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‘Baby AB’ Dewald Brevis: “I want to play for RCB in IPL”

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South Africa’s U-19 cricketer Dewald Brevis has emerged as one of the best finds from the ongoing ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. He has been one of the most talked-bout players in the ongoing U19 World.

The youngster who achieved global recognition in this competition. He is known for his ability to score in any area irrespective of where the field placements have been made courtesy of his timing and strokeplay . Brevis is known as ‘Baby AB’ in South Africa as his batting stance and timing have a striking resemblance to AB de Villiers.

Meanwhile, a picture of Brevus in RCB’s jersey left the RCB fans in awe as they wondered if the player will play for the franchise in the IPL in the future. Interestingly ,a video went viral on Twitter where Brevis is heard talking about his love for IPL and names his favourite franchise and cricketers. Speaking of his future plans, Brevis said he wants to represent South Africa in all three formats of the game. Alongside that, he also wishes to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League .

“For me one of the biggest dream is to play for the Proteas. I’m such a big fan of IPL and I would love to play the IPL for RCB. I love RCB because Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers was there. I’m big fan of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers,” Brevis said. As the IPL 2022 mega auctions are scheduled to take place on February 12 and 13, next month, it would be interesting to see if RCB shows interest in the player.

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“I’d be too expensive”: Kevin Pietersen’s Epic Response On Being Asked To Make IPL Comeback

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Former England captain Kevin Pietersen batted exceptionally well in a Legends League Cricket (LLC) match as he smashed 86 runs off just 38 balls on Wednesday.

Pietersen’s scintillating innings led the World Giants to a complete victory in opposition to Asia Lions. Pietersen’s knock helped the World Giants attain the target of 150 runs in simply 13 overs. After the game, Pietersen shared a video of his innings which received a response from Indian cricketer Shreevats Goswami, asking him to return to the IPL.

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Kevin Pietersen came up with an epic response to Goswami’s tweet and he stated that if he comes back he will be “too expensive” and will probably end up being the leading run-getter in the tournament.

In his knock, Kevin Pietersen smashed 9 boundaries and 7 sixes at a strike rate of 226.32. Notably, he had played for five Indian Premier League teams in his career, he represented Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Rising Pune Supergiants, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

IPL 2022 : Shardul Thakur askes his budget ahead of IPL mega auction

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The IPL 2022 mega auction will be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. A total of 1214 cricketers have registered for the upcoming IPL 2022 mega auction. It includes 896 Indians and 318 overseas players.

With two new teams joining the competition, it has raised the bar as well as the expectations of the fans. Players are also excited about this, including Yuzvendra Chahal and Shardul Thakur. Meanwhile, with the upcoming auction is around the corner, former CSK player Shardul Thakur asked his India teammates Yuzvendra Chahal and KL Rahul an interesting question. Shardul asked “what is my budget ? “

In response, Rahul says base price. Meanwhile, Yuzvendra Chahal jokingly says that God does not have a budget bro. However , the Maharashtra-born all-rounder has been in top form with the ball and the bat. He would be in high demand at the auction. With so many franchises requiring a player like Shardul Thakur, it goes without saying that he will be one of the most expensive picks at the mega auction.

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While no one should not be surprised if his home franchise CSK bids for him. Due to the IPL 2022 mega auction rules, the Chennai Super Kings released Shardul Thakur. The Chennai-based franchise retained Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni and Ruturaj Gaikwad ahead of Thakur.

Aakash Chopra reckons David Warner might not be the hottest pick at the IPL 2022 auction 

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IPL 2022 will be an exciting edition with the addition of two new teams and a mega auction ahead of the upcoming season. Lucknow and Ahmedabad are the two new teams to be added to the roster of the tournament in the 15th edition of the cash-rich league. 

A total of 1214 cricketers, including 270 capped players, 312 uncapped players have registered for the mega auction. However former India opener Aakash Chopra doesn’t believe that all IPL franchises would go hammer and tongs for David Warner as the Australian opener lost his old mojo.

“The first name that comes to mind is David Warner. Warner will be expensive, he will be in demand. But I’ve heard that Lucknow (Lucknow Super Giants) were not even keen on him. We thought he would open with Rahul. Hyderabad let him go. I don’t think Chennai will even think about Warner. I’m not 100 percent certain that Mumbai will consider him,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel.

“I’m not saying he won’t be expensive. People will go after him. It could be Delhi, Punjab, or Ahmedabad for all we know. But I think his goodwill has taken a hit. He has scored a lot of runs, he’s a good player. But I don’t think anyone will look at him as a captain. As opener, he might fetch money but will he go for ₹15-16-17 crores? I don’t think so.” Chopra added.

Warner was previously associated with Sunrisers Hyderabad but things went awry in the last season as he was sacked from captaincy mid-season and eventually dropped from the XI. Also, his social media interactions pointed out that the relations between him and the franchise ended as sour.

IPL 2022: Lucknow franchise announce official name, to be called `Lucknow Super Giants`

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Indian Premier League’s new Lucknow-based franchise has announced their team name on Monday as Lucknow Super Giants. Chairman of RPSG group Sanjiv Goenka revealed the name on social media. 

Notably the Lucknow franchise was bought by RP-Sanjiv Goenka group in IPL team auctions last year for an amount of Rs 7090 Crore. They organized a crowd-sourced contest with the name ‘Naam Banao, Naam Kamao’ to finalise the name of its team.

While revealing the team name, Goenka said in his message that, “Thank you so much for your overwhelming response to the ‘Naam banao naam kamao’ contest. Lakhs and lakhs of people responded, based on that we are very happy to choose the name for the Lucknow IPL team,” And the name that we have chosen based on your recommendations is Lucknow Super Giants. Thak you so much for your response and love and continue to give us your blessings in the future as well.” 

Last week, Lucknow franchise had announced their three pre-auction picks with KL Rahul set to lead the team. Rahul, who captained Punjab Kings in the last two years will earn a massive salary of Rs. 17 Crore. Meanwhile, they also chose Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis as one of their new picks. And their third pick is uncapped Indian leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.

896 Indians amongst 1,214 players registered for IPL 2022 auction

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The Indian Premier League player registration closed on January 20 and a total of 1,214 players have signed up to be part of the IPL 2022 player auction. As many as 1,214 players – 896 Indian and 318 overseas players – have registered for the auction, the BCCI announced on Saturday.

Among foreign players, Warner, Kagiso Rabada, Mark Wood, Mitchell Marsh, Trent Boult, and Pat Cummins are expected to be the hot picks. Veterans Faf du Plessis and Dwayne Bravo could still keep their franchise Chennai Super Kings interested.

From the 318 overseas players on the long list, spread across 18 countries, Australia leads with 59 players followed by 48 from South Africa, 41 from West Indies, 36 from Sri Lanka, 30 from England, 29 from New Zealand, 20 from Afghanistan, 15 from Nepal and 14 from USA. Other nations whose cricketers have registered for the IPL 2022 player auctions are Bangladesh (nine), Namibia (five), Oman and Ireland (three each), Zimbabwe (two), Bhutan, Netherlands, Scotland and the UAE (one each).

If every franchise were to have the maximum of 25 players in their squad, 217 players will be taken in the auction.

IPL 2022 Auction New Rule: Lucknow and Ahmadabad Retained Players

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The IPL Governing Council has confirmed the dates & venue for the mega auction for Season 15th of the league. The auction as reported earlier will be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13, IPL 2022 Mega Auction Will begin at 3:30 PM IST, IPL Auction 2022 will be telecast on the Star Sports Network.

The IPL teams were allowed to retain up to 4 players ahead of the auction. The retention combination was either two Indians and two foreigners or three Indians and one player from abroad but retaining at least two Indian player was mandatory. But for the new two teams in Lucknow and Ahmedabad, they were permitted to retain up to three players via a combo of at least two Indian players and 1 foreigner.

Meanwhile, the two new IPL teams Ahmedabad and Lucknow have officially named their draft picks ahead of the upcoming mega auction for the 2022 season. Team Lucknow, paid Rs 17 crore for Rahul. Along with that, the franchise signed Marcus Stoinis for 9.2 crore and Rs 4 crore for young Indian leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.

On the other hand, Pandya, who won multiple IPL titles with Mumbai Indians, was picked by the CVC-capital owned Ahmedabad franchise for Rs 15 crore. Ahmedabad also paid up the same amount of money to acquire the services of star Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan. India batter Shubman Gill, for Rs 8 crore, was the third pick by the franchise.

iPL 2022: Remaining purse balance of all 10 franchises

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The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises are all geared up for the forthcoming mega auction ahead of the 2022 season. Despite Covid-19 third wave, BCCI is confident that the IPL 2022 Auction will be conducted in Bengaluru on February 12, 13.

Franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of four players from their current squad, with the two new teams later having the option of picking three players ahead of the auction.
And Ahmedabad and Lucknow – have also signed 3 players each before heading into the auction which is to be held in the middle of February. Each existing IPL team was allocated a budget of INR 90 crore each for retention and player auction. 

Now take a look at the remaining purse of all the complete 10 teams after the end of the retention. 

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Ravindra Jadeja (16 crore), MS Dhoni (12 crore), Moeen Ali (8 crore), Ruturaj Gaikwad (6 crore) | Balance purse: Rs 48 crore

Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (16 crore), Jasprit Bumrah (12 crore), Suryakumar Yadav(8 crore), Kieron Pollard (6 crore) | Balance purse: Rs 48 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli (15 crore), Glenn Maxwell (11 crore), Mohammed Siraj (7 crore) | Balance purse: Rs. 57 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Andre Russell (12 crore, 16 crore to be deducted from purse), Varun Chakravarthy (8 crore, 12 crore to be deducted from purse), Venkatesh Iyer (8 crore), Sunil Narine (6 crore) | Balance purse: Rs 48 crore

Punjab Kings (PBKS): Mayank Agarwal (14cr), and Arshdeep Singh (4cr)

Delhi Capitals (DC): Rishabh Pant (16cr), Axar Patel (9cr), Prithvi Shaw (7.5cr), and Anrich Nortje (6.5cr)

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Kane Williamson (14 crore), Abdul Samad (4 crore), Umran Malik (4 crore) | Balance purse: Rs 68 crore

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Sanju Samson (14 crore), Jos Buttler (10 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (4 crore) | Balance purse: Rs 62 crore

Ahmedabad: Hardik Pandya (15 cr), Rashid Khan (15 cr), Shubman Gill (7 cr)

Lucknow: KL Rahul (15 cr), Marcus Stoinis (11 cr) and Ravi Bishnoi (4 cr)

Breaking News: TATA Takes Over From VIVO in IPL Sponsorship Race

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The Indian Premier League has had a variety of title sponsors since its inception in 2008. The tournament started out with real estate giants DLF and was called the DLF IPL until the end of the 2012 season.

The torch was then passed on to global beverage giants Pepsi when parent company Pepsico won the tender and the right to sponsor the IPL for a huge three year deal worth a total of approximately Rs. 250 Crores.

By the end of the 2015 season, another sponsor was being shortlisted. The contenders were mostly Chinese companies doing huge business in India. Finally, VIVO was finalised as the title sponsor. VIVO served as the main sponsor throughout 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. 

In 2020, post escalating political tension between India and China post the Indo-China border fiasco, the BCCI forced IPL to change the sponsor for the time being due to VIVO’s Chinese ownership and roots.

The Indian fantasy gaming company Dream XI was given the right to sponsor the two parted 2020 season for a record breaking 222 Crores. The next year, 2021, the rights were handed back to VIVO as they still had a few years on their contract left. With the 2021 season ending with VIVO at the top due to legalities, an Indian powerhouse bought out the rights and is set to sponsor the IPL for 2022 and possibly ahead.

The TATA group, which recently took over the government run Air India, will now be taking over as title sponsors of the Indian Premier League. The group has signed a 2 year deal worth a whopping 670 Crores, leaving all the other sponsors behind by a huge margin.