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Cape Town - New Zealand's South African-born batting star Devon Conway has consulted his Black Caps teammate Neil Wagner about what it will be like to face the Proteas for the first time on Thursday in the first Test at the Hagley Oval.
Chennai Super Kings once again focussed on retaining their core base of players as much as possible as they bought back Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu and Robin Uthappa in the IPL Mega Auction 2022. A bidding war took place between CSK and Rajasthan Royals to grab Chahar with Chennai emerging successful in buying back Chahar for Rs 14 crore, making him the second most expensive buy of the auction.
Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has said that Mumbai Indians made a lot of compromises to acquire Ishan Kishan and Jofra Archer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction. Mumbai Indians picked up Ishan Kishan for Rs 15.25 crore and then pace sensation Archer was acquired for Rs 8 crore. "Jofra Archer is just a brilliantly gifted bowler and he's done it in the IPL before. He's your 'super over' bowler, in fact, there might be a fight between the two as to who will bowl the super over. But the mystery has been unravelled - why was Mumbai Indians so cautious and bailing out - because 23 crores was spent on two players - Ishan Kishan and Jofra Archer. Jofra Archer was a real suspect, who would've thought who would think like this," Manjrekar said on Star Sports' show 'Cricket Live -- IPL Auction Special.
England pacer Jofra Archer was acquired by Mumbai Indians for Rs 8 crore during the accelerated part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction on Sunday. West Indies batter Rovman Powell was sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.8 crore while New Zealand batter Devon Conway was picked by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 1 crore. Australia all-rounder Daniel Sams was also sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2.6 crore after a fierce bidding war with Lucknow Super Giants. Punjab Kings snatched all-rounder Rishi Dhawan for Rs 55 lakhs and on the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Finn Allen for 80 lakhs.
Johannesburg — With Kane Williamson out injured and Ross Taylor now retired, Devon Conway looms as the major batting threat for New Zealand for the two-match Test series against the Proteas that starts next week.
Proteas Test captain Dean Elgar said white-line fever will take over when they come across Devon Conway in the two-Test series against New Zealand this month.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss the upcoming Test series against South Africa after failing to recover from an elbow injury, Black Caps coach Gary Stead said on Tuesday.
(Reuters) - New Zealand have brushed off concerns that captain Kane Williamson could be permanently plagued by his long-standing elbow injury.