Sri Lanka speedster Matheesha Pathirana was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a whopping Rs 18 crore during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction on Tuesday.
"Very happy, something we were focused on and hoping. Happy with the price with which we got him. Always a concern as to what we would've done had the price gone higher. Fact is we were very keen, but not so attached," he said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.
It turned out to be a homecoming for South African wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock, who was snapped up by Mumbai Indians (MI) for his base price of Rs 1 crore. De Kock recently reversed his white-ball international retirement and returned to the South African setup.
Iyer went under the hammer for a Base price of Rs 2 crore. Lucknow Super Giants raise the paddle for the first time. Gujarat Titans also join the race after a brief pause.
Green has scored 521 runs in 21 T20Is matches at an average of 32.56, SR of 160.30, with six fifties and has 12 wickets averaging 23.35. He has scored 1,334 runs in 63 T20S at an average of 33.35, with a SR of 151.07, including a century and seven fifties, and has taken 28 wickets at an aver
Initially, it was Rajasthan Royals and the KKR that entered an intense bidding war, with the Royals opting out at around Rs 13 crores and Chennai Super Kings (CSK), which entered the bidding, taking the price way beyond Rs 20 crores. CSK bid Rs 25 crores, and KKR followed it with a 25.20 cro
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday announced the results of the yield/price-based auction of State Government Securities (SGS), in which states and Union Territories collectively raised Rs 15,330 crore against the notified amount of Rs 17,850 crore, according to an official press release i
During his 2-day visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Bamboo Orchids Terminal 2 at Guwahati Airport in Assam on December 20 and will lay the foundation stone of a new brownfield ammonia-urea complex at Namrup with an investment of Rs 12,000 crore on December 21.
According to a release, during the conference, industrialists signed MoUs totalling over Rs 270 crore with various industrial units to accelerate development in Gir Somnath.
Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction on Tuesday, former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina commented on Sarfaraz Khan joining the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for Rs 7 crore.
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