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The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 auction saw unprecedented scenes as uncapped all-rounder Kashvee Gautam fetched a whopping bid of INR 2 crore from Gujarat Giants on Saturday. Kashvee saw an intense bidding war between UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants for her services before the latter won the battle with a bid of Rs. 2 crore, the highest for an uncapped Indian player.
Former India batter Gautam Gambhir, who was part of the 2011 World Cup-winning team, has explained his controversial gesture towards a section of the crowd in Asia Cup match in September this year and said that he reacted the way he did due to some fans saying anti-India slogans. However, the cricketer-turned-politician said he should not have made the gesture. In ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, Gambhir answered queries on the issue and said everyone reacts differently and has a different mindset and "if someone doesn't want to listen then you react".
India Women vs England Women, 2nd T20ILive Updates: India women's cricket team will be facing England in the second T20I of the three-match series on Saturday in Mumbai. England have taken 1-0 lead in the series after registering a 38-run win in the first T20I on Wednesday. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side will aim for redemption in the second match, in order to level the series. In the first T20I, England posted 197/6 with Nat Sciver-Brunt and Danielle Wyatt scored 77 and 75 runs respectively. Later, India got restricted to 159/6 with Sophie Ecclestone taking three wickets for England. (Live Scorecard)
The Women's Premier League 2024 auction has began with five franchises looking to rope in a maximum of 30 players cumulatively. So far, five players have already been picked up. Gujarat Giants picked Phoebe Litchfield for Rs 1 crore while Delhi Capitals bought Annabel Sutherland for Rs 2 crore. Those are the two highest bids so far. The Gujarat Giants, who finished bottom in the points table last season, released the most number of players ahead of the auction, and were hence, in need to bolster their squad the most. The likes of Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and UP Warriorz needed a maximum of 5 players each while the Giants were in need of 10.
South Africa have several unfamiliar faces for the three-match Twenty20 International series with India that gets under way at Kingsmead on Sunday, but captain Aiden Markram says they will impose their attacking style ahead of next year's World Cup.
With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction a few days away, the franchises are already strategizing about the mega T20 tournament. Ahead of the auction, the franchises released the names of the players that they have retained and release. While there were some expected releases, there were some surprising trade-offs too. Among the franchises that are yet to win the IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore is a big team. Despite having stars like Virat Kohli, RCB have failed to taste success in the league.
Former Indian cricket team opener Aakash Chopra believes that fast bowler Umran Malik should be considered for the T20 World Cup 2024 squad after he was not considered for the upcoming South Africa tour. Chopra pointed out that Umran was given some chances in the past and it will be surprising if he is not considered even once in the future. India will face South Africa in three T20Is, three ODIs and two Test matches. Umran will be representing Sunrisers Hyderabad in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 and it can be a great platform for him to prove his mettle against quality batters.
The Indian women's cricket team is currently engaged in a T20I contest against England. Ahead of next year's T20 World Cup, the matches will be crucial for the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side for to get their combinations right. The Indian women's cricket team has been quite consistent in the last few years. They have reached the knockout stages of various ICC tournaments in recent past.