IPL Auction 2024

Every year IPL has thrown new talents into the arena of world cricket. Some of them have managed to climb up the ladders of growth and create their own space in cricket. IPL has always been a blessing to the domestic and foreign players who are striving to imprint their names into the minds of the national selectors. Along with the uncapped players, the current international players also get a chance to revive their scorecards and make a comeback bid to the national team. Let us see some of the important player auction in IPL 2024.

                                                             Kumar Khushagra

As usual, some of the players made unexpected gains, while some found themselves on the other end. We have given the list of sold and unsold players in IPL 2024. The Australian pacers Pat Cummins and Mitchel Starc were sold for a whopping 20.5 Crore and 24.75 Crore Indian Rupee. Pat Cummins was bought by Sun Risers Hyderabad and Mitchel Starc went to Kolkata Knight Riders. Tamil Nadu allrounder Shahrukh Khan was bagged by Gujarat Titans for 7.4 Crore. He hasn’t made an impact as a bowler in IPL but has shown glimpses of his power-hitting abilities. But eventually, he was the leading wicket-taker of TNPL 2023. He took 17 wickets at an economy rate of 6.66 from 9 matches. The rising New Zealand allrounder of New Zealand, Rachin Ravindra was acquired by Chennai Super Kings for an amount of 1.8 Cr. It was a good call from the Chennai Super Kings. Sameer Rizwi, the 20-year-old Uttar Pradesh batsman was bought by CSK for 8.4 Cr. He had a good outing in Syed Mushtaq Ali's trophy hitting 18 sixes in the tournament. The Rajasthan Royals purchased middle-order Vidarbha batter Shubham Dubey, for an incredible Rs. 5.8 Crore. In Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy,  Dubey scored 221 runs in seven innings with a strike rate of almost 190. Travis Head, who was unsold in IPL 2023 was sold for 6.80 Crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Jharkhand wicketkeeper, Kumar Khushagra was another surprise purchase by Delhi Capitals. The 19-year-old wicket keeper went for 7.20 Crore.

Player	Base Price	Bid Price	Team
Shah Rukh Khan	40 L	7.40 Cr	Gujarat Titans
Kumar Kushagra	20 L	7.20 Cr	Delhi Capitals
Travis Head	2 Cr	6.80 Cr	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shivam Mavi	50 L	6.40 Cr	Lucknow Super Giants
Shubham Dube	20 L	5.80 Cr	Rajasthan Royals
Umesh Yadav	2 Cr	5.80 Cr	Gujarat Titans
Gerald Coetzee	2 Cr	5 Cr	Mumbai Indians
Yash Dayal	20 L	5 Cr	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Jhye Richardson	1.5 Cr	5 Cr	Delhi Capitals
Nuwan Thushara	50 L	4.80 Cr	Mumbai Indians
Dilshan Madhushanka	50 L	4.60 Cr	Mumbai Indians
Chris Woakes	2 cr	4.2 Cr	Punjab Kings XI
Harry Brookes	2 cr	4 Cr	Delhi Capitals
Shardhul Thakur	2 cr	4 Cr	Chennai Super Kings
Wanindhu Hasaranga	1.50 Cr	1.50 Cr	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mitchell Starc	2 Cr	24.75 Cr	Kolkata Knight Riders
Pat Cummins	2 Cr	20.50 Cr	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Daryll Mitchell	1 Cr	14 Cr	Chennai Super Kings
Harshal Patel	2 Cr	11.75 Cr	Punjab Kings XI
Alzari Joseph	1 Cr	11.50 Cr	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Spencer Johnson	50 L	10 Cr	Gujarat Titans
Sameer Rizwi	20 L	8.40 Cr	Chennai Super Kings
Rovman Powell	1 Cr	7.40 Cr	Rajasthan Royals
Rachin Ravindra	50 L	1.8 Cr	Chennai Super Kings
K S Bharat	50 L	50 L	Kolkata Knight Riders
Manimaran Siddharth	20 L	2.4 Cr	Lucknow Super Giants

 

                                                                   Philip Salt

The auction went well for some players, but for others, it didn’t turn out to be as sweet as expected. Players like Steve Smith and Phil Salt went unsold in the auction.  Phil Salt who had 2 centuries and 2 half centuries in 20 T20I matches was unlucky to miss out. The New Zealand all-rounders Kyle Jamieson and James Neesham also went unsold.

Player	Country	Base Price
Steve Smith	Australia	2 Cr
Phil Salt	England	1.5 Cr
Kusal Mendis	Sri Lanka	50 L
Josh Hazlewood	Australia	2 Cr
Adil Rashid	England	2 Cr
Tabraiz Shamsi	South Africa	50 L
Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand	1 Cr
James Neesham	New Zealand	1.5 Cr
Rassie Van Der Dussen	South Africa	2 Cr
Josh Inglis	Australia	2 Cr

Bangladesh Vs New Zealand 2023

 History of Bangladesh Vs New Zealand Test Series

After a decent performance in the recently concluded World Cup held in India, New Zealand had reached Bangladesh for a 2 tests series. But the Kiwi fans found to their dismay that the former test championship winners didn’t find the going easy on Bangladesh soil. New Zealand lost the first test to Bangladesh but managed to fight back and draw the two-test series 1-1.

In all 19 tests played between New Zealand and Bangladesh, New Zealand has won 14 tests and Bangladesh has managed to win only 2 tests. 3 Tests were drawn. Bangladesh managed to draw a test against the Kiwis for the first time in the 2008-09 series. The second test match of the series held at Mirpur was drawn. The bad weather conditions helped the Bangladesh team to extract a draw. Batting first, New Zealand has managed to get 262/6 with half-centuries from Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum. But in reply, Bangladesh was restricted to 169/9 with Daniel Vettori getting 5 wickets. In the second innings, the match ended in a draw when NZ were at 79/1.

Bangladesh managed to draw the test series  0-0 in 2013-14 when New Zealand visited Bangladesh. In the first test, New Zealand made 469 in the first innings. Kane Willamson and BJ Watling made centuries for the Kiwis. In reply, Bangladesh made 501, with Mominul Haque making 181. New Zealand declared their second innings at 287/7. Bangladesh's innings reached 173/3 when the test match was drawn. In the second match of the series, Bangladesh made 282 in the first innings. New Zealand replied with a large total of 437. Bangladesh managed to score 269/3  in the second innings and the match ended in a draw. For the first time in history, Bangladesh managed to draw a test series against the Kiwis.

The first victory for Bangladesh against NZ in the test came in the 2021-22 series and that too in the backyard of Kiwis. In the first test of the 2021-22 series, NZ reached a total of 328 in the first innings with the help of 122 from Devon Conway. But in reply, Bangladesh made 458 runs with Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque, and Litton Das scoring half-centuries. In the second innings, New Zealand was restricted to 169 with the fiery spell from Ebadot Hossain. He took 6 wickets for 46 runs. He was provided some ample support by Taskin Ahmed, who also took 3 wickets for 77 runs. In the final innings, Bangladesh chiseled down the required 40 runs with the loss of 2 wickets. So Bangladesh tasted their first test victory against NZ. But in the second match of the series, Bangladesh couldn’t repeat their heroics. In the first innings of the second test match, NZ managed to post a mammoth total of 521/6 riding upon 252 from Tom Latham. But Bangladesh was all out for a paltry total of 126 and was made to follow on. Trent Boult took 5 wickets in the first innings. In the second innings, Bangladesh were all out for 278, despite a fighting century from Litton Das.  So after the heroics of the first test match, Bangladesh met with an innings defeat in the second match. The series ended in a draw.

Bangladesh Vs New Zealand 2023

The latest concluded test series between Bangladesh and NZ has also ended in a draw. Bangladesh managed to win the first match of the series. Bangladesh made 310 runs in their first innings. Mahmadul Hasan Joy top scored with 86. Glen Philips took 4 wickets for 53 runs. Now, in reply, New Zealand scored 317 getting a narrow lead of 7 runs. Kane Williamson was the hero for the Kiwis in the first innings, where he top-scored with 104. In the second innings, Bangladesh posted a good total of 338 runs. Batting in the fourth innings on a sub-continent pitch was always a hard task for the visitors. The New Zealand innings ended in 181 runs, with Taijul Islam picking up 6 wickets for 75 runs. Bangladesh won the match by a huge margin of 150 runs.

Bangladesh had a great opportunity to win their first test against NZ. But NZ managed to ruin the plans of Bangladesh by winning the second match of the test series by 4 wickets and the series was drawn. In the first innings of the second test, Bangladesh made 172 runs. The NZ spinners  Ajaz Patel, Mitchel Satner, and Glenn Philips took 8 wickets between them. In reply, NZ made 180 in their first innings, thanks to an 87 from Glenn Philips. For Bangladesh Mehidy Hasan and Taijul Islam took 3 wickets each. In the second innings, Bangladesh scored 144 runs. But apart from Zakir Hasan who scored 59, none of the Bangladesh batsmen could apply themselves. In the final innings, NZ had to chase 137. The ball was gripping and turning squarely. New Zealand batsmen had a stiff task on their hands. At one stage NZ found themselves at 6 wickets down for just 69 runs. Bangladesh had hopes high for a probable victory. But the hero of New Zealand for the first innings, Glenn Philips had some other plans. Unfortunately for Bangladesh, Glenn Philips was dropped when he was yet to open the account at the slips by Shanto off Mehidy Hasan. Glenn Philips went on to score an unbeaten 40 and was well supported by Mitchel Santner. Santner scored 35 and both helped NZ cross the lines. The test series ended in a draw 1-1. Bangladesh had their chances to win the series, but fortune didn’t go their way. Glenn Philips stood in between Bangladesh and their test series victory. The pitch for the second match has raised some eyebrows. The pitch provided turn and bounce for the spinners in a great way, and some of the deliveries were unplayable. Even the NZ Skipper Tim Southee expressed his displeasure regarding the quality of the pitch. Nonetheless, foreign nations may find it tough to adjust to the turning pitches of the sub-continent, as the Asian countries find it tough to adjust to the pace and bounce of the English, Australian and South African pitches.

Bangladesh cricket has improved a lot in recent years. Said that, they need to improve their winning percentage against major cricketing nations. As they say winning should be a habit. Currently, Bangladesh fans hope for a victory during every test match. This scenario should change. The hopes should be replaced by ‘expectation’. Bangladesh has enough experience under their belt and they should make it count. Relatively less experienced countries are making better performances in recent times and Bangladesh has the resources and quality players to surge ahead. The dismal performance in the recently concluded World Cup 23, where they could win only 2 matches in 9 games shows the lack of application and intent. Whereas far less experienced team like Afghanistan managed to win 4 matches.

The Business of Cricket World Cup 2023

The 2023 Cricket World Cup hosted by India was the first ever 50-over World Cup hosted by India on its own. The earlier world cups held in India in 1987,1996 and 2011 were co-hosted by some of her neighboring nations as well. So let us analyze the event's profits and economic opportunities. The 45-day event helped in bringing about $ 1.6 billion into the Indian economy.

Role of ICC

The International Cricket Council (ICC), is the main stakeholder of the event. The expense of ICC for the event is about $10 million. This includes the prize money given to the teams and, the remuneration of different officials including umpires, match referees, and commentary panels.

Winner of Final	$ 4 million
Runner up	$ 2 million
Losing Semi Finalists	$ 800,000
Eliminated in group stage	$ 100,000
Winner of each group stage	$ 40,000

 

At the same time, ICC has also many sources of revenue. The revenue obtained from the auction of broadcasting rights of the event is the main revenue. As we know, the event was broadcast by Star Sports. The ICC has granted the broadcasting rights to Disney Star from 2015 to 2023 events for $ 1.98 billion. And of course, these broadcasting channels can get back this capital from the advertisements. Now the ICC also gets revenue from the different sponsors of the event. The different sponsors include global, category, and social media sponsors. PhonePe, Dream11, LendingKart, Coca Cola, etc. are some of the sponsors of the event. ICC also gets 1% of ticket sales for the event.

Role of Host Nation- India

The host nation is the second stakeholder of the event. The host nation is expected to reap benefits due to the staging of such events. The hosting of ICC CWC23 has helped in boosting the Indian economy. Although exact figures are not available, the economists say that at least an amount of $ 1.6 Billion has reached our economy. The event attracted a lot of foreigners to our country and this has certainly helped our tourism and hotel industry. Is not only foreign, but domestic cricket fans have also played their role in this growth. The hotel rates and flight booking rates touched great heights during many high-voltage matches. ICC demands a tax exemption from the host nation for the event. However, the Indian government has responded in negative and has levied an extra 23% surcharge on broadcasting costs.

 

Role of BCCI

BCCI plays a great role in hosting the event. They took care of the renovation of the 10 stadiums in which the matches were held. That cost them around Rs 500 Crore. In addition, they had to arrange for the travel and accommodation expenses of all participating players and staff members. The BCCI had an expense of almost Rs 1500 Crore. Now the sad part for BCCI is that if the Indian government is reluctant to provide tax exemption to ICC, BCCI should pay the tax amount to ICC. The tax amount sums to about 950 Crore Rupees. This can make the event a financial loss for BCCI. If BCCI fails to pay the tax amount to ICC, the can deduct the amount from annual profits to be disbursed to BCCI.

Taslim Arif

Taslim Arif, a right-handed wicket-keeper, represented Pakistan in six Test matches and two One-day Internationals. He was immensely talented and could have played many more matches for Pakistan than those meagre 6 tests and 2 ODIs. But unfortunately he played in the same era as that of the great Pakistani wicket keeper Wasim Bari. Taslimm Arif's chance of luck came in the year 1980 when the national selectors chose to test a new face after growing frustrated with Wasim Bari's deteriorating form. During Pakistan's 1979–80 tour of India, Taslim replaced star batsman Zaheer Abbas in the test match at Kolkata. In the series, Pakistan had previously lost two tests, and Zaheer Abbas was in the most awful form of his cricketing career.

On January 29, 1980, at Calcutta, in the penultimate Test of the 6-match series against India, Taslim started the batting alongside Sadiq Mohammad. He instantly had a significant impact on the drew match with scores of 90 and 46 in the two innings, while Sadiq Muhammad, the other opener, was dismissed after making only 5 and 8 in both innings.

Taslim topped all scorers in both innings. Four boundaries were part of his 90 in the first inning, which he attained off 268 balls. With four fours, his 46 in the second inning consumed 92 balls. Taslim was successful in getting the selectors' attention, and they decided to play Taslim Arif as both an opening batsman and wicket-keeper for the 1979–80 home series against Australia in place of Wasim Bari.

Taslim opened the innings of the first Test at Karachi with Haroon Rasheed. In addition to taking two catches and stumping two batsmen behind the wicket, he scored 58 and 8 himself. The following six days were the most important of Taslim's brief international career.

Taslim Arif achieved the rare feat of being on playing for the whole second Test match in Faisalabad. On each of the four playing days, this amounted to 20 hours and 8 minutes. The match's opening day was completely rained out, and subsequent days had intermittent inclement weather. For 773 minutes (211 overs), he held the wicket as Australia amassed a first-innings score of 617. Taslim then hit an unbroken 210 as Pakistan's reply of 382 for two in 435 minutes (126 overs) before the Test concluded in a dull draw. He batted for a total of seven and a quarter hours, faced 379 deliveries, and smashed 20 fours after Haroon (21) helped him get off to an 87-run start.

His association for the second wicket with Zaheer Abbas (19) was good 72 runs, while his unbeaten third wicket partnership with captain Javed Miandad (106 not out) was around another 223 runs. In the three Tests versus Australia, Taslim featured. When the third game in Lahore was about to end in a draw by the way, Taslim entered the field to bowl his right-arm medium-pace. He dismissed Graeme Beard giving him bowling stats of 5-0-28-1. Javed Miandad kept wickets while Taslim showcased his talents with the ball.

He was kept on as the opening batsman and wicket-keeper for the four-test home series against the West Indies. He was forced to retire hurt after being struck on the hand by fast bowler Sylvester Clarke in the second innings of the first Test, which ended in a draw, in Lahore. In the second game in Faisalabad, he took the field and was out LBW to Clarke for a third-ball duck. He also performed poorly as a wicketkeeper as Pakistan was defeated by the West Indies by 156 runs.

Later it was discovered that he had been playing the Test while suffering from a finger multifaceted fracture. 

Taslim's international career came to an end at that point. In the third game of the 1980–81 series, Wasim Bari rejoined the Pakistani squad. He then participated in 25 of Pakistan's last 28 Test matches before declaring his retirement in 1983–84.

In his six Test matches, Taslim Arif amassed 501 runs at an average of 62.62, including 102 half-centuries. As a wicket-keeper, he caused 9 dismissals including 6 catches and 3 stumpings, while as a bowler, he had 1-28. He scored a total of 28 runs (an average of 14.00) in his two One-Day International matches against the West Indies in 1980–1981; his highest score was 24, and he also caught and stumped two balls. For more than 20 years, until Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara shattered the record, his 210* for Pakistan against Australia was the highest score by a wicket-keeper in a Test match. Before making his debut for Pakistan in international cricket in September 1978, Arif became the first Pakistani wicketkeeper to cause 10 dismissals in a first-class match when starring for National Bank versus Punjab in Lahore. Wasim Yousoufi subsequently surpassed his record in 1997.

 

 

 

 

Dhruv Pandove

 

A 13-year-old player for Punjab made his first-class cricket debut in the month of November 1987. The 13-year old's debut innings against Himachal Pradesh included 94 runs, which astonished many Indian cricket fans. He then excelled for Punjab in the Under-15 and Under-17 competitions. When Dhruv Pandove scored 137 runs in his third first-class encounter against Jammu and Kashmir at Srinagar in October 1988 at the age of 14 years and 294 days, he set a record as the youngest Indian cricketer to score a first-class century. Pandove established himself as a rising star in domestic cricket at a very young age with a double century of 206 runs against Central Zone in the tournament's semifinals. Pandove led the North Zone U-15 team in the 1987–88 Vijay Merchant Trophy. The 17-year-old Pandove recorded his highest first-class score of 170 in a Ranji Trophy match for Punjab versus Services in December 1991, and with that innings, he became the youngest player to accumulate 1000 runs in the Ranji Trophy. Pandove initially batted with his right hand but eventually switched to his left. He learned some cricket techniques from his father and received little official instructions in the sport.

                                                                         Dhruv Pandove 

In the quarterfinals of the Deodhar Trophy at Sambalpur on January 28, 1992, Pandove anchored the North Zone with 73 against a South Zone bowling attack that included Anil Kumble, Venkatesh Prasad, Ashish Kapoor, and Arshad Ayub. He was named player of the match for his performance. North Zone, however, lost the game. Nobody, however, anticipated that this would mark the dawn's end.

In the evening of January 31, 1992, Pandove got off the train at Ambala Cantt and grabbed a cab to Patiala after losing the Deodhar Trophy. Pandove was travelling from Sambalpur to his hometown of Patiala at the time. Pandove was killed in an accident involving the taxi he was riding in on the Grand Trunk Road. 31 years have passed since Dhruva Pandove passed away. Nobody anticipated that God would take the genius' life back so quickly after rewarding him abundantly at the start of his career. A million bouquets for the talent Indian cricket has lost.

In 1994, the Pandove family established the Dhruv Pandove Trust in order  to promote the game, nurture fresh talent, and also organise blood donation camps to remember the loss of Dhruv.

Big Hitters of 90s

Cricket has witnessed a surge in the strike rates of the batsmen with the advent of T20s.  The batsmen continue the mindset in the 50 over game too. The teams crossed the 400 runs frontiers multiple times in recent years. Batsmen too crossed the 200 runs milestone in ODI. But these were not the scenario in the 90s. The teams struggled to cross the 300 mark. 250 runs were an average team score. But even during those times, some batsmen managed to entertain the cricket lovers with their big hits. So in this article we are going to discuss about some of the big hitters of 90s.

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya is one the most explosive batsmen who donned the Srilankan jersey in the 90s. He along with Romesh Kaluwitharna changed the way of playing cricket in the first 15 overs when there were fielding restrictions. He was a great all-rounder. The left-arm spin of Jayasuriya was as good as any other spinner. he is the only player who has scored more than 10,000 runs and got more than 300 wickets in ODI. It is interesting to note that Matara Marauder started his international career as a spinner. In ODI he scored 13,430 runs at a strike rate of  91.2.

                                             

                                                                       Sanath Jayasuriya

Adam Gilchrist

In the 90s, when the wicket-keepers were not judged much on the basis of their batting skills, Adam Gilchrist was an exception. He was equally good behind and in front off the wicket. Gilchrist was known for his hard hitting skills. the Australian wicket-keeper scored 9619 runs in the ODI, at a strike rate of 96.95. He didn't changed his style of batting even in Test cricket. In the longer format of the game, he scored 5570 runs at a strike rate of 81.96. Gilchrist hold the record for being the first player to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket.

                                                                 Adam Gilchrist

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is regarded by cricket pundits as one of the best-ever batsmen to have played cricket. Often compared to the likes of Don Bradman and Vivian Richards, Sachin Tendulkar was the backbone of Indian cricket for more than a decade. He is the only Indian batsman who scored above 80 strike rate in the 90s (among batsmen who have scored more than 1000 runs). Sachin is the first batsman to score 100 centuries in international cricket. He is the first to score 10000 ODI runs and the first batsman to score 200 runs in an ODI match. Wisden ranks the Indian batsman second behind Don Bradman in the list of the top 5 Test batsmen. Again Sachin is ranked second behind Vivian Richards in the list of best ODI batsmen.

                                                                    Sachin Tendulkar

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi was a big sensation in Pakistan cricket. He was known for his big hits. Afridi came into the scene with a big statement when he scored a 37-ball century against Srilanka in his second match. His innings comprised 11 huge sixes, and it was a world record at that time. Afridi scored 8064 runs from 398 ODIs at an average of 23.57. He scored his runs in ODI at a strike rate of 117 , and at a strike rate of 86.9 in Test cricket. The batting average seems to be on the lower side, and he could have done better in terms of consistency. He failed to adjust his batting style according to the needs of his team and situations. Shahid Afridi scalped 395 ODI wickets with his leg spin.

                                                                      Shahid Afridi

Chris Cairns

The former New Zealand cricketer has considered one of the best all-rounders to have played. He scored 4950 ODI runs at an average just below 30 at a strike rate of 84. He is the only kiwi batsman to score a century in the 100th ODI for a winning cause. Cairns has played some of the most famous innings in New Zealand cricket history with the willow, notably his unbeaten 102 to help New Zealand defeat India in the ICC KnockOut Trophy final in 2000 and his 158 from just 172 balls in a Test match against South Africa in 2004. 

                                                                          Chris Cairns

Lance Klusener

Lance Klusener, the former South Africa all-rounder is known for his big hitting and swing bowling. The aggressive all-rounder played 171 ODIs for South Africa scoring 3576 runs at an impressive average of 41. He also took 192 ODI wickets at an average of 29.9. Klusener remains etched in the minds of cricket lovers for his heroics in the 1999 cricket world cup held in England. In the tournament, he scored 281 runs from 8 innings at an average of 140. He scored those runs at a strike rate of 122. in the tournament he topped the list of six hitters, with a tally of 10 sixes. Klusener is recognized for his exploits to One Day Internationals when he established himself as a formidable batsman and won the 1999 World Cup's Man of the Tournament award. In the years coming up to the 1999 World Cup, he displayed hints of his power hitting. His baseball-style backlift and powerful hitting lit up the competition, and South Africa almost reached the title game thanks to his heroics. Moreover, he received the Wisden Cricketer of the Year award in 2000.

                                                                     Lance Klusener