The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction promises to deliver plenty of surprises and record-breaking moments, with an unprecedented number of Indian and overseas superstars in contention. All ten franchises are gearing up to build their squads from scratch.
A total of 574 names are shortlisted, cut down from a longer list of 1,574 names. All these players will go under the hammer from November 24-25 at Jeddah. There are a total of 208 overseas players, 12 uncapped overseas stars and 318 uncapped Indians.
Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen backed young South African speedster Kwena Maphaka after his debut in the Indian Premier League turned out to be a nightmare.
In the SRH innings, Maphaka was hit for 66 runs in his four overs and went wicketless, which is the worst figure by a bowler on his IPL debut. It is also the joint-third worst bowling figure in IPL history, with SRH's Basil Thampi's 0/70 against RCB back in 2018 still at the top of the chart
Following his side's 31-run loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya heaped praise on Hyderabad and said that they batted well.
Proteas pacer Kwena Maphaka re-wrote the history books after South Africa's U-19 World Cup campaign concluded following their defeat in the semi-final against India.
SA20 franchise Paarl Royals today announced the signings of South African duo of Keith Dudgeon and Nqaba Peter as replacement players for the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup-bound Lhuandre Pretorius and Kwena Maphaka.