IPL 2024

US President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran hours before his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was to end.

A survey by the Karnataka Monitoring and Evaluation Authority, under the state's Congress-led government, finds that 91.31% of respondents believe Indian elections are free and fair, a direct contradiction to 'vote theft' allegations concerning EVMs.

LSG pace sensation Mayank Yadav says he’s stuck to his strengths in IPL 2025 after returning from a long injury layoff that sidelined him since the 2024 season.

SRH bowler Jaydev Unadkat feels that always aiming to score 200-plus runs can't be the norm in the IPL any more after the loss to GT. Hyderabad's season has been an underwhelming one, as they have struggled to replicate their form from 2024.

In an exclusive interview with India Today, former IPL auctioneer Richard Madley discussed his experience of handling the mega event for 11 long years. He also revealed his impression during the sale of MS Dhoni to CSK all the way back in 2008.

Highlights from the IPL 2025 Mega Auction in Jeddah, featuring record-breaking bids and star players.

IPL mega auction review: Royal Challengers Bengaluru faced the stick for missing out on big buys, but it seems it was a conscious choice as they resisted the temptation of spending big on Day 1. Under Andy Flower and Dinesh Karthik, RCB made some smart buys throughout the two-day auction, impressing their fans. Barring the Will Jacks controversy, RCB did alright. 

Star India batter Suryakumar Yadav recalled his heated face-off with Virat Kohli from the Indian Premier League 2020. Suryakumar played a match-winning innings of 79* (43) for Mumbai Indians (MI) against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) during Match 48 of the season and even had a heated moment with Kohli during his innings.

Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal revealed the franchise was prepared to exceed their Rs 14 crore bid for KL Rahul in the IPL 2025 mega auction, after losing out on top target Shreyas Iyer and a failed RTM for Rishabh Pant.

Rishabh Pant became the most expensive IPL player ever. The Lucknow Super Giants’ winning bid for the star wicketkeeper was a whopping Rs 27 crore.

Bihar batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player to be sold in the history of IPL auction on Monday.

Pacer Mohammed Shami has snapped back at Sanjay Manjrekar for his 'drop in price tag' comment ahead of the IPL Auction.

The BCCI is set to release the Indian Premier League retention list on October 31. There is a lot of noise about who will stay and who will leave the 10 franchises. It seems fans might be in for some shock news as the likes of KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant might leave their respective franchises.

The Indian Premier League announced its most detailed mega-auction rules for the 2025 season. In the latest episode of the Sledging Room Podcast, Akshay Ramesh, Saurabh Kumar and Kingshuk Kusari discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the new retention and auction rules.

The IPL 2025 retention rules are here and one rule which got the fans buzzing was the retention of uncapped players for Rs 4 crore. India Today's Diya Kakkar and Rishabh Beniwal discuss.

The BCCI announced the retention and auction rules ahead of the mega auction for IPL 2025. India Today's Akshay Ramesh and Alan John give you a detailed account of the rules laid out.

In this episode of Sledging Room, which returns after a gap of 2 weeks, Akshay Ramesh, Saurabh Kumar and Kingshuk Kusari discuss the pros and cons of mega auctions, and if there is a better way for the IPL to sustain their product. There is no denying that the mega auction brings a lot of drama to the league, but is it fair for the franchises to hit the reset button every 4 years?

India tour of Zimbabwe: Ruturaj Gaikwad, who hit a match-winning 77 against Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday, said he is not thinking about filling Virat Kohli's shoes in T20I cricket. Ruturaj has been batting at No. 3, a positon that Kohli occupied in T20Is. Kohli retired from the format after India's T20 World Cup triumph.

India tour of Zimbabwe 2024: Speaking to the press after his 47-ball hundred in Harare on Sunday, Abhishek Sharma spoke about his love for lofted shots, inputs from Yuvraj Singh and how IPL experience has been helping him in his debut series.

Kuldeep Yadav opened up on how the experience of playing in the IPL has helped him perform well at the T20 World Cup 2024. Kuldeep picked up 3 wickets as India hammered Bangladesh on June 22 to edge closer to the semi-finals.