The Long lived T20 player- Farokh Engineer

His active international career started in 1961 and continued to 1975, and he was India's first-choice wicket-keeper for most of that period, keeping wicket for the spin quartet of Bedi, Prasanna, Chandrasekhar and Venkataraghavan..

Brendon McCullum bids adieu to international cricket but not Test records

Brendon McCulum provided himself with a perfect farewell from international cricket. In the second Test the Kiwi skipper came to bat when New Zealand were struggling at 32/3.

On19 February, 1980, Ian Botham became the first cricketer to take 10 wickets & score a 100 in the same Test match. He took 14 for 106 & scored a brilliant 114 against India at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Botham’s heroics helped England to win the Golden Jubilee Test by 10 wickets.

Happy Birthday AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers, the falmboyant batter from Proteas turned 32 on Wednesday. Nicknamed, Mr. 360. de :-

Villiers has turned the way of playing the game on its head. Some of the giants of the game had these to quote about ABD

AB de Villiers is changing the rules of the game- Rahul Dravid

Happy Birthday Michael Holding

Possibly one of deadliest bowlers of all time, Michael Holding turns 62.

He was nicknamed 'Whispering Death' as he never showed mercy to his opponent willow holders.

One of the instance of these came in Barbados when the West Indies were up against England.

Geoff Boycott was facing Michael Holding.

The first five balls of the over were 'used' to soften the batter and the sixth took his off stump for a toss.

Many more such spells were bowled by Michael Holding. 

IPL 2016 Auction

                                                             (Source: BCCI)

Kevin Pietersen sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 3.5 crores

Dwayne Smith sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs.2.3 crores

Ishant Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 3.8 crores

Shane Watson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs.9.5 crores

Ashish Nehra sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.5.5 crores

Yuvraj Singh sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 7 crores

Dale Steyn sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 2.3 crores

Sanju Samson sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs.4.2 crores

Jos Buttler sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 3.8 crores

Dinesh Karthik sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs.2.3 crores

Irfan Pathan sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 1 crore

Chris Morris sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 7 crores

Colin Munro sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs.30 lakhs

Stuart Binny sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs.2 crores

Mitchell Marsh sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.4.8 crores

Dhawal Kulkarni sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 2 crores

John Hastings sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs.1.3 crores

Mohit Sharma sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs.6.50 crores

Praveen Kumar sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 3.50 crores

Tim Southee sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs.2.50 crores

Marcus Stoinis sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 5.50 crores

Kyle Abbott sold to kings XI Punjab for Rs. 2.10 crores

Jaydev Unadkat  sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 1.60 crores

Rudra Pratap Singh sold to Rising Oune Supergiants for Rs. 30 lakhs

Travis Head  sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 50 lakhs

Sachin Baby sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 Lakhs

 Mustafizur Rahman sold to Sun Risers Hyderabad for Rs. 1.40 crores

Barinder Singh Sran sold to Sun Risers Hyderabad for Rs.1.20 crores 

Abhimanyu Mithun sold to Sun Risers Hyderabad for Rs. 30 Lakhs

Carlos Brathwaite sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 4.20 crores

Karun Nair sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 4 crores

Paras Dogra sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10Lakhs

Ishan Kishan sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 35 Lakhs

Rishabh Pant sold to Delhi daredevils for Rs. 1.90 crores

Eklavya Dwivedi sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 1 crore

Aditya Tare sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 1.20 crores

Ankit Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.10 Lakhs

Pawan Negi sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 8.50 crores 

Iqbal Abdullah sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Rajat Bhatia sold to rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 60 Lakhs

Pradeep Sangwan sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 Lakhs

Deepak Hooda sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 4.2 crore

Ankit Singh Rajpoot sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 1.50 crores

Nathu Singh sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 3.20 crores

Praveen Tambe sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 Lakhs

Shivil Kaushik sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Sarabjeet Ladda sold to Gujarat Lions for 10 Lakhs

M Ashwin sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for 4.50 crores

KC Cariappa sold to Kings XI Punjab for 80 Lakhs

Aaron Finch sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 1 crore

Sam Billings sold to Delhi Daredevills for Rs. 30 Lakhs

T Suman sold to Sun Risers Hyderabad for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Ankush Bains sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Umang Sharma sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Peter Handscomb sold to Rising Pune Supergiants Rs. 30 Lakhs

Jitesh Sharma sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Armaan Jaffer sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Jason Holder sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 70 Lakhs 

Thisara Perera sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 1 crore

Ben Cutting sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 50 Lakhs

Andrew Tye sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 50 Lakhs

Praveen Dubey sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 35 Lakhs

R. Satish sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 20 Lakhs

Vijay Shankar sold to SunRisers Hyderabad for Rs. 35 Lakhs

S. Jakati sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 Lakhs

Akshay Karnewar sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 lakhs

Aksh Deep Nath sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Manan Sharma sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Baba Aparajith sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Deepak Chahar sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 Lakhs

KP Kamath sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs.1.40 crores

 Pradeep Sahu sold to Kings XI for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Krunal Pandya  sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 2 crores

Deepak Puniya sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Swapnil Singh sold to Kings XI Punjab for 10 Lakhs

SK Ahmed sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Jaydev Shah sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 Lakhs

Pratyush Singh sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Ashok Dinda sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 50 Lakhs

Kane Richardson sold to Royal Challeneger Bangalore for Rs. 2 crores

Samuel Badree sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 50 lakhs

Joel Paris sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs.30 Lakhs

Scott Boland sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 50 Lakhs

Vikramjeet Malik sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 20 Lakhs

Pawan Suyal sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Adam Zampa sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 30 Lakhs

Amit Mishra sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Jaskaran Singh sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 Lakhs

CV Millind sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 Lakhs

Vikas Tokas sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 Lakhs

India's new thoughts about T20Is

The Indian team have taken a new turn when it comes down to the shortest format.