Fastest IPL fifty in history: Pat Cummins equals KL Rahul's record

Pat Cummins is sharing the record with KL Rahul after smashing a half-century in just 14 balls against Mumbai Indians last night.

Shreya Ghosh

Apr 7, 2022, 6:55 AM

Fastest IPL fifty in history: Pat Cummins equals KL Rahul's record

Pat Cummins is now the record holder of the fastest IPL fifty along with KL Rahul. Cummins is sharing the record with KL Rahul after smashing a half-century in just 14 balls against Mumbai Indians last night. Let's take a look at the Top 4 fastest IPL fifty till now.

Pat Cummins

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Kolkata Knight Riders needed Pat's half-century the most last night while chasing 162 runs against Mumbai Indians. When everyone except Venkatesh Iyer failed to score enough runs for the team, Pat came in and saved KKR with a 50 including 4 fours and 6 sixes. With his massive important knock, KKR won the first match against MI of IPL 2022, that too with 24 balls left.

KL Rahul

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It was the 2018 IPL when KL Rahul smashed a half-century in just 14 balls. The match was against Delhi Capitals hosted in Punjab Cricket Association Stadium. Kings XI Punjab won the match that night and KL Rahul was awarded the player of the match.

Yusuf Pathan

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Yusuf Pathan scored a half-century in just 15 balls in one match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2014. Pathan was on another level that day. After hitting the half-century in just 15 balls, he scored 22 runs in just 7 balls before getting out with 72 runs. KKR won the match that night and one of the biggest reasons for the victory was Yusuf Pathan. KKR also won the match that night by 4 wickets.

Sunil Narine

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Another player from Kolkata Knight Riders in the list of scoring the fastest IPL fifty is Sunil Narine. While opening the innings for KKR against Royal Challengers Bangalore, he hit 50 runs in 15 balls and joined the former KKR player Yusuf Pathan in this record. KKR won the match by 6 wickets with 29 balls left. Also, he was awarded the Player of the Match for his performance with both the bat and the ball (2/29).

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BCCI announce the player List for WPL 2025 Auction: Only two players from Bengal

BCCI announced the player list for the upcoming WPL 2025 Auction. 120 players are on the list, among which 91 are Indian and 29 overseas cricketers, including 3 from Associate Nations.

Koushik Biswas

Dec 7, 2024, 5:46 PM

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BCCI announced the player list for the upcoming WPL 2025 Auction. 120 players are on the list, among which 91 are Indian and 29 overseas cricketers, including 3 from Associate Nations.

The Women's Premier League (WPL) Auction 2025 will take place on 15th December 2024 in Bengaluru. The are 82 Indian uncapped players and 8 uncapped overseas players in the auction list.

With most of the franchises holding their core group of players, 19 slots will be up for grabs, with 5 slots reserved for overseas players.

Only 3 players were listed in the bracket of the highest base price of INR 50 lakhs while 28 players will be auctioned starting with their base price of INR 30 lakhs. 

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West Indies' Deandra Dottin will enter the WPL 2025 Auction with a base price of INR 50 lakhs.

West Indian all-rounder Deandra Dottin, England batter Heather Knight, and South African wicket-keeper batter Lizelle Lee will enter the auction with the highest base price of INR 50 lakhs.

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In the first set of 20 marquee players, Australia's Darcie Brown and Kim Garth, England's Lauren Bell and Sarah Glenn and India's Sneh Rana can go for big bucks during the WPL 2025 auction.

From the Cricket Association of Bengal, only two players have been able to make it to the list. Priyanka Bala, who was already with the Mumbai Indians squad, has found herself on the list. Along with her, young all-rounder Sushmita Ganguly will also be auctioned with a base price of INR 10 lakhs.

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Breakdown of 120 players in the WPL auction list

Sr. No

Capped/Uncapped players

No. of players

1

Capped Indians

9

2

Capped Overseas

21

3

Uncapped Indian

82

4

Uncapped overseas

8

 

Total

120

WPL 2025 Reatined players' list

Team Retained Players
Delhi Capitals Alice Capsey*, Annabel Sutherland*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu
Gujarat Giants Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Bharti Fulmali, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, Laura Wolvaardt*, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Phoebe Litchfield*, Priya Mishra, Sayali Satghare, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwer
Mumbai Indians Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, Sajeevan Sajana, Saika Ishaque, Shabnim Ismail*, Yastika Bhatia
Royal Challengers Bengaluru  Asha Shobana, Dani Wyatt*, Ekta Bisht, Ellyse Perry*, Georgia Wareham*, Kanika Ahuja, Kate Cross*, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Sabbhineni Meghana, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*, Sophie Molineux*
UP Warriorz Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Chamari Athapaththu*, Deepti Sharma, Gouher Sultana, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia McGrath*, Uma Chetry, Vrinda Dinesh

Full list of players listed for the WPL 2025 Auction

List Sr. No. Set No. First Name Surname Country State Association Age Specialism     Test caps ODI caps T20 caps 2024 Team 2024 WPL Matches C/U/A Reserve Price Rs Lakh
1 1 Lauren Bell England - 24 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast 3 14 27 UPW 0 Capped 30
2 1 Maia Bouchier England - 26 BATTER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium   12 42     Capped 30
3 1 Darcie Brown Australia - 21 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast 4 19 34     Capped 30
4 1 Lauren Cheatle Australia - 26 BOWLER LHB LEFT ARM Fast Medium 1 4 7 GG 0 Capped 30
5 1 Nadine De Klerk South Africa   25 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium 3 38 65     Capped 30
6 1 Deandra Dottin West Indies   33 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium   143 132     Capped 50
7 1 Kim Garth Australia - 28 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium 3 48 57     Capped 30
8 1 Danielle Gibson England - 23 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium     22     Capped 30
9 1 Sarah Glenn England - 25 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin   17 70     Capped 30
10 1 Heather Graham Australia - 28 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium   1 5     Capped 30
11 1 Tejal Hasabnis India MACA 27 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin   3       Capped 30
12 1 Chinelle Henry West Indies   29 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium   48 59     Capped 30
13 1 Alana King Australia - 29 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin 4 29 22     Capped 30
14 1 Heather Knight England - 34 BATTER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin 12 143 126     Capped 50
15 1 C Prathyusha India KSCA 26 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin   1       Capped 30
16 1 Orla Prendergast Ireland   22 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium   31 57     Capped 30
17 1 Sneh Rana India RSPB 30 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin 4 27 25 GG 4 Capped 30
18 1 Shubha Satheesh India KSCA 25 ALL-ROUNDER LHB RIGHT ARM Medium 2     RCB 0 Capped 30
19 1 Sushma Verma India HPCA 32 WICKETKEEPER RHB   1 43 19     Capped 30
20 1 Poonam Yadav India UPCA 33 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin 1 58 72 DC 0 Capped 30
21 2 Raghvi Bist India CAU 20 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium           Uncapped 10
22 2 N. Charani India ACA 20 ALL-ROUNDER LHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
23 2 Laura Harris Australia - 34 BATTER RHB         DC 0 Uncapped 10
24 2 Ira Jadhav India MCA 14 BATTER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium           Uncapped 10
25 2 Fatima Jaffer India MCA 22 ALL-ROUNDER RHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox       MI 0 Uncapped 10
26 2 Humairaa Kaazi India MCA 31 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin       MI 7 Uncapped 10
27 2 G Kamalini India TNCA 16 WICKETKEEPER LHB             Uncapped 10
28 2 Nandini Kashyap India CAU 21 WICKETKEEPER RHB             Uncapped 10
29 2 Jagravi Pawar India MCA 25 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
30 2 Pratika Rawal India RSPB 24 BATTER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
31 2 Prema Rawat India CAU 23 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
32 2 Simran Shaikh India MCA 23 BATTER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
33 2 Tanisha Singh India DDCA 21 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
34 2 Sonal Thakur India HPCA 22 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
35 2 S Yashasri India HYCA 21 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast       UPW 0 Uncapped 10
36 3 Nicola Carey Australia - 31 ALL-ROUNDER LHB RIGHT ARM Medium   23 27     Capped 30
37 3 Sophia Dunkley England - 26 BATTER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin 5 33 61     Capped 30
38 3 Lauren Filer England - 24 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast 2 10 7     Capped 30
39 3 Mansi Joshi India CAU 31 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium   14 8     Capped 30
40 3 Lizelle Lee South Africa   32 WICKETKEEPER RHB   2 100 82     Capped 50
41 3 Rosemary Mair New Zealand   26 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast   16 31     Capped 30
42 3 Madhuri Mehta India OCA 33 BATTER RHB     2 3     Capped 30
43 3 Nuzhat Parween India RSPB 28 WICKETKEEPER RHB     1 5     Capped 30
44 3 Paige Scholfield England - 29 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium   3 2     Capped 30
45 3 Amanda-Jade Wellington Australia - 27 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin 1 14 8     Capped 30
46 4 Amisha Bahukhandi India CAU 26 BOWLER RHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
47 4 Priyanka Bala India CAB 29 WICKETKEEPER RHB         MI 1 Uncapped 10
48 4 Gunjan Bhandari India CAU 24 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast           Uncapped 10
49 4 Salonee Dangore India CSCSCA 26 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
50 4 Milly Illingworth Australia - 19 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast           Uncapped 10
51 4 Prathyoosha Kumar India KSCA 25 WICKETKEEPER RHB             Uncapped 10
52 4 Ashwani Kumari India JSCA 27 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium       DC 0 Uncapped 10
53 4 Shashi Mathur India JSCA 29 BATTER RHB             Uncapped 10
54 4 Aparna Mondal India RSPB 29 WICKETKEEPER RHB         DC 0 Uncapped 10
55 4 Anshu Nagar India DDCA 14 BOWLER LHB LEFT ARM Fast           Uncapped 10
56 4 Tanisha Ohlan India HCA 18 BATTER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
57 4 Tarannum Pathan India GCA 31 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin       GG 1 Uncapped 10
58 4 Shraddha Pokharkar India MACA 28 BOWLER RHB LEFT ARM Fast Medium       RCB 3 Uncapped 10
59 4 Niki Prasad India KSCA 19 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
60 4 Laxmi Yadav India DDCA 27 WICKETKEEPER RHB         UPW 0 Uncapped 10
61 5 Manali Dakshini India MCA 27 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast           Uncapped 10
62 5 Rima Ekka India OCA 26 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 10
63 5 Rahila Firdous India MPCA 26 WICKETKEEPER RHB             Uncapped 10
64 5 Shipra Giri India UPCA 22 WICKETKEEPER RHB             Uncapped 10
65 5 Arushi Goel India UPCA 27 BATTER RHB             Uncapped 10
66 5 Kranti Goud India MPCA 21 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast           Uncapped 10
67 5 Sanskriti Gupta India MPCA 20 ALL-ROUNDER LHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
68 5 Priyanka Koushal India MPCA 29 ALL-ROUNDER LHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
69 5 Suman Meena India RCA 24 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast           Uncapped 10
70 5 Shivani Singh India HPCA 24 WICKETKEEPER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 10
71 5 Parunika Sisodia India DDCA 19 BOWLER RHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
72 5 Rubia Syed India JKCA 30 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 10
73 5 Jyoti Thakur India HPCA 26 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 10
74 5 G Trisha India HYCA 19 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
75 5 Joshitha V J India KCA 18 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 10
76 6 Safina Aziz India CAU 22 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
77 6 Samantha Bates Australia - 32 BOWLER RHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
78 6 Neelam Bhardwaj India CAU 18 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
79 6 Monikha Das India ASCA 33 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 10
80 6 Tess Flintoff Australia - 21 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 10
81 6 Sushmita Ganguly India CAB 21 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
82 6 Devika Kandregula India ACA 24 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
83 6 Nazma Khan India DDCA 28 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
84 6 Charli Knott Australia - 22 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
85 6 P.Ranga Lakshmi India ACA 18 BATTER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
86 6 Kanchan Nagwani India VCA 30 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
87 6 Tanusree Sarkar India RSPB 28 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
88 6 Nandani Sharma India UTCA 23 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast           Uncapped 10
89 6 Tripti Singh India UPCA 21 BATTER RHB             Uncapped 10
90 6 Sonam Yadav India UPCA 17 BATTER RHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
91 7 Bhavika Ahire India MACA 17 WICKETKEEPER LHB             Uncapped 10
92 7 Khushi Bhatia India MCA 22 WICKETKEEPER RHB             Uncapped 10
93 7 Pranavi Chandra India HYCA 22 BATTER RHB             Uncapped 10
94 7 Krutika Chaudhari India GUCA 27 BOWLER RHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
95 7 Riya Chaudhari India MCA 23 WICKETKEEPER RHB             Uncapped 10
96 7 Najla CMC India KCA 21 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
97 7 Hurley Gala India MCA 18 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 10
98 7 Suman Gulia India HCA 26 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast           Uncapped 10
99 7 Prakashika Naik India MCA 27 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
100 7 Mousumi Narah India ASCA 22 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
101 7 Hani Patel India BCA 26 BOWLER RHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
102 7 Anushka Sharma India MPCA 21 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
103 7 Shivali Shinde India MACA 28 WICKETKEEPER RHB             Uncapped 10
104 7 Upasana Yadav India DDCA 20 BATTER RHB             Uncapped 10
105 7 Preeti Yadav India GCA 29 ALL-ROUNDER LHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
106 8 Sarah Bryce Scotland   25 WICKETKEEPER RHB             Associate 10
107 8 Arshi Choudhary India TNCA 26 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
108 8 Archana Devi India UPCA 20 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
109 8 Samaira Dharnidharka UAE   17 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Associate 10
110 8 Mehak Kesar India PCA 32 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Uncapped 10
111 8 Komalpreet Kour India PCA 28 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium           Uncapped 10
112 8 Akshita Maheshwari India RCA 24 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 20
113 8 Rameswari Naik India OCA 26 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 10
114 8 Falak Naz India UPCA 20 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Fast Medium           Uncapped 10
115 8 Mamta Rani India PCA 22 BOWLER RHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
116 8 Theertha Satish UAE   20 WICKETKEEPER LHB RIGHT ARM Off Spin           Associate 10
117 8 Shanu Sen India RCA 22 BOWLER RHB LEFT ARM Slow Orthodox           Uncapped 10
118 8 Neetu Singh India PCA 26 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10
119 8 Anusha Sundaresan India TNCA 28 ALL-ROUNDER RHB RIGHT ARM Medium           Uncapped 10
120 8 Sunanda Yetrekar India GCA 32 BOWLER RHB RIGHT ARM Leg Spin           Uncapped 10

 

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AUS vs IND Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2nd Test 1st innings: Stormy innings by Travis Head; Australia takes a huge lead of 157 runs

With Travis Head's aggressive century, Australia took a huge lead of 152 runs over India by scoring 332 runs for eight wickets till the dinner break in its first innings on Saturday, the second day of the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Payal Debnath

Dec 7, 2024, 11:18 AM

AUS vs IND Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2nd Test 1st innings: Stormy innings by Travis Head; Australia takes a huge lead of 157 runs - Sportzpoint.com

Australia has taken a huge lead of 157 runs over India by scoring 337 runs in its first innings on the second day of the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. For Australia, Travis Head scored a brilliant 140 runs, while Marnus Labuschagne made an important contribution of 64 runs. From India, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj bowled brilliantly and took four wickets each. Both of them together took 8 wickets in their name.

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India won the toss and elected to bat first, which backfired as Mitchell Starc turned into a monster with the pink ball and ran through India's batting line-up. India were bowled out for 180 runs and Starc picked up six wickets to his name. Australia, however, looked the opposite of India with the bat as they seemed untroubled by Indian bowlers. 

Travis Head's aggressive century

With Travis Head's aggressive century, Australia took a huge lead of 152 runs over India by scoring 332 runs for eight wickets till the dinner break in its first innings on Saturday, the second day of the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Head, who opened his account with a brilliant four against Jasprit Bumrah (four wickets for 59 runs) on the second day of the day-night Test match, completed the eighth century of his Test career in 111 balls. Mohammad Siraj gave him life by taking a catch on Ashwin's ball at the score of 76 runs.

Head was troubled by Bumrah's balls in the beginning of the innings but he did not let the pressure dominate him by continuing to score runs by attacking other bowlers.

Brilliant fifty by Labuschagne 

Marnus Labuschagne was not in form for a long time and before this match, there was debate about his place in the team. He had started troubling India with the 26th half-century of his Test career when Yashasvi Jaiswal took a brilliant catch on the ball of young all-rounder Nitish Reddy and ended his innings.

While experienced Steve Smith (two), who came to the crease, failed even once with the bat. He was caught by Pant while trying to flick the ball of Bumrah.

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Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma are at the crease

At present, the play of the third session of the second day of the day-night test is going on in Adelaide. India scored 100 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the second innings. Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma are at the crease. KL Rahul was out after scoring 7 runs, Virat Kohli 11, Shubhman Gill 28 and Yashasvi Jaiswal 24 runs. Scott Boland got 2 wickets. Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc got 1-1 success.

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Border–Gavaskar Trophy: India's record in Pink Ball Test

The second Test in Border–Gavaskar Trophy will be played with the pink ball in a day-night affair. Having been played for the first time in 2015, the concept of day-night Tests was taken to make the longest format of the game more interesting.

Payal Debnath

Dec 1, 2024, 8:22 PM

Border–Gavaskar Trophy: India's record in Pink Ball Test - Sportzopoint.com

The second match of the five-match Border–Gavaskar Trophy series between India and Australia will be played in Adelaide from December 6. This will be a day-night test played with the pink ball. 

The good thing for India is that regular captain Rohit Sharma has returned. Apart from this, Shubman Gill is also on the verge of becoming fit. With the return of these two, Indian batting will become stronger. However, the team management will be worried about the playing 11. Fitting Rohit and Gill into a winning combination is a matter of concern.

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It is considered certain that Devdutt Padikkal will sit on the bench. Apart from this, Dhruv Jurel can also be seen sitting on the bench. The biggest problem will be whether KL Rahul will be sent to open or he will be sent back to number five. Before that let us look at India's statistics in Day-Night Test or Pink Ball Test.

India has played four pink ball tests so far

India has played four day-night tests so far. Out of these, they have won in three, while they have faced defeat in one. Team India has won 75 percent of the matches in the day-night test. The only Test in which the Indian team lost was played in Adelaide four years ago. This was the first Test of India's tour of Australia in the 2020/21 Border–Gavaskar Trophy. Team India, captained by Virat Kohli, had to face a crushing defeat by eight wickets.

What happened in the India-Australia match in Adelaide in 2020?

Batting first in Adelaide, India had scored 244 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara scored 43 runs and Ajinkya Rahane 42 runs. In reply, Australia's first innings was limited to 191 runs. Marnus Labuschagne scored 47 runs and captain Tim Paine scored 73 runs.

The Indian team was devastated in the second innings and was reduced to just 36 runs. This is also India's lowest score in Tests. Cummins and Hazlewood took four and five wickets respectively. India had set a target of 90 runs by taking the lead against Australia. Australia won the match by scoring 93 runs for two wickets. Matthew Wade scored 33 runs, while Joe Burns remained unbeaten on 51 runs.

India played first pink ball test in 2019

India played its first pink ball test against Bangladesh in 2019 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata and won by 46 runs. After this, after playing against Australia in 2020, Team India defeated England by 10 wickets in the day-night test in Ahmedabad in February 2021 and then Sri Lanka by 238 runs in Bengaluru in March 2022. India's highest score in the day-night test is 347/9.

Indian batter who scored most runs in pink ball test

Virat Kohli has scored the most runs for India in the day-night test. He has scored 277 runs in four such matches at an average of 46.16. At the same time, Rohit Sharma is at second place with 173 runs in three matches at an average of 43.25. Shreyas Iyer is at third place in the list. He has scored 155 runs at an average of 79.50. 

Whereas, if we talk about bowlers, Ravichandran Ashwin has taken the most wickets for India in the day-night test. He has taken 18 wickets in four such matches. At the same time, Akshar Patel has taken 14 wickets in two pink ball tests. Umesh Yadav has taken 11 wickets in two such matches.

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Highest runs for India in day-night test

Player Match Runs Average
Virat Kohli 4 277 46.16
Rohit Sharma 3 173 43.25
Shreyas Iyer 1 155 79.50

Most wickets for India in day-night test

Player Match Wickets Average
Ravichandran Ashwin 4 18 13.83
Axar Patel 2 14 9.14
Umesh Yadav 2 11 15.54

Australia's figures in day night test

Australia has an exceptional record in day night tests. They have played 12 day-night tests so far, out of which they have won 11 while losing only one. What makes their record even more impressive is that their wins have come against different opponents. These include India, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies. Australia defeated New Zealand by three wickets in the first international day-night Test in Adelaide in 2015. 

The matter of concern for Australia is that Josh Hazlewood, who wreaked havoc in 2020, will not play in the second Test of the Border–Gavaskar Trophy due to injury.

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IPL 2025: Squads of every IPL team after the auction

Here are the full squads of each Indian Premier League team after the mega IPL 2025 auction. CSK, Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings are the teams to have a full quota of 25 players in their squad.

Koushik Biswas

Nov 25, 2024, 11:46 PM

CSK head coach Stephen Fleming raising the paddle during the auction. Image | BCCI

After the mega IPL 2025 auction on 24th and 25th November, every Indian Premier League franchise made their squad for the upcoming IPL season. Rishabh Pant was the most expensive player in the auction history with an INR 27 cr bid from Lucknow Super Giants. Meantime, Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer also attracted huge bids from Punjab Kings and KKR respectively.

After the auction, only Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings (PBKS) were the teams to have a full quota of 25 players in their squad. Meantime, Surisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals were the teams with the least number of players in the squad. 

Before the mega auction, each team had the option to retain a maximum of six players including capped and uncapped players. Post the retentions, teams picked their squads in a bidding war for two days.

Squads of every IPL team after the IPL 2025 auction

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Batters:

  • Ruturaj Gaikwad
  • MS Dhoni (Wicketkeeper Batter)
  • Devon Conway
  • Rahul Tripathi
  • Shaik Rasheed
  • Andre Siddarth

All-Rounders:

  • Rachin Ravindra
  • Ravichandran Ashwin (Bowling All-rounder)
  • Vijay Shankar
  • Sam Curran
  • Anshul Kamboj
  • Deepak Hooda (Bowling All-rounder)
  • Jamie Overton
  • Ramakrishna Ghosh
  • Ravindra Jadeja
  • Shivam Dube

Bowlers:

  • Khaleel Ahmed
  • Noor Ahmad
  • Mukesh Choudhary
  • Gurjapneet Singh
  • Nathan Ellis
  • Kamlesh Nagarkoti
  • Shreyas Gopal
  • Matheesha Pathirana

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Batters:

  • KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper Batter)
  • Harry Brook
  • Jake Fraser-McGurk
  • Sameer Rizvi
  • Faf du Plessis
  • Donovan Ferreira (Wicketkeeper)
  • Abishek Porel (Wicketkeeper Batter)
  • Tristan Stubbs (Wicketkeeper Batter)

All-Rounders:

  • Karun Nair
  • Ashutosh Sharma
  • Darshan Nalkande
  • Vipraj Nigam
  • Ajay Mandal
  • Manvanth Kumar L
  • Tripurana Vijay
  • Madhav Tiwari
  • Axar Patel

Bowlers:

  • Mitchell Starc
  • T Natarajan
  • Mohit Sharma
  • Mukesh Kumar
  • Dushmantha Chameera
  • Kuldeep Yadav

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Batters:

  • Shubman Gill
  • Jos Buttler (Wicketkeeper Batter)
  • Kumar Kushagra (Wicketkeeper Batter)
  • Anuj Rawat (Wicketkeeper Batter)
  • Sherfane Rutherford
  • Glenn Phillips (Wicketkeeper Batter)

All-Rounders:

  • Nishant Sindhu
  • Mahipal Lomror
  • Washington Sundar
  • Gerald Coetzee
  • Mohd. Arshad Khan
  • Karim Janat
  • B. Sai Sudharsan
  • Shahrukh Khan

Bowlers:

  • Kagiso Rabada
  • Mohammed Siraj
  • Prasidh Krishna
  • Manav Suthar
  • Gurnoor Singh Brar
  • Sai Kishore
  • Ishant Sharma
  • Jayant Yadav
  • Kulwant Khejroliya
  • Rahul Tewatia
  • Rashid Khan

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Batters:

  • Rinku Singh
  • Quinton de Kock (Wicketkeeper Batter)
  • Rahmanullah Gurbaz
  • Angkrish Raghuvanshi
  • Rovman Powell
  • Manish Pandey
  • Luvnith Sisodia
  • Ajinkya Rahane

All-Rounders:

  • Venkatesh Iyer
  • Anukul Roy
  • Moeen Ali
  • Ramandeep Singh
  • Andre Russell

Bowlers:

  • Anrich Nortje
  • Vaibhav Arora
  • Mayank Markande
  • Spencer Johnson
  • Umran Malik
  • Harshit Rana
  • Sunil Narine
  • Varun Chakaravarthy

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Batters:

  • Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper Batter)
  • David Miller
  • Aiden Markram
  • Abdul Samad
  • Aryan Juyal (Wicket Keeper)
  • Himmat Singh
  • Matthew Breetzke
  • Nicholas Pooran (Wicketkeeper Batter)

All-Rounders:

  • Mitchell Marsh
  • Digvesh Singh
  • Yuvraj Chaudhary
  • Arshin Kulkarni
  • Ayush Badoni

Bowlers:

  • Avesh Khan
  • Akash Deep
  • M Siddharth
  • Shahbaz Ahmed
  • Akash Singh
  • Shamar Joseph
  • Prince Yadav
  • Rajvardhan Hangargekar
  • Mayank Yadav
  • Mohsin Khan
  • Ravi Bishnoi

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Batters:

  • Rohit Sharma
  • Suryakumar Yadav
  • Robin Minz
  • Ryan Rickelton
  • Will Jacks
  • Shrijith Krishnan
  • Bevan John Jacobs
  • N. Tilak Varma

All-Rounders:

  • Naman Dhir
  • Karn Sharma
  • Mitchell Santner
  • Raj Angad Bawa
  • Arjun Tendulkar
  • Vignesh Puthur
  • Hardik Pandya

Bowlers:

  • Trent Boult
  • Deepak Chahar
  • Allah Ghazanfar
  • Ashwani Kumar
  • Reece Topley
  • Venkata Satyanarayana Penmetsa
  • Lizaad Williams
  • Jasprit Bumrah

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Batters:

  • Shreyas Iyer
  • Vishnu Vinod
  • Josh Inglis
  • Harnoor Pannu
  • Suryansh Shedge
  • Pyla Avinash
  • Prabhsimran Singh
  • Shashank Singh

All-Rounders:

  • Marcus Stoinis
  • Glenn Maxwell
  • Nehal Wadhera
  • Marco Jansen
  • Azmatullah Omarzai
  • Priyansh Arya
  • Aaron Hardie
  • Musheer Khan

Bowlers:

  • Arshdeep Singh
  • Yuzvendra Chahal
  • Harpreet Brar
  • Vyshak Vijay Kumar
  • Yash Thakur
  • Lockie Ferguson
  • Kuldeep Sen
  • Xavier Bartlett
  • Pravin Dubey

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Batters:

  • Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper Batter)
  • Nitish Rana
  • Shubham Dubey
  • Vaibhav Suryavanshi
  • Kunal Rathore
  • Shimron Hetmyer
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal
  • Dhruv Jurel

All-Rounders:

  • Jofra Archer
  • Wanindu Hasaranga
  • Yudhvir Singh

Bowlers:

  • Maheesh Theekshana
  • Akash Madhwal
  • Kumar Kartikeya Singh
  • Tushar Deshpande
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi
  • Kwena Maphaka
  • Ashok Sharma
  • Sandeep Sharma

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Batters:

  • Rajat Patidar
  • Virat Kohli
  • Liam Livingstone
  • Phil Salt
  • Jitesh Sharma
  • Tim David
  • Devdutt Padikkal
  • Swastik Chhikara

All-Rounders:

  • Krunal Pandya
  • Swapnil Singh
  • Romario Shepherd
  • Manoj Bhandage
  • Jacob Bethell
  • Mohit Rathee

Bowlers:

  • Josh Hazlewood
  • Rasikh Dar
  • Suyash Sharma
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar
  • Nuwan Thushara
  • Lungi Ngidi
  • Abhinandan Singh
  • Yash Dayal

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Batters:

  • Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper Batter)
  • Aniket Verma
  • Sachin Baby
  • Heinrich Klaasen
  • Travis Head

All-Rounders:

  • Atharva Taide
  • Abhinav Manohar
  • Brydon Carse
  • Kamindu Mendis
  • Abhishek Sharma
  • Nitish Kumar Reddy

Bowlers:

  • Mohammad Shami
  • Harshal Patel
  • Rahul Chahar
  • Adam Zampa
  • Simarjeet Singh
  • Zeeshan Ansari
  • Jaydev Unadkat
  • Eshan Malinga
  • Pat Cummins
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IPL 2025 Auction: Top 10 Most Expensive players of the auction

From Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer, here are the top 10 expensive players of the IPL 2025 auction. Rishabh Pant was the most expensive player ever in an auction.

Koushik Biswas

Nov 25, 2024, 10:05 PM

IPL 2025 Auction: Top 10 Most Expensive players of the auction

After two days of exciting show auction in Jeddah, the ten Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises were able to pick their squad for the IPL 2025. Rishabh Pant came out as the most expensive player in IPL auction's history with a humongous INR 27 cr bid from Lucknow Super Giants while Shreyas Iyer was the first player ever to get a 25 cr plus deal in an IPL auction.

LSG bidding for Rishabh Pant during the IPL 2025 auction - sportzpoint.com
LSG bidding for Rishabh Pant during the IPL 2025 auction. Image | BCCI

Shreyas Iyer, the IPL 2024 winning captain received a 26.75 cr bid from Punjab Kings, who had released most of their players during the retention and wanted a captain in their squad. Along with him, Punjab Kings with the highest money in the purse before the auction, were responsible for three of the top 10 most expensive bids. They first brought back their fast bowler Arshdeep Singh for INR 18 cr and after Shreyas Iyer's bid, they made Yuzvendra Chahal the most expensive spinner in IPL history.

Chahal, who everyone thought could go back to RCB, was eventually bought by Punjab Kings for a whooping INR 18 cr, which was the fourth-highest bid of the auction. Meantime, the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders surprised everyone after buying back Venkatesh Iyer for INR 23 cr. They nearly fought a bidding war with Royal Challengers Bangalore to bring him back to Eden Gardens.

Jos Buttler was another marquee player, who was supposed to be big in the auction and he was Gujarat Titan's highest bid of the season at INR 15.75 cr. KL Rahul, went to Delhi Capitals for INR 14 cr, which everyone thought was another case of RCB not going all-out for a player. 

Trent Boult reunited with Jasprit Bumrah at Mumbai Indians, after the five-time champions decided to spend most of their money on retaining their core group of players. The Kiwi pacer was sold for INR 12.5 cr. Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood also attracted the same amount of money from RCB, who were looking for a good fast bowler, after they let Mohammed Siraj go in the retention and auction as well. 

Top 10 most expensive players in IPL 2025 auction

Sr. No. Team Player Base Price Winning Bid
1 LSG Rishabh Pant ₹2,00,00,000 ₹27,00,00,000
2 PBKS Shreyas Iyer ₹2,00,00,000 ₹26,75,00,000
3 KKR Venkatesh Iyer ₹2,00,00,000 ₹23,75,00,000
4 PBKS Arshdeep Singh ₹2,00,00,000 ₹18,00,00,000
5 PBKS Yuzvendra Chahal ₹2,00,00,000 ₹18,00,00,000
6 GT Jos Buttler ₹2,00,00,000 ₹15,75,00,000
7 DC KL Rahul ₹2,00,00,000 ₹14,00,00,000
8 MI Trent Boult  ₹2,00,00,000 ₹12,50,00,000
9 RR Jofra Archer  ₹2,00,00,000 ₹12,50,00,000
10 RCB Josh Hazlewood  ₹2,00,00,000 ₹12,50,00,000
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