IPL Auction Day 1 Highlights | Rs 27 Crore Rishabh Pant Shatters IPL Record
The first day of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction has ended. A total of 84 players (72 sold and 12 unsold) went under the hammer.
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The first day of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction has ended. A total of 84 players (72 sold and 12 unsold) went under the hammer.
The first day of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction has ended. A total of 84 players (72 sold and 12 unsold) went under the hammer.
Star India batter Virat Kohli slammed his 30th Test century on Day 3 of the 1st Test against Australia in Perth. Kohli reached triple figures in 143 balls as India declared their second innings on 487/6, setting Australia a target of 534 runs to win. Kohli, who scored his first Test century after a gap of 16 months, surpassed Australia great Sir Donald Bradman in the list of players with most tons in the longest format. Kohli was tied with Bradman on 29 centuries prior to the Perth Test.
History was made at the IPL 2025 auction with star India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant becoming the most expensive player ever. Lucknow Super Giants picked him up for Rs 27 crore.
NEW DELHI : Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer bagged eye-watering $3 million-plus deals in Sunday's Indian Premier League (IPL) auction shattering the previous payment record in the world's richest T20 tournament.
Aggression will be the name of the game when Indian youngster Gukesh, already an overwhelming favourite, and seasoned Ding Liren clash in the World championship match even as top players cautioned against writing off the formidable Chinese player. Starting Monday with the first game, the players are slated to play a maximum of 14 Classical games and the one to cross the 7.5 points marker first will be declared the winner in the USD 2.5 million championship. In case of a tied result, the games of shorter duration will be played to determine the winner.
India's talismanic batter, Virat Kohli, finally brought up his 30th Test hundred, as India gave Australia a whopping target of 534 runs to chase in Perth. India rode on the brilliant opening stand by Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul, who put 201 on the board for the first wicket, before Kohli soared to form with a century in the second innings of the match, on Sunday. India declared the innings right after Virat scored a ton, and Kohli didn't spare even a single critic who had been questioning his place in the team during the mid-innings chat with the broadcaster.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction Live Streaming Free: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction gets underway in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as the 10 franchises look to build a strong squad for the new season. No franchise was allowed to retain more than 6 players ahead of the auction. While some decided to make use of the limit to the full extent, there were others who retained just 2-3 players. As the auction gets underway, all eyes will be on the marquee set including players like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Jos Buttler, Mitchell Starc, etc. who are expected to fetch the big bucks in the bidding war. Of the lot, Pant is likely to set a new ceiling in the auction.