IPL 2021: Player auction to be held in February, many cricket players’ fortunes will open .

 

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The players' auction for the 2021 season of IPL can be held on February 18. The official of BCCI has given this information. The decision of where this auction will take place is yet to be made. The BCCI is yet to decide whether the upcoming IPL will be held in India or not.

 

However, Board President Sourav Ganguly has said that every effort will be made to organize it on the home ground.

 

The last date for retaining the players was January 20, while the trading window would continue till February 4.

 

The list of players released by various franchises before the auction is as follows:

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): 6 players

 

Nikhil Nayak, Siddhesh Lad, M Siddharth, Tom Banton, Chris Green, Harry Gurney

 

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): 6 players

 

Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh

Rajasthan Royals (RR): 8 players

 

Steve Smith, Ankit Rajput, Oshane Thomas, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curren, Anirudh Joshi, Shashank Singh

 

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): 10 players

 

Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Moin Ali, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dubey, Umesh Yadav, Aaron Finch, Chris Maurice, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana

 

 

 

Delhi Capitals (DC): 6 players

 

Mohit Sharma, Tusshar Deshpande, Chemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichane, Alex Carrie, Jason Roy

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): 5 Players

 

Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, B Sandeep and Y Prithvi Raj

 

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): 9 players

 

Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Katrell, K Gautam, Mujib ur Rehman, Jimmy Neesham, Hardas Viljon, Karun Nair, Jagdish Suchit, Tejinder Singh

 

Mumbai Indians (MI): 7 players

 

Lasith Malinga, Nathan Kuppler Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell McLaneghan, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai

 

T-20: India beat England by 8 wickets in First T - 20

Team India started the England tour with a spectacular win. India beat England by 8 wickets in the first T-20 match played on 3^rd July 2018. In this series of 3 matches, India has taken a 1-0 lead. Hero of the match was K.L. Rahul, but Captain Virat Kohli also has a big achievement in his match. Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman to score 2000 runs in T20.

Team India defeated England by 8 wickets, thanks to Lokesh Rahul's second T20 century and Kuldeep Yadav's five wicket win in Manchester T20. Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match T-20 series.

 Batting first, the England team, scored 159 by losing 8 wickets in 20 overs, and set a target to win of 160 runs to Team India.

Lokesh Rahul scored an unbeaten 101 not out in 54 balls with 10 fours and five sixes. This is his second century in T-20. He has become the second batsman in India to score two hundreds in T20.

Before this Rohit Sharma has scored two centuries in T20. Rohit Sharma scored 32 runs in this match and shared a 123-run partnership with Lokesh Rahul for the second wicket. Kuldeep Yadav was awarded the Man of the Match award for his outstanding performance in the first match.