction, on Wednesday said that he was ready to play in the IPL if selected.
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has lambasted at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for calling back all-rounder Ben Stokes from the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).
Until he was 24, Varun Chakravarthy was making a living as an architect. Three years later, an IPL team paid Rs 84 million for his spinning skills!
In a virtual u-turn, flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Wednesday made it clear that he was 'not interested' in taking part in the Indian Premier League and said mere apologies could not compensate the humiliation the Pakistani cricketers faced at the auction.
Hurt Pakistani cricketers have decided to "avoid" the Indian Premier League (IPL) until Indo-Pak diplomatic ties don't normalise, sources in the team revealed on Thursday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) accused IPL commissioner Lalit Modi of betraying the PCB after none of the 11 Pakistani players got a buyer in the third IPL auction in Mumbai and said he will take up the matter with BCCI.
For West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard, who was bought by Indian Premier League (IPL) team Mumbai Indians for a whopping $750,000 in Tuesday's auction, chance to share the dressing room with Sachin Tendulkar came as an additional bonanza.
Can't give excuses: Rahane on batting failure in IPL Eliminator
Having turned down an IPL contract in season-II for the sake of Ashes, England paceman Stuart Broad is now eyeing his maiden stint in Twenty20 tournament in its third edition next year.
Arjun, a promising left-arm pacer, grabbed 5 for 44 in 11 overs as Mumbai bundled out Railways for 136 in their second innings to win the match by an innings and 103 runs.
Punjab Kings, who had paid Rs 10.75 crore for Maxwell in the previous auction, had released the 32-year-old following the 2020 edition in which he made 108 runs in 13 games at 15.42.
Sections of India's sporting community fear that the IPL will eat into sponsorship revenue that could have gone in preparations for the Beijing Olympics.
Describing the Indian Premier League betting and spot-fixing scandal as an old story, Kolkata Knight Riders CEO and Managing Director Venky Mysore says everything is on track as far as his franchise is concerned.
Sodhi has represented Royals in eight IPL matches, taking nine wickets at an economy rate of 6.69.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and N Srinivasan were seen having an interaction at the Chepauk during the second day of Chennai Super Kings' training session.
Sandeep Lamichchane -- Nepal's first player to have signed up for the Indian Premier League -- was presented with his team jersey on Friday.
Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins shattered the record for the most expensive foreign buy ever in the IPL auction as Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for a massive Rs 15.50 crore.
The Bollywood actor said he opted for cricket because it is commercially viable for him and not because he favoured the popular sport over other disciplines.
Andrew Symonds was amused by the fact that he fetched more than captain Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee in the IPL auction.
Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar offered namaz at the famous Haji Ali shrine in Mumbai on Monday.
Former India batsman Virender Sehwag on Tuesday said he would encourage Kings XI Punjab players to play aggressive cricket during the upcoming tenth season of the Indian Premier League.
Now that IPL 2014 is over, our data journalists take a look at who the VFM batsmen and bowlers were in the tournament.
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