Seam bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar attracted top prices Monday in the Indian Premier League’s second and final day player auction, after staggeringly big bids broke records.Here is the team-wise list of the players sold by the end of the second and final day of the Indian Premier League’s mega auction:CHENNAI SUPER KINGSPURSE SPENT:

South Africa had hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup. (Image: Wikipedia Commons) In a step away from convention, International Olympic Committee (IOC) welcomed a bid from South Africa to host the 2036 Olympics and Paralympics. It came after a delegation including the South African Sports Confederation Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) met with IOC officials

Mitchell Starc and KL Rahul (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: The IPL 2025 mega-auction in Jeddah has been remarkable, with franchises investing substantial amounts in key players. While some cricketers commanded premium prices, others were acquired at reasonable rates by their respective teams.Here are five notable value-for-money acquisitions from the IPL 2025 auction:Mitchell Starc (Rs 11.75

NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction never ceases to throw surprises. Over the years, the IPL auction has seen many players fetch shockingly high prices, often exceeding expectations. Sometimes some ‘out of favour’ players hit pay-dirt and sometimes well-known cricketers go unsold. Teams often pay premium prices for all-rounders and players with high

PATNA/KOLKATA: A 13-year-old teen who doesn’t talk much but lets his bat do all the talking was snapped by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.10 crore after an intense bidding at the IPL auction, making him the youngest player to play the world’s biggest cricket league.On Monday evening, at faraway Jeddah, the young Bihar prodigy’s name,

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans assistant and batting coach Parthiv Patel expressed his delight after the 2022 IPL champions secured England’s ODI and T20I captain Jos Buttler during the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. Gujarat Titans spent a staggering Rs 15.75 crore to acquire Buttler on Sunday, and Parthiv believes the explosive wicketkeeper-batter is the perfect fit

Australia captain Pat Cummins, left, and Josh Hazlewood (Getty Images) Australia‘s dismal all-round show and uninspiring body language during the Perth Test, combined with fast bowler Josh Hazlewood’s comments, led to former India coach and all-rounder Ravi Shastri saying that “there are some mental cracks” in the Australian team that suffered an embarrassing 295-run defeat

India head coach Gautam Gambhir looks on during an India Test Squad training session at Optus Stadium in Perth. (Getty Images) Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir has flown back home from Australia due to a ‘personal emergency.’ However, Gambhir will re-join the team in Australia ahead of the pink-ball Test that starts on December

Jasprit Bumrah (BCCI Photo) India’s stand-in captain and ‘Player of the Match’ Jasprit Bumrah led a dramatic turnaround for the visitors in the Perth Test, resulting in a record-breaking win against Australia, after which off-spin great Nathan Lyon approached the Indian pacer for his autograph on a bat.Bumrah’s match haul of 8 for 72 brought

He had words of praise for the younger members and reverence for captain Rohit Sharma and batting talisman Virat Kohli. The smile on Jasprit Bumrah‘s face as he addressed the media in Perth was almost as big, if not bigger, than India’s victory margin of 295 runs.Fittingly named Player of the Match, Bumrah had said