The Indian Premier League player auction is set to take place on December 18. The 12th edition of the Indian Premier League will be held around 29 March 2019. All the franchises of IPL had submitted their player retentions and releases to BCCI on November 15

Some star players like India’s Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir might see their IPL career come to an end. Also New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum, Australian cricketer Mitchell Johnson and Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami may go unsold in the IPL auction 2019.

All-rounder Yuvraj Singh was dropped from Kings XI Punjab’s in the previous IPL. He has played only seven List A matches since May and he managed just 65 runs in 8 matches at an average of 10.83. The 36-year-old has scored just one half-century for Punjab.

India’s batsman Gautam Gambhir led Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL titles. He was also a part of a terrible season with Delhi Daredevils last year as he moved to Delhi Daredevils to help the team better their record, but unfortunately, he failed miserably. The skipper decided to move out from the team for the rest of the season after recording just one win in six matches.

New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum was released by the Royal Challengers Bangalore, he played only six matches in the last IPL season. He scored 127 runs at an average of 21.16. He in his last Afghanistan Premier League T20 tournament notched just 158 runs at an average of 19.75 in eight matches.

Australian Mitchell Johnson has a bad IPL with the Kolkata Knight Riders in the last season. He picked up two wickets in six matches at a miserable average of 108. He recorded an economy rate of 10.28. He also has not played a professional match since the IPL. So there are chances that he might go unsold in the upcoming IPL auction.

Fast Bowler Mohammed Shami last year IPL with Delhi Daredevils was not great. He picked up only four wickets in three matches at an average of 48. He conceded 10.40 runs per over in the competition. He played his last T20I in July 2017.

So there is a valid reason why there five players may remain unsold in the upcoming IPL Auction 2019. Cricadiumprovides every cricket update and will also provide with the most accurate IPL T20 match prediction.

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The three-match T20I series between India vs Australia ended in a draw 1-1. The first T20I at the Gabba Brisbane was won by Australia by 4 runs after the revised D/L target for India has been raised to 174. Australia prematurely ended the match at 17 overs due to heavy showers that prevented last three overs from being played.

The second T20I at Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 23 was called off due to heavy rain. Yesterday India leveled the three-match T20I series by defeating the host by six wickets.

Now all the attention moved to the IND vs AUS four-match tests series that will begin from December 6. The first test is scheduled at the Adelaide Oval. Many cricket experts are predicting the outcome of this clash. India’s former cricketer VVS Laxman also has some predictions for this fiercest rivalry.

Many experts believe that India can win due to the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner. But VVS Laxman feels that India has the talent that can help them to emerge victorious.

VVS Laxman said, “There will be no possibilities of drawing as its difficult to make a draw in Australian conditions. India will not get an opportunity to make it happen not because Steven Smith and David Warner is not playing in the Australian team. India has quality players to achieve it. Lets hope, they fulfill my prediction as because India has talent, potential and they should play according to it,”.

Before Men in Blue play the first test at Adelaide, they will play a 4-day practice match against Cricket Australia XI in Sydney from November 28 to December 1.

The first test at Adelaide Oval will be followed by the second test match at Perth Stadium on December 14. On December 26 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, the third test will be played and the last and final test match will be played on 3 January 2019 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

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A cricket match between India and Australia is one of the fiercest rivalries in cricket. Former Pakistani cricketer Rameez Raja believes that India vs Australia cricket match can never go without sledging from either side.

India vs Australia first T20I match was held at The Gabba, Brisbane ended without any verbal exchange between the two teams. Indian Team skipper Virat Kohli stresses on a sledge-free summer in Australia prior to the tour began.

But ahead of the 2nd T20I match in Melbourne, Rameez Raja feels that “India vs Australia series cannot go without sledging from both sides.” He also said, “After a long time it looks like India could topple Australia in Australia because it’s a composed team and Australia will find it tough without Smith and Warner.”

Rameez Raja has an opinion that the current Indian side does stand a chance to fall the Australian side Down Under in the ongoing tour as the hosts are a depleted side without their key players that are Steve Smith and David Warner.

Talking about Dhoni, Rameez Raja said, “MS Dhoni is not just any player, for what he brings to the team he needs to be there till 2019. What he was doing for the last 15 years is not working anymore so he will be flabbergasted but he can move on.”

Since January 2013, none of the full-fledged series between India vs Pakistan had taken place. The two cricketing rivals only meet through contests in ICC tournaments. Rameez Raja expressed grief over India-Pakistan cricket matches. He said, “I will never understand why cricket is always made the scapegoat and why we can’t leave politics out of it.”

The second T20I match between India vs Australia that was scheduled on 23 November at Melbourne Cricket Ground was called off due to rain. Now the third T20I is scheduled to take place on November 25 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

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In the Third T20I at Sydney, Team India leveled the three-match T20I series against Australia by defeating the host. The four-match tests will now begin from December 6 at the Adelaide.

Virat Kohli now has the total of 476 runs in 14 matches against Australia. While playing so, he created a record of most runs scored by a cricketer against a single opponent in the shortest format of the game.

In the Third and the final T20I, Captain Virat Kohli scored a match-winning 61 off 41 balls. Kohli’s majestic knock along with his unbeaten stand with Dinesh Karthik who scored 22 not out off 18 balls gave India the much-needed win.

Along with the Captain, the chase was executed perfectly by the openers who provided the good start for Team India. Shikhar Dhawan who made 41 off 22 balls and Rohit Sharma with 23 off 16 balls.

Team India win the third T20 International by six wickets and draw the three-match series 1-1. While playing during the match, Kohli’s total of 476 runs in 14 matches against Australia surpassed New Zealand’s Martin Guptill who has 463 runs in 15 matches against New Zealand.

The half-century scored by Kohli is also 19th in T20Is and 5th in T20I against Australia. Virat Kohli is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world. He also surpassed many records during the West Indies tour to India earlier this month.

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Former Indian Captain MS Dhoni has been seen on many occasions calling Virat Kohli with his nickname Cheeku from behind the stumps on the field. But it is not Dhoni who gave him this nickname.

Virat’s state coach Ajit Chaudhary when he joined Delhi Ranji team called him Cheeku because of the long ears. Virat’s face during teenage after cutting his hair very short resembles a comic character called Cheeku who was the rabbit in India’s comic named “Champak”.

Virat Kohli’s father passed away in 2006 when he was playing his first Ranji match against Karnataka but the strong man Kohli batted on the next day and scored 90 runs. His coach convinced him to play the next day by saying that his father’s dream was to see Virat as a big cricketer.

Virat didn’t complete his schooling as he couldn’t complete his 12th because he was playing for under 19 at that time.

Virat Kohli once revealed that his first crush was Karisma Kapoor. Later, Virat Kohli married his love Anushka Sharma and their marriage photographs were sold in auction and money from that was collected from the auction was given in a charity.

Virat Kohli has a total of 4 tattoos on his body and he believes it brings him good luck. His favourite food is Mutton biryani and kheer especially when it’s cooked by his mother but recently Virat Kohli turned vegan like his better half Anushka.

Virat for the first time ever got chance to play on Tendulkar’s place when Sachin Tendulkar got injured on the Sri Lanka tour but he ended up scoring 12 runs in that match. As time passed, he improved his performance and he is considered as the best batsman in the world by many famous cricketing legends.

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India’s Tour of Australia started with the three-match T20I series, being first T20 held at The Gabba, Brisbane which was won by Australia by 4 runs while the second T20 scheduled on 23 November at Melbourne Cricket Ground was called off due to rain.

During the first T20I Australia had to prematurely end their innings at 158/4 off 17 overs due to heavy showers that prevented the last three overs from being played. The revised D/L target for Virat Kohli’s Men was then raised to 174 in 17 overs.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin who is not a part of the squad for the tour against Australia was found involved in some Twitter altercation with fans. Ashwin tweeted on the boundary sizes of the grounds Down Under during the first T20 match between IND vs AUS. Ashwin tweeted, “The boundary sizes in Australia Phew – is a delight for the bowlers,”.

One of his fans suggested that Ashwin would be getting hit for sixes if he was in the Indian T20I squad for the tour against Australia. The 31-year-old Ravichandran Ashwin replied to his fan with his stats from the 2016 tour. He commented, “2 for 26, 1 for 27 and 1 for 37 in the 3-0 win last series. Thanks buddy,”.

Then another fan asked Ashwin, “How many wickets in test vs Australia in Australia buddy?”. To which, Ashwin replied: “I am the one whose got the records, please go and take a look. I can’t Google you and find you.”

Ashwin also tweeted, “Such a closely fought game, too bad it didn’t go our way. This is going to be a cracking series,”.

Moreover, the third T20 is scheduled on 25 November at Sydney Cricket Ground. Following the third T20I, the tour will include four-match Test series and it will end with three-match One Day International series.

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Former Indian Captain MS Dhoni had taken various surprising decisions in his cricketing career. In ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Twenty20 final, Dhoni asked Joginder Sharma to bowl the final over which was surprising. Similarly, he promoted himself ahead of Yuvraj Singh during World Cup Final 2011.

But the unique thing about Mahi is that the on-field decisions taken by him under critical situations have mostly gone in his favor. MS Dhoni now revealed the reason behind the surprising decision of promoting himself ahead of Yuvraj Singh who is the Man of the Series in that tournament.

In the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final, Sri Lanka scored a total of 274 runs on board where Mahela Jayawardene scored 103 runs.

In reply, Team India found themselves shaking at 2/31 after losing two major wickets of Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar. Then Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli hold the innings with an important 83-run stand for the third wicket.

Then in the 22nd over, Virat Kohli was dismissed and then Dhoni came to bat and sealed the match with a 109-run stand for the fourth wicket.

Dhoni during the launch of MS Dhoni Residential Cricket Academy in Dongargaon town revealed that he knows most of the bowlers of Sri Lanka as they were part of the Chennai Super Kings earlier. He promoted himself because Muralitharan was bowling at that time.

Dhoni told that he has played with Muralitharan a lot in the CSK nets and he was confident that he will be able to score runs freely against him. That was one of the main reasons why he pushed himself up the order during the final.

Mahi’s decision was good for team India as he made 91 runs in ICC World Cup 2011 final. MS Dhoni is one of the most successful cricket captains of all time. He said that before him selectors were quite reluctant to make stumper as captain. As per selectors perspective, they said that he will be burdened too much.

But Dhoni changed their view with his successful tenure as the captain. Mahi said, “Keeper is in the best position to help any captain analyze the match. He is very close to the action and can accordingly guide the team leader about many things. He is an asset for any captain. He can release the burden on the captain with his inputs,”.

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The Indian National Cricket Team take on Australia in a three-match T20I series without MS Dhoni. India’s tour of Australia will consist of 3 T20Is, 4 Tests and 3 ODIs.

It seems as the new era has begun as the man who was an integral part of India was dropped from the shortest format of the game. The selectors told that they wanted to give an opportunity to Rishabh Pant as a wicket-keeper.

Ahead of the 1st T20I at The Gabba, Brisbane when India’s 12-man squad was announced, on social media Dhoni’s fans expressed the sorrow of not seeing Thala in T20Is at Australia.

Indian Skipper Virat Kohli will surely miss the services of the Mahendra Singh Dhoni as Dhoni is one of the most iconic cricketers in the world. In the last T20I match that Dhoni played against England at Bristol in July 2018, Kohli was seen taking Dhoni’s guidance. Even the bowlers also who sought inputs from Mahi on fielding changes and other.

The 37-year old is an experienced player and with his support, Kohli is proving his skills as a captain. India’s current wicket-keeper is Rishabh Pant but not to see Dhoni as the gloves-man is something which the entire team will miss.

As far as the Decision Review System (DRS) is concerned, it has been observed that there wasn’t a more perfect cricketer than MS Dhoni. When Kohli went for the review despite Dhoni not being convinced resulted in the decision going against India’s favor.

Simply Dhoni’s presence on the field is a boost morale of the young players. It has been said that ICC World Cup 2019 will be the last international assignment for Dhoni.

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Rising star Rashid Khan is a name that first strikes to mind whenever Afghanistan Cricket Team is talked about. The 20-year old Afghan Cricketer, Rashid Khan was passionate about cricket since childhood.

Rashid Khan idolized the Shahid Afridi since childhood. He emulates Shahid Afridi in bowling that can be seen on the field. Rashid Khan Biographyreveals about his early life. He belongs to a large family and has 10 siblings.

Rashid Khan emerged a mind-blowing cricketer in a country like Afghanistan. Whether it is IPL or Asia Cup 2018 his performance was highly appreciated by all. He is the youngest Afghanistan player to play in a Twenty20 International when he was just 17 years old. Soon after that, he made his One Day International debut as well.

Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting said, “Rashid Khan is the best bowler in the world.” It is said that he creates pressure on batsmen while bowling. His leg-spin and googlies troubled most batsmen on the field.

Rashid Khan is the second Afghan player who was included in IPL. He came to limelight when Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2017 brought him for Rs. 4 Crores.

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar after Rashid’s performance against Kolkata Knight Riders in Qualifier 2 at the Eden Gardens tweeted, “Always felt @rashidkhan_19 was a good spinner but now I wouldn’t hesitate in saying he is the best spinner in the world in this format. Mind you, he’s got some batting skills as well. Great guy,”.

Rashid Khan ended IPL 2018 with 21 wickets and he picked out three main wickets that include Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and MS Dhoni.

When South African batsman AB de Villiers who played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL announced his shocking retirement from all forms of international cricket. At that time, Former Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra said that he does not know who will be the next ABD for South Africa but Afghanistan got their ABD in the form of Rashid Khan.

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India’s tour of Australia began with three-match T20I series and India lost the first T20I match. The Second T20I is scheduled for November 23 at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The three-match T20I series will be followed by the Four-match test series.

After losing the Test matches in the series against South Africa and England earlier this year. India is determined to win the tests against Australia. The first Test begins on December 6 in Adelaide and India is all set to win their first-ever Test series Down Under.

India’s Test squad includes Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Parthiv Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

BCCI has decided to give high priority to players who have been selected just in the Test squad. BCCI told that Assistant coach Sanjay Bangar and training assistant Nuwan have left for Sydney to train Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Murali Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane. The players will begin their training on Sydney Cricket Ground.

Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Murali Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane were all part of India A squad during the unofficial four-day Test against New Zealand A that began on November 16.

Prithvi Shaw had scored a century on Test debut against West Indies in Rajkot, he made two fifties (62 and 50). Murali Vijay failed in the first innings but scored 60 in the second innings.

Hanuma Vihari hit an impressive fifty in tough conditions against England at The Oval, he also hit two fifties (86 and 51*). Ajinkya Rahane who captained India A side had a score of 12 and an unbeaten 41.

India’s batsmen performed their best but the match between India A and New Zealand A at Mount Maunganui ended in a draw. India will play its four Test matches in Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney respectively. To get the latest cricket news, visit https://www.cricadium.com/ .