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How the eight teams stack up ahead of IPL 2021
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Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:08
It wasn't a mega affair, but the IPL 2021 auction was always going to be exciting, what with all the eight teams having a number of holes to plug. As it turned out, big money was splurged on some players - breaking payment records along the way - and this is what the teams looked like at the end of…
Jonny Bairstow: England white-ball players can't be told 'don't go' to the IPL
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Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:26
Jonny Bairstow believes that the contract status of England's white-ball cricketers makes them fair game for lucrative deals on the T20 franchise circuit, after Moeen Ali capped a difficult week on the Test front with a huge pay-day at the IPL auction.Moeen was picked up by Chennai Super Kings for INR 7 crore (US$959,000), only days after his Test captain,…
We picked Arjun Tendulkar 'purely on a skill basis' - Mahela Jayawardene
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Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:28
The Mumbai Indians' leadership has come out in unequivocal endorsement of 21-year-old left-arm medium-pacer Arjun Tendulkar, and backed what they described as a measured decision to pick him up at the IPL 2021 auction.Arjun, Sachin Tendulkar's son, was among the Mumbai Indians net bowlers during last year's IPL - he has bowled in the Indian national team's nets more than…
Why teams broke the bank for Morris, Jamieson, Gowtham and Meredith
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Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:14
At the 2021 IPL auction, why did franchises break the bank to buy Chris Morris, Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson and to an extent the uncapped pair of K Gowtham and Riley Meredith? ESPNcricinfo analyses the reasons.Chris Morris for INR 16.25 crore (USD 2.23 million approx.) to Rajasthan RoyalsIt is not a common skillset for a bowler to fire…
BCB allows Shakib Al Hasan to miss Sri Lanka Tests for IPL
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Thursday, 18 February 2021 19:51
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has granted Shakib Al Hasan leave during next month's Test series against Sri Lanka so he can take part in the IPL, according to the cricket operations head Akram Khan. Shakib, who was picked up by the Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 3.20 crore in the 2021 auction on Thursday, wrote to the BCB asking…
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