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As the cricketing world gears up for the highly anticipated IPL 2025 Mega Auction, excitement is palpable among fans and franchises alike. This year’s auction promises to be a thrilling event, with teams looking to revamp their squads and make strategic investments in players who can turn the tide in their favour. One player who has caught the eye of many is Mitchell Marsh, the Australian all-rounder whose recent performances have elevated his status in T20 cricket. With his ability to contribute significantly with both bat and ball, Marsh is poised to be one of the most sought-after players in the auction.3 franchises that will go for Mitchell MarshAs teams assess their needs and strategize for the future, several franchises are likely to target Marsh, recognizing his potential to be a game-changer. In this article, we will explore three teams that could actively pursue Marsh. Each of these franchises has specific requirements that align with Marsh’s skill set, making him an attractive option as they aim for success in the league.Rajasthan Royals: A perfect fit for all-round excellence(Image source: X)The Rajasthan Royals (RR) are in search of a fast-bowling all-rounder who can also contribute significantly with the bat at the top order. Marsh’s ability to deliver crucial overs while providing explosive batting makes him an ideal candidate. In 2024, Marsh demonstrated his capability by scoring and taking key wickets in this format of the game, proving his worth as a versatile player. His experience as an international cricketer adds to his appeal, making him a valuable asset for the Royals as they aim for a stronger performance in the upcoming season.Also READ: 3 teams that can target Josh Hazlewood in the IPL 2025 mega auctionRoyal Challengers Bengaluru: Chasing the elusive title(Image source: X)The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have long sought an all-rounder who can balance their batting lineup and provide depth in bowling. With star player like Virat Kohli expected to lead the charge, adding Marsh could enhance their chances of finally clinching the coveted IPL title. His recent form in T20 matches, where he has been instrumental in Australia’s successes, indicates that he could thrive under pressure alongside RCB’s established stars. The franchise’s willingness to invest heavily in proven talent makes them a likely contender for Marsh’s services.Punjab Kings: Revamping their strategy(Image source: X)The Punjab Kings (PBKS) are another franchise that could benefit from acquiring Mitchell Marsh. With a history of inconsistent performances, they need a dynamic player who can change the game with both bat and ball. Marsh’s performance in 2024, where he was decent with the bat and took crucial wickets, aligns perfectly with Punjab’s need for a reliable all-rounder. His presence could also help stabilize their middle order while providing strategic bowling options.Rising stakes and future prospectsAs franchises prepare for the bidding war, Marsh’s previous performances and current form in T20s have significantly raised his market value. With a base price of INR 2 crore, he is likely to attract substantial bids from multiple teams eager to secure his talents. Given the competitive nature of the auction, it is anticipated that there will be intense bidding wars among franchises.While several teams will vie for Marsh during the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, Delhi Capitals may utilize their Right to Match (RTM) option to retain him after witnessing his impactful contributions last season. As teams look to build winning combinations, Marsh’s all-round capabilities make him one of the most sought-after players this auction season.Also READ: 3 teams that can target Washington Sundar in the IPL 2025 mega auction #teams #target #Mitchell #Marsh #IPL #mega #auction

It came as a surprise when James Anderson applied to be a part of the IPL 2025 Auction. The 42-year-old has already retired from international cricket and played his last Test against West Indies to bring a stellar career to an end. Now that he has completely retired from international cricket, he has the option to play franchise cricket. As a result, he put his name up for the IPL 2025 auction for a base price of INR 1.25 crore. Anderson is listed as Player No. 479 in the auction register. He played 19 T20Is in his career, with his last appearance way back in 2009. He has been preferred as a potential red-ball option for the last few years of his career. Watch: Gautam Gambhir caught taking massage in Indian dressing room; Wife reacts as Virat Kohli laughs James Anderson's white-ball numbers Due to his limited T20 experience, it remains interesting to see whether he gets picked by any franchise. James Anderson has played 44 T20s and picked up 41 wickets at an average of 32.14 and an economy rate of 8.47. His last T20 match was way back in 2014 and hence, it has been a decade since he has played a T20 match. Anderson's last List A match was in May 2019 for Lancashire. While he hasn't played many T20Is, he has played 194 ODIs for England and picked up 269 wickets at an average of 29.22. IPL franchises have their say on James Anderson The CEOs of some IPL franchises claimed that it's not a good decision by James Anderson to put his name at the auction. The CEO mentioned that Anderson is not suited for IPL at this age and no franchise will go for him as it will deduct a big amount from their auction purse. "It doesn't make sense at all. He's not a T20 player, and at this stage in his career, he's not suited for the IPL. If someone wants him as a coach, why would they use Rs 1.25 crore from their player purse?" a senior CEO of a franchise was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz. There was a similar view from another team official who claimed that Anderson might not get picked since the team budgets are low at the final stages of the auction. The high base price won't allow any franchise to sign him. "Someone could very well pick him. But when certain teams' budgets are so low and when they are looking for Rs 50 lakh or Rs 75 lakh players at the backend of the auction to fill up their roster, it's unlikely they will have that much to spend. If he wants to be a mentor he should just apply for that post. But you never know," the official said. Most successful fast bowler in Tests There is hardly any doubt on James Anderson's quality as a fast bowler. The legendary quick is the most successful fast bowler in the history of Test cricket and the third-highest wicket-taker having picked up 704 wickets in 188 Tests at an average of 26.45. However, his T20 credentials do not give much confidence which makes him difficult to get picked at the auction. The modern day T20 cricket is fast-paced which will make it challenging for the former England seamer to make it into the IPL 2025. #James #Andersons #registration #cancelled #IPL #Team #CEO

Fiery Indian pacer Umran Malik, who hails from Jammu & Kashmir, is currently at a crucial point in his cricket career. Once the talk of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2022, Malik has experienced both ups and downs in his professional career.After a breakthrough season in 2022 where he became the fourth-highest wicket-taker, the pacer went on to make his debut for the national side in white-ball in the same year and has so far featured in 10 ODIs, taking 13 wickets, and 8 T20Is with 11 wickets. After that year Malik's performance declined. In the subsequent two years, he played just nine matches, taking just five wickets at an economy rate of 10.57 runs per over. Despite his franchise, Sunrisers Hyderabad, reaching the IPL 2024 final, Malik played one game, bowling just one over throughout the tournament. With the mega auction approaching on November 24 and 25, Malik has registered himself with a base price of INR 75 lakh and is hoping to once again impress everyone with his lightning pace.In an exclusive conversation with CricTracker, the 25-year-old discussed his views on Jammu & Kashmir cricket and local talent. He also spoke about his injury and his preparations for making a comeback. The speedster talked about his best moments in the IPL and the pressure leading up to the mega-auction.Excerpts1. How did you see the craze of Cricket in your state, Jammu & Kashmir and how has the cricketing structure evolved in the state over the years?It has become better than before, 3-4 grounds have been made and more practice areas have been created. More youngsters are coming up with our team doing well in the domestic circuits. Our board has been very helpful and youngsters are also getting the motivation to do well for the state. I hope more players from my state go on to play at bigger levels. 2. How have former players like Irfan Pathan helped the young crop of players from Jammu & Kashmir and have you gotten a chance to speak to him?Yes, I have also spent time with me, he has been very helpful for the state team. He was the mentor of our state teams and because of him a lot of youngsters have got the boost to play better.Also Read: [Exclusive] Why did IPL Auctions transition from USD to INR?: Reasons explained by Richard Madley3. How do you manage pressure during the process of bidding in IPL auctions and how have you managed with it before and will do it now?The pressure is always there. Everyone will have some amount of pressure. I just hope that I get to be part of a good team and get to play all the matches. Wherever I go I hope to play every game and perform well for the respective team. I also wish to pick 20-25 wickets in the season and come up with a good performance. 4. Do you watch the IPL auction?I will watch the auction. I will have to watch it.5. If given a chance which IPL captain would you wish to play under and can get the best performance out of you?I just want to play cricket. Whichever team I go to, I just want to play all the games perform well for the team and myself, and make sure I return to the Indian team soon.6. You have developed the skill of outswingers in your bowling, how do you feel this skillset will help you in big tournaments? Ahead of the injury, when I was practicing well, I was bowling outswing deliveries and I was trying inswingers I am making sure to add more variations to my bowling which I need. Now my injury is also fine and I have started bowling, hopefully, I will be back on the field and playing.7. How did you touch the 145 kmph mark consistently?No this is natural, I train hard for this, and I try to eat and sleep well. So I keep working hard and it is nice when people tell me that I bowl at such a pace and pick wickets. 8. Which is that one piece of advice that has stayed with you from any former player or family and it is still helping you?One person told me to focus on Cricket. Because many after some time stop working hard. I am not one of those, I need hard work in the game every day. If we put in the efforts regularly then only we will move up otherwise we won't. And I will keep working hard till I play.8. What is your most memorable moment in IPL?One was when I picked five wickets against Gujarat Titans and another one was when I had just given two runs in the 18th over while bowling to Andre Russell. I have many more moments while playing for India.9.  Who is the most supportive teammate?Abdul Samad helps me a lot in the state team and IPL. In the Indian team, Arshdeep Singh also helps me. We both talk a lot about bowling and how can we improve and make sure to help each other.10. Fast bowlers have always been prone to injuries, and you have gone through the same. So how is the mental space after you return from a prolonged injury which makes you miss out on action for a long time?We fast bowlers have practiced enough in the past, so our confidence is always high. If our confidence is low then it will work against us. It's all about confidence and we make sure to come back on the same routine post an injury. So since I am coming back from injury, I am practicing the same routine, and I am making sure to come back to the games as soon as possible. 11. Do you feel when pacers come back from an injury, their pace goes down as the back of their mind they feel the injury might get triggered?Yes the thought does click in, but it depends on your build-up before the games. So now I am making sure to bowl a lot so that it doesn't worry me when I am playing a match.12. Which is your favorite format to play?All three formats are my favorite, I want to play in all three for India.13. Who do you enjoy bowling against?I love bowling to Shahbaz Ahmed. It's always fun to bowl to him cause he talks a lot and then I irritate him by getting his wicket.14. Which is your favorite Cricket Stadium?Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai is my favorite because I got my five wickets in that venue.15. One cricketing moment you will forever remember?I think when I was picked in the IPL. I was a net bowler and I was going back home but the association people told me that I had been picked.Get every cricket updates! Follow Us: #Exclusive #play #games #pick #wickets #IPL #season #Umran #Malik

KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda scored fine half centuries as The Lucknow Super Giants defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 12 runs at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Monday. After being put into bat by SRH skipper, Lucknow got off to a poor start as Quinton de Kock (1) was caught brilliantly by Kane Williamson at short extra cover off Washington Sundar. Evin Lewis was then trapped leg before wicket by Sundar, as he missed his slog-sweep. Manish Pandey joined in and hit Romario Shepherd for a four and a six but perished soon after, caught at mid-on by Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 11 as the LSG were reduced to 27/3. Rahul and Deepak Hooda stitched together a 87 run stand for the fourth wicket before the latter was caught at mid wicket boundary by Rahul Tripathi off Shepherd for a 33 ball-51. The Karnataka star scored a well made 68 off 50 balls, before being trapped in front by T Natarajan. The left-arm seamer also dismissed Krunal Pandya (6) in the same over. In the end, Ayush Badoni made a useful 19 to take Lucknow to a competitive total of 169/7 in their allotted 20 overs. For Sunrisers, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd and T Natarajan claimed 2 wickets each. Chasing 170, Sunrisers lost skipper Kane Williamson in the fourth over, caught at short fine leg by Andrew Tye off Avesh Khan for 16. Abhishek Sharma (13) fell cheaply, slicing a cutter from Avesh to Tye at short fine leg. Rahul Tripathi got a reprieve when Deepak Hooda dropped a catch at gully off the LSG pacer. Tripathi along with Aiden Markram added 44 runs for the third wicket before the latter was caught at covers by Rahul off Krunal Pandya. The 31 year old Tripathi’s impressive knock of 44 ended, as he slog-swept a Krunal delivery to Ravi Bishnoi at deep midwicket. Nicholas Pooran and Washington Sundar put on 48 runs for the fifth wicket before Avesh turned the tide in Lucknow’s favour- first by dismissing Pooran (34) and then getting Abdul Samad for a first ball duck. With 16 needed off the last over Jason Holder claimed the wickets of Washington Sundar (18), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1) and Romario Shepherd (8) as the Sunrisers were restricted to 157/9 in 20 overs. Avesh Khan was adjudged the player of the match for his impressive figures of 4/24. #Lucknow #Super #Giants #Sunrisers #Hyderabad #April #Patil #Stadium #Navi #Mumbai #Match #Report

IPL 2021 PBKS vs KKR Player Battle IPL 2023 – PBKS vs KKR Player Battle – Dhawan’s Punjab Kings will play against Nitish Rana’s Kolkata Knight Riders in the fixture of Indian Premier League 2023. Punjab Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders rivalry The Indian Premier League (IPL) is one of the most exciting and popular T20 cricket leagues in the world. With a perfect blend of international and domestic players, the IPL brings together the best of the best from around the world to showcase their skills on the field. And among the many rivalries that have emerged in the IPL over the years, the KKR and Punjab rivalry has been one of the most intense and thrilling. The KKR and Punjab rivalry dates back to the very first edition of the IPL in 2008. Both teams have a rich history in the tournament and have always been considered strong contenders for the title. KKR is a two-time champion, having won the IPL in 2012 and 2014, while Punjab has yet to win the trophy but has come close on a few occasions. One of the main reasons behind the intense rivalry between KKR and Punjab is the quality of cricket that both teams play. Both teams have some of the most talented players in the world, and their matches are always closely contested. The rivalry between the two teams has also been fueled by some dramatic and memorable moments on the field. Over the years, the KKR and Punjab rivalry has produced some of the most exciting matches in the IPL. Whether it’s the big-hitting of Chris Gayle or the spin wizardry of Sunil Narine, both teams have always brought their A-game to the field. And with both teams boasting some of the most passionate and loyal fans in the IPL, the rivalry between KKR and Punjab is always a highly anticipated affair. Looking ahead to the upcoming IPL season, both KKR and Punjab will be looking to get the better of each other once again. While KKR will be hoping to add a third trophy to their cabinet, Punjab will be eager to break their trophy drought and finally lift the IPL trophy. With the rivalry between the two teams stronger than ever, fans can expect another thrilling chapter in the KKR and Punjab rivalry in the IPL. In conclusion, the KKR and Punjab rivalry in the IPL has been one of the most intense and exciting rivalries in the history of the tournament. With both teams boasting some of the best players in the world, their matches are always closely contested, and their rivalry has produced some of the most memorable moments in the IPL. As we look ahead to the upcoming season, fans can expect another thrilling chapter in the KKR and Punjab rivalry in the IPL. Here’s a look at the Top Player Battles to watch out for in this IPL clash between PBKS and KKR : KL Rahul vs Pat Cummins IPL 2021 PBKS vs KKR Player Battle – KL Rahul vs Pat Cummins Punjab skipper KL Rahul won the orange cap in the last season. In this season also, he is performing consistently, but then also his team’s aggregate performance is not up to the mark. The only concern with Rahul’s batting, when the team was losing despite him performing well, was his conservative play. Pat Cummins will be challenging him in the match against KKR. Despite his expensive price, Cummins has not been able to prove his performance in bowling yet. He is not getting wickets according to his high status. His bowling is also not as economical as it should be. He is getting smashed for sixes by many players. For us, the winner will be KL Rahul in this player battle. Andre Russell vs Mohammad Shami IPL 2021 PBKS vs KKR Player Battle – Andre Russell vs Mohammad Shami Andre Russell, one of the most destructive hitter in IPL. Everyone is aware of power hitting skills of De Rus. In the match against CSK also, he has announced his arrival by his quick half century. Although, he was not able to win the match for his team, but he definitely have a hard fight. He will be facing the Indian fast bowler, Mohammad Shami, who has the ability to bowl quick. He must be confident of performing well having bowled brilliantly in the last few games.  Shami will surely look to test Russell with the short ball. Shami can also try his lethal yorker against the West Indian to catch him off-guard. For us, the winner will be Andre Russell in this player battle. Chris Gayle vs Varun Chakravarthy IPL 2021 PBKS vs KKR Player Battle – Chris Gayle vs Varun Chakravarthy Chris Gayle, the most entertaining and hard hitting batsman in the history of IPL. Gayle holds the record of highest individual score in an IPL innings. However he has aged a little bit more but his dedication to play is still at its peak. He is not showing any signs of slowing down. KKR will definitely use spinner Varun Chakravarthy to create some troubles for the PBKS batsman. Varun has the ability to take wickets with his slow and spin bowling and has tricked many big batsmen with his bowling. He can hold Gayle at a low score. For us, the winner will be Varun Chakravarthy in this player battle. Shubman Gill vs Arshdeep Singh IPL 2021 PBKS vs KKR Player Battle -Shubman Gill vs Arshdeep Singh It is clearly visible that Shubman Gill is struggling to score runs for KKR. One of the reasons behind the poor performance of KKR is failure of its opening pair and especially that of Gill. He has not scored a single good knock in IPL 2021 till now. He will be challenged by Arshdeep Singh in the match against PBKS. Shubman Gill and Arshdeep Singh were both part of Indian team for U-19 World Cup. Unlike Gill, the medium pacer has a good season up till now. He is bowling well and KL Rahul is also putting trust on him. It will be a worthy watching clash if they will face each other in the match. For us, the winner will be Arshdeep Singh in this player battle. Also Read : Watch Live IPL 2021 Free – Some Frequently Asked Questions Also Read : IPL 2021 Live streaming – Apps to watch IPL free Also Read : Where to watch IPL T20 Live Free #IPL #PBKS #KKR #Player #Battle