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The IPL 2020 auctions were held in Kolkata on December 19. A total of 62 players were sold for a combined purse expense of 140.30 crores. It was a big day for Australian cricketers and the pacers in general who ruled the roost in the auctions. Pat Cummins was the most expensive signing at the auctions roped in by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 15.5 crores. Piyush Chawla was the most expensive Indian player who went to Chennai Super Kings for 6.75 crores.

The IPL Auctions 2020 will be held today in Kolkata in just a few hours from now. It will start at 2.30 pm and will carry on for the next three to four hours. A total of 332 players have been shortlisted for the final round which includes a few young players and a few old players as well.  Before the IPL 2020 Auctions gets underway let's have a look at the oldest and the youngest players to go under the hammer in

Hello and welcome to the Live Blog of the IPL 2020 Auctions. A total of 332 players have been shortlisted for the auction with the franchises looking to fill 73 vacant spots. 29 of them are for the overseas players who are expected to be bog ticket sales in the auction. The build-up to the auction has been one that has been very engaging and entertaining. Keep following Sportsmonks for all the latest updates from the auctions. The auctions so far has been

Shimron Hetmyer scored his career-best 139 to help West Indies win the first ODI in Chennai on Sunday by eight wickets. In the process, he added a record-breaking 218 run-partnership with Shai Hope (102) and displayed his immense batting class to give West Indies the upper hand in the series. The second match of the series which will be played in Visakhapatnam now becomes a must-win for India to stay alive in the series. The Men in Blue came into this series as

Shivam Dube, the Mumbai all-rounder made news with his blockbuster hitting in Ranji Trophy last year. He hit five sixes off five balls to earn himself a contract with the Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2019. He was roped in by the franchise for 5 crores after which people started comparing him to former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh. However, he turned out to be a flop for the Challengers as he scored just 40 runs from four matches. Next, he almost helped Shivaji

Falcon Hunters beat Swift Gallopers by 4 wickets to be crowned the champions of the inaugural season of the Qatar T10 League 2019. The tournament which started on started on December 7 and spanned over 10 days finally came to a close. In a low-scoring final, the Hunters kept their nerves and emerged winners by beating their opponents. The Hunters chased down 86 needed to win in the penultimate ball of the match. With sixteen runs needed to win off the last over,

Bangladesh Premier League is a professional T20 cricket tournament in Bangladesh. The 2019–20 BPL season also known as BPL 7 or Bangabandhu BPL is scheduled to start from December 11 and end on 16 January 2020, with the opening ceremony is going to be held on 8 December 2019. BPL 2019-20 was originally scheduled to start from 6 December and end on 11 January 2020, with the opening ceremony to be held on 3 December 2019. This T20 league for this season will

The IPL has over the years seen wicket-keepers playing major roles for their team both with the bat and even behind the stumps. MS Dhoni is the most prominent example, of a keeper-batsman who changed the outlook of wicketkeeper batsmen in international cricket. Before he became popular, the likes of Adam Gilchrist, Kumar Sangakkara, Mark Boucher created their own niche with the bat and behind the stumps. Alongside Dhoni, Brendon McCullum and AB De Villiers are examples who have made an impact with

The T20 Cricket is back in South Africa with the 2nd edition of Mzansi Super League which kicked start on 08 November 2019 and will end on 16 December 2019. Mzansi Super League is one of the popular T20 tournament in South Africa which organized by CSA. Ever year many international and domestic players from different regions gathered to play this league. This T20 league started in year 2018. Every team will get 2 points for each match won Each team will get

The Qatar T10 League 2019 Final will now be played between Swift Gallopers and Falcon Hunters on Monday, 16 December after both the semifinals were washed out due to rain on Sunday, 15 December. This was the second time that rain interrupted and washed out two games in the tournament. On December 10, the matches between Pearl Gladiators vs Desert Riders and Flying Oryx vs Heat Stormers were washed out due to rain as well. Meanwhile, as per the rules of the tournament,

India won the third T20I in Mumbai to win the T20I series 2-1. They won the match by 67 runs to set a batting template that the team would like to replicate in the remainder of the T20I games that they play in the build-up to the World T20 next year. The India vs West Indies series now moves on from the T20Is to the ODIs with a series win in the mind of both teams. The three-match series kicks off with the