Justifying his on-and-off IPL career, Steyn said this was one of the reasons he had not featured regularly in the world's biggest franchise-based T20 tournament
He supported an appeal made by Telangana minister and ruling TRS Working President K T Rama Rao to BCCI and IPL to include Hyderabad as one of the venues.
South African-born New Zealander Conway smashed a 59-ball 99 and powered his team to a 53-run win over Australia in the first of five T20 Internationals in Christchurch on Monday.
Smith, who didn’t have a great season with the bat and also in leading the team, may struggle to get into the playing XI given the number of batsmen the last-year finalists have in their ranks.
And the RCB too obliged shelling out Rs 14.25 crore to buy him. However, this left the twitterati in splits. While Maxwell failed to perform to his potential in his IPL history, barring just once in 2014, he has always struggled.
Bhagath Varma is an off spinner from Hyderabad and represented India under-19 team against England in England in 2017 and Jammu-born fast bowler Yudhvir Singh Charak came to Hyderabad
They roped in spinners Krishnappa Gowtham for Rs 9.25 cr and Moeen Ali for Rs 7 cr. They have also roped in Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara for his base price Rs 50 lakh.
Playing for Kings XI Punjab in the last season, Maxwell had a disappointing tournament scoring just 108 runs in 13 games. Maxwell has been released from the squad and he will go under hammer when the IPL auctions commences on February 18.
Nineteen Australian players took part in the last edition of the Indian Premier League, which was held in the UAE last November due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Chennai: Tearaway fast bowler Jofra Archer believes England have enough options in the spin department and therefore India won’t be able to “out-spin” his side when the two teams face each other in the upcoming four-match series. “I’ve played lots of Indian Premier League here but nothing in terms of first-class cricket, so the challenges […]
Coulter-Nile is currently playing for Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Melbourne Stars. On Wednesday, Melbourne Stars suffered a five-wicket defeat after Renegades chased down the 159-run target.