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Kartik Sharma, 19, became the joint-highest paid uncapped IPL player after Chennai Super Kings bought him for Rs 14.20 crore in the 2026 mini-auction. Overwhelmed with emotion, he expressed excitement to play alongside MS Dhoni and thanked his family 

Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings will enter the IPL 2025 mini-auction with the largest purses, setting up intense bidding wars. Major trades and releases, including Jadeja, Samson, Shami and Curran, have reshaped squads ahead of the December 16 event

Ahead of the IPL 2026 retention deadline, eight player trades were confirmed, including Ravindra Jadeja moving to Rajasthan Royals and Sanju Samson joining Chennai Super Kings. Other notable trades involve Sam Curran, Mohammed Shami, Arjun Tendulkar, Nitish Rana, and Donovan Ferreira.

Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement from the IPL, concluding a remarkable career with 187 wickets in 221 matches across five franchises. The Chennai-based off-spinner, who retired from international cricket in January, expressed gratitude to BCCI, franchises, and fans.

The film, which will be based on cricket and which is being tentatively referred to as Production Number One, is to be produced by producer Saravana Kumar, whose production house called Dream Knight Stories (DKS) was officially launched on Friday evening in Chennai.

Dhoni, who exclusively features in the cash-rich league, has been associated with CSK since the tournament's inception in 2008. Over the years, the veteran wicketkeeper-batter has built a massive fan following throughout each season.

With nothing to lose, MS Dhoni — possibly leading CSK for the final time — encouraged his team to enjoy their cricket and announced that Ravichandran Ashwin would be replaced by Deepak Hooda in the playing XI.

“The aim was two good performances. Now it'll be one good one to finish. It's probably fitting that we're at the bottom,” he said

Punjab Kings have picked Kyle Jamieson as a replacement for Lockie Fergusonv and Gujarat Titans have picked Kusal Mendis as a replacement for Jos Buttler. Lucknow Super Giants has roped in New Zealand pacer, William O’Rourke as an injury replacement for Mayank Yadav

The last time RCB faced CSK in Bengaluru was in IPL 2024 and they won by 27 runs in a thrilling game to enter the playoffs

In the post-match briefing after Punjab thrashed Chennai Super Kings in Chennai on Wednesday night, Ponting said that Shreyas’ growing maturity and tactical acumen were elevating his game.

“The pitch appeared quite challenging for batting, with some movement early on from the new ball and definitely some turn,” said JioStar expert Clarke. “As for their approach—there was a clear lack of intent. Right now, it looks like they're playing it very safe, either aiming to get close to a win or simply trying to avoid a heavy loss,” he added.

DC, currently placed second on the points table, enter the match riding high on back-to-back victories. In contrast, CSK, positioned ninth, return to their home ground following two consecutive defeats. At the toss, Axar revealed that du Plessis, who had scored a half-century in their commanding win against Sunrisers Hyderabad, is unfit for Saturday’s game and has been replaced by Sameer Rizvi in the playing XI.

Dhoni came to bat at No.9 after Ashwin even when Chennai were reeling at 80/6 after 13 overs. The situation was not ideal for Dhoni to inflict a turnaround but he smashed three fours and two sixes in his short stay at the crease

Pandya will be unavailable for MI's season opener due to a one-match ban he received after the side recorded a slow over-rate in their IPL 2024 final league game against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), which was also his third offence of the season

Gitanjali’s father, P S Raman, a former vice-president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, on Sunday, had his book ‘Leo: The Untold Story of Chennai Super Kings’ released.

With months of off-field strategy and rigorous scouting, it will all come down to pure business as 10 franchises would look to get the best possible squads for the 2025 season and beyond

The 43-year-old, who is at the last stage of his playing career, only features in the IPL since announcing international retirement in 2020. He led CSK to five IPL titles under his leadership

"Officials have gone there to finalise the venue and dates, announcement to be made very soon," the source added.

Earlier, the West Indies great was Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) fast bowling coach in the last two seasons of the IPL