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IPL 2015 Auction
This is a list of all the personnel changes for the 2015 Indian Premier League. Apart from the players retained by their franchises, the rest entered the pool of players put up for auction. Notable names among these were Yuvraj Singh (released by Royal Challengers Bangalore), Pragyan Ojha & Zaheer Khan (released by Mumbai Indians), Kevin Pietersen (released by Delhi Daredevils) among others. Trading window There were 2 trading windows prior to the auction which was held on 16 February 2015. A third trading window opened after the auction. During these trading windows, franchises could trade players with other franchises. Retained players Prior to the auction, teams could release players and retain those that they wanted for the next season. The salaries of the released players would be added to the salary purse of the teams which was increased to Rs. 63 crores for the 2015 edition. The salaries of the retained players was deducted from this purse. Auction Summar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Indian Premier League
The 2015 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 8 or, for sponsorship reasons, Pepsi IPL 2015, was the eighth season of the IPL, a Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament featured eight teams and was held from 8 April 2015 to 24 May 2015. The tournament's opening ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 7 April 2015. Kolkata Knight Riders were the defending champions having won the title in the 2014 season. The tagline was ''India ka tyohar (the festival of India.) '' On 24 May 2015, Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs in the final at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, to win the IPL title for the second time. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma was awarded player of the match in the final for his knock of 50 from 26 balls. Andre Russell of the Kolkata Knight Riders was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season. Players auction The eight franchises retained a total of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian former international cricketer who was captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is also the current captain of CSK in the IPL. He led India to victory in three ICC trophies 2007 ICC World Twenty20, 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, the most by any Indian captain. Under his captaincy India also won 2010 and 2016 Asia Cup. Also under his leadership India won 2010 and 2011 ICC Test Mace and 2013 ICC ODI Championship. A right-handed wicket-keeper batsman. He scored over 10,000 runs in One Day Internationals, with the reputation as one of the best finishers in the game. He is also one of the greatest wicket-keepers in the history of cricket. In Indian domestic cricket he played for Bihar and Jharkhand Cricket team. He is the captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League. He captained the side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja (born 6 December 1988), commonly known as Ravindra Jadeja, is an Indian international cricketer. He is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He was the captain of the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He represents Saurashtra in first-class cricket. He is considered as one of the best fielders in the current decade. Jadeja was vice-captain of the Indian U-19 cricket team that won the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008, under the captaincy of former Indian captain Virat Kohli. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 8 February 2009 and scored an unbeaten 60 off 77 balls in that match. However, his Test debut came almost four years later, on 13 December 2012, against England at Nagpur. Jadeja was bought for $2 million by the Chennai Super Kings at the 2012 IPL Players Auction. He was bought by the Gujarat Lions in the 2016 IPL Players Auction for 9.5 crores after the Chennai Super Kings were b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin () (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a bowling All-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break, he plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He is the fastest Indian bowler (also in some records the joint-fastest in the world) to reach the 50-, 100-, 150-, 200-, 250-, 300-, 350- and 400-wicket mark in Test cricket in terms of number of innings. In 2016, he became the third Indian to win the ICC Cricketer of the Year award. Considered to be one of the greatest spin bowlers of his generation, he is currently the highest-ranked spinner in Test cricket, and the highest-ranked Test bowler for India on the ICC Player Rankings. He has won nine Man of the Series awards in Test cricket, which is the highest by an Indian cricketer. He mostly bats at 9 as a finisher in limited-overs format and a late middle order batsman in Test cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawan Negi
Pawan Negi (born 6 January 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was born in Uttarakhand. Career Negi plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He played for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League in 2012 and 2013 and for Chennai Super Kings in 2014 and 2015 before rejoining Delhi for the 2016 season. Negi made his Twenty20 International debut for India national cricket team against the United Arab Emirates in the 2016 Asia Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on 3 March 2016. He was picked in the Indian squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2016. To date this is his only international cap. In February 2017, he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the 2017 Indian Premier League and played for the side between 2017 and 2019. In February 2021, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League The 2021 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 14, or for sponsorship reasons, Vivo IPL 2021, was the fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohit Sharma
Mohit Mahipal Sharma (born 18 September 1988) is an Indian international cricketer. He also plays for Haryana. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Domestic and IPL career Following his work with pace bowling coach Ian Pont, Sharma picked up 37 wickets from 7 games at an average of 23 in the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy. He was then contracted by the IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings for the 2013 season. He played 15 matches in 2013 Indian Premier League and took 23 wickets. In December 2018, he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League for 5 crores. He was released by the Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2020 IPL auction. In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League. On March 26, 2022, Mohit was roped in by the new franchise Gujarat Titans as a net bowler for the IPL 2022 season. International career Sharma made his international debut for India in 4th ODI against Zi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mithun Manhas
Mithun Manhas (born 12 October 1979) is an Indian first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm offbreak and can keep wicket. Indian Premier League Manhas played in the Indian Premier League representing the Delhi Daredevils. In the fourth season of IPL, he was contracted for US$260,000 by Pune Warriors. In the seventh season of the Indian Premier League, he was contracted by the Chennai Super Kings. Domestic career Manhas was the captain of the Delhi side for most of the new millennium. He was at the helm when Delhi ended their championship drought in 2007–08, although Gambhir led the side in the semi-final and final. He scored 921 runs in that first-class season at 57.56. In September 2015, Manhas joined Jammu and Kashmir cricket team for 2015–16 Ranji Trophy season. Coaching career In February 2017, Manhas was appointed assistant coach of Indian Premier League side Kings XI Punjab. In October 2017, Manhas was announced as the batting consultan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Henry (cricketer)
Matthew James Henry (born 14 December 1991) is a New Zealand professional cricketer who plays for Canterbury, and for the New Zealand national team. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Education He was educated at St Joseph's School in Papanui and St Bede's College in Christchurch''Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2018'', p.27. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club. before completing his sixth form studies at St Joseph's College, Ipswich in England on a one-year scholarship.Watson S (2015Ex-Suffolk schoolboys resume rivalry on international stage at England’s cricketers take on New Zealand ''East Anglian Daily Times'', 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2018-03-14. Domestic and T20 career Henry has played for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket since 2011, making his first-class cricket debut in the 2010–11 Plunket Shield against Wellington in March 2011. He has played county cricket in England for Worcestershire for a period in 2016 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishwar Pandey
Ishwar Chand Pandey (born 15 August 1989) is an Indian cricketer who played for Madhya Pradesh. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who was the leading wicket-taker of the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy. He played for India A and was selected in the Indian Test and ODI squads for the New Zealand tour of 2014. He was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in 2014 IPL auction for Rs 1.5 crores.Then he was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016 and 2017 edition of IPL. On 12 September 2022, he announced his retirement from international and first class cricket . Early life Pandey was born in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. His father is retired Junior officer of the Indian Army. He has received training from MRF Pace Academy in Chennai. Career Pandey made his first-class debut for Madhya Pradesh against Goa in November 2010. He played three matches in that season's Ranji Trophy, taking 9 wickets at an average of 27. In the 2011/12 season of Ranji Trophy, Pandey picked 25 wickets from six games at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faf Du Plessis
Francois "Faf" du Plessis ( ; born 13 July 1984) is a South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team. He is considered one of the greatest fielders of all time and is among the best all-format batsmen of his era. He was named as the South African Cricketer of the Year in 2019. He is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-handed batsman and part-time leg spin bowler. One of the most successful international captains of his era with a winning percentage of 73.68 in ODIs, he is the first international captain to defeat Australia in Australia in all three formats of the game and defeat Australia in both Home and Away test series, doing that back to back in 2016 and 2018. In 2016, he also became the first and only international captain to defeat Australia 5–0 in a five match series whitewash. Du Plessis's test performance in the 2012 Adelaide test is judged as the best test batting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith (born 12 April 1983) is a former Barbadian international cricketer who has represented the West Indies in all three formats of the game. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls medium pace, and is also an athletic fielder. Smith played for Barbados since the start of his career but also played three seasons, from 2008 to 2010, for Sussex. He became a sought-after Twenty20 player, making appearances in the Indian Premier League for the Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians together with the Deccan Chargers, New South Wales in the Australian Big Bash, Khulna Royal Bengals in the Bangladesh Premier League and Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League. On 1 March 2017, Smith announced his retirement from international cricket. Smith currently holds the record for the highest strike rate of 414.28 in a T20I innings. Domestic career Smith made his first-class debut for Barbados in January 2002 in a Busta Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne John Bravo (born 7 October 1983) is a Trinidadian cricketer and a former captain of the West Indies cricket team. A genuine right arm seam bowling all-rounder, Bravo is well known for his aggressive lower-order batting and for his bowling in the final overs of a match. During his prime, he was regarded as one of the best death bowlers in T20 Cricket. He also performs as a singer. Between 2004 and 2021, Bravo played 40 in Test matches, 164 One Day Internationals and 91 Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies. He was a key member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. After initially announcing his retirement from international cricket in October 2018, Bravo came out of retirement in December 2019 in preparation for the 2020 T20 World Cup. In domestic cricket, Bravo has played for his native Trinidad and Tobago since 2002. He has played for a number of other teams in leagues arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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