Retention list of teams revealed before IPL mega auction, South Africa reached fourth place in WTC points table
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Sports Top 10: A mega player auction will be organized before the 18th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL to be played in the year 2025, for which all the 10 teams have announced which players they are retaining before the auction. While Mumbai Indians team has retained 5 players, Chennai Super Kings has retained Dhoni as an uncapped player. Apart from this, there are many big names who are going to be seen in the auction, which includes Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to win the IPL 2024 title under his captaincy.
Mumbai Indians retained 5 players including Rohit
The performance of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 was very poor under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. Mumbai Indians also had to face a lot of controversies last season. Due to which the team suffered a lot of loss. However, the team is once again ready for the new season and they have announced the names of all their retained players for IPL 2025. If we look at the list, they have retained five players. In which the names of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma are included. They have not retained even a single uncapped player.
Dhoni is sure to play IPL 2025 season
The names of the retained players for the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) have been announced. With this it has become clear that Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MSD) will once again be seen spreading his magic in IPL. Dhoni has been retained by Chennai Super Kings as an uncapped player. That means CSK has retained Dhoni in its team for just Rs 4 crore. Apart from Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings have retained Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey and Mathisha Pathirana (foreign).
Delhi Capitals did not retain Rishabh Pant
Delhi Capitals team has retained a total of 4 players. The team has retained three Indians and one foreign player. Delhi has released wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant. This means that Pant will now be seen in the auction. Delhi has decided to retain Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Abhishek Porel. Delhi Capitals retained Axar Patel for Rs 16.5 crore, Kuldeep Yadav for Rs 13.25 crore, Tristan Stubbs for Rs 10 crore while Abhishek Porel was retained as uncapped for Rs 4 crore.
KKR did not retain captain Shreyas Iyer only
The Kolkata Knight Riders team, which won the IPL 2024 season title under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, has announced the names of the players to be retained before the Mega Players Auction for the next season. In this, a shocking decision has been seen from the franchise. They have released Shreyas Iyer. KKR team has retained a total of 6 players including Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh before the mega auction.
Mumbai Indians also announced the name of the captain for the next season.
The names of the players retained for IPL 2025 have now been announced. Now fans are eagerly waiting for the mega auction. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have retained a total of five players. Along with this, Mumbai Indians have also announced who will be given the captaincy of the team next season. For IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians have informed that Hardik Pandya will captain them in the upcoming season. Hardik Pandya was traded to Gujarat Titans last season. However, the team performed very poorly under his captaincy and he finished 10th in the year 2024.
Punjab Kings will have the highest purse in the mega auction
After the retention list is revealed, the picture of how much purse all 10 teams will reach the mega auction with has also become completely clear, in which the Punjab Kings team will have the highest purse which is included in the player auction with a total of Rs 110.5 crore. Will happen. Whereas Rajasthan Royals is at the bottom of this list, in which they will have a total of Rs 41 crore at the time of Mega Players Auction.
South Africa reached fourth position in WTC points table
The points table of the third edition of the World Test Championship has seen a lot of changes in the last one month. After making a clean sweep in the 2-match Test series against Bangladesh, the South African team has now directly reached the fourth position in the points table of the World Test Championship. At the same time, the New Zealand team has lost one place, in which it has now gone straight to number 5.
Mukesh Kumar showed wonders with the ball in Australia
The Indian A team is currently on the tour of Australia in which Team India under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad is playing a 2-match unofficial test match series against the host Australia A. On the second day of the first match, the amazing bowling of Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar was seen who managed to take 6 wickets in his name. On the basis of this excellent bowling by Mukesh, Team India bundled out Australia A team for 195 runs in the first innings.
England Cricket Board announced new players central contract
A big announcement has been made by the England Cricket Board. Just a few months before the end of the year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the central contract. A total of 29 players have been given central contracts. Of these, seven players have been given a central contract for two years while 19 players have got a place in the central contract for one year. At the same time, three players were successful in getting England development contracts. There are 7 such players in the central contract of England who have got the contract for the first time. These include Jamie Smith, Shoaib Bashir, Will Jacques, Olly Stone, Phil Salt, Jacob Bethel and Josh Hull.
South Africa announced team for T20 series against India
T20 series is to be played between India and South Africa. The first match of this series is to be played on 8 November. South Africa has announced its squad for this series. A total of 15 players have been given a chance in the team. Many senior players like David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen have returned to the South African team. Who has not played a single T20 International match after the final defeat against India in the T20 World Cup 2024.
Aiden Markram, Otniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Mihalali Mpongwana, Nqaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla, Tristan Stubbs.
