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Sports Top 10 News: The IPL 2024 auction was held at the Coca Cola Arena in Dubai. This time all records were broken in the auction. Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player in IPL history. At the same time, the second match of the ODI series between India and South Africa was played in Gkebarha. Team India had to face defeat in this match.
72 players found buyers in IPL 2024 auction
After the auction conducted for IPL 2024, all the teams have completed their squads. All 10 franchises spent a total of Rs 230.45 crore to buy a total of 72 players during the IPL 2024 auction held in Dubai. A total of 333 players were included in this auction.
Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player
This time, the biggest bid in IPL history was made in the auction where Mitchell Starc was bought by KKR team for Rs 24.75 crore. Mitchell Starc is coming to play IPL once again after almost 9 years. Earlier, he had played for RCB in the year 2015, after which he himself refused to play IPL.
Pat Cummins got Rs 20.50 crore
Australian captain Pat Cummins became the second most expensive player in the history of IPL. Chennai and Mumbai had shown interest in buying Cummins with a base price of Rs 2 crore. Later, teams of RCB and Hyderabad joined this race. In the end, Sunrisers Hyderabad team won and made Pat Cummins a part of their team for Rs 20.50 crore.
These players of Team India were not bid in the auction
A total of 6 players of Team India remained unsold in the IPL 2024 auction. These 6 players are Karun Nair, Hanuma Vihari, Varun Aaron, Siddharth Kaul, Barinder Saran and Sandeep Warrier. All these players had kept their base price at Rs 50 lakh. At the same time, the names of Hanuma Vihari, Varun Aaron, Siddharth Kaul and Barinder Saran did not even appear in the auction. On the other hand, no team showed interest in buying Karun Nair and Sandeep Warrier.
South Africa defeated India in the second ODI
The second match of the three-match ODI series being played between India and South Africa was played at St. George Park in Gkebarha. In this match, Team India had to face defeat by 8 wickets. Where Team India was all out on the score of 211 in 46.2 overs. After which South Africa chased this target by losing only 2 wickets.
Pakistan cricket team announced
Pakistan cricket team is currently on tour to Australia, where the team is playing a three-Test series. Meanwhile, Pakistan Cricket Board has also announced the Pakistani team for the next series. Pakistan cricket team is going to play a series of five T20 matches against New Zealand. This time the command of the team has been handed over to Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Phil Salt becomes the third batsman to do so in T20I
In the fourth T20 match of the T20 series being played between West Indies and England, Salt played an inning of 110 runs in 57 balls with the help of seven fours and 10 sixes. Earlier on 16 December also, Phil Salt had played an unbeaten inning of 109 runs. With this, he has become the third batsman to score two consecutive centuries in T20 International.
England-West Indies series tied at 2-2
The T20 series being played between England and West Indies is tied at 2-2. Now the winner will be decided in the last match of the series. In the fourth match of the series, England batted first and scored a huge score of 267 runs with the help of Phil Salt’s century. In response to this big target, West Indies team collapsed for 192 runs.
Sai Sudarshan played a historic innings
Opener Sai Sudarshan, who made his ODI debut during the India-South Africa ODI series, has performed brilliantly so far. He played a half-century innings in his debut match. He also managed to score a half-century in the second match of his ODI career. With this, Sai Sudarshan has become only the second batsman to score a half century in his first two ODIs while playing for India. Earlier this feat was done by Navjot Singh Sidhu in 1987.
KL Rahul one step away from creating history
The 3-match ODI series between India and South Africa is currently tied at 1-1. The last match of the series is going to be very important for KL Rahul. Team India played its first ODI series in South Africa in the year 1992/93. Since then, Team India has managed to defeat South Africa at home only once. Virat Kohli is the only Indian captain who has won an ODI series in South Africa. In such a situation, this time KL Rahul has a chance to equal this record.
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