Varun Chakravarthy is the fastest Indian to pick 50 wickets for KKR in IPL

Varun Chakravarthy picked up the fastest 50 wickets as an Indian Spinner while playing for KKR in IPL.

Varun Chakravarthy is the fastest Indian to pick 50 wickets for KKR in IPL

Varun Chakravarthy became the fastest Indian spinner to take 50 wickets in IPL for KKR. He made the record while playing against DC yesterday night. Varun achieved this feat with 47 innings, which is the fastest till now for any Indian spinner for KKR. He is in a good form in this IPL season and picked up wickets when required.

Varun Chakravarthy took fastest 50 wickets for KKR | Sportzpoint
Varun Chakravarthy in action against Delhi Image: BCCI

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Varun Chakravarthy's superb performance against Delhi Capitals

In yesterday's game, Varun bowled superbly and took the most important wicket of David Warner. He came into bowl in the 5th over of the match and in yesterday's game, KKR was well short of the par score. Varun bowled 4 overs and took 2 wickets with just 16 runs.

Most wickets for KKR by Indian spinners:

Player Wickets Innings
Piyush Chawla 75 75
Varun Chakravarthy 50 47
Kuldeep Yadav 46 48
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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 Highlights | Shreyas Iyer goes to PBKS for 26.75, Pant goes to LSG for 27 cr; David Warner goes unsold; Venkatesh Iyer goes to KKR for 23.75 cr

Catch all the action from the IPL 2025 Auction LIVE Updates! Follow live coverage of the intense bidding wars, surprise player picks, and expert analysis as teams strategize for the upcoming season.

Koushik Biswas

Nov 24, 2024, 7:12 AM

IPL 2025 Auction Highlights | Shreyas Iyer goes to PBKS for 26.75, Pant goes to LSG for 27 cr;  David Warner goes unsold; Venkatesh Iyer goes to KKR for 23.75 cr

Hello and welcome to Sportz Point's LIVE coverage of the IPL 2025 Auction as the excitement around the cricketing world reaches its peak. From intense bidding wars, and surprise player picks, to expert analysis, as teams strategize for the upcoming season we will bring you everything in this LIVE blog for you.

A total of 577 players are set to be featured in the Mega Auction.

Stay tuned as we dive into the auction room dynamics, track the biggest buys, and provide expert analysis on the decisions that could redefine the upcoming season. Refresh this page regularly for the latest updates, commentary, and insights from the action-packed event.

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When and where the IPL 2025 Auction will start?

The IPL 2025 auction will start at 3.30 pm IST on 24th and 25th November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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IPL 2025 Retention LIVE Updates | Klassen, Kohli and Pooran most expensive; Pant, Rahul, Chahal released

Today the day has come when the list of players will be released for the mega auction to be held before IPL 2025. Catch all the live updates of IPL 2025 Retention as all 10 franchises will announce the names they want to retain.

IPL 2025 Retention LIVE Updates | Klassen, Kohli and Pooran most expensive; Pant, Rahul, Chahal released

Hello! Welcome to the live blog of Sportz Point. Today the day has come when the list of players will be released for the mega auction to be held before IPL 2025.

All 10 franchises on Thursday will announce the names they want to retain for IPL 2025. At the same time, the journey of many big players will end with their previous franchises and they will have to enter the mega auction to be held next month. These may also include some big names like KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer. It will be interesting to see whether his team retains an explosive batsman like Pant or not.

This is Payal Debnath along with Koushik Biswas will bring you all the updates of IPL 2025 Retention from the web desk. 

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    T20I records by Virat Kohli

    Virat Kohli made his debut in T20I cricket in 2010 against Zimbabwe. After this, he appeared in a total of 125 matches for India in which Kohli smashed many T20I records. Let's take a look at them.

    Payal Debnath

    Aug 24, 2024, 1:10 PM

    T20I records by Virat Kohli

    Former Indian skipper and star batsman Virat Kohli said goodbye to T20I cricket after playing a key role in helping India win the T20 World Cup 2024. Kohli's 76 off 59 balls against South Africa was his last innings in a T20I for India, and it did not go in vain. He did not have to think twice to pass the baton to the next-gen players to take the team into the future.

    Also Read: Most Test centuries in overseas by active batters

    Virat Kohli's career for the Indian team in T20I cricket was very brilliant. Virat played T20 cricket for Team India for 14 years. He made his debut in this format in 2010 against Zimbabwe. After this, he appeared in a total of 125 matches for India in which Kohli smashed many T20I records. 

    As Kohli bid farewell to the T20 World Cup on a high note, lifting the trophy in his final appearance in the tournament, let's take a look at his T20I records in the format.

    Virat Kohli's T20I Records 

    • Second most runs in T20I career: Virat Kohli has amassed 4188 runs in T20Is, the second-most by any player, only behind Rohit Sharma's 4231 runs. Notably, Kohli achieved this in 34 fewer innings than Rohit. Both Kohli and Rohit, who retired from the format on June 29, are the only players to have scored 4000+ runs in all three international formats.
    • Unbeaten 122 in an T20I innings: Kohli ended the long wait for a hundred in international cricket after he struck a high-quality 122 not out off 61 balls against Afghanistan in Asia Cup 2022. His unbeaten effort off 61 balls got him his first hundred since November 2019 and his 71st overall, equalling Ricky Ponting's tally of international centuries. He is now only behind Sachin Tendulkar in the all-time list.
    • 6th most runs in a Calendar Year: Kohli has scored sixth most runs in a Calendar Year. In 2022, he’s made 781 runs in 20 matches at an average of 55.78 and a strike rate of 138.23.
    • Played brilliant knock in a match on the losing side: Virat Kohli played a brilliant knock of 89 runs off 47 balls to guide India to 192/2 against West Indies in the semifinal of the ICC World Twenty20 2016. This was Kohli’s third unbeaten T20I half-century in the tournament.
    • 472 runs on a single ground: Virat Kohli has a special liking for the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka as the India skipper has scored 472 runs in 10 innings at the venue.
    • Most runs in an innings by a captain: When it comes to chases in the game, Kohli stands in a league of his own. India were chasing a mammoth target of 28 runs against West Indies. Virat scored a 35-ball fifty and then piled another 44 off next 15 balls. He remained unbeaten on 94 off 50 balls, with six fours and six sixes, and India made 209/4 in 18.4 overs to win the game.
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    Top 10 T20I records which might shock you

    Samoa's wicketkeeper batsman Darius Visser made a new world record for scoring the most runs in an over in T20I cricket. Here are the top 10 T20I records which might shock you.

    Payal Debnath

    Aug 24, 2024, 11:39 AM

    Top 10 T20I records which might shock you

    The popularity of cricket has grown leaps and bounds in the last two decades and T20, the shortest format of the sport, has been at the heart of the surging mass appeal. For the uninitiated, T20I cricket is an action-packed affair.

    It is said that any record in cricket is meant to be broken. Here are the top 10 T20I records which might shock you. 

    Also Read: Most Test centuries in overseas by active batters

    T20I Records | Top 10

    39 runs in an over

    Samoa's wicketkeeper batsman Darius Visser made a new world record for scoring the most runs in an over in T20I cricket. In this matter, he has left behind legends like Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard. 

    In the recent ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier A match, Samoa faced Vanuatu, with Darius scoring 39 runs in the 15th over. He hit six sixes in the over off Vanuatu bowler Nalin Nipiko with the help of Nipiko's three no balls. During his innings, Darius played a explosive inning of 132 runs in 62 balls. He hit 14 sixes and 5 fours, just four less than the most sixes hit by a batsman in a men's T20I.

    18 sixes in an innings

    Estonia batter Sahil Chauhan broke many T20I records during a T20I match against Cyprus in June this year. He broke West Indies legend Chris Gayle's record for the fastest century in T20 cricket history by reaching the milestone in just 27 balls. During his knock, Sahil also smashed 18 sixes which is the most in an innings. His runs came at a strike rate of over 351.

    Playing just his fourth T20I, Chauhan 144* off 41 balls to obliterate records. Batting at No.4, the right-hander scored 144 of Estonia’s 194 runs to propel the team to a six-wicket win as Estonia chased the 192 set by Cyprus with seven overs to spare. 

    First seven-wicket haul in T20I

    During the inaugural match of the T20 World Cup Asia B Qualifier, Malaysia's fast bowler Syazrul Idrus became the first bowler to bag seven wickets in a T20I, and that too, without a single catch involved. All his victims fell to his inswing deliveries, which knocked down their stumps, implying the immense control and skill Idrus possesses. This feat surpassed Peter Aho's previous record of taking six wickets for Nigeria against Sierra Leone in 2021.

    Idrus crowned his spell with a maiden over, in which he scalped two more batters, ending with an incredible figure of 4-1-7-8. 

    Fastest T20I fifty 

    Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee holds the record for the fastest fifty in T20I cricket, courtesy his astonishing nine-ball half-century scored vs Mongolia at the Asian Games 2023 in a group stage match. The knock is also the fastest 50 in T20Is. Before the Nepalese batter, former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh held the record for the fastest 50 in T20 cricket for almost 16 years. 

    Dipendra scored an unbeaten 52 off just 10 balls. The record knock featured an astonishing eight sixes. It also included six successive sixes, of which five came in the penultimate over.

    Highest team total 

    Nepal batters smashed three T20I records en route to becoming the first team to amass a 300-plus total against Mongolia in the Asian Games 2023. The previous record for the highest innings total in a T20I was held by Afghanistan, who had amassed 278 for 3 against Ireland on February 23, 2019.

    Currently, Nepal hold the record for the highest T20 score - 314/3. It is also the highest score in T20I and the first time that the 300-mark was breached in the shortest format of the men's game.

    Fastest T20I century

    Estonia batter Sahil Chauhan holds the record for the fastest century in T20I cricket after racing to his 100 in just 27 balls against Cyprus in a bilateral series match in June 2024. Chasing Cyprus' score of 191/7, Chauhan smashed an unbeaten 144 off 41 balls to take his team home in the 13th over and six wickets to spare. 

    First, Nepal's Kushal Malla held the record for the fastest century in T20 cricket before Chauhan. He registered the feat in just 34 balls against Mongolia. Then Namibia's Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton bettered it by one ball five months later against Nepal. 

    Highest individual score on debut 

    Canada’s Matthew Spoors holds the record for the highest score on T20 debut in men’s cricket. Playing for Canada against the Philippines in the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2022 match in Muscat, Spoors scored an unbeaten 108 in 66 balls after coming to bat as an opener. The debutant laced his innings with 14 fours and three sixes and guided Canada to 216/1 in 20 overs. The Philippines, in response, could only manage 98/5.

    Previously, the honour belongs to Ricky Ponting, who made an unbeaten 98* in the first-ever T20I. 

    Also Read: Most Test centuries in the World Test Championship

    4 maidens in an innings

    Lockie Ferguson became the first bowler to deliver four maiden overs in a T20I match. He achieved this feat during the clash against Papua New Guinea in Trinidad in T20 World Cup 2024. Ferguson bowled four consecutive maiden overs while picking up three wickets.

    Overall, this is only the second instance in T20 internationals where a bowler has bowled four maidens in an innings. Before this, only Canada’s Saad Bin Zafar has achieved this feat, against Panama in 2021.

    Youngest player to debut in T20I

    Romania’s Marian Gherasim has become the youngest player ever to play a T20I game at the age of 14 years and 16 days on 16 October. He made the record when he played the second T20 of their bilateral series against Bulgaria at the Ilfov County ground.

    Gherasim broke the record of Kuwait’s Meet Bhavsar who had made his T20 debut against Maldvives at the age of 14 years and 211 days in January last year. 

    Highest career average 

    Sami Sohail of Malawi has the highest career average with an exceptional batting average of 63.35*. Since 2019, he has amassed 832 runs, showcasing his consistency and power with a formidable strike rate of 117.01. He is just above Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan and India’s superstar Virat Kohli.

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