The world's largest cricket stadium will also have 11 centre strips, which is also unique, along with never-before heard four dressing rooms with in-built gymnasium, said Gujarat Cricket Association's joint secretary Anil Patel.
The most notable ones who failed to attract any bids were the English opening duo of Jason Roy and Alex Hales.
The 27-year-old has been feeling surreal to be at the world's largest cricket stadium.
While reviewing the IPL auction on Star Sports, Gambhir stated that he doesn’t see much quality barring Shubman Gill and to a certain extent Nitish Rana
The reason, he says, is that Ravi Ashwin loves bowling to left-handers and for England to get a solid start, a good opening partnership is a prerequisite.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has come out in support of India's modern-day great Virat Kohli after the latter revealed how the Master Blaster helped him out in one of his darkest moments.
The ICC T20 World Cup will be held in India in October this year and Mani wants an assurance on Visa issues.
The Proteas middle-order batsman featured in just one game during the season opener, last year. He was run out for a diamond duck in his solitary appearance against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
While Morris became the costliest player in the tournament’s history, however, some of the biggest names remained unsold.
India all-rounder Hardik Pandya made his debut way back in 2016, in a T20I against Australia. Primarily, picked as a batsman -- a dasher, who could bowl at speeds in excess of 140kmph. While one could expect a few runs here and there, reliability in getting runs consistently was something that was missing. As for a bowler, he just did enough to get a wicket per match.
Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar has come out in support of Arjun Tendulkar who was recently picked up by Mumbai Indians in this year's IPL auctions. Arjun, son of Indian cricket legend Sachin, is already garnering all the limelight. After he was bought by Mumbai Indians, he was trolled on social media as 'product of nepotism.'
Despite McCullum's best efforts, New Zealand couldn't win the game. Steve Smith's double century made sure Australia romp home with a seven wicket win but McCullum made sure he bow out of the longest format of the game on a high.
Apart from their big purchase, the team also bagged Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Mushtafizur Rahman, and Liam Livingstone.
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has hinted that batsman Steve Smith might pull out of the Indian Premier League 2021 citing injury after being picked for a relatively small amount at the auction. Smith, the Australian batting mainstay was picked for Rs 2.2 crore by Delhi Capitals at Thursday's auction after he was released by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for below-par performance in IPL 2020. RR, who retained Smith in 2018 for Rs 12.5 crore, finished at the bottom in the points table in IPL 2020 under Smith's captaincy.
With just a few months to go for IPL 2021, Jharkhand batsman Ishan Kishan has set the tone in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The left-hander smashed a scintillating 173 from just 94 balls against Madhya Pradesh. He shot 19 fours and 11 sixes at MP's Holker Stadium in Indore. This is now the seventh-highest score in the championship ever, with the record standing at 212, by Sanju Samson.
Now, Maxwell has expressed his excitement saying that he is keen to play under India skipper Virat Kohli.
The venue for the third Test between India and England, Ahmedabad's Motera stadium is all set to host a match after a gap of few years. As many as seven matches will be played here on the trot, starting with the Test match. Hailed as the largest cricket stadium, it has a seating capacity of 1,10,000.
It was here in 1987 that Sunil Gavaskar became the first cricketer in the history of the game to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricket and became the highest run-scorer in the format and 2013, Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 30,000 runs and that milestone was achieved at the Motera.
While everyone wanted CSK to change their squad after their dismal show in IPL 2020, contrary to that, the team stayed with the core players and added some valuable players in the auction. They bought all-rounder Moeen Ali and K Gowtham in the IPL auction 2021. Former India opener Gautam Gambhir was left impressed with CSK's strategy, and went on to say that it was the best auction the team had.
The Board of Controller for Cricket in India (BCCI) couldn't conduct the Ranji Trophy this season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
With the squads for the IPL 2021 now finalized we look at which team has the most potent bowling unit in the tournament. There are two challengers really - Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad but the five-time former Champions are just ahead in the race.
According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, the IPL GC is mulling the possibility of conducting entire league stages of the tournament in Mumbai, before moving to Ahemdabad for the knockouts. The revelation was made by Parth Jindal, co-owner of the Delhi Capitals, during a chat.
India skipper Virat Kohli shocked one and all about his revelation about going through depression during the tour of 2014. But the 32-year-old has gone on to say that a conversation with Sachin Tendulkar on mental health 'opened up' his mindset. Kohli said that Tendulkar advised him not to fight to the negative feelings, which worked well for him.