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•••║► IPL - 2018 ◄║••• CSK Crowned Champions !!!!

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    Rcb gayle ine retain cheythila ale..nala karyam..bt rahul ine retain cheyathe sarfaraz ine retain cheythath enthinano entho..
     
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    Ya rahul any day better than sarfraz , may be rtm option ullath kond vangan aakum
     
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    Hmm..starc ipravishyavum kanile?pulliye retain cheythitum ila..
     
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    Ricky Ponting , the former Australian captain, has been named as the new head coach of Delhi Daredevils for the upcoming IPL 2018 season, the franchise confirmed on Thursday (January 4).

    The legendary cricketer, who amassed more than 13000 runs in both Tests and ODIs, will take over the mantle of coaching the side from Paddy Upton, with whom the franchise parted ways last year following the conclusion of his two-year contract.
    Daredevils also lost the services of Rahul Dravid, who served as a mentor for the last two seasons. The former India captain had to step down from his position due to BCCI's conflict of interest clause on June 30 last year. Dravid opted to continue as the coach of India A and India Under-19 teams.

    Ponting, who announced his retirement from international cricket in 2012, was sold to the franchise in 2013 for a base price of $400,000. He was subsequently named as the captain but opted to resign mid-way into the tournament as he could only notch up a mere 52 runs from six matches. Rohit Sharma took over as the captain of the side and piloted the franchise to a title triumph. Mumbai Indians then decided to retain Ponting in an advisory capacity for the following season.

    He then coached Mumbai Indians to their second IPL title in 2015, but decided to not continue in that position after his two-year contract expired in 2016. He was also appointed as the assistant coach of Australia for the T20I series versus Sri Lanka last year.

    On Thursday, the franchise also announced that the trio of Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris and Shreyas Iyer had been retained for the upcoming edition of the IPL.
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    Joe Root enters IPL 2018 Player Auction
    January 13 2018

    282 foreign cricketers amongst 1122 who have registered for the 2018 auctions.

    A total of 1122 players have registered for the Indian Premier League auction set to be held on January 27 and 28 in Bangalore, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced on Saturday (January 13). England's Test captain Joe Root also thrown his hat into the ring with a total of 282 overseas players hoping to earn a contract.

    A total of 26 players from England, 58 from Australia, 30 from New Zealand and 57 from South Africa have registered for the auction. Afghanistan too will see 13 players in the list while there are as many as 39 players from Sri Lanka. 39 players from Windies too have entered the auction.

    Also read: Full list of players retained.
    Mitchell Starc, who ended his association with the Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of last IPL , too has entered the auction that also includes Chris Gayle, Ben Stokes, Chris Lynn, Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Dwayne Bravo, Carlos Brathwaite, Evin Lewis and Jason Holder.

    Hashim Amla, Kagiso Rabada, Faf du Plessis and Morne Morkel are the few South Africans who are also part of the list. The in-form Glenn Maxwell, Shane Watson, who was mulling calling time on his IPL career last year , too have entered the race with Mitchell Johnson, who has retired from international cricket but continues to play Big Bash League.

    Lasith Malinga, who's form has taken a considerable dip in the last year or so, too will be part of the auction apart from his Sri Lanka mates Angelo Mathews and Niroshan Dickwella.

    The full list has already been sent out to the eight franchises. There are a total of 281 capped players, 838 uncapped players, which also includes 778 Indian players, apart from three players from Associate nations.

    Country Total players
    Afghanistan 13
    Australia 58
    Bangladesh 8
    England 26
    Ireland 2
    New Zealand 30
    Scotland 1
    South Africa 57
    Sri Lanka 39
    USA 2
    West Indies 39
    Zimbabwe 7
     
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    CSK will definitely go for Ashwin in IPL auction - Dhoni
    January 19 2018

    Dhoni is keen on reuniting with Ashwin in the IPL.

    A little over a week ahead of the much-anticipated player auctions, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has confirmed that Chennai Super Kings will make an effort to sign star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. The offspinner was part of CSK since 2009, before turning out for Rising Pune Supergiant in the two seasons (2016 and 2017) when the Chennai-based franchise was suspended. Dhoni stressed on the need to include a lot of local players in the squad, while also confirming that the likes of Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis and Brendon McCullum are on their radar.

    "It's always a tough call," Dhoni said during a promotional event in Chennai. "We will definitely go for him in the auction. Ashwin being a local lad... we want a lot of local players in the side. We have somebody like a [Dwayne] Bravo, Faf [du Plessis] and Brendon McCullum [on the radar]".

    As per IPL rules, CSK cannot use their Right To Match (RTM) card for Ashwin, as they've already retained three capped Indian players in Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja. Which means, they will have to outbid any of the other Ashwin suitors to have the spinner in their ranks again. Dhoni conceded that at an auction like the one that is to take place on January 27 and 28, price will dictate the terms while stating that 'Ashwin will come first in the auction' for CSK.

    "These are the things where it becomes difficult. We don't know what margins to go for. You look at all the other players that we have got and then we can go for someone else because it gives the stability to the side. For somebody else, a player may not be worth the same, but for your team because of all the other players, he may be that one person who really strengthens the side. Ashwin will come first in the auction but as I said I have to wait and watch. I can't put any number to it but we will try to get him for the reasons I have said but at an auction it's the price that dictates the terms."

    Dhoni further explained that emotion will have to be kept aside, and if a player goes outside the team's 'range', then they'll have to be let go while keeping the focus on building a strong team. Having retained three players already, CSK will enter the auction with a purse of INR 47 crore.

    "How much money we can afford to go for each individual and still make a strong team will be the key. That's why I said we have to keep the emotions aside and we may want somebody and if the price goes outside our range and then we actually have to let him go. That's the adaptability factor that we need to have at the auction table because it will be turning at that point of time."

    CSK's retention of their core group of players in their eight years of existence has taken much of the credit for their sustained success, and it is likely that other franchises will be wary of CSK trying to retain and snap up some of their old players. In such a situation, CSK also run the risk of over-inflation of player bids from the opposition, a 'strategy' Dhoni expects to witness during the auctions.

    "It's always a strategy and as I said we need to have the right mix because there will be an auction next year as well," he pointed out. "You can always supplement players. Whichever areas you feel slightly weak, you can buy and trade a few players to get stronger in those areas. But the core group remains to be strong and that's what we will try to retain. But like you said, there may be inflation and so on. That's why I said we need to keep emotions to the side.

    "If you back off one player that has had an inflated price, none of the teams are going to take him further at that point of time. Whom you may lose depends on the auction but as I said we won't get all the players. We have never gotten all the players. Some of the players who performed for us, their prices went high so much there was no way we could have gotten them back. Also when you retain players, you lose a big chunk of money. So we have to see everything.
    Dhoni also advocated the need to give 'stability to the fan' by having players who stay at one franchise for a long duration.

    "What we also want is to have a strong connection with the local boys and at the same time people who have played for us," he noted. "I always felt that people were like 'there shouldn't be any retainership and stuff like that'. But unless you give that stability to the fan... If I had played for eight different franchises in ten years then the association isn't there. But you want that sort of association, the franchise has to have a fan following. And that can only happen if the players stay in one franchise for a longer duration," Dhoni opined.

    Dhoni captained the side in each of the eight seasons from 2008 to 2015, and reckoned he couldn't have even thought about not coming back to the side.

    "A lot of people approached me, I can tell you that," he said. "I can't think of not coming back to CSK. As I said, it's because of everything - what we have been through as a team, how we have conducted ourselves, how the management has been, how the players have been, how the fans have been. I always keep saying it's like a second home to me. The fans over here have adopted me, they accept me like one of their own. There can't be any bigger compliment than that. So that thought of being with any other franchise was never a question.

    "As a captain, it was slightly easy for me with the management. Actually when you go when you have lost a game, they already know the reasons - where the game changed, what could have been done or the wicket slowed down. If they know that, there is less pressure on you. The last two years we were not there, our fan following got stronger because none of the players were involved in anything.

    "Often when some mistake is committed, people bear the brunt and the team has to bear brunt of whatever happened. But the players were cleared of all the controversies, and we are back to cricket and the fact that we sold whatever the endorsement [targets] were there. That is, in fact, a big endorsement of the fact that they believe in CSK and the franchise."
     
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    last time Ashwinu vendi bet vechu thottu thunnampaaadi :sadwalk:
     
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    Would be tough for csk to go after ashwin... They will be tempted to go for bravo too

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