Tag: IPL2021

Batting great Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun was picked "purely on skill" and the left-arm seamer will have to prove himself at this year's Indian Premier League, the IPL franchise have said.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction set the tone for what could be another exciting season of T20 cricket as Chennai witnessed a lot of action on Thursday. As many as 57 players were bought and a total of Rs 145.3 crore was spent at the mini-auction.

Eight overseas players and two Indian players have chosen to be slotted in the highest bracket of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction with a base price of two crore rupees ($275,000), India’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday.

In a statistic that highlights the popularity of the Indian Premier League and the tough competition that it is, a total of 1097 cricketers have registered their names for the mini-auction that will take place in Chennai on February 18.