Aditya Kukalyekar

Gujarat Titans were one of the best performers at the IPL mega auction this time around. They signed several utility players and most importantly, they have completely changed their bowling attack from the previous cycle. Jos Buttler was their top pick spending Rs 15.75 crore at the auction.

Lucknow Super Giants invested a massive amount of Rs 27 crore on Rishabh Pant and are most likely to make him the captain as well. They secured a lot more top players at the mega auction. Here's LSG's full squad for IPL 2025 after the mega auction.

IPL Mega Auction 2025 Highlights: A lot of players were sold across two days at the auction. However, some of the best cricketers will not feature in the cash-rich league next year. Rishabh Pant was the most expensive player while Jos Buttler was on top among overseas buys.

Zimbabwe have defeated Pakistan by 80 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series in Bulawayo. The visitors were without Babar Azam and Pakistan are coming off a stunning series win over Australia away from home. However, Zimbabwe bowled superbly defending 205 runs.

Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in the history of IPL auction. He was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for a massive amount of Rs 27 crore. Shreyas Iyer's record in this aspect was broken in literally minutes as the IPL winning captain went to Punjab Kings for 26.75 crore.

IPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: At the end of Day 1 of the event, Rishabh Pant finished as the most expensive player with Lucknow Super Giants splurging a staggering Rs 27 crore for him. Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer were next in this aspect. A total of 72 players were sold in the day.

The World Test Championship (WTC) was introduced by the ICC in 2019 and since then, a lot of Indian players have scored truckloads of runs in the longest format of the game. Here are the top five run-scorers for the country in WTC history with almost three editions done.

India got bundled out for just 150 runs in the first innings of the opening Test against Australia with Rishabh Pant scoring 37 runs and looking the most fluent batter. With this knock, Pant created history breaking a 47-year-old record in Australia.

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is off to a scintillating start as 17 wickets fell on the opening day in Perth. After opting to bat first, India were skittled for just 150 runs. However, with the ball India made a stunning comeback dismissing six Aussie batters for just 63 runs.

India have scripted a memorable comeback in the first Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth thanks to their skipper Jasprit Bumrah. He has run riot with the new ball picking up three wickets including that of Steve Smith who bagged his first golden duck in 10 years.

The highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy got underway today at the Optus Stadium in Perth with India opting to bat first after winning the toss. However, things didn't go to plan for the visitors even as Rishabh Pant managed to stun the opposition with a scoop shot.

The highly anticipated five-match Test series between India and Australia, also named the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, will commence on November 22 (Friday). The opening match will be played at the Optus Stadium in Perth.

The race to make it to the final of the third edition of the World Test Championship (WTC) is heated up. As many as five teams are fighting it out for the top two spots and it is the closest WTC ever since its introduction. Ahead of the IND vs AUS Test series, here's a look at the points table.