The Big Bash League, The Hundred and the Pakistan Super League are some of the leagues that use a draft system instead of an auction. The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction is a competition in itself ...

Few voices in Indian cricket carry the weight of Rahul Dravid’s. The former India coach and current Rajasthan Royals head coach has seen the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction system from both sides ...

Sai Sudharsan's work ethics and intense training regime have enabled him to achieve remarkable consistency in the IPL, scoring fifties in five out of his last seven matches. His efforts have been ...

Playing against Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the first time after seven years with them was a bit emotional for Gujarat Titans' pacer Mohammed Siraj. But the pacer, after picking 3-19 and ...

KKR batter Ramandeep Singh voiced his dissatisfaction with the IPL mega-auction after their loss to Mumbai Indians on Monday. Ramandeep said that every three years, teams have to find new winning ...

Northern Districts' Scott Kuggeleijn has broken the record for the fastest (known) fifty, in terms of balls, in New Zealand first-class cricket with his 19-ball effort against Otago in the final ...

Having gone unsold at the auction, Shardul Thakur was scheduled to play for Essex ... you have to go through it in cricket.’ He came out with a definite plan against the Sunrisers batters and ...

Photograph: BCCI Shardul Thakur was all set for a stint with Essex in English county cricket when he went unsold at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. With a base price of Rs 2 crore ...

Since LSG was the first team to contact him, he chose to sign with them. "See, I feel all these things keep happening in the cricket. It was just one bad day in the auction, I didn't get picked by any ...

After LSG’s dominant win over SRH, Shardul Thakur revealed it was head coach Zaheer Khan who persuaded him to join the Lucknow Super Giants right when he was ready to leave to play County cricket in ...

He is not the first player who has left behind the disappointment of not being picked in the IPL auction through spectacular performances. Below is a list of six players who came in as replacement ...

In a remarkable turn of events, Shardul Thakur has transformed his IPL 2025 journey from being unsold at the auction to becoming a pivotal force ... More from First Cricket SRH vs LSG IPL 2025 ...