The 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will commence on 26th March 2022, with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) taking on two-time winners Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the opening match of the tournament.

Here is the live feed of the IPL 2022 Schedule announcement: (Note: If the feed is not loading, click here to check the live feed of IPL 2022 Auction)

The 2022 edition of the IPL will be a 10-team contest, as two new outfits, Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans have joined the fray. KL Rahul will lead the Lucknow side, while the Gujarat Titans will have Hardik Pandya at the helm of affairs. A total of 74 matches will be played in the Indian T20 League this year.

The teams will be divided into two groups this time. Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals, and Lucknow Super Giants are placed in Group 1, while Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings, and Lucknow Super Giants are placed in Group 2.

Each team will face every other team in its group as well as one team from the other group twice. And, every team will play the other 4 teams in the other group once. All league matches will take place in Mumbai and Pune this year.

So, without a doubt, the 15th edition of the IPL is going to be a cracking one and we can expect the heat in the Indian summer to rise higher when the players from these 10 teams walk out on the field in the annual Indian T20 extravaganza.

Here are the squads of all the 10 teams for the 2022 edition of the IPL

Chennai Super Kings

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, N Jagadeesan, Hari Nishaanth, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Prashant Solanki, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Devon Conway, Adam Milne, Mitchell Santner.

Purse Remaining – INR 2.95 crore

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, M Ashwin, Basil Thampi, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Sanjay Yadav, Ramandeep Singh, Aryan Juyal, Arjun Tendulkar, Tilak Varma, Hrithik Shokeen, Rahul Buddhi, Arshad Khan, Tymal Mills, Jofra Archer, Fabian Allen, Daniel Sams, Anmolpreet Singh, Tim David, Riley Meredith.

Purse Remaining – INR 15 Lakh

Delhi Capitals

David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Ashwin Hebbar, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, Lungi Ngidi, Tim Seifert, Praveen Dubey, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav.

Purse Remaining – INR 10 lakh

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Suyash Prabhudesai, Luvnith Sisodia, Aneeshwar Gautam, Jason Behrendorff, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Siddarth Kaul, Chama Milind, Mahipal Lomror, Sherfane Rutherford, Finn Allen.

Purse Remaining – INR 1.55 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders

Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Sam Billings, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Salam, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Aman Khan, Ramesh Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Tim Southee, Alex Hales, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, B Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne.

Purse Remaining – INR 45 lakh

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, J Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Saurabh Dubey, Shashank Singh, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, J Suchith, Romario Shepherd, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Purse Remaining – INR 10 lakh

Punjab Kings

Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Odean Smith, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Sandeep Sharma, Atharva Taide, Vaibhav Arora, Ansh Patel, Raj Angad Bawa, Benny Howell, Rishi Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Nathan Ellis, Prerak Mankad.

Purse Remaining – INR 3.45 crore

Rajasthan Royals

Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Tejas Baroka, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, James Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Karun Nair, Obed McCoy.

Purse Remaining – INR 95 lakh

Lucknow Super Giants

KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, K Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Dushmantha Chameera, Ankit Rajpoot, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Kyle Mayers, K Gowtham, Evin Lewis.

Purse Remaining – Nil

Gujarat Titans

Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia, Dominic Drakes, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, David Miller, Matthew Wade, Gurkeerat Singh, B Sai Sudharshan.

Purse Remaining – INR 15 lakh

Players’ draft timing– 9 AM ECT, 1 PM GMT, 6:30 PM IST.

“This is a six-hitting masterclass from TKR,” screamed Ian Bishop from the commentary box after Lendl Simmons muscled Scott Kuggeleijn for a humongous six over deep mid-wicket. It was St Lucia Zouks’ maiden stint in a Caribbean Premier League final, and Trinbago Knight Riders came back from behind and dashed their hopes at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad.

Back on September 2020, TKR won by eight wickets. Phew! More than eight and half months and it seems like yesterday when Darren Bravo inside-edged one off speedster Kesrick Williams and led the Knight Riders to glory. It remains a mystery as to how Kieron Pollard’s men won the trophy without losing a single match in the tournament.

The focus now shifts to the 2021 CPL and teams have already started their preparations after announcing their retentions, releases, trades and some fresh buys. The tournament starts on August 28 with all the 33 matches to take place in St Kitts and Nevis, the home of the Patriots, who finished at the bottom of the points table last season with one win from 10 matches.

With three months before action kicks off at the Warner Park, it’s time for the players’ draft on Friday, May 28, where the squads will be revealed. Fasten your seat belts as it’s gonna be a exciting journey as we take you through the squads of the six participating teams in the championship.

Here’s the list of retentions, trades, releases and direct picks for CPL 2021:

Trinbago Knight Riders

Retained– Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Khary Pierre, Sikandar Raza, Anderson Phillip, Tion Webster, Akeal Hosein, Jayden Seales, Ali Khan

Trade– Denesh Ramdin (from St Kitts and Nevis Patriots)

Players released: Pravin Tambe, Tim Seifert, Fawad Ahmed, Amir Jangoo, Dwayne Bravo

Direct Picks– Sandeep Lamichhane

BREAKING NEWS!!! The @TKRiders announce 2021 retentions. Read more ▶️ https://t.co/djGJHd53aW #CPL21 #CPLDraft #CricketPlayedLouder #TrinbagoKnightRiders #KnightRiders pic.twitter.com/eU9jj86s9t

— CPL T20 (@CPL) May 6, 2021

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

Retained– Evin Lewis, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Rayad Emrit, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Joshua Da Silva, Dominic Drakes

Trades– Sherfane Rutherford (from Guyana Amazon Warriors), Dwayne Bravo (from Trinbago Knight Riders)

Players released: Chris Lynn, Kieran Powell, Nick Kelly, Denesh Ramdin, Ben Dunk, Jahmar Hamilton, Sohail Tanvir, Ish Sodhi, Alzarri Joseph, Colin Archibald, Imran Khan.

Direct Picks– Chris Gayle

BREAKING NEWS!!! The @sknpatriots announce 2021 retentions. Read more ▶️ https://t.co/hNzXwoULVN #CPL21 #CPLDraft #CricketPlayedLouder #StKittsAndNevisPatriots pic.twitter.com/TEqy02hnMj

— CPL T20 (@CPL) May 21, 2021

Barbados Tridents

Retained– Jason Holder, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Hayden Walsh Jr, Raymon Reifer, Justin Greaves, Nyeem Young, Joshua Bishop

Players released: Rashid Khan, Mitchell Santner, Corey Anderson, Shamarh Brooks, Ashley Nurse, Jonathan Carter, Keon Harding and Shayan Jahangir.

Direct Picks– Mohammad Amir

BREAKING NEWS!!! The @BIMTridents announce 2021 retentions. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/5vCXx1js9c #CPL21 #CPLDraft #CricketPlayedLouder #BarbadosTridents pic.twitter.com/1x4zCgeRsO

— CPL T20 (@CPL) May 13, 2021

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Retained– Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Imran Tahir, Brandon King, Naveen-ul-Haq, Romario Shepherd, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Odean Smith, Anthony Bramble, Kevin Sinclair, Ashmead Nedd

Players released: Chris Green, Ross Taylor, Keemo Paul, Kissoondath Magram, Sherfane Rutherford and Jasdeep Singh.

Direct Picks– Shoaib Malik

BREAKING NEWS!!! The @GYAmazonWarrior announce 2021 retentions. Read more ▶️ https://t.co/KvSYTL0jFk #CPL21 #CPLDraft #CricketPlayedLouder #GuyanaAmazonWarriors pic.twitter.com/ehS1dYlRQm

— CPL T20 (@CPL) May 11, 2021

Jamaica Tallawahs

Retained– Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Rovman Powell, Fidel Edwards, Veerasammy Permaul, Ryan Persaud

Players released: Asif Ali, Nicholas Kirton, Jermaine Blackwood, Nkumrah Bonner, Ramaal Lewis, Glenn Phillips, Oshane Thomas, Sandeep Lamichhane, Preston McSween, Mujeeb ur Rahman.

Direct Picks– Shakib Al Hasan

BREAKING NEWS!!! The @JAMTallawahs announce 2021 retentions. Read more ▶️ https://t.co/Y40dwTyMc7 #CPL21 #CPLDraft #CricketPlayedLouder #JamaicaTallawahs pic.twitter.com/F7ZXF58Kub

— CPL T20 (@CPL) May 22, 2021

St Lucia Zouks

Retained– Andre Fletcher, Kesrick Williams, Rahkeem Cornwall, Roston Chase, Obed McCoy, Mark Deyal, Javelle Glenn

Players released: Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Scott Kuggeleijn, Leniko Boucher, Kavem Hodge, Kimani Melius, Daren Sammy, Chemar Holder, Saad Bin Zafar, Zahir Khan.

Direct Picks– Faf du Plessis

BREAKING NEWS!!! The St Lucia Zouks announce 2021 retentions. Read more ▶️ https://t.co/SiyMbN71az #CPL21 #CPLDraft #CricketPlayedLouder #StLuciaZouks pic.twitter.com/cc819Mxc2e

— CPL T20 (@CPL) May 18, 2021

Here is the live feed for the 4th T20I, India vs England (Hold on for a moment until the blog loads)

Match Timings: 18 March 2021, 07:00 PM IST

Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

IND vs ENG Head to Head

Played – 17 | India – 8 | England – 9

In a see-saw battle between the number one and number two ranked sides, England won the third game by eight wickets after India had managed to bring the series to parity in the second T20I. At the toss, the visiting skipper, Eoin Morgan, called correctly as England put in India. Some seething pace and control from Mark Wood and Jofra Archer reduced India to 24/3 inside the Powerplay, with Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul back inside the pavilion alongside Ishan Kishan.

A 38-run stand for the fourth wicket between Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli ensured that the tumbling halted, although a greedy attempt off a misfielding proved costly to India as Pant failed to make his ground and was dismissed run-out for a 20-ball 25. While India’s struggle for momentum continued, Virat Kohli (77* from 46), who notched up his second half-century of the series, ensured to secure his wicket to accelerate later. And he did, alongside Hardik Pandya (17 from 15), adding 70 runs from just 35 to take India to a respectable total of 156/6.

Out to chase a tricky target, England failed to get a move on courtesy of some disciplined bowling by Indian pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur. Although, Jos Buttler launched an assault against the bowlers during his 58-run stand with Dawid Malan for the second wicket after Yuzvendra Chahal removed Jason Roy cheaply.

Buttler slammed five boundaries and four sixes in his unbeaten 83 from 52 as India’s search for a wicket continued till the 10th over. Dawid Malan was stumped while trying to step out against Washington Sundar with 76 runs still needed for England to reach the target, however, Jonny Bairstow joined Buttler and the visitors finished the chase with 10 balls to spare to take a 2-1 lead.

IND vs ENG Squads

India Squad

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Axar Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar

England Squad

Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (WK), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan (C), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Sam Billings, Reece Topley, Mark Wood, Tom Curran, Liam Livingstone.

Here is the live feed for the 1st T20I, India vs England (Hold on for a moment until the blog loads)

Match Timings: 12 March 2021, 07:00 PM IST

Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

IND vs ENG Head to Head

Played – 14 | India – 7 | England – 7

In India
Played – 6 | India – 3 | England – 3

After a fascinating Test series, India is all in readiness to take on England, the number one T20I side, in a five-match T20I series that gets underway on Friday at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.  While England started the tour with an emphatic victory at Chennai, too little went their way later and they subsequently lost the chance to make it into the World Test Championship Final.

With the Test series gone to the home side, the current series is not only a chance for England to get back to winning ways but the series is even otherwise significant when seen in the context of the approaching T20I World Cup. Including the upcoming five fixtures, England has 13 games before they step out in the World Cup in October. However, they will not have an opportunity bigger and better than this series and the approaching season of the IPL to acclimatize themselves with conditions they will face come to the T20 World Cup.

For India, who have no more international 20-over fixtures before the World Cup after these five games, the current series is the moment to sort their problem of plenty. From identifying an apt opening combination to the most suitable number four and the correct pace attack, there are quite a few questions that India would prefer to have the answers to.

After all, not often in the recent past has India had all four in Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, and Virat Kohli available. While skipper Kohli confirmed on the eve of the game that Rohit and Rahul continue to be India’s first-choice openers, the selection headache at number four – where India has as many options as Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, and Ishan Kishan – continues.

Squads:

India Squad: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Axar Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar

England Squad: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Sam Billings, Reece Topley, Mark Wood, Tom Curran, Liam Livingstone.

Here is the live feed for the 5th fixture of the PSL 2021, Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans (Hold on for a moment until the blog loads)

Match Timings: 23 February 2021, 07:30 PM IST

Venue: National Stadium, Karachi

Peshawar Zalmi is entering the contest after a 4-wicket loss at the hands of Lahore Qalandars in their opening fixture of the PSL 2021. After being put in to bat, the Zalmi could manage only manage a below-par total of 140 and their bowlers failed to restrict the Qalandars, who chased the target with 9 balls to spare.

Barring Ravi Bopara, who scored a 44-ball 50, and Saqib Mehmood and Wahab Riaz, who both returned with two wickets apiece, there were no real positives for Riaz’s men. Placed at the second-last spot on the table, Zalmi will be keen to open their account tonight after a rusty display in their first game.

The 4th-placed Multan Sultans, on the other hand, are on a similar plane, coming on the back of a three-wicket defeat against Islamabad United. Plagued by a continuous fall of wickets, the Sultans were taken to a competitive total of 150/8 courtesy of Mohammad Rizwan, who continued his sensational form and accounted for nearly half of his team’s total.

Sultans’ bowlers pushed United into trouble big time, reducing them to 74/6 at one stage, although a sensational fightback from Lewis Gregory, who was well-assisted by Faheem Ashraf snatched every chance of a victory from them.

Here is the live feed of the PSL 2021 Lahore vs Quetta: (Hold on for a few seconds until the blog loads)

Match Timings : 22 February 2021 at 07:30 PM IST

Venue : National Stadium, Karachi

After making a contrasting start to their campaigns in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2021, Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators will be up against each other in the fourth game of the tournament on Monday (February 22). The Gladiators started their campaign with a crushing seven-wicket loss to defending champions Karachi Kings in the first game of PSL.

The Gladiators were thoroughly outplayed by Karachi as they failed to do well with both bat and ball. Asked to bat first, the Gladiators were all out for a paltry 121 in 18.2 overs. Except for Chris Gayle, no other batsmen managed to contribute anything substantial with the bat. In reply, Karachi chased down the total in less than 14 overs by losing just three wickets.

The Qalandars, on the other hand, started their campaign with a hard-fought 4-wicket win over Peshawar Zalmi. Riding on their pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi’s stunning spell of 3 for 14, Qalandars restricted Zalmi to a modest 140 for 6. With the bat, the Qalandars looked shaky and were reeling at 109 for 6 at one stage.

Their openers Fakhar Zaman and Sohail Akhtar as well as middle-order batsmen Agha Salman and Ben Dunk got the starts but failed to capitalize. But fortunately for them, Mohammad Hafeez (33*) and Rashid Khan (27*) took them over the line in the 19th over in the low-scoring encounter.

Here is the live feed of the IPL 2021 Auction: (Hold on for a few seconds until the blog loads)

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Let us take a look at the purse remaining for each team ahead of the 2021 IPL auction.

Chennai Super Kings(CSK)- 19.9 Crores

Delhi Capitals(DC)- 13.4 Crores

Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR)- 10.75 Crores

Kings XI Punjab(KXIP)- 53.2 Crores

Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB)- 35.4 Crores

Sun Risers Hyderabad(SRH)- 10.75 Crores

Mumbai Indians(MI)- 15.35 Crores

Rajasthan Royals(RR)- 37.85 Crores

From 3 PM on 18th February 2021, the much-awaited IPL auction will commence in Chennai ahead of the 14th edition of the T20 extravaganza. The number of slots that are left with all 8 franchises combined is 61, and a total of 292 players will go under the hammer this time. A whopping 1114 players had registered for the auction, but the list has been trimmed down to under 300.

11 players have a base price of 2 Crores and only two of them are Indians, Harbhajan Singh and Kedar Jadhav. On the other hand, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Moeen Ali, Shakib Al Hasan, Jason Roy, Mark Wood, Colin Ingram, Sam Billings and Liam Plunkett are the 9 foreigners with a base price of 2 Crores.

As far as the money left in the purse is concerned, the Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) have a whopping 53.2 Crores that is left to be splashed and have a total of 9 slots left to be filled. The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have the least amount of money left. Both the franchises have just 10.75 Crores remaining in the purse ahead of the auction. While the Hyderabad side has only 3 slots left to be filled, the Kolkata outfit has as many as 8 empty slots left.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have as many as 11 slots that are yet to be filled, and the amount that is left in their purse is 35.40 Crores. As far as the number of overseas slots left is concerned, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have just one more overseas slot to be filled, while the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) side outfit has as many as 5 overseas slots that are up for grabs.

All in all, 18th February 2021 promises to be a day filled with a lot of surprises, excitement, and fervor. All the franchises will be looking to iron out the chinks in their armor when they assemble in Chennai for the auction. So, sit tight, brace yourself, and set your alarms for 3 PM on 18th February 2021, as it promises to be one hell of a ride!

Here are all the eight teams, their pre-auction squad – purse remaining ahead of the auction:

Chennai Super Kings

Delhi Capitals

Kolkata Knight Riders

Punjab Kings

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Mumbai Indians

Rajasthan Royals

KKR vs MI: Previous Head to Head clashes

Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians have played 25 matches in the history of the Indian Premier League. However, the Mumbai Indians have the upper hand by winning a majority of 19 games out of those 25. A sign of relief for KKR is that out of those only 6 recorded wins, KKR won the only head to head fixture with MI in the UAE. Coincidentally, they are about to start off their IPL on the same venue.

Impact of Bumrah and Boult on KKR

Having just one World-class bowler is a blessing for many franchises. But MI have had the opportunity to play not only one but two great bowlers. Bumrah and Boult are two successful international bowlers. And their impact on the KKR side today is definitely a concern.

Can Rohit Sharma get the better of Sunil Narine?

Rohit Sharma is one of India’s elite batsmen. He can single-handedly win games for MI, like he has over the years. However, the contest between Rohit Sharma and KKR’s magical bowler Sunil Narine is to watch out for. Will Narine stop Rohit Sharma and his men from dominating the match is what we have to forward to.

Here is the live feed for the auction day:

The player auction for the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will start at 3:30 PM IST on 19th December in Kolkata. A total of 997 players registered to go under the hammer but only 338 players were shortlisted by the 8 franchises. As many as 190 players from India are present in the final list which includes 15 capped players. Robin Uthappa’s base price of 1.5 crore INR is the highest among the Indian players.

Jaydev Unadkat, Yusuf Pathan and Piyush Chawla are the other Indians to have set their base price over 1 crore INR. The auction has a total of 148 overseas names including three from the associate nations. Scotland’s George Munsey, UAE’s Zahoor Khan and USA’s Ali Khan are the three associate players shortlisted for the auction. On 19th December, only a maximum of 73 players will get a chance to bag an IPL contract.

The 8 franchises collectively have only 29 overseas spots to fill. The Royal Challengers Bangalore will have a chance of buying as many as six foreigners this time having retained only two overseas players. In fact, they could be the most active team at this IPL auction as they retained the least number of players (12) among the 8 sides. The Delhi Capitals are close to RCB in terms of available slots.

The Delhi franchise has retained only 14 players which includes only three overseas names. The Kings XI Punjab have got the highest purse of all the teams as they have 42.07 crore INR to purchase a maximum of nine players including a maximum of four foreigners. The defending champions Mumbai Indians have only 13.05 crore INR for filling 7 players including two overseas slots.

Here are all the eight teams, their pre-action squad – purse size and available slots for the auction:

Chennai Super Kings:

Delhi Capitals:

Kings XI Punjab:

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Mumbai Indians:

Rajasthan Royals:

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

The 2019 edition of the YSC Champions League is organised by the Youth Star Cricketers and will be played between February 27th and March 4th in Kolar, Bangalore. The YSC Champions League is a 6 overs-a-side competition which includes 16 teams. Each side will have five players retained before the player auction including four players from their own side and one from the other teams. Every team should comprise at least 15 players which means all the teams have to buy at least ten players in the Auction.

The Player Auction for the tournament will be held on February 11th 2019 at the Hotel Saidham in Kolar, Bangalore. The event will commence at 2 PM where at least 160 players will be getting a bid. CricTracker is glad to announce as the ‘Digital Partner’ of this Youth Star Cricketers (YSC) Champions League, 2019. This tournament will have a Super Over if any of the games end in Tie.

List of the 16 teams participating in the league: Ali Moula Cricketers, Bright Star Cricketers BSC, Crazy Xi Sye The Challenge, CricTracker Blues, Eleven Stars Rahmathnagar, Evergreen Cricketers, FCC Kolar, Friends Cricketers Srinivasapur, Kissan Elevens, Kolar Knight Riders, Lions Crown Cricketers, Mohabbatien Cricket Club, Red Bull Cricketers, Rising Stars, Village 11 Bangarpet, Young Star Cricketers.