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IPL teams need to submit list of retained players by Nov 15: Official

The 10 IPL franchises have been asked to submit their list of retained players by November 15, a senior official of a franchise said on Sunday. It is understood that BCCI has set the ball rolling for next edition of IPL and the mini-auction will be held in the third week of December in Bengaluru. It is also learnt that even the salary cap is likely to be increased from Rs 90 to Rs 95 crore for the next season. However at the mini-auction, the franchises can bid for players with the balance amount left after what they spent during the last mega auction and also with the amount they get after releasing the players they want to give back to the auction pool. It is expected that most franchises will keep 15 core players and release the rest for them to enter the auction with at least 10 crore, if not more. Punjab Kings and CSK have Rs 3.45 and Rs 2.95 crore left respectively after the last auction while Lucknow Super Giants had exhausted their full purse. Delhi Capitals, Mumbai India

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Women IPL to take place in March with 5 teams, max 5 overseas players in XI

The much-awaited inaugural edition of Women's IPL will have five teams and is set to take place in March 2023 before the start of men's IPL. As per a BCCI note accessed by PTI, the tournament will feature 20 league games with teams to play each other twice. The table toppers will get a direct entry into the final, while the second and third place teams will battle out in the Eliminator. Each team can have no more than five overseas cricketers in the playing eleven. "To have a well balance of domestic & international players and to have competitive teams, it has been tentatively decided to have five teams for WIPL. Each team can comprise maximum of eighteen players where no team can have more than six overseas players. "Further, no more than five overseas players - four from Full Members of the ICC and one from the Associate Members of the ICC can be part of the playing XI of each team," read the BCCI note. The Women's Big Bash League in Australia and The Hundred in UK don't allow

IPL to return to pre-Covid home and away format in 2023, confirms Ganguly

The Indian Premier League (IPL) will return to its original form pre-Covid-19, home-and-away format from the 2023 season, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confirmed in a letter

SA T20 Auctions: IPL owners loosen purse strings as Stubbs breaks bank

South African batting sensation Tristan Stubbs triggered a bidding frenzy with Sunrisers Eastern Cape getting his services for a staggering 9.2 million rand (USD 500,000 plus) at the inaugural auction of the SA T20 league here on Monday. The six teams in the league are owned by IPL franchises -- MI Cape Town (Reliance), Pretoria Capitals (JSW), Paarl Royals (Royals Sports Group), Durban Super Giants (RPG-Sanjiv Goenka), Johannesburg Super Kings (India Cements), Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Sunrisers Hyderabad owner Kaviya Maran). With a salary cap of R 34 million (USD 1.9 million approx, INR 15 crore) per team, robust bidding was witnessed with Stubbs, who plays for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, being the most sought-after. Four franchises were involved in bidding war with MI Cape Town making the initial move followed by Paarl Royals. However, towards the end it was Johannesburg Super Kings and Sunrisers Eastern Cape, who fought tooth and nail before the latter made a winning bid of R 9.2 .

Mumbai Indians appoint South African legend Mark Boucher as head coach

Mumbai Indians had an abysmal season last time, finishing at the bottom of the points table with only four wins out of 14 matches

Suresh Raina retires from all formats of cricket, including IPL

The 35-year-old had already ended his international cricket on August 15, 2020, hours after Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to call it a day

Asia Cup 2022: Hardik Pandya 2.0 is the all-rounder India always wished for

The best change in Hardik though has been the incorporation of the thought process of his guru MS Dhoni. Now, Hardik doesn't seem in a hurry to achieve anything and lets things happen naturally

Ben Stokes to decide on IPL '23 participation based on English calender

The advent of multiple T20 leagues might have led to a paradigm shift in priorities for some leading international cricketers but England Test captain Ben Stokes is very categorical that his participation in the 2023 IPL will depend on the national team's calender. Stokes, one of the world's leading all-rounders, has already called it quits in 50-over format, in order to strike a better work-life balance and nothing is more important for him than wearing the pristine whites. "It is a case of looking at schedules, looking ahead at what we have got coming up. But as I have made it very clear, Test cricket is at the forefront of my mind and all of my time decisions will be based around Test matches. "Now being the captain, I have the responsibility to do that," Stokes told PTI during a virtual interaction organized by 'Amazon Prime Video' on the occasion of the release of his documentary series 'Ben Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes'. For the 31-year-old, who has scored 5320 runs and tak

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IPL: Chandrakant Pandit named head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders

The doyen of India's domestic coaches Chandrakant Pandit has been appointed Kolkata Knight Riders' head coach for the upcoming IPL season, the franchise announced on Wednesday. Pandit replaces Brendon McCullum, who is now the head coach of the England Test side. Pandit, the most celebrated coach in the Indian domestic circuit, recently guided Madhya Pradesh to their maiden Ranji Trophy title, having won the national championship multiple times with Mumbai and Vidarbha. Known to work wonders with unheralded domestic teams, this will be the former India wicketkeeper's first big assignment at the elite level. "We are very excited that Chandu is joining the Knight Riders family to lead us through the next phase of our journey," KKR CEO Venky Mysore said in a statement. "His deep commitment to what he does and his track record of success in domestic cricket, is there for everyone to see. We are looking forward to his partnership with our skipper Shreyas Iyer, which promises to be an ..

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Disney lowers subscriber target after IPL streaming rights loss

The firm revised its subscriber count to 80 million by the end of fiscal 2024 from the projected 100 million

IPL monopolising global cricket is 'little bit dangerous': Adam Gilchrist

As reports of Australian stalwart David Warner ditching domestic Big Bash League for UAE T20 league surface, Adam Gilchrist warns Cricket Australia to take cognizance before others follow suit

Why doesn't India have a women's IPL?

The pandemic can only be partly blamed because male cricketers played innumerable matches throughout the year, including the IPL

Companies pick up teams in global T20 leagues as IPL footprint grows

After UAE-based International League T20, Indian firms acquiring franchises in Cricket South Asia's new league

Chennai Super Kings gets Wanderers team in South African T20 league

CSK were one of the semifinalists in the 2009 IPL held in South Africa; emerged champions in 2010 League T20 defeating the Warriors at the Wanderers, Johannesburg in the final

TI Clean Mobility to acquire 65% in IPL Tech Electric for Rs 246 cr

The deal would be done through a combination of primary and secondary purchases of shares

Fugitive Lalit Modi announces courtship with actress Sushmita Sen

Lalit Modi shared the news on social media with a series of pictures on Twitter, calling Sushmita Sen his "better half"

"You don't take rest during IPL..." Gavaskar slams seniors for breaks

Batting great Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the commitment of the senior India players, saying he "doesn't agree" with cricketers skipping international series but playing the IPL without a break