Ravichandran Ashwin reached home today, within 24 hours after announcing his retirement in Brisbane. However, he will be in action in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at least and wants to play cricket for as long as he can in the near future.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been carefully managing Jofra Archer's workload. The ECB has not pushed the right-arm speedster for a Test return as the board feels that he is still not ready for the red-ball grind.

"The time has now come to call time on my career in India and announce my retirement. Words cannot express my gratitude for the love and support I have received through all the highs and lows of my career," the Indian bowler said.

IPL mega auction 2025: Ten teams spent Rs 639.15 crore to sign a total of 182 players in a two-day bidding action in Jeddah. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer bagged a combined amount of Rs 53.75 crore while the likes of Kane Williamson and Steve Smith went unsold.

List of all sold players in IPL mega auction 2025: Rishabh Pant emerged as the most expensive player in the IPL 2025 mega auction as Lucknow Super Giants splashed Rs 27 crore to sign the star Indian wicketkeeper batter.

Jos Buttler was able to attract strong interest in the IPL 2025 mega auction after his back-to-back quickfire fifties in the ongoing Abu Dhabi T10 league. The English star wicketkeeper batter was surprisingly released by Rajasthan Royals after a mixed 2024 season.

Shreyas Iyer entered the IPL 2025 mega auction with a sensational century in the opening round of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 on Friday and as expected triggered a fierce bidding war for his signature for the 2025 player auction in Jeddah on Sunday.

IPL 2025 mega auction live streaming: Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are among the biggest names set to go under the bidding hammer in a two-day event at the Abadi Al-Johar Arena in Jeddah. Punjab Kings will be entering the auction with the biggest purse of Rs 110.50 crore.

Delhi Capitals released their captain Rishabh Pant and also parted with the head coach Ricky Ponting after a poor show in the IPL 2024 season. Hemang Badani was appointed as the head coach and Venugopal Rao came in as the new IPL Director of Cricket.

Overseas players from 16 countries have registered for the upcoming IPL 2025 mega auctions. An Italian player has also registered his name for the bidding war. Check who is that player.

A total number of 1574 players have registered for the IPL 2025 mega auctions. Out of them 1165 are Indians and 409 are overseas. Here is a breakdown of overseas players registered for the auctions.

The mega auctions for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League will take place overseas yet again. Jeddah will host the bidding war of one of the most celebrated franchise tournaments in the world.

MS Dhoni left the captaincy of Chennai Super Kings in the previous season and groomed Ruturaj Gaikwad under his tutelage. Notably, Dhoni is the most capped player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Reliance Industries currently holds the streaming rights for the IPL, while Hotstar holds the streaming rights for ICC events and other games. However, both entities have recently merged.

"He is one of the sharpest brains in cricket and we will always stand to benefit from his guidance and wisdom of the sport. I am both humbled and delighted that Dada will now head all things cricket for JSW Sports in his role as Director," DC co-owner Parth Jindal said.

The Impact Player rule has been the major talking point in the Indian Premier League. While it has been scrapped from the SMAT, the rule will be in use in IPL for the next three seasons.

IPL governing council announced the retention rules on Saturday (September 28) evening. Franchises have been allowed to retain up to six players and have brought back an interesting rule which makes MS Dhoni eligible to play as an uncapped player if he is retained by CSK. Here's the explanation

The new retention rules for the IPL 2025 mega auction have been confirmed. Teams can retain a maximum of six players ahead of the mega auction for the IPL 2025. Mumbai Indians are expected to retain their core group of players with an extra retention available for the next season.

The upcoming Indian Premier League 2025 will be having a mega auction as teams will have to rebuild their teams mostly from scratch for the next years. The IPL auction retention rules are the major talking point in the Indian cricketing diaspora.

The BCCI is likely allow each franchise to retain a maximum of five players, one more than previous editions, but no RTM option in the IPL 2025 player auction. The majority of teams, including the 2024 champions KKR, are expected to face a big headache before selecting their retained player list.