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If players have ability, they will get picked: Fahim on Bangladesh players getting snubbed in IPL auction
In his take about why Bangladesh players got snubbed in the Indian Premier League auction earlier this week, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Nazmul Abedeen Fahim underlined that quality and the ability to perform would take precedence in franchises picking players.
IPL snub a reminder of Bangladesh’s talent drought
A total of 1574 players had registered for the players auction of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL). From there, 574 got shortlisted by the 10 teams to go under the hammer, of which 208 were from overseas, 12 of which were uncapped cricketers and only one of them was from New Zealand, a 22-year-old middle-order batter named Bevon Jacobs.
IPL history-maker Suryavanshi, 13, 'came on Earth to play cricket'
Dreams have come early for cricket-mad Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the shy schoolboy aged 13 who is the youngest player in Indian Premier League history.
New Zealander Jacobs left shocked by Mumbai signing
Uncapped New Zealander Bevon Jacobs thought he was being pranked when he woke on Tuesday to a glut of messages congratulating him on being signed by Indian Premier League (IPL) side Mumbai Indians.
Top 10 buys in IPL auction
Ten Indian Premier League teams spent nearly $75.72 million to buy 182 players in a two-day auction that concluded Monday in Jeddah.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 13, youngest to be sold in IPL history
A left-handed batter and spinner, the prodigy from the eastern Indian state of Bihar came into the two-day auction in Jeddah at a base price of $35,591.
Fizz, Rishad unsold in IPL auction
Mustafizur was the only Bangladesh cricketer to get picked in the last edition's auction. He played nine matches for the Chennai Super Kings, taking 14 wickets at an economy rate of 9.26.
From serious car crash to IPL record for 'remarkable' Pant
Two years after Rishabh Pant feared his cricket career was over in a serious car crash, the wicketkeeper has become the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history.
IPL auction / Rishabh Pant sold for record $3.2 mn
The winning bid for Pant surpassed the 267.5 million ($3.17 million) paid to Shreyas Iyer by Punjab Kings, in the first set of marquee players in the ongoing auction in the Saudi Arabian city of Jed
Kohli slams strike-rate talk and pundits 'from the box'
"All the people who talk about strike rates and me not playing spin well are the ones talking about this stuff," Kohli said in response to looking at his season stats.
Jacks hits ton as Bengaluru crush Gujarat
Jacks chalked up 10 sixes in his blitz as he put on an unbeaten stand of 166 with Virat Kohli, who hit 70 and remained in awe of his younger partner's hitting at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.
Rajasthan near play-offs in IPL
Samson steered table-toppers Rajasthan home with one over to spare for their eighth win in nine matches.
Fraser-McGurk's explosive 84 helps Delhi down Mumbai in IPL
Australia's Jake Fraser-McGurk smashed 84 off 27 deliveries to fire Delhi Capitals to 257-4 and a 10-run win over Mumbai Indians in another IPL high-scorer on Saturday.
‘Cricket is turning into baseball’
“Cricket is turning into baseball, isn’t it? It was absolutely incredible,” Curran said at the post-match presentation.
Bairstow stars as Punjab pull off record T20 chase
Jonny Bairstow smashed an unbeaten century as Punjab Kings recorded the highest successful run chase in T20 cricket with an eight-wicket thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Friday.
Minimalist Mustafizur only watches death overs
Mustafizur also opined that playing at the IPL is the best possible preparation for any cricketer.
Spinners help Bengaluru defeat Hyderabad
Hyderabad could only score 171-8 as RCB registered only their second win in nine games and are still languishing at the bottom of the 10-team table.
I don’t watch a lot of cricket: Mustafizur
“I’ve always been less inclined to watch matches, I prefer playing,” Mustafizur said in a video shared by CSK on the social media platforms today.
Not everyone happy with IPL's 'impact player' rule
Introduced last season, the rule allows teams to bring in a substitute at any time for a player in the starting 11.