Surprised, says Virat Kohli after winning ICC ‘Spirit of Cricket’ award

He won the honor for his motion at the 2019 World Cup, when he egged the group on to help and not boo Steve Smith

Indian chief Virat Kohli says he is shocked at winning the ICC’s Spirit of Cricket Award following quite a while “of being under the scanner for an inappropriate things”, alluding to his past flare-ups. He won the honor for his signal at the 2019 World Cup, when he egged the group on to help and not boo Steve Smith not long after his arrival to worldwide cricket from a one-year suspension for ball-altering.

From once avoiding considering his Australian adversary a cheat to asking the group to back him, it has been a staggering turnaround for Virat Kohli, one of the world’s best batsmen close by Smith. “I’m amazed that I have it, after numerous long periods of being under the scanner for an inappropriate things,” Kohli said in an announcement gave by the ICC.

Clarifying his explanations behind support Smith the manner in which he did, Kohli included, “That minute was simply understanding an individua’s circumstance. I don’t think a person who is leaving a circumstance like that should be exploited.” The energetic Kohli, who was once fined 50 percent of his match charges after he was seen demonstrating the center finger to the group as a response to some antagonistic vibe from fans, is carefully against booing.

“That ought not be a portrayal of our fans and what we remain as a cricketing country, a wearing country. “We have to all assume liability towards that. Scare the restriction, unquestionably attempt to have an advantage yet in an issue that isn’t focusing on somebody inwardly…

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Gavaskar questions Dhoni’s absence in Team India since ICC World Cup 2019

Gavaskar questions Dhoni’s absence in Team India since ICC World Cup 2019

Does anybody keep himself inaccessible for playing for India for whatever length of time that M S Dhoni has is the genuine inquiry, as indicated by previous India commander and cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar. Dhoni has not played for India since the group’s semi-last exit from the 2019 ICC World Cup.

Talking in the wake of giving the 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial address, Gavaskar said that he can’t talk on Dhoni’s wellness. “I can’t reveal to you anything about wellness. In any case, I think the inquiry that should be posed is of Mahendra Singh Dhoni himself,” Gavaskar told columnists. “He has not made himself accessible to play for India since July 10. That is the significant point. Does anybody get himself far from playing for India for that long? That is the issue and in that lies the appropriate response,” he said.

Dhoni has been on a vacation from all types of cricket since the apocalypse Cup in which time Rishabh Pant has been pushed as India’s primary man behind the stumps going into the up and coming 2020 T20 World Cup. (Sports News) Sanju Samson has likewise been reliably part of the squad following amazing exhibitions in residential cricket and played for India instead of Pant during their third T20I against Sri Lanka in Pune on Friday.

Gavaskar said that he trusts compensation for uncapped players in the Ranji Trophy is additionally expanded to overcome any issues in that regard with the Indian Premier League (IPL). “IPL rules Ranji Trophy. Except if coordinate expenses are expanded considerably, it (Ranji Trophy) will be viewed as a vagrant and poor cousin of Indian cricket,” he said…

Australian ‘megablaze’ under control, wet weather promises further respite

New South Wales firefighters said they finally had the upper hand in the fight against the vast Gospers Mountain fire on Sydney’s northwestern outskirts

Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia’s largest “megablaze” under control on Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for countryside ravaged by bushfires.

New South Wales firefighters said they finally had the upper hand in the fight against the vast Gospers Mountain fire on Sydney’s northwestern outskirts, which has been burning out of control for almost three months. Visiting the area on Monday, New South Wales Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said there was a “small area of burning still to complete” but the “containment prognosis looks promising.” The Australia Bushfire seared an area of national park three times the size of Greater London and lit several connected blazes totalling over 800,000 hectares — an area larger than Austria.

As residents and authorities continued to come to grips with the sheer scale of the devastation, the Bureau of Meteorology forecast some firegrounds could get up to 50 millimetres (two inches) of rain in the next week, a relief after a prolonged drought. If that forecast bears out, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said, “then this will be all of our Christmas, birthday, engagement, anniversary, wedding and graduation presents rolled into one. Fingers crossed.” Dozens of other fires are yet to be controlled…

IND vs SL 3rd T20: Check predicted playing 11, live streaming details here

India versus Sri Lanka third T20 match will be broadcast live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD with English editorial. The hurl will occur at 6:30 pm (IST)

Sports News: The India cricket crew will be peering toward one more arrangement succeed at home when they take on the Sri Lanka cricket crew in their third and last T20 International (T20) at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Friday. The Virat Kohli-drove India side enlisted an agreeable seven-wicket triumph in the second T20 and took an unassailable 1-0 lead in the competition. The first T20 in Guwahati had been canceled because of sogginess on the pitch.

The second T20, in which Jasprit Bumrah was making a rebound, saw Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur standing out as truly newsworthy, demonstrating India’s newly discovered bowling quality. In the batting office, K L Rahul proceeded with his great structure and gave India a solid beginning alongside Shikhar Dhawan. Shreyas Iyer and Kohli benefited from that establishment and their gutsy force hitting ensiured India were home decently effectively…

India VS Sri Lanka third T20 anticipated playing 11

India conditional playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan, K L Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah

Sri Lanka conditional playing 11: Danushka Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Perera (wk), Oshada Fernando/Angelo Mathews, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Kasun Ranjitha, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, Lasith Malinga (c)..

Aus vs NZ: Warner nears ton, Labuschagne survives as Australia pile on runs

Australia have been unbeatable this season, winning all four Tests at home

Sports News: David Warner was approaching his 24th Test century and Marnus Labuschagne endure a dropped catch as Australia followed brisk hurries to set up a presentation in the third Test against New Zealand on Monday. Australia extended their general lead to 375 runs at lunch on the fourth day with Warner charging along to arrive at 89 and Labuschagne on 36 in the their group’s 172 for one at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Runs were coming effectively against the debilitated Kiwi bowling assault with a probable presentation expected at some point in the second session of play.

Warner had confronted 130 balls and his 31st Test 50 years was his first time he passed 50 since his unbeaten 335 against Pakistan in Adelaide a month ago. Labuschagne, falling off his profession Test-high 215 in the main innings, was given a ‘real existence’ on four when Todd Astle dropped a guideline got and bowled chance at guts stature. He ordinarily sunk into his innings and played various turn around compasses to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

Joe Burns again neglected to go on after a beginning and lost a leg before wicket survey after not picking leg-spinner Todd Astle’s wrong’un. Consumes, who has neglected to nail down the opener’s spot nearby Warner, was out for 40 off 79 balls with two sixes. Consumes completed the Test summer with 256 runs at 32.00. Australia have been unbeatable this season, winning all four Tests at home — two each against Pakistan and New Zealand — after retaining the Ashes by drawing the series 2-2 in England…

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Sourav Ganguly intrigued with India’s ‘brave batting’ at Wankhede

India are presently planned to play a three-coordinate ODI arrangement against West Indies starting Sunday in Chennai

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has praised India’s brave batting in the last T20I against the West Indies which they won by 67 hurries to secure the three-coordinate arrangement 2-1. “Very few anticipated that India should lose an arrangement … win was not a shock… what will stand apart is the valiant batting which all will see in T20 now… play unafraid… nobody plays for his place yet plays to win…well done India,” previous India skipper Ganguly tweeted on Thursday morning.

KL Rahul top-scored with a staggering 56-ball 91 and shared a 135-run opening stand with Rohit Sharma (71) as India traveled to triumph and won the arrangement 2-1, riding on their overwhelming aggregate of 240/3. Captain Virat Kohli too got the gathering together with an unbeaten 70 that fell off only 29 balls. In answer, the West Indies could oversee just 173/8 in spite of captain Pollard’s 39-ball 68.

India are presently planned to play a three-coordinate ODI arrangement against West Indies starting Sunday in Chennai. From that point onward, they will play three T20Is against Sri Lanka toward the beginning of January one year from now….

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Byju’s to replace Oppo on Team India jersey after West Indies tour

BCCI will continue to receive the same amount from Byju’s and will be at no loss for the entire duration of the deal

From September onwards, Team India will have another brand name on their shirts. Chinese portable producer Oppo will be supplanted by Byju’s, the Bangalore-based instructive innovation and online instructional exercise firm.

Group India will brandish Oppo logo on their shirts till the West Indies visit which starts from August 3 and finishes on September 2. Once, South Africa voyage through India starts from September 15, Byju’s will takeover the pullover. In March 2017, Oppo had won the Indian group sponsorship rights for a five-year time frame, for example till March 2022 for an incredible measure of Rs 1079 crores, outbidding Vivo mobiles’ Rs 768 crore offer..(Click Here for Companies News)

Be that as it may, as per a Times of India report, Oppo has now chosen to leave the space since it finds the incentive at which it obtained the rights in 2017 to be “amazingly high” and “unsustainable”. The report further says that BCCI will keep on getting a similar sum from Byju’s and will be at no misfortune for the whole length of the arrangement which keeps running till March 31, 2022.

Oppo was paying BCCI Rs 4.61 crore per respective match and Rs 1.56 crore for an ICC occasion coordinate. Prior to that, STAR India used to pay Rs 1.92 crore per reciprocal match and Rs 61 lakh for an ICC coordinate…

It’s a shame that the ball hit Stokes’ bat: NZ captain on unlucky overthrow

England needed 9 runs from the final three balls when a throw from the deep touched a diving Ben Stokes’ bat and raced to the boundary ropes, giving England six runs when they should have got only two

While England cheered, a broke and crushed New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was left to regret the shocking oust in the last over that in the long run turned the epic last to support England, here Sunday. 

Britain required 9 keeps running from the last three balls when a toss from the profound contacted a plunging Ben Stokes’ bat and hustled to the limit ropes, giving England six runs when they ought to have just two. It affected the condition to the degree that the heart-halting challenge extended to the Super Over and inevitably the hosts lifted their lady World Cup trophy. “It was a disgrace that the ball hit Stokes’ bat, yet I simply trust it doesn’t occur in minutes like that. I don’t wish to nitpick, simply trust it never occurs at such times until the end of time,” Williamson said.

“The NZ side demonstrated a lot of heart to get us to this point, yet it simply wasn’t intended to be. The folks are broken right now – it is crushing. It’s really difficult to swallow at this stage. Be that as it may, a phenomenal exertion from our folks,” said the captain. Stirs later apologized to New Zealand for that fortunate accidental touch. “In the last over when the ball hit the bat and went for four – I was sorry to Kane for that.”

Kane Williamson, who was decreed the player of the competition for scoring 578 runs and for his splendid captaincy, said they were a couple of runs short. “We thought keeps running on the board – we would have enjoyed 10-20 more. Be that as it may, in a World Cup last this was a focused aggregate. The bowlers truly put the batsmen under strain. It needed to go down to the last ball, and after that the last chunk of the following little match, however an incredible match all round.”

“There were such a large number of minutes that could’ve gone in any case, yet congrats to England – they’ve had a mind boggling effort and they merit it.” Winning captain Eoin Morgan recognized the courageous brand of cricket New Zealand showed all through the competition. “I’d like to sympathize Kane and his group. The model that they lead is enormously admirable to him and his group,” he said. Morgan at that point valued the batting endeavors of his partners Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes…

Virat Kohli as batsman and captain is similar to Imran Khan: Abdul Qadir

“I wouldn’t compare the two (Kohli, Khan) but, if I look at Kohli, he also has this ability of leading from the front,” he added

Former Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir has said that he sees lot of similarities between Indian skipper Virat Kohli and former Pakistan captain and the country’s prime minister, Imran Khan. “If I look at Virat Kohli as a batsman and captain… I can say he is similar to Imran in the manner that he, like Imran, sets an example by doing something himself and then expects his team to do the same,” Qadir said on a TV show on Tuesday night.

“I wouldn’t compare the two (Kohli, Khan) but, if I look at Kohli, he also has this ability of leading from the front,” he added. “Kohli also (like Khan) takes responsibility and performs and forces the other players to perform,”|Sports News

Qadir said further.The spinner who played 67 tests and 104 One-day Internationals for Pakistan, many of them under the captaincy of Khan, was reacting to Indian head coach Ravi Shastri’s comparing Kohli to cult cricketing figures like Sir Vivian Richards and the iconic former Pakistan captain.

“If I talk about Imran, the sort of personality he had and his ability to get performance out of his players… I don’t think Virat Kohli is there as yet. But no doubt the Indian captain also leads by example,” he said. Considered by many as the best batsman of the modern era, Kohli recently led India to their first ever test series win in Australia and the Indian team under his leadership thrashed New Zealand in the recently concluded one-day series.

Arjun Tendulkar included in India U-19 squad for Lanka tour; Sachin elated

The 18-year-old Arjun has previously been a part of the Mumbai Under-14, Under-16, and Under-19 teams

 

The Indian team list will once again have the famous Tendulkar surname back as legendary Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun was included in U-19 side for the two four-day games against Sri Lanka.

Sachin Tendulkar expressed his happiness over the selection of his son Arjun Tendulkar in the Indian under 19 team.

He said, "We are happy on Arjun being selected in Indian under 19 team. It is an important milestone in his cricketing life. Anjali and I will always support Arjun in his choices and pray for his success."

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) senior official Rajiv Shukla also congratulated Arjun Tendulkar. The 18-year-old Arjun has previously been a part of the Mumbai Under-14, Under-16, and Under-19 teams.

Standing at 6ft 1inch, the 18-year-old Arjun is a left-arm fast bowler and a handy lower middle order batsman. Two India U-19 squads were announced today in Bengaluru with Anuj Rawat and Aryan Juyal leading the side.

However, an innocuous selection meeting became interesting as the three-member selection committee comprising Ashish Kapoor, Gyanendra Pandey and Rakesh Parikh selected Tendulkar junior for the longer version.

Arjun with his tally of 18 wickets from five Cooch Behar Trophy (National U-19) games is 43rd in the list of wicket-takers for the season. He had one five-wicket haul (5/95) against MP.

Incidentally, Himachal Pradesh's Ayush Jamwal (50 wickets) is not in any of the teams as he is now over age.

"There is a clear direction from BCCI and coach Rahul Dravid that those who will surpass 19 by this year should not be selected even if they have performed. Let them play Ranji Trophy according to Rahul. So a lot of boys ahead of Arjun are disqualified," a senior BCCI official told PTI today.

However, Harsh Tyagi (49 wickets), a left-arm spinner from Delhi is in both the squads.

When a source close to the selection committee was asked how Arjun despite being 43rd in the wicket takers list made the cut, he explained: "If you look at the List, Arjun is the only genuine quick bowler who has more than 15 wickets. Most of the bowlers above him are spinners with only Ajay Dev Goud (33 wickets) being a genuine all-rounder. He is a slow medium bowler while Arjun is quick bowler."

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Commonwealth Games 2018: Jitu Rai wins gold, Mehuli Ghosh silver; updates

Commonwealth Games 2018 Day 5: Jitu Rai won gold and Om bronze in 10m Air Pistol final. Pardeep Singh bagged silver in men's 105kg weightlifting. India's medal tally in CWG 2018 currently stands at 15

It was a brilliant day for India at Gold Coast on Monday as the country’s medal tally doubled from the previous day in Commonwealth Games 2018. The weightlifting winning streak continued, with Pardeep Singh bagging a silver in the men's 105kg category. Shooter Jitu Rai won gold after defeating Australia's Kerry Bell, while Om Mitharwal bagged bronze medal for India in men's 10m air pistol event. India's overall medal tally stands at 15th at the CWG 2018.

A day before, women formed the core of India's stupendous day at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Golad Coast, Australia, where a 16-year-old Manu Bhaker delivered a record-shattering shooting gold medal. The table tennis team, meanwhile, stunned the fancied defending champions Singapore to clinch the top honours for the first time at the event. M C Mary Kom advanced to the medal rounds in her first and probably last appearance at the Games. India held on to their fourth position in the medals tally, having claimed seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals so far. A distant silver-medallist in the event also happened to be a woman — Heena Sidhu for shooting. In weightlifting, again, Punam Yadav (69kg) pulled off a personal best of 222kg to improve the bronze she had won in the 2014 edition, in the process adding another gold to India's haul. In hockey, Indian eves stunned Olympic champions England in its third pool match for a 2-1 victory, which took them closer to a semifinal berth.

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India's basketball teams, however, suffered their third consecutive group-stage match loss to exit the 21st commonwealth Games without a win on Sunday. The Indian men lost to Scotland 81-96 while the women lost their third group-stage match to New Zealand 55-90 at the Cairns Convention Centre. The women's table tennis team of Manika Batra, Madhurika Patkar and Mouma Das beat Singapore 3-1 for a historic maiden gold. In badminton, Saina Nehwal remained in good form and guided India to a 3-1 triumph over Singapore in the mixed team event.

In track-and-field events, shot-putter Tejinder Singh made it to the finals, while Mohammed Anas Yahiya topped his 400m heat to book a slot in the semifinals.

Here are the top 10 developments around Commonwealth Games 2018, India's performance, and schedule for the CWG events:

1. Weightlifting: Pardeep Singh bagged silver in men's 105kg weightlifting. This is India's 13th medal overall at the Games.

2. Shooting: Mehuli Ghosh won silver medal for the Women's 10m Air Rifle Final. Compatriot Apurvi Chandela bagged bronze. The 25-year-old broke her own Games qualification record of 415.6 she set in Glasgow in 2014.

3. Athletics: Tejaswin Shankar clears 2.21m in his second attempt in Men's High Jump Qualifying Round (Group A)

4. Jitu Rai, Om bag gold and bronze respectively in 10m Air Pistol final: Jitu Rai bagged Gold for India and shooter Om Mitharval equalled the Commonwealth Games (CWG) record on his way to qualifying for the final of the men's 10m Air Pistol event on Monday. Om shot 584 in the qualifying round to equal the meet record set by fellow Indian Samaresh Jung at the 2006 CWG in Melbourne.

5. Gold Coast CWG medal tally after Day 4 competitions: Top-10 positions in the medal tally after Day 4 of the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Sunday. The list is in the order of rank, nation, gold medal, silver medal, bronze medal and total medals.

6. SV Sunil shines as Indian men's hockey team beat Wales: SV Sunil ensured India's victory in the 59th minute and beat Wales 4-3 in a dramatic encounter at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Sunday. It was a must-win game for India, having drawn 1-1 to Pakistan and losing 0-3 to Malaysia in the previous two Pool B matches.

Dilpreet Singh (16), Mandeep Singh (28'), Harmanpreet Singh (57') were the other goal scorers for India. For Wales, Gareth Furlong scored a hat-trick to snatch India's lead on three occasions (17', 45' and 58'), converting three out of the four penalty corners for Wales. India will take on Malaysia in their next Pool B match.

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BCCI slaps 5-month ban on Yusuf Pathan for failing dope test

His urine sample was found to contain Terbutaline

 

Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan was today handed a five-month retrospective suspension for failing a dope test, a sanction which will end on January 14, after the BCCI accepted that the violation was inadvertent.

"Mr Yusuf Pathan has been suspended for a doping violation. Mr Pathan had inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups," the BCCI said in a statement.

The 35-year-old Pathan had provided a urine sample as part of the BCCI's anti-doping testing program during a domestic T20 competition on March 16 last year.

"His sample was subsequently tested and found to contain Terbutaline.

Terbutaline, a specified substance, is prohibited both In and Out of Competition in the WADA Prohibited List of Substances," the BCCI stated.

The all-rounder, who has played 57 ODIs and 22 T20 Internationals for India, was charged with the "commission of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) under the BCCI Anti- Doping Rules (ADR) Article 2.1 and provisionally suspended pending determination of the charge".

"Mr Pathan responded to the charge by admitting the ADRV and asserting that it was caused by his ingestion of a medication containing Terbutaline that had been mistakenly given to him instead of the medication prescribed for him, which did not contain any prohibited substance," the BCCI explained.

The BCCI said it is "satisfied" with Pathan's explanation that was using the medication to "treat an Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI) and not as a performance-enhancing drug"..... 

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BCCI nominates MS Dhoni for prestigious Padma Bhushan award

With two World titles (2011 50-over World Cup and 2007 World T20), nearly 10,000 runs, 90 Test matches, there is no one better than him who could have been nominated said a BCCI official

The Indian cricket board has nominated Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the country's third highest civilian award -- the Padma Bhushan -- for his contribution to the game.

A senior BCCI official confirmed that the Board has only sent one name for the Padma awards this year and it was a unanimous decision to nominate India's most successful captain.

"Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been nominated by the BCCI for the Padma Bhushan award. There was no doubt among the members that Dhoni has impeccable credentials. Two World titles (2011 50-over World Cup and 2007 World T20), nearly 10,000 runs, 90 Test matches. There is no one better than him, who could have been nominated," a senior BCCI official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

The BCCI has not sent any other nominations for the Padma awards this year.

The 36-year-old has scored 9737 runs in 302 ODIs besides 4876 runs in 90 Test matches. He has also played 78 T20 Internationals, notching up 1212 runs.

He has 16 international hundreds (6 in Tests and 10 in ODIs) along with 100 international half-centuries.

As a wicketkeeper, Dhoni has held 584 catches across formats (256 in Tests, 285 in ODIs and 43 in T20 Internationals). He has also effected 163 stumpings.

Dhoni is already a recipient of the prestigious Arjuna, Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Padma Shri award.

If Dhoni is conferred with Padma Bhushan, he will become the 11th Indian cricketer to get the third highest civilian honour.

Some of the notable international cricketers, who have been the recipients of Padma Bhushan award are Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Chandu Borde, Prof DB Deodhar, Col CK Nayudu, and Lala Amarnath.

The lesser known names include Raja Bhalindra Singh of Patiala, who played 13 first-class matches, and Vijaya Anand -- the Maharaja of Vizianagram, who was India's captain during their 1936 tour to England.

 

Kohli was asked about Kumble's approach while coaching and he stoically maintained his stancz



Opening up for the first time, Virat Kohli on Thursday said that he will never reveal dressing-room details, in an apparent reference to the now retired coach Anil Kumble's statement that their partnership had become "untenable".

Kumble stepped down a couple of days back due to differences with the India captain.

Kohli said "he respects" Kumble's decision to quit and that there is highest regard for him as a player.
"Obviously Anil bhai has expressed his views and he has taken a decision to step out and we will respect that decision. It's something that has happened right after the tournament," Kohli said on the eve of the first ODI against the West Indies.

While he felt that Kumble is entitled to his opinion, in a roundabout manner, the skipper spoke about how dressing room details are sacred to him, which, at any cost, can't be shared with the public.
"One thing for sure is that I have had 11 press conferences that have happened during the Champions Trophy. We have created a culture over the last 3-4 years that whatever happens in the change room, we have tried to maintain the sanctity of the change room throughout. That is what the whole team believes in. For us that is paramount," Kohli stated.

The skipper said that he and his players respect Kumble's achievements as a player.

"I have total respect for him as a cricketer and what he has achieved for the nation. All the years that he has played. There's no taking away that aspect of him at all. And we all respect him totally," Kohli very consciously made it clear that he won't talk about coach Kumble's role.

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IPL 2017 auction LIVE: English bowler Tyman Mills goes for Rs 12 cr to RCB

Tyman Mills was in demand as four teams bid for him

11: 00 am Tyman Mills was in demand as four teams bid for him, ultimately going to RCB for Rs 12 crore. A total of Rs 6.9 crore was spent in acquiring fast bowlers while wicketkeepers seemed out of favour as only one out of the batch of six found a buyer, that too at base price

KKR entered the bidding for the first time this season with Trent Boult. The Knightriders have just four overseas players in the squad currently and need more players from abroad. They were joined in the bid battle by Mumbai Indians IPL Auction who bowed out at KKR’s bid of Rs 5 crore. Boult played for the Hyderabad team in 2016 and this year, will don the KKR jersey.

English bowler Tyman Mills saw some aggressive bidding as well as Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab held their ground against each other. Both the teams did not shy from upping the stakes till Mumbai bowed out at Punjab’s bid of Rs 7 crore. At this point, the bid war between KKR and RCB started. RCB came out winner with a bid of Rs 12 crore.

Australian Patrick Cummins was fought over by Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevil, the former opening the bid at the reserve price of Rs 2 crore. They however bowed out at Rs 4.5 crore, thus giving Delhi the winning bid and Cummins’ services for the 2017 edition. Fellow autralian Mitchell Johnson was up next (base price Rs 2 crore). Mumbai Indians opened the bid for the fast bowler and snapped him up at reserve price.

South African fast bowler Kyle Abbott (reserve price Rs 1.5 crore) went unsold. Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma (Rs 2 crore base price) shared the same fate, as he surprisingly remained unsold in the first round of bidding.

After three unsold players in the wicketkeeper category, the Mumbai Indians picked up Nicholas Pooran of West Indies at base price (Rs 30 lakh). The two wicketkeeprs to follow – West Inidan Johnson Charles and Sri Lankan Dinesh Chandimal too remained unsold.

10:30 Ben Stokes goes to Pune for Rs 14.5 crAM England all-rounder Ben Stokes was the costliest buy after the first round of IPL players' auction today, going to Rising Pune Supergiants for a whopping Rs 14.50 crore (USD 2.16 million) after an intense bidding war. Pune Supergiants, who removed Mahendra Singh Dhoni from captaincy, entered late into the bidding at Rs 13 crore and clinched the deal at Rs 14.50 crore defeating bids from Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Read More