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– Mohsin Kamal “I was kind of disappointed but I told myself that even if I’m not picked (in IPL Auction), it’s time to prove that I have what it takes!” Abid Mushtaq, the Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder, revealed what he was thinking ahead of the Ranji Trophy encounter against Vidarbha. Just a few days before the match, Abid was not picked by any franchise in the IPL Auction 2023. He had trailed with as many as seven franchises and done well at every trial. The left-arm spinner, who is more than capable with the bat too, was a top…



— Abhijit Deshmukh, London At the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, the men’s singles tennis will be decided in a best-of-three sets format. Earlier this week, Paris 2024 twitter handle had tweeted that it will best of five sets format. After confirmation from ITF, the tweet was taken down by Paris 2024 handle. Couple of days back it was tweeted from this handle that Paris 2024 men’s singles final will be best of 5 sets. However, tweet is now taken down. Men’s singles final remain best of three sets.@RevSportz @BoriaMajumdar https://t.co/eWgqjZThP3 — Abhijit Deshmukh (@iabhijitdesh) January 3, 2023 The…

– Atreyo Mukhopadhyay It was great to see that the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) convened a meeting to chalk out a roadmap for the men’s 50-over World Cup to be hosted by India later this year. It is fantastic that the top board officials, coach, captain and others got together, exchanged views and took a few decisions, which they think, will stand the team in good stead. There were questionable announcements as well. I will come to those later. Let me talk about the laudable things first. If they have actually decided to identify a pool…

– Atreyo Mukhopadhyay An eventful mini-auction of the IPL got over in Kochi on Friday. There were stunningly astronomical sums spent on some players, some expected and some not. There were also players who went for a lot cheaper than anticipated. Revsportz tries to explore and explain which of these moves might click and the ones for which fans have to wait and watch. Chennai Super Kings Going all out for Stokes, playing the waiting game with perfection They needed a fast bowler and possibly, another opener. Look what they have bought! Ben Stokes will be an amazing addition to…

– Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Here is a quick look at what the 10 franchises might go for and what kind of money they can spend at the IPL auction in Kochi on Friday. Different teams have different requirements. Revsportz tries to find out and explain what exactly they need and what they might do. Chennai Super Kings (total slots 7, foreigners 2, money Rs 20.45 cr) Fast bowler and another opener They have most bases covered, barring an overseas fast bowler and a back-up opener. For the second, MS Dhoni’s team has Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaekwad. There is nobody after…

– Atreyo Mukhopadhyay It’s time to count money again. The mini-auction of IPL coming up in Kochi on Friday will see the franchises plug the holes in their teams and hunt for suitable back-ups. Not all of them have a lot of money to spend, so there will be mid-level buys as well. Here are three overseas and three Indian players who could be in demand. Foreigners Ben Stokes (England, base price Rs 2 cr) Needs no introduction and there is no doubt several franchises will go for him. All-rounders are always in demand in T20s and here is one…

The highly anticipated Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 auction will be held in Kochi on Friday (December 23). As many as 87 slots are up for grabs during the mini-auction. Ahead of the IPL 2023 auction, let’s take a look at the full squads of the IPL franchises, the remaining purse and available player slots. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (CSK)Remaining purse: INR 20.45 crore Total slots available: 7 Overseas slots available: 2 Current squad: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway (NZ), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali (ENG), Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius (SA), Mitchell Santner (NZ), Deepak…

– Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Pakistan suffering a first-ever Test series whitewash at home or England setting a template for how the game should be played in the future? It’s difficult to choose between the two, when it comes to picking one highlight of the series England won 3-0 on Tuesday. Nobody, not even the English, foresaw this scoreline when the first Test started in Rawalpindi on December 1. Because Pakistan had never before lost all matches of a Test series at their own den, we might have to go for 3-0 as the major highlight of the series, marked also by…

– Prantik Mazumdar Breathe! The world can finally breathe after witnessing the most tantalizing 150 minutes of soccer that it has perhaps ever seen. Actually, just the last 70 minutes, before which things looked liked a dead rubber where only one team seemed to have shown up to the party. Before the match commenced, I suppose most of the world, me included, wanted Messi to lift this Cup as a final farewell gift for himself and his nation; to end his career in the best way possible and for most football tragics to experience poetic justice of the highest level.…