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Pat Cummins grabbed the headlines and became the most trending name as he became the most expansive overseas player to be bought by a franchisee at the IPL 2020 auctions which happened in Kolkata today. The Australian pacer was bought for a whopping 15.50 crore by the Kolkata Knight Riders. The team also bought Eoin Morgan at the price tag of Rs 1.5 crore.
was the first pick of the day at the IPL 2020 auctions. The left-hander was picked up for the price of Rs 2 crore. The Australian batsman will be seen playing along with Rohit Sharma for Mumbai Indians. The opener had scored 290 runs from 13 of his appearances at the IPL 2019 with the highest score of 82 runs.
After remaining unsold at the IPL 2018, Pravin Tambe has made a comeback in the IPL 2020 auctions. The Mumbai cricketer was last seen donning the jersey of the Sunrisers Hyderabad and was then released by the franchisee. Now the Mumbai cricketer will be seen donning the jersey of the Kolkata Knight Riders alongside Pat Cummins.
Maria Sharapova has been away from tennis for a few months now. However, she is keeping herself busy working out in the gym and going her net practice. The tennis ace also started with the candy business called Sugarpova. Maria is currently in Abu Dhabi currently with Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal for promotional activity.
The IPL 2020 auctions are currently underway in Kolkata. The biggest along with a few Indian domestic players went under the hammer at the event. As the team owners battled it out in Kolkata we had the admins of the teams on social media who were also were tied up giving updates on social media. Certainly, this was an ideal day for the admins to get their humour out on social media and entertain the fans.
The auctions for the upcoming edition of the IPL 2020 is currently underway in Kolkata. For many star players like Sam Curran and Pat Cummins, the franchises had to play a tug of war. Now players like Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell were sold off like hot cakes and bagged big money at the auctions.
After playing with the Kings XI Punjab last year at the IPL 2019, Sam Curran was released by the team ahead of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League. The all-rounder will now be donning the yellow jersey and will be seen playing for the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2020.
After a lot of anticipation, finally, the IPL 2019 auctions began today in Kolkata. The tug of war for the shaping the team has begun and one of the first set of players included Robin Uthappa and Jason Roy. After spending six years at the Kolkata Knight Riders, Robin Uthappa was released from the team after a poor show at the IPL 2019. Uthappa was now bought by the Rajasthan Royals for Rs 3.00 crores.
Amidst the Anti-CAA protests, it was the daughter of Sourav Ganguly, Sana who commented on the same. She took to social media on Tuesday and shared the excerpt from "The End of India" by Khushwant Singh. Her Instagram story read that "every fascist regime needs communities and groups it can demonise in order to thrive". The post further said that if no action is taken today the next target would be women who wear skirts, people who eat meat, drink liquor, watch foreign films, among others.
Liverpool is all set to play the semi-final game against Monterrey at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar in a while. A few minutes ago, Liverpool announced their playing XI for the game which had Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Xherdan Shaqiri and others. Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk will be missing out on the game due to an illness.
Kuldeep Yadav was the Man of the moment as he snapped his second ODI hat-trick during India vs West Indies, 2nd ODI in Vishakhapatnam. Yadav snapped the wickets of Shai Hope (78), Jason Holder (11) and Alzarri Joseph (0) and played a vital role in helping India beat West Indies by 107 runs. The Chinaman bowler bowled 10 overs and gave away 52 runs and bowled at an economy of 5.20.
KL Rahul was seen sticking his fingers in his ears as he celebrated his hundred. Ayoze very often is seen celebrating his goal in a similar fashion. After the first inning got over, the Indian opener was asked about his celebration style but KL Rahul preferred keeping mum. “I would rather want it to stay a mystery,” said KL Rahul.
Imad Wasim was born on December 18, 1988, in Swansea, Wales. However he moved to Pakistan when he was at a very early age, and he consequently started playing at all first-class cricket. The famous bowling all-rounder from Pakistan was studying medicine. But then destiny had different plans for the youngster. He quit medicine to be a part of the under-19 Pakistan team.
At the age of 14 when the child has just crossed or would be all set to cross the fences of the school, this prodigy Noor Ahmed has impressed cricketing stalwarts from all around the world. Born on January 3rd 2005, Noor Ahmad has grabbed the headlines for being the youngest player to go under the hammer for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League.
After losing against Lazio in the Serie A 2019-20, Juventus made a stunning comeback by winning 3-1 against Udinese. It was Cristiano Ronaldo who had scored a couple of goals in the game and played a vital role in helping Juventus win the game against Udinese. Now, after a stunning match team, Juventus was seen letting their hair down during the Christmas party which was held last night.
Mesut Ozil has been in the eye of the storm ever since he has spoken up about the on Uighur Muslim Minority. The fans are extremely disappointed with the statement and the ones in China have also burned Arsenal’s jersey as a mark of protest. Now, this has not gone down well with the Chinese TV broadcasters had pulled off the telecast of the match between Arsenal and Manchester City.
Mesut Ozil has always been someone who has spoken his mind. Seldom has the Arsenal footballer minced his words and passed a few statements which have apparently backfired at him. Now a couple of days ago, the Arsenal footballer took to social media and raised his concerns on the policy of China towards Uighur Muslim Minority.
Its festive time and the season of gifts where they exchange goodies and put smiles on the faces of the people. Now even Manchester United defender Luke Shaw joined the bandwagon and made a small effort to put a smile on the faces of the Carrington staff Members, who take care of the on-ground facilities at the Old Trafford.
Lionel Messi has been breaking records one after another and is constantly pipping his arch-rival, Cristiano Ronaldo. Now, here’s another record where the Barcelona star went on to leave behind CR7 to achieve this record. Lionel Messi has pipped Ronaldo and register his place amongst the top 30 players of Europe as per CIES Football Observatory's InStat.
Cristiano Ronaldo braced a couple of goals yesterday and played a vital role in Juventus winning the match against Udinese at the Alliance Stadium. The team won the game by 3-1 as Cristiano Ronaldo scripted history by becoming the only player to have hit a double-digit figure across five European Leagues. CR7 struck twice once at the ninth minute and then at the 37th minute.
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