Kerala speedster S Sreesanth has been excluded from the finalised IPL 2021 Auction players list.
The BCCI on Thursday announced the IPL 2021 finalised list of 292 players by the eight franchises to bid for. However, the most prominent name missing from the list was the 38-year old pacer Sreesanth, who made his comeback to the game after serving a 7-year ban.
S Sreesanth returned to competitive cricket after a period of 7 years following a ban due to spot-fixing.
Sreesanth Rejected from IPL 2021 Auction
Sreesanth registered himself for the IPL auction and hoped that he might attract attention from franchises. He had set a base price of Rs. 75 lakhs for himself. However, it now seems like he did not attract much interest from the franchises as they have not decided to shortlist him for the auction.
Reason for Sreesanth’s rejection from IPL 2021 Auction
According to reports from Sportstar, a franchise official reportedly spoke about Sreesanth not getting shortlisted and said, “A total of 1114 players had registered for the auction, of which the franchises shortlisted the candidates and the list was pruned. Maybe, Sreesanth did not attract the franchises for some reason.”
Sreesanth last played for the Rajasthan Royals (RR) franchise where he was arrested and banned along with teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan for involvement in spot-fixing. He was banned for life before the same being reduced to a 7-year one.
Although Sreesanth did not find a place in the list of shortlisted players, his Kerala teammates, Mohammed Azharuddeen and Sachin Baby will go under the hammer.
Sreesanth’s Reply for his rejection
“I want to say I am absolutely fine and grateful to this lovely life. I am thankful to all the support you have been showing. Honestly thought I would be there (in the auction list) but I have to work really hard. If I could wait for eight years, I will wait some more time,” he said in the video.
India’s Test deputy Ajinkya Rahane addressed a virtual press conference where he spoke on various areas of concern for the team.
Without a doubt, Ajinkya Rahane is one of India’s most important players in the Test line-up. Virat Kohli pointed out the same when asked to comment on Rahane’s flop show in the first Test versus England.
Ajinkya Rahane Address virtual press conference
Regarding the pitch for the second test
Ajinkya Rahane: “The pitch for the second Test looks completely different. I’m sure it will turn from day one. We have to forget what happened in the first Test and focus ahead.”
Questiened on his Run scored in last tests
Ajinkya Rahane (on his personal form with the bat): “We are playing at home after two years. It’s all about the team, not about any individual. If you look at my last 10-15 Tests, you will find some runs there.”
On Asking About playing in front of fans the 2nd Test match at Chennai
Ajinkya Rahane: “We are all really excited to have fans back. It means a lot to us.”
Team India will be playing the match infornt of fans after a long time. Cricket matches were set to play behind the closed door owing to the COVID19 restrictions.
Rahane on the Spin department of the 1st test match
Ajinkya Rahane: “Every player is in the mix. Good to have Axar Patel fit. I’m not going to say who is going to play in the second Test. All our spinners are good and I’m sure they’re keen to do well.”
Ajinkya Rahane: “I thought our spinners bowled really well in the first Test. They didn’t get any help from the pitch in the first innings. We are not too concerned about the form of our spinners.”
When questioned on multiple catch drops
Ajinkya Rahane: “Catches do get dropped but we’ve been working hard. No one drops catches intentionally. Close catches are very important in India and we know that. The boys were disappointed by the number of no-balls in the first Test and they’re working to fix it.”
Rahane on Rishabh Pant as wicket keeper
Ajinkya Rahane: “Rishabh Pant will get better as a wicketkeeper the more he plays in India. We know what he can do with the bat and you need to back such players.”
Regarding Washim Jaffer steping down as Uttarkant Coach
Ajinkya Rahane: “I don’t have any idea about the Wasim Jaffer incident, so I can’t comment on it.”
Should Rohit Sharma ruled out of the remaining test matches
Ajinkya Rahane: “Rohit Sharma is an important member of our team. He made important contributions in Australia. You can’t judge a player over 4-6 innings. You need to have faith in the players. We’re really happy to have Rohit in the team.”
Ajinkya Rahane: “Yes, it’s true, sometimes players don’t have energy on the field (on Virat Kohli’s comment at the end of the first Test). It’s not because the captain changed. If you’re looking for masala, you’re not going to get it here.”
Team having issues with Pujara?
Ajinkya Rahane: “No one within the team has an issue with Pujara’s approach. It doesn’t matter to us what people say outside. We know how much he contributed in Australia.”
Did England dominate India in the Test series?
Ajinkya Rahane: “It’s important to not overthink after a defeat. We need to stay together as a team. Yes, England dominated the first Test and we respect that. Our focus is only on trying to improve moving forward.”
Manoj Tiwary shared a ‘field set up plan’ for Joe Root ahead of the 2nd Test between India and England.
Manoj Tiwary shared Field set up for Joe Root
Tiwary also said that the plan was for spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Washington Sundar. In the photo, there were a total of seven fielders on the on side and just two on the off side. Surprisingly, there was no fielder in the spin cordon as Tiwary wrote:
“Since JoeRoot is in red hot form wit d bat. I have chalked out a field placement plan 4 Ashwin nd Washington if it might help. Dis plan is only 4 Spinning friendly pitches. 7/2 on the On side wit No slip catcher. Zoom in d picture guys 4 detailed reasoning ”
Since JoeRoot is in red hot form wit d bat. I have chalked out a field placement plan 4 Ashwin nd Washington if it might help.
Dis plan is only 4 Spinning friendly pitches. 7/2 on the On side wit No slip catcher. Zoom in d picture guys 4 detailed reasoning #INDvsENGpic.twitter.com/43PdCSHcX8
Tiwary put a short third man for a top edge and a mid-off – his only two fielders in the off-side.
Keeping Root’s preferred sweep shot against the off-spinners in mind, Tiwary kept a leg slip, a forward short leg and a short mid-wicket has his close-in fielders in the catching fielders.
His other four fielders were a deep-square leg (20 yards up from the boundary rope) perhaps for a top edge, a short square leg in catching position, a deep mid-wicket, and widish mid-on.
Tiwary did not forget to mention that his field position will only come into play if the pitch is assisting the spinners.
Joe Root’s impressive knock in India vs England 1st Test
Root came up with a landmark double ton in Chennai to help England thrash India at home. Root played out a memorable 218-run knock and the England skipper also became the first batsman to score a double century on his 100th Test appearance. Riding on Root’s batting masterclass, England managed to erect a challenging 1st innings total of 578.
Asked to chase down a record total of 420, Virat Kohli-led Team India folded for a 192 in their 2nd innings to eventually lose the 1st Test by 227 runs.
“I’m very proud of the way we’ve played this week. We have set a benchmark now, we’ve got something to work for to compare ourselves. Still there are areas we can improve on. We can still get better,” Root had said after England’s historic win over India.
England’s right-arm fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the second Test of the four-match series against India. Which will run from February 13 to February 17, 2021 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Jofra Archer Ruled out of the second Test vs India
Archer has sustained an elbow injury and for the same reason didn’t attend England’s training season on Thursday, February 11 as the team returned to practice after scripting a stunning victory in the first Test by a massive 227 runs.
“Jofra Archer will miss England Men’s second Test against India in Chennai starting on Saturday after having an injection in his right elbow. The injection follows discomfort the fast bowler experienced during the 227-run win in the first Test at the same venue,” ECB said in a release.
However, ECB clarified that Archer’s issue is not related to any previous injury and he is expected to recover in time for the third Test in Ahmedabad.
4 More Changes in England Squad
Other than Archer, England have made 4 changes in the team with the likes of James Anderson, Dom Bess, and Jos Buttler also being benched.
“England to make four changes in the final XII. Bess, Anderson, Archer, and Buttler miss out. We are giving Anderson the best opportunity to be fully fit for the last two Tests,” skipper Root said in a virtual press conference organised by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday.
England’s 12-man squad for 2nd Test against India in Chennai
Dom Sibley, Rory Burns, Dan Lawrence, Joe Root(C), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes, Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, Jack Leach, Olly Stone.
England have also had a few injury issues since the start of the series. Earlier last week, opener Zak Crawley was ruled out due to a wrist injury. He had injured himself during England’s practice Test in Chennai.
Much has been said about Jonny Bairstow’s continuous absence from the Test team. Root did confirm that it would be Foakes who will take the gloves in Jos Buttler’s absence for the next three Tests while Bairstow will feature in the third and fourth Test as a specialist batsman.
Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman has picked up two important areas that Team India needs to address before the T20 WC gets underway in October this year. The seventh edition of the T20 World Cup, which was supposed to be held last year in Australia, will be played during the October-November window in India later this year.
In a recent interaction, former Indian batsman VVS Laxman talked about some key aspects on which the team needs to focus in order to win the T20 WC 2021.
VVS Laxman Praises Hardik Pandya
For the latter, Laxman has opined that there’s no one better than pace-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya who is known for his ability to score big runs while accelerating the innings for his team.
Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah
“As far as the T20 World Cup is concerned, the balance of the squad is very very important. There are two areas where India really requires firepower. Number one is the finisher. We depend overly on Hardik Pandya. Apart from Hardik Pandya, I don’t see anyone else who can play that finisher’s role,”said VVS Laxman during Star Sports’ show Cricket Connected.
The 46-year-old veteran batsman believes that Rishabh Pant in the middle-order could provide the ideal assistance to Hardik Pandya in finishing games for India, as far as the T20 World Cup is concerned.
“Yes, there is KL Rahul, he is getting an opportunity but in T20s it is more top of the order. So, will they draft in Rishabh Pant who is a left-hand batsman and can play the big shots and finish off the innings well with Hardik Pandya,” the 46-year-old added.
VVS Laxman’s Advice for Bowling Unit
Coming to the bowling department, Laxman has reflected on who could partner with Jasprit Bumrah in the death overs. Laxman has favoured the promising T Natarajan, who made his debut in Australia, for the position while suggesting that Virat Kohli should assign specified roles to Bhuvneshwar Kumar and the Tamil Nadu pacer.
“And in the bowling department, who along with Bumrah can bowl those death overs. We have got options in Natarajan or Bhuvneshwar Kumar. But that is one area in the bowling department which Virat Kohli requires to address,” concluded the former Indian batsman.
Former England opener Mark Butcher believes the difference between India and England were made by the No.1 all-rounders of both sides.
Mark Butcher differentiate India and England
Butcher said England’s No.1 all-rounder Ben Stokes’ return gave major to the Joe Root led side while India missing their best all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja hurt them a lot.
“Two huge aspects, England have their No.1 all-rounder Ben Stokes back and for India, they are missing their No.1 all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja,” Butcher said on Star Sports during the first Test in Chennai which England won by 227 runs.
Stokes was rested from the two-match Test series in Sri Lanka. The all-rounder played a quickfire 82 in England’s first innings and also got the important wicket of Virat Kohli on the final day of the Test to help England to a 1-0 lead.
India, on the other hand, were without Jadeja, who has been ruled out of the first two Tests of this after fracturing his left thumb. Jadeja had suffered the injury while batting during the third Test in Australia.
The all-rounder’s services were badly missed as India had to play Shahbaz Nadeem and Washington Sundar, both of them failed to impress with the ball, resulting in England posting a mammoth 578 in the first innings, which proved to be the deciding factor in the first Test.
“Talk about it in the field and also his abilities to bowl maidens as well. He has been a huge miss for India and Stokes a huge plus for England,” said Butcher.
India are likely to make at least one change for the second Test which begins on Saturday at the same venue. All-rounder Axar Patel who is a like-for-like replacement for Jadeja is set to make his Test debut, replacing Nadeem.
A strong 16-member squad has been announced for the India vs England T20 series against India. The T20 series will be played from March 12.
Looking at the T20 World Cup, this series is very important for both teams. England team will play a T20 series against Virat Kohli led India under the leadership of Eoin Morgan. On 26 February, players of the England T20 team will leave for India.
England Announced the Squad for T20 Series vs India
All the matches of the Ind vs Eng T20 series will be played in Ahmedabad. After the T20 series, England will play a three-match ODI series against Men In Blue.
“The touring party depart on Friday 26 February and will play five T20 internationals in Ahmedabad,” ECB informed on its website.
Apart from Morgan, all-rounder Ben Stokes, experienced wicket-keeper batsmen Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow and top order batsman Dawid Malan comprise a strong line-up.
England’s squad for Ind vs Eng One-Day-International series will be announced later. Jack Ball and Matt Parkinson have been selected as reserve players for the T20 series against India. England have also named two reserve players.
Full England T20I squad for India series
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Reece Topley (Surrey), Mark Wood (Durham).
Reserves:
Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Matt Parkinson (Lancashire).
England leads the Test match series by 1-0 in the 4 match test series against India. With Joe Root’s impressive double century England beat India by a massive 227 runs difference. The second Test match of the series will be played on 13 February in Chennai. After the Test series, 5 T20s and 3 ODIs will be played between both teams.
BCCI has released the list of players for IPL Auction 2021 that includes the Wicket Keeper list with 24 players. With that being said, IPL Auction for 2021’s edition will be held on February 19, 2021 from 2:30 PM.
All 8 teams will be participating in the auction with their owners, captains, and team management. As already the team has released and retained few players, they are getting back to auction to strengthen their squad before getting into the big event.
The expectations towards IPL will never get low for cricket fans. Before getting into the IPL 2021 let us have an overview of the IPL 2020 which have been played in UAE owing to the COVID19 pandemic in India.
Mumbai Indians won the IPL 2020 and added the fifth trophy in their lobby. CSK for the first time in IPL history failed to enter the playoff this season and fails to satisfy the fans expectations. Let us hope for their pump back in this IPL season.
Here, we have listed only wicket keepers available in the auction 2021. IPL 2020 has been completed recently after a very big delay due to the pandemic. We could see the teams suffering a lot with the unsettled players. Sam Billings – England wicketkeeper who got released from the CSK Squad is the player with the highest Base price of 2cr. Alex Carey & Mathew Wade are the other wicket keepers with the next maximum base price.
Details Of IPL 2021 Auction and Players List
Date:
February 19, 2021 from 2:30 PM
Venue:
Chennai
LIVE on Star Sports 1 Hindi/1 HD Hindi, Star Sports First, 1 Tamil, 1 Telugu, 1 Kannada, 1 Bangla; from 3:20 PM on Select 1/1 HD,”
IPL Auction for the year 2021 will be happening in the next few days. There are 61 vacant spots available across the 8 teams but there are 292 players shortlisted from 1097 registered. IPL 2021 auction all rounders like Glenn Maxwell, Shakib Al Hasan, and Moeen Ali are the ones who set their base price as 200 lakhs (2 Crores). From India, Kedar Jadhav is the only player with 100 lakhs (1 Crore) as base price, which is the highest for an Indian All-rounder this year. The next Best base price for Indian All-Rounders is 50 Lakhs with Stuart binny, Shivam Dube, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parvez Rasool, and Rishi Dhawan.
IPL Auction 2021 is about to happen on coming Thursday, February 18th, 2021 in Chennai. As the administration recently released this year’s IPL complete list of playersin order wisein which they go in the auction. The stage is all set to play the money game based on the availability pending in each team’s squad, which in total is just 61 Vacant Places, but the players registered are 1097, in turn, shortlisted as the final 292. You go through the IPL 2021 auction bowlers list and see which player your favorite team will buy.
As we have listed the set wise batsman’s list here, this article is precisely for those looking for fast bowlers and spinners.
Indian Premier League – IPL 2021 Auction has planned to be held on February 18th 2021 in Kolkata as a grand event. In which, all the 8 teams which comprised of Mumbai Indians (IPL 2020 Champion), Delhi Capital (IPL 2020 Runner Up), Delhi Capital, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals, and Royal Challengers Bangalore with their respective team managers and officials to bid for new players. IPL 2021 Auction Batsman list must be in every team’s hand as there is vacant space for all of them to pick one big name.
As every year the hype to bid for batsmen will not be less for this year. Teams highly believe a good batsman can win games from nowhere, that too in Indian Conditions. There are big names like Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell who were released by the teams from their last year’s squad, so they get back into the auction. Glenn Maxwell, who had a poor stint in the last IPL for KXIP. Maxwell will be in auction and as always expected to go for a higher bid. Whereas his fellow country mate Aaron Finch played for RCB last year, where they bought him for 4.4Crores. Once again he’s back into Auction and interesting to see, for which team he plays this year.
You can go through the Set by Set All Players List of IPL 2021, whereas in this article you can only pick for the batsman and their set numbers one after the other.
Indian Premier League Auction is a grant cricket event that will be conducted every year to bid for players and add them to 25 Players Squad, where 18 Indian Players and 8 Overseas Players. With already teams have announced their retention and releases for this year’s IPL, in the auction most important players will go for big prices. From the IPL 2021 auction players list, some of the familiar foreign players are Jason Roy, Steve Smith, Shakib Al Hasan, Moeen Ali, Glenn Maxwell, Sam Billings, Mark Wood, and Liam Plunkett.
1114 Players registered for this year’s auction, only 292 Players are shortlisted from it.
Indian Players
164 Players Registered
In which, 13 were capped players
In which, 58 were uncapped domestic players
Overseas Players
125 Overseas Players
In which, 3 were associate nation players comprises of the United Arab Emirates, Nepal, and the USA.
The base price starts from 20 lakhs and ends up with 200 Lakhs as the maximum in the IPL 2021 auction players list. Players like Jason Roy, Steve Smith, Shakib Al Hasan, Moeen Ali, Kedar Jadhav, Glenn Maxwell, Sam Billings, Mark Wood, Harbhajan Singh, and Liam Plunkett are the 10 players, who will start of their base price with 200 lakhs, where usual domestic uncapped and associate nation players across the globe had gone for 20 lakhs zone.
With this being the last year as a major shuffle expected in the team for 2022’s IPL Auction, teams are eager to win the season.
Details Of IPL 2021 Auction and Players List
Date:
February 19, 2021 from 2:30 PM
Venue:
Chennai
LIVE on Star Sports 1 Hindi/1 HD Hindi, Star Sports First, 1 Tamil, 1 Telugu, 1 Kannada, 1 Bangla; from 3:20 PM on Select 1/1 HD,”
MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi, Ambati Rayudu, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, and R Sai Kishore, Robin Uthappa.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Josh Philippe, Kane Richardson, and Pavan Deshpande, Harshal Patel, Daniel Sams.
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma, Keiron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Trent Boult, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Ankul Roy, Aditya Tare, Saurabh Tiwary, Jayant Yadav, and Anmolpreet Singh.
Kings XI Punjab
KL Rahul, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Chris Gayle, Prabhsimran Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, Harpreet Brar, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Porel, Murugan Ashwin, and Darshan Nalkande.
Delhi Capitals
Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer
Anrich Nortje, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, Avesh Khan, and Pravin Dubey.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Ali Khan, and Tim Seifert.
Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson, Manan Vohra, David Miller, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Robin Uthappa, Anuj Rawat, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Karik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, and Andrew Tye.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, T Natarajan, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddharth Kaul, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
