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  • IPL 2021: BCCI releases listing of 292 gamers; Harbhajan, Kedar solely two Indians with base worth of INR 2 crore

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    The BCCI on Thursday launched an inventory of 292 gamers who will go underneath the hammer on the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) public sale, scheduled to be held in Chennai on February 18.

    As many as 1114 gamers had registered for the mini-auction however the closing listing was trimmed all the way down to solely 292 names. The closing listing was ready after the eight franchises submitted shortlist of gamers.

    Among the Indian names, solely two gamers — Harbhajan Singh and Kedar Jadhav — have a base worth of INR 2 crore. Other eight gamers who’ve set themselves a base worth on INR 2 crore are — Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Shakib Al Hasan, Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Liam Plunkett, Jason Roy & Mark Wood have chosen to be slotted within the highest bracket. 12 gamers are within the public sale listing with a base worth of INR 1.5 crore.

    Hanuma Vihari and Umesh Yadav are the 2 Indian gamers within the listing of 11 cricketers with a base worth of INR 1 crore. 164 Indian gamers, 125 abroad gamers and three gamers from Associate Nations will go underneath the hammer within the public sale in Chennai.

    Royal Challengers Bangalore have highest the variety of 13 slots obtainable whereas Sunrisers have solely three vacancies. Kings XI Punjab go into the public sale with the best purse (Rs 53. 1 crore) whereas Sunrisers can spend rather less than 11 crore (10.75 crore).

    CSK could have an fascinating public sale with a 22.7 crore purse and 7 slots to fill. Both Harbhajan and Jadhav had been launched by Chennai Super Kings this yr.

    Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun, a left-arm quick bowler, has additionally been included within the pruned listing, within the lowest base worth class of Rs 20 lakh. There are 12 gamers with a base worth of Rs 1.5 crore.

    (With PTI Inputs)

  • Arjun Tendulkar, Sreesanth register for IPL 2021 public sale whereas Mitchell Starc opts out

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    England Test skipper Joe Root and Australian speedstar Mitchell Starc opted out whereas tainted Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and India’s S Sreesanth had been among the many 1097 gamers who registered for the much-awaited IPL public sale to be held right here on February 18.

    Left-arm pacer Arjun Tendulkar, son of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, additionally enrolled within the public sale with a base worth of Rs 20 lakh.

    A complete of 814 gamers from India and 283 from abroad – registered for the public sale with most entries coming from the West Indies (56) adopted by Australia (42) and South Africa (38).

    While Starc, who final performed within the T20 league in 2015, misses out as soon as extra, Root — centurion on the primary day of the continued opening Test towards India, too did not enroll for the second successive time, becoming a member of fellow England gamers Harry Gurney and Tom Banton, who additionally didn’t register.

    Shakib, who served a suspension by ICC for not reporting corrupt strategy, listed on the highest base worth of Rs 2 crore, whereas Sreesanth, who returned to cricket after seven years by that includes in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 for Kerala, set his base worth at Rs 75 lakh, in accordance with ESPNCricinfo.

    The 37-year-old pacer was initially banned for all times by BCCI for his function within the spot-fixing scandal within the 2013 IPL however the ban was diminished to seven years in August 2019.

    Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Jason Roy, Mark Wood, Liam Plunkett and Colin Ingram — all set their base worth at Rs 2 crore.

    Hanuma Vihari (Rs 1 crore) and Cheteshwar Pujara (Rs 50 lakh), who performed pivotal roles in India’s unbelievable 2-1 Test win over Australia, additionally registered for the public sale.

    The present primary T20 batsman on the planet, England’s Dawid Malan may make his debut in IPL as he additionally registered for the public sale at a base worth of Rs 1.5 crore.

    Among others to listing on the identical worth are Alex Carey, Tom Curran, Mitchell Swepson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Alex Hales, Jhye Richardson, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Adam Lyth and Lewis Gregory.

    Australian pacer James Pattinson, who performed an important function in Mumbai Indians’ title-run final 12 months, is a distinguished absentee.

    The participant registration deadline closed on Thursday and the listing contains 207 worldwide gamers together with 21 capped Indians.

    Twenty seven gamers will characterize the affiliate nations and 863 uncapped cricketers, together with 743 Indians and 68 abroad.

    The variety of uncapped Indians who’ve performed not less than one IPL recreation stands at 50 and two for abroad uncapped gamers.

    “If every franchise were to have the maximum of 25 players in their squad, 61 players will be taken in the auction (of which up to 22 may be overseas players),” learn the IPL assertion on Friday.

    The public sale, scheduled a day after the second Test between India and England, will begin at 3pm native time.

    Kings XI Punjab go into the public sale with the most important purse accessible at with Rs 53.
    20 crore, adopted by RCB (Rs 35.90 crore), RR (Rs 34.85 crore), CSK (Rs 22.90 crore), MI (Rs 15.35 crore), DC (Rs 12.9 crore) and Rs 10.75 crore every for KKR and SRH.

    The 2020 version was held within the UAE because of the pandemic however the upcoming version is more likely to be performed in India.

    Country-wise breakdown of 283 abroad gamers who’ve registered: Afghanistan (30), Australia (42), Bangladesh (5), England (21), Ireland (2), Nepal (8), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (29), Scotland (7), South Africa (38), Sri Lanka (31), UAE (9), USA (2), West Indies (56), Zimbabwe (2).

  • BCCI not taking a look at abroad venue for IPL 2021, engaged on getting our gamers vaccinated: Arun Dhumal

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    The BCCI does not even really feel the necessity to at present take a look at a back-up abroad venue for internet hosting the following IPL with the COVID-19 scenario bettering in India, its treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal mentioned on Saturday.
    Dhumal, who can also be on the IPL Governing Council, informed PTI that the board is assured that it could be capable of host the 2021 version of the profitable league at house not like the earlier version, which was held within the UAE because of the pandemic.

    He additionally spoke on getting the crowds again to stadiums partially, the BCCI’s transfer to not go forward with Ranji Trophy this season, India’s triumph in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination for gamers and ladies’s cricket.
    “We are engaged on having the IPL in India and we’re hopeful that we’d be capable of organise it. We aren’t even pondering of a again up additionally at this cut-off date, we’re desirous to do it right here.
    “India is probably safer than UAE at this point. Hopefully, the situation remains stable and keep improving and we will have it here,” mentioned Dhumal.
    The UAE is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 circumstances whereas there was a pointy decline in India. The seven-day common caseload within the UAE has gone as much as 3743, up from 770 when the IPL 2020 started on September 19. India, a lot greater in dimension and inhabitants, have been recording 90000 circumstances a day in September, however the numbers have now come all the way down to beneath 15000.
    After the boards of each international locations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) throughout final yr’s IPL, the Arab nation was seen as a back-up choice to host the world’s premier T20 occasion this season too.
    The BCCI additionally needed to take a troublesome name on not having Ranji Trophy within the much-delayed ongoing season, deciding, as a substitute, to have the Vijay Hazare Trophy together with the U-19 one-day occasion and ladies’s cricket.
    “We took suggestions from the gamers, choice committee, state associations. It was felt that 2020 is already gone and slightly than having two Ranji occasions in the identical calendar yr, it’s higher to go for white-ball cricket.
    “That way we could have something for junior cricket and women considering the importance of of Women’s World Cup and U-19 World Cup next year. Rather than having one tournament, we thought of having events in different categories,” mentioned Dhumal, including that gamers can be duly compensated for not attending to play in Ranji Trophy this season.

    The resumption of home cricket occurred with the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with its closing to be performed in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
    With home cricket additionally being performed in bio-secure bubbles, the treasurer mentioned it’s powerful on the organisers in addition to gamers, however that is the requirement till the cricketers are vaccinated.
    “It is tough but at least this way we are getting to play. We are working on getting our players vaccinated. The government’s directive is that frontline workers and the most vulnerable will be the first to get vaccinated, but we are in touch with the government to get our players vaccinated.”
    On the potential of having crowds for the upcoming India-England contest, the primary worldwide sequence within the nation amid the pandemic, he mentioned: “We are reviewing the scenario frequently. We need the roar to be again within the stadiums however we’ve to work in tandem with the state and cental authorities.
    “We are very keen to have the crowds back. Surely, it won’t be 100 percent capacity given the challenges, but we are looking at anywhere between 25-50 percent.”
    However, at the least for the primary two Tests in Chennai from February 5, there can be no crowd, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) has confirmed.
    The BCCI had approached its counterparts in Sri Lanka and South Africa for a bilateral sequence subsequent month to renew worldwide cricket for its girls’s group however because of the COVID-19 scenario in these international locations, it’s unlikely to occur. The girls final performed a global occasion in March 2020.
    “We are keen that women’s cricket flourishes. We were wanting to conduct some bilateral series also but it fizzled out because the COVID situation is not safe in those countries. At the first available opportunity, we will conduct it.”
    Dhumal additionally lauded the Indian males’s group for its stellar displaying in Australia and mentioned the controversy over Ajinkya Rahane changing Virat Kohli as Test skipper, following the triumph, was unnecessary.
    “It turned out be a historic sequence not just for Indian cricket however for world cricket. It confirmed the energy in addition to the bench energy of this group. The hypothesis which began in Virat’s absence was unfair and unlucky. We ought to dedicate this win to Virat and M S Dhoni for the form of management they’ve supplied over time.
    “In fact, coach Ravi Shastri has also been fantastic. He too gets the flak so often from fans which is unfair. It is a team, not an individual effort. Lastly, credit should also go to Rahane for the way he led the team after the loss at Adelaide,” added Dhumal.

  • IPL 2021: BCCI units deadline for participant registration, no agent allowed

    Image Source : IPLT20.COM The mini-auction is more likely to be held on February 16.
    The Indian cricket board has mentioned that it could deal and talk instantly with the state associations and never with any participant brokers in case of particular person gamers wishing to register themselves for the Indian Premier League (IPL) gamers’ public sale for the 2021 season.

    The deadline for franchises to call their retentions from the earlier season is January 20 whereas the deadline for gamers with out contracts to make on-line submission for IPL 2021 participant public sale agreements is February 4. The closing deadline for the originals despatched by publish shall be accepted till February 12.

    The mini-auction is more likely to be held on February 16.

    “Please note that, at this stage of the process, the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) will only deal directly with the state associations and at no time will have any communication with player agents or managers. Any failure by a player to abide by this will (unless BCCI in its sole discretion decides otherwise) result in the player’s name being withdrawn with immediate effect from the IPL 2021 auction register and/or IPL 2021 auction list (as appropriate),” said the BCCI in a letter to state associations.

    The onus has been placed on the state physique to present title of the gamers who wish to take part within the auctions.

    “Registration for this season will be via an online IPL auction registration system. A unique password and login will be sent to you in a separate email. Please note the password should be changed once you have logged in for the first time and not to be shared with players,” the letter to state our bodies states.

    “Once logged in you will be asked to register all interested players (details on the procedure can be found in the attached user manual for state associations),” it provides.

    “When the above registration is initiated by the state association, it will generate an email to the player with their login details so they can complete the registration process.”

    “Once registered, in order to express their interest in playing in the IPL 2021, the player should login to the online registration system. They will be required to complete all the fields and download and complete the IPL 2021 player auction agreement. Once completed the agreement must be uploaded back to the online registration system and the original sent or delivered to their respective state association. Please note physical signature of player is required on original auction agreement.”

    The BCCI has additionally set sure norms for under-19 gamers keen to characteristic within the auctions. It says that the participant must be registered as a participant with a state physique and may have performed at the least one first-class or record A match.

    “An Indian under-19 player may only register for the IPL 2021 player auction if the player is registered as a player with a state association and has played in at least one match in either first-class cricket or List A cricket. For the 2021 season, an u-19 player is one who was born on or after 1 April 2002,” the BCCI said.

    The BCCI additionally put a situation for uncapped participant who has retired from home cricket, saying that the participant would wish approval from it.

    “Any uncapped player who has retired from domestic cricket, can only submit his auction agreement for player registration after getting written approval from BCCI,” mentioned the assertion.