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You're missing the details about the 'uncapped player'. They HAVE TO retain an uncapped player if they decide to do even a single retention. And the uncapped player will get 4 crores only. AND..... the uncapped player can also be a retired international if his last international game was >= 5...

Bravo quits CSK and moves to KKR https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/dwayne-bravo-parts-ways-with-csk-joins-kkr-as-mentor-for-ipl-2025-1452787 Frankly, a very disappointing decision by CSK not to keep Bravo and give him bigger roles within CSK! Can understand DJ's decision as he is offered to...

Excellent stuff from Sri Lanka to chokehold Indian team with their spinners and spin a web in the middle overs. They had the bowlers to do the trick (Wellalage, Vandersay, Theekshana, Asalanka) and luckily for them, their batting set decent totals that helped them to defend those with spin...

Rest in peace! He was such a classy player and was a wonderful sight to watch! Thorpe always brings a lot of nostalgia to those who followed international cricket from the 90's.

Watched the highlights. Splendid catching by the Lankans. And what a spell from Vandersay! Indian team should have won this after that Rohit start.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/csk-suggest-ipl-rule-change-to-retain-dhoni-as-uncapped-player-1445661 Don't know who the heck in the CSK management is proposing this, but this is absolute STUPIDITY!! Why would you want to disrespect MSD by retaining him as an 'uncapped player' just to pay...

Once in 5 years is the ideal balance (that is what most franchises are asking for) and keep the retentions to 5 players + 1 RTM.

Riyan, Rinku, Surya bowling!! Very happy to see that BCCI and team management have finally woken up to the cries for "useful part timers" who get wickets and dent the opposition when they least expect. Waiting to see what the BCCI decides in the next 24 hours, on the "Impact Player Rule" in...

I hope Indian team does well on this tour overall, but I am more excited in what Sanath Jayasuriya brings to the Sri Lankan coaching and if he can turn Sri Lanka's fortunes around. Also their captaincy has been in a perennial churn for a really long time and I hope Asalanka is the captain that...

And did you see this from the same handle? :lol:D:p --- This whole week has been about very wild speculations, since the mega auction "retention" discussions are happening between BCCI and the franchises. And media outlets desperately want to grab eyeballs at this time by throwing out wild...

He like thousands of other Indian domestic players, will make peace with the fact that they might never don national colours consistently. Fortunately for Gaikwad, he has CSK and IPL behind him and he is the captain there! Even if his international career does not go anywhere, he could end up an...

An insight into Gambhir's thought process as coach! Riyan Parag seems to be a huge beneficiary of this new regime. Good for him and I hope they are looking at him as a "batting allrounder" rather than just a batsman. Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson must feel hard done by (another guy too, but...

Jay Shah has just confirmed that Rohit will lead India in the WTC final if we qualify. So Rohit is staying as test captain well into next year.

My worry on Gambhir is, the age gap between him and the two senior pros of the ODI and test team (Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli) is very small, as compared to Rahul Dravid. We have already seen run-ins between Kohli and Gambhir in IPL's. What is the dynamic going to be, in tests and ODIs? I agree...

Did the players have any practice at all before this tour? Gill says that everyone looked very rusty since they havent played much after the IPL ended. Did they go in with the assumption that IPL game time that ended more than a month back, was enough? Anyways its ok and this is a learning...

Indian players need to retire from all international cricket *and* IPL, in order to be eligible for global leagues. Rohit, Kohli and Jadeja are still available for ODI and tests for India. Which means they can’t play outside leagues.

Not trying to rain on the parade here, but that man (Mahendra Singh Dhoni) will always be relevant in Indian cricket and lives rent free in his trolls/critics heads also. He even posted a celebratory post on Insta yesterday for this win, being someone who never posts at all. Seeing that no...

As expected, Rohit Sharma also retires officially from T20 internationals. He retires as the highest scorer in the format at the international level. But as with Kohli, this was largely on expected lines since Rohit is 38+ and has already been looked beyond for his franchise captaincy (Mumbai...

It was 30 off 30 balls. Which game did you see? :D

INCREDIBLE win there for Indian team!! Even when Klassen plundered Axar Patel for that 24 run over and brought South Africa to "30 runs off 30 balls", I was telling my dad that Bumrah has 2 more overs and it is not going to be easy even with that equation for South Africa. But the man who broke...