David Warner said that he’s eyeing a fresh start ahead of IPL 2022, and confirmed that he’ll put his name for the mega auctions. Warner, who had led the Sunrisers Hyderabad to their only IPL triumph, in 2016, was sacked as captain and was later dropped from the playing XI during the IPL 2021.

Sourav Ganguly has said that the BCCI is not surprised by the bidding amount for the two new IPL teams i.e Lucknow and Ahmedabad. The Lucknow team was acquired by the RP Sanjiv Goenka group for 7090 crores and the Ahmedabad team was acquired by the CVC Capital Partners for 5625 crores on Monday.

Aakash Chopra lauded Ruturaj Gaikwad for his impressive run during Chennai Super Kings’ winning campaign at IPL 2021. The 24-year-old aggregated 635 runs at 45.36 in the season, while forming a formidable opening pair with Faf du Plessis, and became the youngest player ever to win the Orange cap.

Dale Steyn slammed Cricket South Africa for excluding Faf Du Plessis and Imran Tahir from their congratulatory post on Chennai Super Kings' IPL win. CSA congratulated pacer Lungi Ngidi for the IPL win in an instagram post, but excluded Du Plessis and Tahir who were also part of the CSK squad.