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WPL 2025: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana retained by MI and RCB as franchises announce retentions – Times of India

Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 promises an exciting season, with teams announcing their retentions ahead of the upcoming auction. Fans across India are thrilled as teams like Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz, and Gujarat Giants confirm their lists of retained players on Thursday.Mumbai IndiansMumbai Indians (MI) have retained 14 players, including key contributors like captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, and star all-rounders Amelia Kerr and Hayley Matthews. The team maintains a strong core from its celebrated "Batch of 2024," with players like Shabnim Ismail and Yastika Bhatia set to return. However, MI said farewell to fan favourites like Issy Wong, known for her histor...
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IPL 2025 auction: Who have entered the auction and at what base price | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Among the 1,574 players who have signed up for the IPL super auction, which will take place in Jeddah on November 24 and 25, are former England pacer James Anderson, Italian quick Thomas Draca, and India-born USA medium pacer Saurabh Netravalkar. Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, and Yuzvendra Chahal are among the top Indian players that were released from their squads; the list will be trimmed once the franchises provide their inputs.The base price given for each of these five cricket players is Rs 2 crore.Both left-arm bowler Arshdeep Singh and India's Mohammed Shami, who has been out of action since last November owing to a variety of injuries, were released by their teams and have listed themselves at Rs 2 crore.The other Indian players on the list, including K...
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‘The role is changing’ – Jasprit Bumrah after being retained by Mumbai Indians | Cricket News – Times of India

Jasprit Bumrah (Photo Source: X) Jasprit Bumrah became the top retention among the five players Mumbai Indians retained on Thursday before going into the Indian Premier League's (IPL) mega auction later this month, and the ace fast bowler is happy about staying with the franchise where he started his journey to the top and play the role of a senior member. As the first retained player, Bumrah has bagged INR 18 crore. The other four are Suryakumar Yadav (INR 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (INR 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (INR 16.30 crore) and Tilak Varma (INR 8 crore). "I came here as a 19-year-old teenager. Now I'm going to turn 31 and have a son, so it's been a complete journey. I'm happy that the journey is continuing and no better feeling," said Bumrah in a video shared by MI on Thursday.Bu...
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Hardik Pandya: ‘We’ll come in all guns blazing’: Hardik promises Mumbai Indians’ fans after being retained | Cricket News – Times of India

Hardik Pandya (PTI Photo) Hardik Pandya's debut season as the Mumbai Indians' (MI) skipper earlier this year in the Indian Premier League (IPL) didn't go according to the script. In fact, it turned out to be one of MI's worst seasons, finishing at the bottom of the table. On top of that, he faced the ire of unhappy fans, who did not concur with the franchise's decision to replace Rohit with Hardik as captain. But after being retained by MI on Thursday, the all-rounder has promised to "come in all guns blazing" with a spirit of "brotherhood and friendship".Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Varma are the five capped players retained by MI before the mega auction later this month.BREAKING NEWS: #IPL 2025 Final RetentionsHardik, who returned to MI ahead of the 20...
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Retained Rohit Sharma vows to ‘bring the Mumbai Indians legacy back where it belongs’ | Cricket News – Times of India

Rohit Sharma (IANS Photo) The speculations around Rohit Sharma's future with Mumbai Indians ended on Thursday when the five-time champions retained him as one of their five retentions ahead of the mega auction later this month.Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit, Jasprit Bumrah and Tilak Varma are the five capped players retained by MI. BREAKING NEWS: #IPL 2025 Final RetentionsSpeaking about the road ahead for MI after a disastrous last-place finish in the 2024 season, when Hardik replaced Rohit as the team's captain, the batting icon hoped that they would manage to put a good squad together at the auction and vowed to turn things around in the 2025 edition."With Mumbai, we have always tried maintaining a core group of players. Moving forward, I just feel that we can have a good auction...
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IPL’s big Diwali release: Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul & Rishabh Pant | Cricket News – Times of India

L-R: Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant Three Indian superstars head to the auction after not being retained; Klaasen is most expensive retention at Rs 23 crore; MI's core of Hardik, SKY, Rohit, Bumrah intactMUMBAI: As the 10 IPL franchises prepare to gather in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the mega auction on Nov 24 and 25, they now could bid on three Indian players with potential leadership qualities. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer joined KL Rahul in the auction pool when franchises announced their retentions on Diwali. Pant ended his nine-year association with the Delhi Capitals, while the Kolkata Knight Riders released their title-winning captain Iyer. With multiple teams like DC, Punjab Kings, RCB, and LSG eyeing Iyer, KKR were unable to convince Iyer to stay.KKR retain Russell, Narin...
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Mumbai Indians retentions: Jasprit Bumrah top pick, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav to earn equal pay; Rohit 4th | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians have finalised their list of retentions and the Indian Premier League (IPL) giants will be retaining five cricketers ahead of the mega auction next month. Jasprit Bumrah will be the top retained player, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav will get equal pay, Rohit Sharma will be the side's fourth retention and Tilak Verma takes the fifth spot.It's reliably learnt that the MI management and the senior players had a discussion on the retentions and everyone was of the opinion that Bumrah is the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and deserves the top price tag."It was a no brainer actually. Bumrah is not just MVP of Mumbai Indians but of the Indian Premier League. All players and members of the management were of that opinion and it was a very straightforward decision to have...
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IPL: KL Rahul back in auction pool, suspense around Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer | Cricket News – Times of India

Teams set to announce retentions today in lead-up to IPL mega auction; Dhoni to be CSK's 'uncapped' playerMUMBAI: Will India's cricket stars Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer, who have captained the Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders in the past few years, be available at next month's IPL auction, along with KL Rahul, who led the Lucknow Super Giants till last season? The suspense will lift at 5.30pm when all 10 franchises announce their retentions today.Struggling to cope up with India's maiden Test series defeat to New Zealand, the retentions will also serve as a distraction for India's passionate fans. While Rahul is a certainty in the auction as of now, there are indications that Pant and Iyer too could go into the auction pool, but things could well swing at the last minute.#LIVE: I...
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IPL Player Retention Live Updates: IPL teams set to submit player retention lists as deadline arrives – The Times of India

IPL 2025 Player Retention Live Updates: As per the IPL retention guidelines released ahead of the mega auction, a team will lose Rs 18 crore from the increased purse of Rs 120 crore for the first player retained, Rs 14 crore for second, Rs 11 crore for the third while for the uncapped players, a team will have to shell out Rs 4 crore each. If a team retains five capped players, they will lose Rs 75 crore from the auction pot. The mega auction is likely to be held overseas in the last week of November. The auction purse has been increased to Rs 120 crore from the Rs 100 crore that the teams had at their disposal at last year's auction. The total salary cap now comprises an auction purse, incremental performance pay and match fees. The match fee, set at Rs 7.5 lakh per game, has been introdu...
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IPL Retentions: Full list of players set to be retained by their respective franchises | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The deadline for the ten franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to submit their player retention lists has arrived, marking a pivotal moment in the preparation for the IPL 2025 mega auction set for the last week of November.By the end of October 31, the composition of the teams for the upcoming season will be clearer as fans would get to know which players will stay with their current teams and who will enter the auction pool.Franchises have the option to retain up to six players, with a cap of five capped players and a maximum of two uncapped Indian players.With an increased purse limit of Rs 120 crore, up 20% from the previous year, all the ten teams will be assessing the situation carefully.#LIVE: #ViratKohli Back as RCB Skipper | #IPL 2025 RetentionsThe cost of retain...
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Three IPL teams interested in all-rounder Washington Sundar ahead of players’ auction | Cricket News – Times of India

Washington Sundar (Photo Source: X) MUMBAI: Off-spinning allrounder Washington Sundar, who was the lone success story for India in the Pune Test defeat against New Zealand, taking 11 wickets for 115 runs (7 for 59 & four for 56), is set to go to the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, which will most likely take place in Riyadh on November 25-26, TOI has learnt."Sundar is keen to go into the auction pool. At the moment, at least three teams - Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings - have shown a huge interest in him. While he will not be in the Sunrisers Hyderabad's retention list, SRH could retain Sundar in the IPL auction by using the RTM (Right to Match) card," a reliable source told TOI.ALSO WATCH#LIVE: INDIA vs SPIN in Tests | IND Squad for AUS Tour | MSD Back for...
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Harbhajan Singh predicts Mumbai Indians’ key retentions ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction | Cricket News – Times of India

(Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that five-time champions Mumbai Indians will retain Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, and Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the 2025 IPL mega auction.However, Harbhajan expressed uncertainty about the franchise retaining former captain Rohit Sharma. He emphasized, though, that if the team decides to retain a fourth player, it should undoubtedly be Rohit."Mumbai Indians is a team that hasn't played well in the last two to three years. They've been a champion team, a very good team, and as far as I know, they will definitely think of building a team for the future. But that doesn't mean they won't add experienced players this year. Last year, they made Hardik Pandya captain, and I think he will definitely be ...
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‘RCB mein ajao yaar’: Fan requests Rohit Sharma to leave Mumbai Indians – Watch | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: During the first Test between India and New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India captain Rohit Sharma was the subject of a light-hearted moment that has gone viral on social media. While walking off the field, Rohit received a question regarding his next Indian Premier League (IPL) side.“Bhai, IPL mein kaun sa team?” the fan shouted, asking Rohit which IPL team he’d prefer next.Rohit responded, “Where do you want?”Without missing a beat, the fan replied, “Bhai, RCB mein ajao yaar (come to RCB, brother).” Watch:Hearing this, Rohit didn't reply to the plea and continued walking towards the pavilion, avoiding any further interaction. While Rohit has had a successful stint with Mumbai Indians (MI), leading them to five IPL titles, it would be interesting to see w...
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Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds, nine IPL teams show interest in The Hundred | Cricket News – Times of India

Oval Vincibles are the two-time reigning The Hundred champions. Getty Images The Hundred's attempt to privatise and raise investment through the sale of franchises has paved the way for a three-round bidding process, the first of which will begin today (October 18). The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) sent an investment prospectus to over a hundred parties last month and many high-profile names have shown interest.Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds, who co-owns Wrexham football club in Wales, is interested in the Welsh Fire team and nine Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises are keen on acquiring a stake. Barring the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and the Torrent Group — the new partners in Gujarat Titans — every other franchise is keen. Even GT's minority partner CVC are believed t...
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‘It’s a big auction’: New Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene ‘looking forward’ to IPL 2025 | Cricket News – Times of India

Mahela Jayawardene (@mipaltan X Photo) NEW DELHI: Mahela Jayawardene is set to return as the head coach of the Mumbai Indians (MI) ahead of the 2025 IPL season, bringing back his winning touch to the franchise after two long years. Having previously led MI to three IPL titles in 2017, 2019, and 2020, Jayawardene expressed his excitement about rejoining the team and navigating the challenges of building a new squad through the upcoming mega auction.“It’s a big auction,” Jayawardene said in an exclusive interview with MITV. “Retention and trying to build a squad are always exciting processes. Sweating it out during the auction, and being part of the heartbeat of everything happening on the field — whether at Wankhede or elsewhere — is something I’m really looking forward to.”During his first...
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Mahela Jayawardene returns as Mumbai Indians head coach | Cricket News – Times of India

Mahela Jayawardene. (Mumbai Indians Photo) NEW DELHI: Mahela Jayawardene is back as the head coach of Mumbai Indians after serving as the franchise's Global Head of Cricket for the last two years. When Mahela was elevated to the global role, MI appointed former South Africa cricketer Mark Boucher as the head coach in 2023 but have decided to go back to the Sri Lankan who has previously held the position from 2017 to 2022.It is understood that the franchise wanted Mahela to focus on other teams - MI (Women's Premier League), MI NYC (Major League Cricket) and MIE (ILT20) - during his time away from the Indian Premier League.The 47-year-old oversaw all teams and played a crucial role in setting up different backroom set-ups. While MI won a trophy each in these leagues, it was a struggling per...
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‘If Rohit Sharma goes into the IPL 2025 auction pool … ‘: Harbhajan Singh | Cricket News – Times of India

Rohit Sharma (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises are in a huddle finalising their retentions ahead of the 2025 mega auction and all eyes are on Mumbai Indians. Rohit Sharma was removed as captain last season as the IPL giants gave the captaincy arm band to Hardik Pandya, who was transferred from Gujarat Titans to MI. There is no dearth of star power in that MI camp and they now need to take the retention calls before heading to the auction table.What if Rohit isn't retained? His former India and MI teammate Harbhajan Singh feels the belligerent opener will trigger a bidding war and fetch big bucks if he goes into the auction pool."It will be interesting to see whether he will be retained or not. If he goes into the auction pool, it will be fascinating to ...
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‘If Rohit Sharma moves to RCB…’: AB de Villiers dwells on the ‘big move’ in IPL – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former South African batsman AB de Villiers stated that while it is extremely unlikely, it would be a huge headline-making move if Indian captain and Mumbai Indians (MI) star Rohit Sharma joined Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).The great made his remarks ahead of the 2025 IPL season, which will see the announcement of the league's retention policies and auction format. In addition, there are rumors circulating in the media regarding Rohit's future with MI, the team he captained to five IPL titles.Following his two-year spell with Gujarat Titans (GT), all-rounder Hardik Pandya was controversially called back to the team as captain by the five-time champions last year.The bulk of the team's supporters disapproved of the choice, and during the 2024 season, they jeered Hardik out o...
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Will Suryakumar Yadav Replace Hardik Pandya As MI Captain? Here’s What India T20Is Captain Said

Will Suryakumar Yadav Replace Hardik Pandya As MI Captain?: Suryakumar Yadav, India men’s captain in T20Is, said that he has been enjoying his time as skipper and also hinted on potentially leading the Mumbai Indians (MI) franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Suryakumar took the captaincy reins from Rohit Sharma after India won the T20 World Cup 2024 and the latter retired from the format. However, the decision came as a surprise to many as India all-rounder Hardik Pandya appeared poised to be next in line given that he was the vice-captain to Rohit. After Suryakumar was handed the captaincy duties of India, rumours were strife that Pandya could also be stripped off his captaincy in the MI setup in the IPL 2025 season and Suryakumar could replace him. Suryakumar Yadav Breaks Silenc...
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‘Googly daal diya aapne’: Suryakumar Yadav’s cheeky response on IPL captaincy ambitions | Cricket News – Times of India

Suryakumar Yadav (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians have got tough choices to make ahead of mega auction later this year as their think-tank has a big task at hands to pick players for retention from a wide array of superstars.While the new rules permit franchises to retain upto six players, it will put a big dent in their auction purse.While there is Hardik Pandya -- the captain, the side also has the five-time title-winner Rohit Sharma in their ranks along with star pacer Jasprit Bumrah and India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav.To go that, the franchise also has quite a few young stars including Ishan Kishan.Amid all the chatter over retentions ahead of the auction, India captain Surya on Saturday cheekily evaded a query on his IPL captaincy ambitions.Dur...
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‘RCB should take a chance with Rohit Sharma if available in IPL auction’ | Cricket News – Times of India

Rohit Sharma. (BCCI/IPL Photo) MUMBAI: Former Indian cricketer Mohammed Kaif said that in case Mumbai Indians (MI) star and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma joins the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) should take a chance and make him the captain for his team-building capacities.Kaif's statement comes as IPL announced the rules and regulations related to retentions and auction format ahead of next season in 2025.Also, rumours in the media are swirling around Rohit's future with MI, with whom he won five IPL titles as a captain. Last year, the five-time champions brought back all-rounder Hardik Pandya to the franchise as a captain following his two-year-stint with Gujarat Titans (GT), which proved to be a controversial decision.The decision did not meet the a...
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Mumbai Indians the winners under new IPL retention rule | Cricket News – Times of India

Mumbai Indians (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: It's a happy place to be in when you have India's current Test and ODI captain, T20I captain, former T20I captain and world's leading quick on the roster. The situation, however, becomes a headache when tough retention calls are to be taken before preparing for the battle on the auction table.Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav are the hottest properties in the Indian Premier League and the new IPL retention rules allow five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) a good shot at retaining them at a price which would make it a win-win situation for the franchise and players.Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has allowed teams to retain as many as six players but it would burn a major hole in the salary purse. The first ...
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IPL Retention: Will Bumrah and Rohit fetch same amounts as Hardik and Surya at Mumbai Indians? | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Will Jasprit Bumrah command the same salary as skipper Hardik Pandya from Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2025 auction? If the new retention rules are to go by, there's a strong possibility that both players could end up earning the same amount.The IPL Governing Council, in its meeting on Saturday, introduced a new condition for player retention. The formula, which can be described as 'pay more to retain more', stipulates that teams will have to pay a higher price for their fourth and fifth retained players.The auction purse for each team has been increased to Rs 120 crore.For the first three retentions, the deductions will be Rs 18 crore, 14 crore, and 11 crore, respectively. This means that if a team chooses to retain more players, they will have less money available to spend in t...
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Why Hardik Pandya Will Miss His First Match Of IPL 2025

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 preparations are in full swing, following a meeting of the IPL Governing Council on Saturday. Several key decisions were made during this meeting, covering important topics such as rules for uncapped players, Right to Match (RTM) policy, player retention guidelines, match fees, and franchise purse. Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is likely to kickstart in last week of March or first week of April. For those who may not be aware, star all-rounder Hardik Pandya will miss the opening match of IPL 2025 season, whether he plays for Mumbai Indians or another team, should he switch franchises after IPL 2025 mega auction. Also on ABP Live | 'So Cheap Yuvi': Social Media Blasts At Yuvraj Singh For Publicly Talking About Past Relationship Details Here's why Hard...
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‘Kya idea hai sir ji’: Fans hail BCCI’s move of introducing Rs 7.5 lakh per game for IPL players | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: BCCI secretary Jay Shah's announcement introducing a hefty match fee of Rs 7.5 lakhs per game for Indian Premier League (IPL) players has sparked a flurry of reactions on social media. In a post shared on Saturday, Shah revealed that players featuring in every match of the IPL season could earn up to Rs 1.05 crore, in addition to their existing contracts. According to reports, the IPL Governing Council meeting scheduled for Saturday evening may finalize decisions on allowing five player retentions and one Right to Match (RTM) option per team for the upcoming mega auction, likely to take place in November. This is seen as a critical juncture for major franchises like Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, who face tough decisions regarding veteran players, including MS Dhoni.Sha...
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Rohit Sharma Or Hardik Pandya — Who Will MI Choose To Retain Ahead Of IPL 2025 Auction?

Mumbai Indians (MI) happen to be one of the most successful franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history with five titles to their name. However, the team now finds itself at a critical juncture in their journey and need to make some decisions that could have a major impact going forward. With a mega-auction lined up ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, it is being learnt that there could be a change in the retention rules prior to the upcoming season of the cash-rich league. ALSO ON ABP LIVE | DRS Referral Leads To Fall Of Shadman Islam In India vs Bangladesh Test, Rohit Sharma's Reaction Goes Viral | WATCH Even though there is no official confirmation yet, several media reports suggest that franchises will be allowed five retentions this year. While a maximum of three of t...
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