A total of 62 players were sold at the auction for the 13th edition with the eight franchises spending a total of 1.403 billion rupees ($19.73 million). Australia's Pat Cummins became the most expensive overseas buy ever in the Indian Premier League when the Kolkata Knight Riders paid a staggering Rs 15.50 crore ($2.18 million) for the fast bowler in Thursday's auction in Kolkata on Thursday.
RCB's Devdutt Padikkal now has fifty-plus scores in all his major debut matches -- first-class, List-A, T20, and IPL.
Rabada said mixing the lengths worked in his favour in the Super Over.
Former India player Gautam Gambhir wants coach Ricky Ponting to deliver the Indian Premier League title for Delhi Capitals this year.
A resurgent Kings XI Punjab is closing the gap with them in the points table but Kolkata Knight Riders coach Dav Whatmore is not unduly worried about the gradual rise of the Adam Gilchrist-led side.
Their play-off hopes kept alive by the 76-run upset win over table toppers Mumbai Indians in an IPL match in Mohali, Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist said it was an all-round performance which did the trick for his side.
Delhi Capitals have made the perfect start to IPL, with two morale-boosting victories, while SunRisers Hyderabad are the only side yet to register a win in the tournament, having lost both their games.
After the Chennai Super Kings outclassed the Kings XI Punjab in Pune, Ziva Dhoni enjoyed some time out in the middle.
Kings XI skipper George Bailey said his team deserved to beat Mumbai Indians by a bigger margin for the way his bowlers delivered earlier in Sunday's match at the Wankhede stadium.
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Check out the league standings in the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League.
After a disappointing loss in their opening match, Kings XI Punjab will have to get their act together pretty quickly to bring their campaign on track when they take on in-form Chennai Super Kings in their second match of the Indian Premier League in Mohali.
Anushka Sharma might not have been there at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore to cheer for hubby Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore but she followed the game.
CSK's Harbhajan Singh and Mumbai Indians' Lasith Malinga were among the other big names to be released by their respective sides ahead of next month's auction.
Maxwell is showing ominous form with the bat early in the IPL
The Central excise department slapped a notice on King's XI Punjab cricketer Yuvraj Singh seeking payment of service tax to the tune of Rs 1.15 crore raised on his income from two seasons of Indian Premier League (IPL) and endorsements.
The ninth edition of the Indian Premier League is approaching the business end. There are a lot of permutations and combinations on how the teams can make it to the last four. Rediff.com takes a look at each team's chances of making it to last four.
Images from the IPL Nights, held across the country after the Twenty20 matches.
In the wake of worsening drought situation in Maharashtra, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Tuesday, informed the Bombay High Court that recycled sewage water will be used for maintaining pitches for the 17 Indian Premier League matches to be held in Mumbai and Pune.
Table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders and a transformed Kings XI Punjab cross swords in an Indian Premier League contest in which big-hitting Jamaicans Andre Russell and Chris Gayle will be up against each other in Kolkata on Saturday.
'The way he has been interacting with everybody, be it the masseur or the assistant manager or the driver of the bus, or the new players who have not been part of the IPL before, he is making an effort to reach out to them and give them confidence.' 'That speaks a lot about the man that he is.'
Kings XI Punjab skipper George Bailey heaped praise on Akshar Patel for his crucial nine-ball 23 which helped his team beat Barbados Trident by four wickets in the Champions League Twenty20 in Mohali on Saturday night.
The two-day players' auction for the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League is finally over. At the end of it all, Yuvraj Singh emerged the most expensive of the 154 players that went under the hammer in Bangalore. Royal Challengers Bangalore acquired him for a whooping Rs 14 crore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore head coach Daniel Vettori claimed his team is pretty well equipped to handle Kings XI Punjab batsman Chris Gayle's explosive batting because they are aware of his strengths.
Flamboyant Australian Glenn Maxwell is expected to be a favourite, despite his under-whelming record, along with England's spin bowling all-rounder Moeen Ali, while Kerala's batting sensation Mohammed Azharuddeen could be in hot demand during a condensed IPL players' auction, to be held in Chennai, on Thursday.
The prize money to be distributed among the top-four teams stays at 50 crore but the play-off standing fund to be distributed among the franchisees has been slashed from 50 crore to 25 crore.
'I keep my mindset quite positive. Just look to score runs, and not think pitch is doing this or that. I play with courage. I am not afraid to get out.'
Chasing 165, Nicholas Pooran smashed a 28-ball 53 as Glenn Maxwell and Chris Gayle played useful knocks as Kings XI Punjab completed a hat-trick of victories.
While wickets were falling, at the other end, Dhawan stayed cool and grew in confidence
Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell announced on Wednesday that he is engaged to his Indian origin girlfriend, Vini Raman. He shared a photograph of himself and the Melbourne-based Vini on Instagram, the latter posing with the engagement ring.
The promoters of King's XI Punjab have applied to the Cricket Board seeking permission to sell 93 per cent of their stake in the Indian Premier League franchisee and the matter would come up before the IPL's Governing Council meeting later this month.
Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Sreenath Aravind, who took four wickets against Kings XI Punjab, has credited senior fast bowler Mitchell Starc for teaching him the tricks of the trade.
Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, who is also co-owner of Kings XI Punjab cricket team, has filed a police complaint against her former boyfriend and businessman Ness Wadia, alleging that he molested, abused and threatened her inside Wankhede stadium in South Mumbai.
The IPL players' auction will be conducted in Kolkata for the first time.
Delhi Capitals avenged their shocking first-leg defeat with a five-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab, brightening their prospects of making the play-offs of the Indian Premier League.
They are the team's leading performers, but Lokesh Rahul and Chris Gayle's batting in the Powerplay overs was one of the "massive problems", opined Kings XI Punjab skipper Ravichandran Ashwin after team failed to make it to the play-offs in Season 12 of the Indian Premier League.
In the IPL match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Dubai, all that the off-spinner did was smile wryly after catching Royal Challengers opener Aaron Finch short of the crease.
Rahul, 27, has overcome probably the toughest phase in his life and career
Sam Curran is now looking forward to turn out for three-time winners CSK.
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