IPL 2016: England’s Jos Buttler bought by Mumbai Indians

England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler will play for the reigning champions Mumbai Indians in the 9th edition of Indian Premier League after the mega-rich club bought him for £385,000 in the IPL 2016 auction.


The 25-year-old has decided to play in the highly lucrative and popular Twenty20 domestic competition in India after losing his Test place to Jonny Bairstow.

Cricket fans will be hoping that a few tweaks here and there will be enough to allow them to enjoy next Indian Premier League without too much nail-biting.

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Elsewhere, Shane Watson, who is currently the world No. 1 all-rounder in T20I went on the highest bid as Royal Challengers Bangalore paid more than £950,000 for the 34-year-old Australian.

Kevin Pietersen was sold to newly launched side Rising Pune Supergiants for £350,000.

However, Ravi Bopara and Sam Billings were unsold by the end of the first round of the auction.

The 2016 edition of IPL is scheduled to run after the ICC World Twenty20 between April 9 and May 31.
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Australian 2016 CPL T20 draft nominees

The Former Test cricketers Shane Watson, Mike Hussey and Brad Haddin are among the 23 Australians in the run for the 2016 Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 player draft next week.


Watson, 34, has been named as one of six international ‘marquee players’ for the CPL T20, along with the likes of South Africa’s Faf du Plessis, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and New Zealand duo Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill. 


Full list of Australian CPL T20 draft nominees are: 

Tom Beaton, Michael Beer, Jason Behrendorff, Doug Bollinger, Ben Cutting, Ben Dunk, Cameron Gannon, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, Michael Hussey, Ben Laughlin, Tim Ludeman, Chris Lynn, Tim Paine, Jimmy Pearson, Nathan Reardon, Ben Rohrer, Alex Ross, Shaun Tait, Jonathan Wells, Adam Zampa
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Twitter reacts as India wrap up T20 series at Down-under

India have whitewashed Australia 3-0 in the 3-match Twenty20 international series after beating the hosts in a thrilling last-ball victory at the SCG on Sunday.

India chased down Australia's imposing target of 198 runs and claimed a massive confidence boost just over a month ahead of the T20 World Cup.
With this win, India is now at the number one position in ICC T20 Ranking.

Twitter was abuzz with plenty of tweets about the match..!






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Voges becomes the 4th fastest Aussie batsmen to reach 1000 Test runs

Adam Voges reached the 1000 Test runs milestone against the West Indies during the 2nd Test at Melbourne on Sunday.

The veteran claimed his name up among the ‘Greats Australians’ when he became the equal fourth fastest batsmen to score 1000 Test runs. He achieved his latest milestone in just his 12th Test and 18th Test innings.
The Legendary batsman Sir Donald Bradman reached the 1000-run throne in just 13 Test innings, while Neil Harvey in 14 innings and Sid Barnes in 17 innings.

Voges, 36, is the 98th Australian to reach 1000 runs in Test Cricket.

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India T20 and ODI squad for Australia series

Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh and fast bowler Ashish Nehra have been made into team’s T20I squad for the forthcoming series against Australia.

Meanwhile, Suresh Raina and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have both dropped from India's ODI squad following a disappointing home series against South Africa.


T20I squad: MS Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Harbhajan Singh, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra

ODI squad: MS Dhoni (capt), R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Brainder Sran
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Jayawardene joins Big Bash League with the Adelaide Strikers

Former Sri Lankan Test skipper Mahela Jayawardene has joined the Adelaide Strikers on a one-year deal for this year’s Big Bash League (BBL) campaign.


The 38-year-old veteran, who scored 11,814 runs at an average of 49.84 in 149 Tests, will replace West Indian Kieron Pollard, who has been sidelined with a knee injury.

"Mahela is a champion of the game and is without a doubt one of the greatest batsman to play cricket in the modern era," Strikers coach Jason Gillespie said.

"Having played against him myself, I'm fully aware of the type of damage he can do, so it'll be exciting to have him on our side this time."

The Strikers will begin their BBL campaign against the Melbourne Stars at Adelaide Oval on December 18.

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Twitter reacts to Rohit Sharma’s Duck at Delhi Test

Indian batsman Rohit’s Sharma’s test cricket fortune suffered yet another huge blow after getting out for a golden duck at the Kotla on Saturday.


Meanwhile, Social Networking site Twitter got an opportunity to revert back at Rohit who once again failed to justify his selection in the Test team.

Here are some of the best tweets:





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West Indies ODI squad against England

The Left-handed batsman John Campbell has been called up to the West Indies ODI squad for next week’s first two matches against England. Car...