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Chennai Super Kings acquired fast bowler Anshul Kamboj for Rs 3.4 crore during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 auction on Monday. Kamboj’s initial base price was Rs 20 lakh. Delhi Capitals started the bidding war, later joined by Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, pushing the price past Rs 3 crore. Chennai Super Kings ultimately won the bid. Kamboj played his first IPL season last year with Mumbai Indians. He was released before the auction. The Haryana bowler performed well domestically, starting with eight wickets in the Duleep Trophy, earning him Player of the Series. He then took 10 wickets in a single Ranji Trophy innings for Haryana against Kerala this month.

Mumbai Indians have faced a bumpy ride in two of their last three seasons. In 2023, they just managed to scrape into the playoffs but were knocked out in the second qualifier. This was sandwiched between two of their worst seasons, where they finished at the bottom of the standings. IPL 2025 Auction: Check the complete list of sold players on Day 1 MI won their first IPL title in 2013, the same year Rohit Sharma took over as captain from Ricky Ponting. Since then, the team has lifted the trophy four more times, including back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020, making them the second franchise in IPL history to achieve such a feat.

Harshal Patel, a top death bowler in the Indian Premier League (IPL), is expected to attract high bids in the upcoming 2025 auction. Several teams are looking to strengthen their bowling lineups, making Patel a sought-after player.

IPL season, Indian bowlers are expected to be in great demand during the IPL Mega Auction 2025. Interestingly, teams this year seem more inclined towards retaining batters rather than bowlers, possibly aiming to secure the best bowlers in the auction to boost their chances of lifting the coveted trophy. Bowlers play a crucial role in the game's outcome, with someone like Jasprit Bumrah being the backbone of Mumbai Indians’ bowling attack, often delivering match-defining performances. In a fast-paced 20-over game, teams need bowlers who can rattle the opposition during the powerplay and death overs, where even a couple of extra runs can tilt the match's outcome. Let’s dive into the top five Indian bowlers likely to ignite bidding wars in the upcoming mega auction. Arshdeep Singh With his impressive skillset and remarkable consistency, Arshdeep Singh has solidified his position as a leader in India’s T20 combination. His T20I records are exceptional, with 95 wickets at an outstanding average of 18.47 in 59 matches. Earlier this year, Arshdeep played a key role in India’s T20 World Cup-winning campaign, claiming 17 wickets in just eight games at a stellar average of 12.47.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian Premier League (IPL) laid out a level playing field through player auctions from the very outset in 2008. Every team has a fixed purse, ensuring that the richest franchises cannot dominate the league simply by buying the best players.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: India has cemented its position as one of the top five markets for WPP, one of the world’s largest advertising and marketing services networks, marking a remarkable rise from being outside the top 10 just a few years ago. With agencies like GroupM, Mindshare, Ogilvy, Wunderman Thompson, and Grey under its umbrella, WPP credits India’s rapid economic growth and pivotal role in its global transformation for this leap.

Salt reached this accomplishment during the first T20I against West Indies at Barbados. During the match, England was assigned a task to chase down 183 runs. Salt almost single-handedly did it by himself, scoring 103* in just 54 balls. His innings was laced with nine fours and six sixes. His strike rate was 190.74. This is Salt's third T20I hundred, tying him with Pakistan star Babar, who also has three T20I tons. Only Indian stars Suryakumar Yadav (4 centuries) and Rohit Sharma (5 centuries) and Australian hitter Glenn Maxwell (5 centuries) are above Salt.

IPL 2025 Retention Live Updates: The whole cricketing world is abuzz with the IPL 2025 Retention as the deadline draws near. All the 10 franchises will get time till 5 PM IST on October 31. 2024 to finalise their core group of players they want to retain from the previous season.

MS Dhoni’s famous jersey number 7 and the phrase 'Thala for a reason' have become very popular on social media. Cricket fans have been spreading these memes widely. MS Dhoni, who has led the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to five IPL titles, addressed the meme in a recent video. When asked about the meme, Dhoni said, «I do know, but I don’t know the reason behind it. I’m not sure whether it’s funny, meant to pull my leg, just banter, or a meme. But whatever it is, I think my fans have turned it into something positive for me. That’s what I feel.» He also spoke about his fans, saying, «I’ve got brilliant fans. I don’t need to speak up or say anything; they’re the ones who step up if someone questions me. I’m just keeping quiet and enjoying my life. I try to play good cricket, and that’s what matters to me.»

Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises more than doubled their revenues for the year ended March 2024, with significant improvements in profitability, largely on the back of increased share from the league’s central revenue pool during IPL 2023. The 10 teams collectively received Rs 4,670 crore from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the IPL 2023 compared to Rs 2,205-crore share from the central pool for the IPL 2022, as per BCCI’s annual report for FY23. “The first eight IPL franchisees have been profitable for more than eight years now and their profits have significantly increased in FY24, and are expected to be at that level going forward due to the media rights renewal in 2022 and the resulting increase in the central pool,” D and P Advisory managing partner Santosh N said.

sports teams in India saw an up to threefold surge in earnings in 2023-24, with cricket dominating the table, according to the latest filings of their owners such as Reliance Industries, United Spirits, Tata Steel and RPSG Ventures. These companies, which run the sports teams as business ventures through subsidiaries, benefited from a larger central revenue pool of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), showed the filings. The revenue pool mainly comprises money earned by the BCCI from selling the broadcasting rights and a portion of it is shared among the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams. For instance, the total income of Reliance Industries' wholly owned subsidiary Indiawin Sports, which owns the Mumbai Indians cricket team, more than doubled to ₹737 crore in 2023-24 from ₹359 crore in the previous fiscal. The company's net profit was ₹110 crore, compared to a net loss of ₹49 crore in 2022-23. The central rights accounted for three-fourths of the revenue in 2023-24, while nearly 22% came from ticketing sales, said the annual report of Reliance Industries.

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The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, has married his longtime girlfriend in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year attended by global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians, highlighting the billionaire’s staggering weal...

Global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians are arriving in India’s financial capital to attend the wedding of the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, the world’s ninth richest man

Rohit Sharma's announcement to retire from T20Is after winning the ICC T20 World Cup, all-rounder Hardik Pandya is likely to lead the Men in Blue in the shortest format of the game. Meanwhile, wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul will lead the team in ODIs, as per the sources. «Hardik Pandya is all set to lead the Indian team in the T20, Rohit Sharma's announced his retirement. Hardik is also unlikely to be rested for the upcoming series vs Sri Lanka,» BCCI Sources told ANI. In the T20 WC, Pandya scored 144 runs in six innings at an average of 48.00 and a strike rate of 151.57, with a half-century and best score of 50*. He also took 11 wickets in eight games at an average of 17.36 and an economy rate of 7.64, with the best figures of 3/20.

A post shared by ICC (@icc)After posing for the camera, Hardik carried the trophy on his shoulder and did the “swag walk". Then, he danced bhangra as he moved on with the trophy.Netizens showered praises on Pandya and spoke about his tough days ahead of the World Cup tournament. Many of them claimed that they were not among the people who had trolled Pandya.“It was fun, you have given this entertainment to whole India," wrote one user while another wrote, “And, one day the noise of abuses turns into the echo of applause."“I never trolled him and I know mature cricket fans didn’t troll him during his tough times but anyways he deserves all the love and respect," wrote another.After the victory, Hardik spoke about his tough six months.

three-wicket haul in the final of the T20 World Cup saw Hardik Pandya become the unlikely hero for the Indian side, with the all-rounder grabbing the crucial wicket of Heinrich Klassen in the 17th over of the game.

Rohit Sharma became only the third captain after Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni to lift the ICC World Cup for India. This was the third World Cup for Rohit Sharma in less than 12 months. India lost the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup against Australia last year. India today snatched the victory from South Africa after it looked that Henrich Klassen will cross the Proteas over the line, but Rohit had other plans. Rohit brought back his Mumbai India Captain into the attach. Hardik took the key wicket of Klassen to turn the match into India's favour.