Ajinkya Rahane was picked up by CSK at a base price of Rs 50 lakh. At the halfway stage of IPL 2023, Rahane aggregated 209 runs in five innings. The Mumbaikar averaged 52.25 and scored runs at a jaw-dropping strike rate of 199.1.
A riveting T20I series saw New Zealand come from 0-2 behind to level the series with the fourth match washed out after a hailstorm in Rawalpindi. The competitive series paves way to the five-match ODI series that begins in Rawalpindi on Thursday with the second match also set to be played at
Kane Williamson might still travel to India for the ODI World Cup later this year, with team management keen to bring the injured batter as a mentor. Simultaneously, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has declined to rule Williamson out of the World Cup as a player.
Suryakumar is leading the table with 906 rating points, he is around 100 points ahead of Pakistan wicketkeeping batter Mohammed Rizwan (811 points) followed by skipper Babar Azam (755), South Africa's Aiden Markram (748) and Devon Conway of New Zealand (745).
Mark Chapman has been included in New Zealand's ODI squad against Pakistan after producing impressive performances in the T20I series against Pakistan.
Pakistan pace bowler Haris Rauf has displayed some sensational form against New Zealand in the five-match white ball T20I series. With ten wickets in three T20Is, he leapt frog his teammate Shadab Khan and Shaheen Afridi to become top-ranked Pakistan in the ICC T20I bowler rankings.
Shaw has so far scored just 34 runs in IPL 2023 across five innings and has reached double figures twice. His barren run in IPL could also keep him away from the national side. Shaw had last represented India in an international match in a T20I against Sri Lanka on July 25, 2021.
Purchased by PBKS at his base price of Rs 50 Lakh, Raza has scored 79 runs in four matches so far at an average of 19.75 and a strike rate of over 127. He has also taken two wickets for his side. Raza earned his IPL contract after superb white-ball performances in 2022, which saw him get nam