BY SACNILK

The stage has been set for the biggest T20 tournament in the world, the 12th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to begin from March 23. The three times winner and defending champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will look to continue their winning streak while the star-filled Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB) will have a point to prove.## Just like every season, it is a perfect platform for the young players to become the hero. The history of this tournament itself proves that this has been the stage where heroes are made. The franchises also have never looked hesitate in giving chances to young talent and have provided them the stage where they can showcase their talent.## Earlier in the auction, there were 60 players who were grabbed by the respective franchise. With Jaydev Unadkat and uncapped mystery spinner from Tamil Nadu, Varun Chakravarthy were the highest buys (8.4 Crore each), some of the big names remained unsold in the auction held last year on December 18.## In every season, there have been players who changed the games on single-handedly and have been game changers for their teams. The franchises also have focussed on such players who are willing to give their best shots at the biggest stage. Here are we believe, 5 debutants who can be the game changers for their teams.## 1. Varun Chakravarthy (Bowler, KXIP) - Varun Chakravarthy was the hottest topic of the auction. The franchises were ready to pay big for him but it was Kings XI Punjab that snapped him with whopping INR 8.4 Crore. Varun can bowl with Seven types of variations and that helped him to rose as one of the stars in Tamil Nadu Premier League for Madurai Panthers. TNPL experience helped him become the highest wicket-taker with 22 wickets in the group stage of Vijay Hazare Trophy. He is definitely one of the players to watch out for in the upcoming edition of IPL.## A statical view at his career## FormatMatchesInningsWicketsBBI5-WicketsEcon List A 9 9 22 5/38 1 4.23 IPL - - - - - - ## 2. Shimron Hetmyer (Batsman, RCB) - A left-hand batsman who can strike the ball hard, Shimron Hetmyer is the find of Carrebian Premier League (CPL). With his fearless approach of playing cricket whichever the format is, makes him a different player. RCB that already has top class players, boosted by the 22-year old West Indian.## A statical view at his T20 career## FormatMatchesInningsRunsH.S.10050S.R. T20s 24 22 549 100 1 2 140.02 IPL - - - - - - - ## 3. Shivam Dubey (All-Rounder, RCB) - Shivam Dubey is an all-rounder from Mumbai who was grabbed by Royal Challengers Bangalore in INR 5 Crore. He was on song in the recently concluded Ranji Trophy for Mumbai. During a match of the Ranji Trophy, he hit five sixes in an over and showed his ability to hit the ball hard. It is going to be a great experience for him as he will share a dressing room with two of the greatest batsmen Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers.## A statical view at his T20 career (Batting)## FormatMatchesInningsRunsH.S.10050S.R. T20s 15 14 202 37* 0 0 147.44 IPL - - - - - - - ## Bowling## FormatMatchesInningsWicketsBBI5-WicketsEcon T20s 15 15 14 3/27 0 8.86 IPL - - - - - - ## 4. Prayas Ray Barman (Bowler, RCB) - The 16-year old teenager who stole the show in the auction, Prayas Ray Barman is a legspinner from Bengal. He was one of the stars for Bengal in Vijay Hazare Trophy last year where he made his debut and took 11 wickets in 9 matches with the economy rate of 4.5 per over. He will play for RCB in IPL 2019.## A statical view at his T20 career## FormatMatchesInningsWicketsBBI5-WicketsEcon T20s 4 4 4 4/14 0 7.11 IPL - - - - - - ## 5. Sam Curran (All-Rounder, KXIP) - Well Indian players must be aware of what Sam Curran can do who was the difference between India and England in 5-match Test series last year. The player of the series of England-India Test series, Sam Curran can hit the ball hard and can be handy with the ball as well. The 20-year-old all-rounder was grabbed by KXIP in the auction will seeing playing for the man in red.## A statical view at his T20 career (Batting)## FormatMatchesInningsRunsH.S.10050S.R. T20s 47 36 478 50 0 1 118.90 IPL - - - - - - - ## Bowling## FormatMatchesInningsWicketsBBI5-WicketsEcon T20s 47 46 42 4/13 0 8.24 IPL - - - - - - ## Follow for more...

BY SACNILK

Another year of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and it found another million dollar baby. Jaydev Unadkat who was the highest bid getter last time (11.5 Crore) again came in the auction and became highest bid getter this time as well with whopping INR 8.4 Crore from the same franchise (Rajasthan Royals). It might not surprise anyone as his T20 record is good enough to get him that sum, also his medium pace with deceiving slower balls makes him smart bowler in this format of the game.## Varun Chakravarthy, the mystery spinner of Tamil Nadu who yet to make his first-class debut, was the most discussed topic in this year auction. He became the joint most bid getter (with Unadkat) and will see playing for Kings XI Punjab in the 12th edition of the world's biggest T20 league. Apart from Varun, some of the highest bid getters were uncapped players who have impressed everyone with their talent whatever they have shown while playing.## Here is the list of the Uncapped Indian players who got big bid in this year auction## 1. Varun Chakravarthy (INR 8.4 Crore to KXIP) - Varun Chakravarthy remained the hottest topic of the auction and few franchises were fighting for getting him in their team and in the end Kings XI Punjab got success with INR 8.4 Crore. Varun can bowl with Seven types of variations and that helped him to rose as one of the stars in Tamil Nadu Premier League for Madurai Panthers. TNPL experience helped him become the highest wicket-taker with 22 wickets in the group stage of Vijay Hazare Trophy.## Varun will share a dressing room with one of the best spinners at present, Ravichandran Ashwin who captained KXIP in the previous edition of IPL. former India spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that selectors should keep their eye on Varun who is another mystery spinner.## 2. Shivam Dubey (INR 5 Crore to RCB) - Shivam Dubey is an all-rounder from Mumbai who grabbed by Royal Challengers Bangalore in INR 5 Crore. It is going to be a great experience for him as he will share a dressing room with two of the greatest batsmen Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers.## Shivam is a right-arm bowler and a left-handed batter. Tall and strong, he gave his reputation a massive uplift in the last one year with some big hitting in the Mumbai T20 league wherein a match he hit 5 sixes in an over. He has also been in red-hot form in this year Ranji Trophy with both bat and ball. In 9 innings so far, he has scored 489 runs and taken 17 wickets. He can be a trump card for Virat led RCB.## 3. Prabhsimran Singh (INR 4.8 Crore to KXIP) - Prabhsimran Singh is a wicketkeeper-batsman from Punjab. Prabhsimran Singh whose idol is Virendra Sehwag, came in the spotlight after hitting 298 off 302 balls in an Under-23 District Cricket Tournament. He is also one of only 5 U-19 wicketkeepers in the country who selected for National Cricket Academy's wicketkeeping camp in Bangalore. He is surely going to be one of India's future cricket stars.## 4. Prayas Ray Barman (1.5 Crore to RCB) - Another teenager who stole the show in the auction, Prayas Ray Barman is a legspinner from Bengal. He was one of the stars for Bengal in Vijay Hazare Trophy this year where he made his debut and took 11 wickets in 9 matches with the economy rate of 4.5 per over.## 5. Akshdeep Nath (INR 3.60 Crore to RCB) - Akshdeep Nath is a right-hand batting all-rounder from Uttar Pradesh. Nath was the vice-captain of India Under-19 team that lifted the World Cup in 2012 in Australia. Currently he is captaining Uttar Pradesh in Ranji Trophy 2018-19 and has scored 488 runs in 7 innings. Akshdeep Nath has an IPL experience of 6 matches. He made his IPL debut in 2016 for Gujrat Lions against Rising Pune Supergiant but didn't get a chance to bat.## Other uncapped stars## Riyan Parag (20 lakh to RR), Manan Vohra (20 lakh to RR), Shrikant Mundhe (20 lakh to KKR), Bandaru Ayyappa (20 lakh to DCS), Shubham Ranjane (20 lakh to RR), Ruturaj Gaikwad (20 lakh to CSK), Murugan Ashwin (20 lakh to KXIP), Jalaj Saxena (20 lakh to DCS), Harpreet Brar (20 lakh to KXIP), Agnivesh Ayachi (20 lakh to KXIP), Yarra Prithviraj (20 lakh to KKR), Rasikh Salam (20 lakh to MI), Shashank Singh (30 lakh to RR), Darshan Nalkande (30 lakh to KXIP), Milind Kumar (20 lakh to RCB), Pankaj Jaiswal (20 lakh to MI), Arshdeep Singh (20 lakh to KXIP), Nikhil Naik (20 lakh to KKR), Himmat Singh (65 lakh to RCB), Nathu Singh (20 lakh to DCS), Ankush Bains (20 lakh to DCS), Sarfaraz Khan (20 lakh to KXIP), Anmolpreet Singh (80 lakh to MI), Devdutt Padikkal (20 lakh to RCB)## Follow for more...

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On the opening day of the VIVO IPL 2019 auction, as many as 139 players went under the hammer and only 60 players sold to the respective franchise. With Jaydev Unadkat and uncapped mystery spinner from Tamil Nadu, Varun Chakravarthy got the highest bid, some of the big names remained unsold at the end of the day.## Yuvraj Singh gets another life as he has been sold to Mumbai Indian in INR 1.00 Crore after remained unsold in the first round. Ishant Sharma also got buyer this time as Delhi Capitals snatched him in INR 1.10 Crore.## Here is the list of the players who sold on an opening day :## 1. Hanuma Vihari 2 crore (DCS)## 2. Shimron Hetmyer 4.2 cr (RCB)## 3. Carlos Brathwaite 5 crore (KKR)## 4. Gurkeerat Mann Singh 50 lakh (RCB)## 5. Moises Henriques 1 crore (KXIP)## 6. Axar Patel 5 crore (DCS)## 7. Jonny Bairstow 2.2 cr (SRH)## 8. Nicholas Pooran 4.2 cr (KXIP)## 9. Wriddhiman Saha 1.2 cr (SRH)## 10. Jaydev Unadkat 8.4 cr (RR)## 11. Ishant Sharma 1.1 cr (DCS)## 12. Lasith Malinga 2 crore (MI)## 13. Mohammed Shami 4.8 cr (KXIP)## 14. Varun Aaron 2.4 cr (RR)## 15. Mohit Sharma 5 crore (CSK)## 16. Devdutt Padikkal 20 lakh (RCB)## 17. Anmolpreet Singh 20 lakh (MI)## 18. Sarfaraz Khan 25 lakh (KXIP)## 19. Shivam Dube 5 crore (RCB)## 20. Varun Chakaravarthy 8.4 cr (KXIP)## 21. Ankush Bains 20 lakh (DCS)## 22. Nathu Singh 20 lakh (DCS)## 23. Colin Ingram 6.4 cr (DCS)## 24. Sam Curran 7.2 cr (KXIP)## 25. Heinrich Klaasen 50 lakh (RCB)## 26. Barinder Sran 3.4 cr (MI)## 27. Lockie Ferguson 1.6 cr (KKR)## 28. Sherfane Rutherford 2 crore (DCS)## 29. Anrich Nortje 20 lakh (KKR)## 30. Oshane Thomas 1.1 cr (RR)## 31. Hardus Viljoen 75 lakh (KXIP)## 32. Himmat Singh 65 lakh (RCB)## 33. Nikhil Naik 20 lakh (KKR)## 34. Arshdeep Singh 20 lakh (KXIP)## 35. Harry Gurney 75 lakh (KKR)## 36. Pankaj Jaswal 20 lakh (MI)## 37. Milind Kumar 20 lakh (RCB)## 38. Darshan Nalkande 30 lakh (KXIP)## 39. Shashank Singh 30 lakh (RR)## 40. Prabhsimran Singh 4.8 cr (KXIP)## 41. Rasikh Dar 20 lakh (MI)## 42. Prithvi Raj Yarra 20 lakh (KKR)## 43. Liam Livingstone 50 lakh (RR)## 44. Keemo Paul 50 lakh (DCS)## 45. Prayas Ray Barman 1.5 cr (RCB)## 46. Agnivesh Ayachi 20 lakh (KXIP)## 47. Harpreet Brar 20 lakh (KXIP)## 48. Martin Guptill 1 crore (SRH)## 49. Yuvraj Singh 1 crore (MI)## 50. Akshdeep Nath 3.6 cr (RCB)## 51. Jalaj Saxena 20 lakh (DCS)## 52. Murugan Ashwin 20 lakh (KXIP)## 53. Ruturaj Gaikwad 20 lakh (CSK)## 54. Shubham Ranjane 20 lakh (RR)## 55. Joe Denly 1 crore (KKR)## 56. Bandaru Ayyappa 20 lakh (DCS)## 57. Shrikant Mundhe 20 lakh (KKR)## 58. Manan Vohra 20 lakh (RR)## 59. Ashton Turner 50 lakh (RR)## 60. Riyan Parag 20 lakh (RR)## Follow for more...

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2011, World Cup hero and one of the most iconic faces of Indian Premier League (IPL), Yuvraj Singh who couldn't impress any franchise and remained unsold in the first round of IPL 2019 Auction has been grabbed by Mumbai Indian in INR 1.00 Crore while Jaydev Unadkat and the mystery spinner from Tamil Nadu earned biggest bids (8.4 Crore) on the opening day (December 18) of the auction.## Yuvraj Singh who played for the Kings XI Punjab in the previous season of the Indian Premier League underperformed and could score only 65 runs in 8 matches. He later was released by the franchise a few days before the auction. Same happened with Jaydev Unadkat who got highest bid (Indian player) of 11.5 Crore in the previous auction, couldn't justify his role as he took only 11 wickets in 15 matches with the economy rate of over 9 per over. He too was released before the auction but Rajasthan Royals show faith in him and bought back in 8.4 Crore.## Mumbai's uncapped all-rounder Shivam Dube also got big bids and has been snapped by Royal Challengers Bangalore in INR 5 Crore. Shimron Hetmyer who has been the star of Caribbean Premier League (CPL) also snapped by the RCB in INR 4.2 Crore while Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai who came in limelight after hitting six sixes in recently concluded Afghanistan Premier League (APL) surprisingly remained unsold in the first round.## Another star of Caribbean Premier League wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran has been sold to Kings XI Punjab in INR 4.2 Crore while his teammate right-arm pacer who impressed everyone with his serious pace and bounce, Oshane Thomas has been grabbed by Rajasthan Royals in INR 1.10 Crore. Windies' T20 World Cup 2016 hero Carlos Brathwaite got 6.5-time bid of his base price and has been snapped by Kolkata Knight Riders in INR 5 Crore.## Hero of the recently concluded England-India Test series, Sam Curran who played some handy knocks down the order and also provided crucial breakthroughs, impressed some franchise and in the end was snapped by Kings XI Punjab in big sum of INR 7.2 Crore while his teammate Jonny Bairstow grabbed by Sunrisers Hyderabad in INR 2.20 Crore and will feature in the IPL for the first time.## South Africa's star and one of the best bowlers at present, Dale Steyn couldn't attract any buyer and went unsold in the first round along with Hashim Amla. Colin Ingram another South African star will see playing for Delhi Capitals who snapped him in INR 6.40 Crore. India's uncapped batsman Milind Kumar who is the highest run-getter in this year Ranji Trophy so far has been sold to RCB in INR 20 Lakhs while Punjab's wicketkeeper-batsman Prabhsimran Singh got big bid of 4.8 Crore and will play for Kings XI Punjab. Nathu Singh, Ankush Bains also able to attract franchise and has been sold on base price.## Some of the biggest names as Alex Hales, Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Shaun Marsh, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Perera, Morne Morkel remained unsold on the opening day of the auction. But Lasith Malinga who went unsold last time has been brought back by Mumbai Indians in INR 2 Crore.## Follow for more...

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Australia's Steven Smith and David Warner were among the big players who have been retained by their respective franchise for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019. Steven Smith and David Warner who captained Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017, missed out the previous season due to one-year ban in Newland's ball-tampering saga earlier this year. However, the Australian duo will be seen in action in an upcoming edition of IPL after their respective franchise shown full faith in them but whether or not they will retain the leadership role is yet to be known.## India's World Cup 2011 winning hero Yuvraj Singh has been released by Kings XI Punjab along with Australia's Aaron Finch. Both the players struggled in the previous season with the bat and therefore they will have to wait till players auction to be picked.## Here are the list of all the players who have been retained and released by all the franchises ahead of the 2019 auction.## Rajasthan Royals:## Retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S. Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror.## Released: D'Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin, Heinrich Klaasen, Dane Paterson, Zahir Khan, Dushmantha Chameera, Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Jatin Saxena.## Available slots: 9; Indian 6, Overseas 3## Salary cap available: 20.95 cr## Sunrisers Hyderabad:## Retained: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan## Released: Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan## Traded: Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem## Salary cap available: 9.70 cr## Available slots: 5; Indian 3, Overseas 2 5; Indian 3, Overseas 2## Chennai Super Kings:## Retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi## Released: Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma## Available slots: 2; Indian 2, Overseas 0## Salary cap available: 8.40 cr## Kings XI Punjab:## Retained: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin## Released: Aaron Finch, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar and Manzoor Dar## Traded: Marcus Stoinis for Mandeep Singh## Available slots: 15; Indian 11, Overseas 4## Salary cap available: 36.20 cr## Royal Challengers Bangalore## Retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya## Released: Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Sarfraz Khan## Traded: Mandeep Singh for Marcus Stoinis## Available slots: 10; Indian 8, Overseas 2## Salary cap available: 18.15 cr## Kolkata Knight Riders## Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti## Released: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Ishank Jaggi, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Javon Searles## Available slots: 12; Indian 7, Overseas 5## Salary cap available: 15.20 cr## Delhi Daredevils## Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult## Released: Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Junior Dala, Liam Plunkett, Mohammed Shami, Sayan Ghosh, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Naman Ojha## Traded: Shikhar Dhawan from SRH for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem## Available slots: 10; Indian 7, Overseas 3## Salary cap available: 25.50 cr## Mumbai Indians:## Retained: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff.## Released: Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, JP Duminy, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, Akila Dananjaya.## Traded: Quinton de Kock from RCB## Available slots: 7; Indian 6, Overseas 1## Salary cap available: 11.15 cr## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.