Kohli said the break is helping him recover for fresh challenges ahead, starting with the IPL as he leads the Royal Challengers Banglore once again in the 11th edtion of the Indian Premier League.

Ness Wadia and Preity Zinta were in a relationship for over five years.

The service agreement and the contract term will cover one season of the IPL (2018) and one season of Domestic Cricket (2018-2019), Choudhary said.

Malinga knows it would be tough not to play in front of a capacity Wankhede Stadium crowd wearing the Mumbai Indians blue jersey but admitted that in his heart he knew that his time was up.

Mills reflected that players act as mere commodities for IPL franchises as the formers' destiny is in the hands of the latter.

Clarke has been like a mentor to the 17-year-old Nepal leg-spinner who has scripted history with a Rs 20 lakh IPL contract with the Delhi Daredevils.

The Bombay High Court today said the IPL has made people familiar with phrases like “betting and fixing” and in view of the alleged violations of foreign exchange rules it was time to see if the tournament was in interest of the game of cricket.

Apart from the cricketers who raked in the moolah and the limelight Jhanvi Mehta was the key attraction of the Indian Premier League auction.

Jaydev Unadkat became the most expensive Indian at this year's IPL after he was bought by RR at a whopping Rs 11.50 crore while West Indian Chris Gayle - unsold twice - was picked up by KXIP at his base price of Rs 2 crore.

Archer was one of the most sought after besides Pandya as the all-rounder has been highly impressive in England's county cricket.

The spinner had a base price of 2 crore but no one expected that the bidding war would rise, only for the Hyderabad franchise to use the Right to Match card in the end to bag him for 9 crore.

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As per the list provided, 36 players are in all in Rs 2 crore bracket while 32 have priced themselves in the Rs 1.5 crore zone.

Stokes was also granted permission to play limited overs cricket for Canterbury in New Zealand.

Stokes secured a 1.7m-pound-deal in 2017 and went on to win the season's most valuable player award.

Under the captaincy of Gambhir, KKR have reached the playoffs on three occasions besides winning two seasons of the IPL.

The role for Kirsten has yet not been confirmed as Daniel Vettori, the current head coach for RCB, will remain in the team's coaching staff.

The head coach's job was informally held by Sehwag after Team India batting coach Sanjay Bangar resigned in December 2016.

The 38-year-old retired from all forms of cricket at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in the T20 match against New Zealand.

A franchise can secure a maximum of three capped Indian players and a maximum of two overseas players.