Indian Cricket team stars Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Sarfaraz Khan will be featuring in the Buchi Babu tournament 2024 which is all set to start from 15th August in Tamilnadu across four venues.

The Buchi Babu Tournament was India's premier tournament till the 1934 season when Ranji Trophy became India's biggest first-class tournament. The tournament was stopped in the 2016 season but Tamil Nadu Cricket Association resumed the invitational tournament after a gap of six years in 2023.

Buchi Babu Tournament is played in a four-day format just like Ranji Trophy and the winner gets a Rs 3 lakh cash prize while the runners-up team gets Rs 2 lakh. 

Madhya Pradesh are the current defending champions of the tournament as they defeated Delhi in the last season's final. 

Teams participating in the Buchi Babu Tournament 2024

There will be 10 state teams including two local teams. Here are the teams who will be participating in the tournament this season:

Baroda, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat Cricket Association, Haryana, Hyderabad Cricket Association, Indian Railways, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand Cricket Association, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, TNCA President's XI and TNCA XI.

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Ishan Kishan, Surykumar Yadav and Sarfaraz Khan to feature

Indian T20I team captain Suryakumar Yadav will be the one to watch out for in the tournament as he will be playing for Mumbai in the tournament. "I want to play for India in all the three formats. Playing in Buchi Babu will give me good practice for the red ball tournaments this season," Surya was quoted by TOI as he prepares for a long season ahead.

Sarfraz Khan, another Mumbai star who recently made his test debut in the home series against England in February, will also be playing in the Buchi Babu Tournament to prepare for a 10-test season ahead for the Indian men's cricket team.

However, Ishan Kishan will be the cricketer under the spotlight as the Jharkhand wicket-keeper batter will be playing his first game for his home state since 2022. Kishan, who last played a first-class match against West Indies in 2023, opted out of the South Africa test series due to mental fatigue.

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After that Kishan lost the BCCI's central contract as he did not appear in the domestic season for Jharakhnd and chose to join his IPL captain Hardik Pandya for private practice sessions. Since then, KS Bharat and Dhruv Jurel have made their test debuts as wicket-keeper batters and the latter did well in the England series too. 

Initially, Kishan was not named in the Jharkhand squad but since he expressed his desire to play in the tournament, he was added to the squad and will be leading the team as well. Kishan is also in line to be Jharkhand's captain for the 2024-25 domestic season.

The Most Valuable Player in IPL is the cricketer who earns the most points on the MVP Chart of a particular season. Before the 2013 season, the best player of an IPL season received the 'IPL Man of the Series' title. However, the organizers changed it to the IPL Most Valuable Player in 2013.

How do players get the IPL Most Valuable Player award?

There is a special rating system, under which the cricketers earn points for fours, sixes, wickets, catches, dot balls, and stumpings. For every four, the player gets 2.5 points, while a maximum earns him 3.5 points.

A catch or a stumping is equal to 2.5 points, and a wicket gets the player 3.5 points. The bowler earns one point for every dot ball bowled. The leader of this standing takes the IPL Most Valuable Player trophy home.

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Here SportzPOint presents you the Most Valuable Player in each season of IPL since the award's inception in 2013.

Shane Watson | 2013

Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson won the Most Valuable Player award in its inaugural edition in 2013. Watson had undone the damage to his IPL prospects that year with all-round performance for the Rajasthan Royals. With 22 sixes, 59 boundaries, 6 catches, and 13 wickets, Watson edged past the big Chris Gayle by 37 points to clinch the Most Valuable Player once again.

A packed Chennai crowd also witnessed Shane Watson's first IPL 100. Incidentally, Watson's 61-ball 101 was also the first century of the 2013 edition of the IPL

Glenn Maxwell | 2014

After failing to find a spot on the Australian side in 2014, Glenn Maxwell staged a fantastic show in the 7th edition of the IPL. The all-rounder Maxwell scored as many as 552 runs in the tournament, during which he also smashed 36 sixes and 48 fours, all at a strike rate of 187.75.

The Aussie fell agonizingly short of a maiden IPL century – he blasted CSK's bowlers to get to a 38-ball 95. Although Kings XI Punjab lost in a thrilling final against the Knight Riders, Glenn Maxwell would have cherished the 2014 season of the IPL for his stellar run.

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Andre Russell | 2015

Kolkata's Caribbean Knight Andre Russell was power personified as far as the 2015 IPL was concerned. The broad-shouldered all-rounder set the IPL on fire with stellar performances lower down the order. Russell was the bright spot of KKR's deep batting order, as the Caribbean genius scored 326 runs through the course of the season.

Russell could brag about his 21-ball 51 against Kings XI Punjab which helped KKR steeple a target of 183. A strike rate of 192.29 stood out in Andre Russell's scintillating season. Don't forget his 14 wickets and 6 catches.

Virat Kohli | 2016

The 9th edition of the IPL pulled every available spotlight on just one man, Virat Kohli. Former Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper was in mint form, as he seemed to have no difficulty in racking up immense runs. Virat Kohli came tantalizingly close to 1,000 runs in a single IPL season, finishing with 973.

En route to yet another blotched IPL final, Kohli hammered 4 centuries – which was the most by a batsman in a single IPL season – and comfortably snapped the Orange Cap. Despite a disappointing end to the season, Virat Kohli had taken the IPL by storm by his insatiable hunger for T20 runs.

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Ben Stokes | 2017

The tag of 'Most Valuable Player' was attached to Ben Stokes long before he took the field in the 2017 edition of the IPL. Stokes fetched Rs. 14.5 crore and was set to ply his skills for the Rising Pune Supergiant. He didn't disappoint his selectors who invested big money in him. Stokes proved his worth and added the title of Most Valuable Player alongside his already existing tag of Most Expensive Overseas Player.

Although he was dearly missed in the final, Stokes had amassed 316 runs at 31.60 before he left on national duty. The Big Ben lit up the IPL with a stellar century against the Gujarat Lions and was also instrumental in the Pune's impenetrable death-bowling. Stokes bagged a total of 12 wickets while maintaining a miserly economy rate of 7.18.

Suni Narine | 2018

Sunil Narine became the second cricketer after Shane Watson to become the most valuable player of IPL twice. After IPL 2012 he won the prestigious award once again in 2018. By this time he not only proved himself as an excellent bowler but also as a great hard-hitting opener.

He completely justified the roles given to him by giving an extreme start to KKR in the powerplay in most of the matches and also helped the team to reach the playoffs. In 16 matches he scored 357 runs with a strike rate of 189.89 and took 17 wickets with an economy rate of 7.65. One of his most magnificent knocks from IPL 2018 is his half-century in only 17 balls against RCB.

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Andre Russell | 2019

Once again a player from KKR became the most valuable player of IPL 2019 following Sunil Narine in 2018. Andre Russell also became the third cricketer to be in the MVP award twice in IPL history after Shane Watson and Sunil Narine. By this time, he proved himself as a batter who could win matches in dire situations.

In 2019 IPL Russell completely thrashed boundaries all around and literally played with the opponent bowlers. He aggregated 510 runs in only 14 matches with an out-of-the-ordinary strike rate of 204.81. He not only restricted himself with batting but also picked up 11 wickets for KKR while bowling in the death overs mostly.

Jofra Archer | 2020

Rajasthan Royals' all-rounder Jofra Archer claimed the IPL Most Valuable Player award in 2020. The English player topped the MVP standings with 305 points to his name.

Archer picked up 20 wickets, bowled 175 dot deliveries, smashed five fours and ten sixes as well as took five catches to beat the likes of Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah, and Rashid Khan to become the Most Valuable Player in IPL 2020. No other player could score 300 MVP points last year.

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Harshal Patel | 2021

The Most Valuable Player of IPL 2021 is Harshal Patel from Royal Challengers Bangalore. With 264.5 points, the cricketer had an amazing season this year. Starting from taking crucial wickets to winning the Purple Cap, Game-changer of the season, picking the highest number of wickets in IPL, he did it all. He had a dreamy season after making a comeback to RCB from DC. Also, he took a 4 wicket haul and a 5 wicket haul this season as well.

Suryakumar Yadav | 2025

Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav has been named the Most Valuable Player for IPL 2025. The MI middle-order star finished the season with 717 runs to his name from 16 matches, registering his best season so far averaging, 65.18. He struck five half-centuries in the course of the tournament, emerging as MI’s highest run-scorer in IPL 2025. SKY is the second MI batter to win the Most Valuable Player of the season award after Sachin Tendulkar in 2010.

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Sai Sudharsan starred in the IPL 2025 awards winners full list by winning 4 individual awards. Sai won the Orange cap while Prasidh Krishna won the Purple cap of IPL 2025. Meanwhile, youngster Vaibhav Suryavanshi also won the Super Striker of the season award for his excellent strike rate of 206.55 in the tournament this season. 

Here is the full list of IPL 2025 award winners

Emerging Player: Sai Sudharsan

Sudharsan won the IPL 2025 Emerging Player of the season award for his excellent season with the bat for the Gujarat Titans. The young left-handed opener finished with 759 runs with a strike rate of 156.17. 

Super Striker: Vaibhav Suryavanshi

The 14-year-old youngster from Bihar broke multiple records this season with a 35-ball century. Vaibhav finished the season with a strike rate of 206.55 to win the Super Striker award.

Fantasy King: Sai Sudharsan

Sai Sudharsan also won the Fantasy King of the season award for acquiring the most points on the Fantasy App. 

Fantasy firepower 🔥

Yet another honour for #GT's Sai Sudharsan as he tops the Fantasy charts 🔢#TATAIPL | #RCBvPBKS | #Final | #TheLastMile | @sais_1509 | @gujarat_titans pic.twitter.com/qx6USzZi8E

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) June 3, 2025

Most sixes: Nicholas Pooran

With 40 sixes in the season, West Indian power hitter Nicholas Pooran won the most sixes award. Shreyas Iyer with 39 sixes just finished one spot behind him.

Most fours: Sai Sudharsan

Sai Sudharsan with 88 fours won the most fours award of IPL 2025. He was way ahead of Suryakumar Yadav on the list, who finished with 69 fours.

Most dot balls: Md. Siraj

Mohammed Siraj, with 151 dot balls, won the award for the Most dot balls of the season. Prasidh Krishna finished second on the list with 146 dot balls.

Catch of the season: Kamindu Mendis

Kamindu Mendis' excellent catch on the boundary line to dismiss Dewald Brevis earned him the catch of the season award. 

Catch of the Season to Kamindu Mendis!

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— CricketGully (@thecricketgully) June 3, 2025

FairPlay: CSK

Chennai Super Kings won the FairPlay Award for the IPL 2025 season.

Purple Cap: Prasidh Krishna

Prasidh Krishna, with 25 wickets in 15 matches, won the Purple cap award. Noor Ahmed finished just behind him with 24 wickets in 14 matches. 

Draped in blue, enjoying a 𝙋𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙡𝙚 patch 👏

Congratulations to #TATAIPL 2025 Purple Cap winner Prasidh Krishna 💙🫡#RCBvPBKS | #Final | #TheLastMile | @gujarat_titans | @prasidh43 pic.twitter.com/tgviyjgzwz

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) June 3, 2025

Orange Cap: Sai Sudharsan

With 759 runs at a strike rate of 156.17, Sai Sudharsan won the Orange cap of the season. Suryakumar Yadav, with 717 runs, finished second on the list.

MVP: Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav was adjudged the Player of the tournament for his 717 runs at a strike rate of 167.91. Yadav averaged 65.18 in the tournament and was one of the key players for the Mumbai Indians. 

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The highly consistent Surya Kumar Yadav wins the Most Valuable Player Award 💙#TATAIPL | #RCBvPBKS | #Final | #TheLastMile | @surya_14kumar pic.twitter.com/ZOgcBD0Xwb

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) June 3, 2025

Best Ground: DDCA

Delhi District and Cricket Association won the Best Ground of IPL 2025 award. 

Player of the final: Krunal Pandya

Krunal Pandya became the first player to win two player of the final awards after his excellent spell of 17/2 in four overs. Krunal had earlier won the award with the Mumbai Indians as well in the 2017 final.

The picture of who will win the Orange Cap in IPL 2025 has become completely clear, but the place of Suryakumar Yadav, who came second, is still in danger. Virat Kohli is still in the race for the IPL 2025 Orange Cap, but he will hardly be able to leave Sai Sudharsan behind, but he has a chance to leave Surya behind.

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On the other hand, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer, who played an unbeaten 87-run innings against Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier match, has entered the club of batsmen who have scored 600 runs this season. He is the sixth batsman to score 600 runs in this season and also has the highest run scorer for Punjab.

Kohli can leave Surya behind

The IPL 2025 Orange Cap will remain in the name of Sai Sudarshan and it will be difficult for Virat Kohli to leave him behind. Sai has 759 runs in 15 matches and Virat Kohli has scored 614 runs in 14 matches. Kohli has only one match left in the form of the final. If Kohli scores 104 runs in this match, he can overtake Suryakumar and come to the second position. SKY has scored 717 runs in 16 matches.

There is a possibility that Kohli will score 104 runs in the final, but as far as leaving Sai behind is concerned, for this Kohli will have to play an innings of 146 runs against Punjab Kings, which does not look easy and its possibility also seems less. So, Sai's position seems safe, but Kohli may leave Suryakumar behind.

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IPL 2025 Orange Cap Winners List

India A started their England tour on a great note with a solid Day 1 display against the England Lions in Canterbury. Karun Nair headlined the day with a solid, unbeaten 186 with the bat for India A.

England Lions captain James Rew won the toss and decided to bowl first on a greenish pitch at the St. Lawrence Ground. 

India A lost captain Abhimanyu Easwaran early on 8 while Yashasvi Jaiswal went back to the dressing room after adding 24. 

When it looked like that, Rew took the right decision of bowling first, Sarfaraz Khan and Karun Nair put up a 181-run partnership for the third wicket to give India A the advantage after Day 1’s play. 

Karun Nair, who last played a test match in 2017, continued his great form and completed his fifty in 85 balls. 

Soon, Sarfraz Khan, who was dropped from the test squad, completed his fifty in 84 balls as well. When both batters were looking to get to the hundred mark first, Sarfraz was caught down the leg side on 92 off 119 balls and missed his ton.

Sarfaraz Khan gets dismissed 8 short of a well-deserved hundred.

Sarfaraz was looking good but was eventually caught down the leg side on 92.

Karun Nair is batting on 97!

India A 233/3 in the first inning!#ENGAvINDA #SarfarazKhan pic.twitter.com/pY7pCRmwZP

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) May 30, 2025

Nair, who was dropped on 89 off Ajeet Singh Dale, completed his 24th first-class ton off 155 balls.

Post that, incoming batter Dhruv Jurel and Nair started smashing the bowlers and changed their gears. Nair reached the landmark of 150 in 205 balls while Jurel reached his fifty in just 68 balls.

At the end of Day 1 of the 4-day unofficial test match, Jurel remained unbeaten on 82 off 104 balls while Nair remained unbeaten on 186 from 246 balls, with India A finishing with 409/3. 

Abhimanyu Easwaran was named the captain of the India A team for the tour of England as the BCCI announced the India A squad for the upcoming tour starting from 30th May 2025. 

India A will play two first-class matches against the England Lions at Canterbury and Northampton. Then they will play a practice match against the senior Indian team to prepare them for the big series against England. 

Karun Nair was rewarded for his excellent domestic form as he made a return to the India A side. His performance for the A side might decide whether he will be given a chance for the senior team or not.

Abishek Porel, who was named in the last India A's tour to Australia, has been replaced by Ishan Kishan in the side.

Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan, who will be busy in the Indian Premier League for the Gujarat Titans, will join the squad from the second match. 

India A squad for the England tour

India A squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel (VC) (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan (WK), Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harsh Dubey

India A' schedule for the England tour