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David Willey Pulls Out Of IPL 2024, LSG Name This New Zealand Star As Replacement | Cricket News
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David Willey Pulls Out Of IPL 2024, LSG Name This New Zealand Star As Replacement | Cricket News

[ad_1] David Willey joined LSG through the auction last year after representing RCB.© BCCILucknow Super Giants on Saturday named New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry as a replacement for England all-rounder David Willey. Henry joins LSG at his base price of Rs 1.25 crore. Willey had withdrawn from the tournament citing personal reasons. Willey joined the Super Giants through the auction last year after representing Royal Challengers Bengaluru during IPL 2022 and 2023. The left-arm seamer had also complained of fatigue after spending more than two months on the road after appearing in other T20 tournaments like ILT20 (Abu Dhabi Knight Riders) and Pakistan Super League (Multan Sultans) earlier this year.Willey is the second England pacer to be unavailable for LSG after Mark Wood was pulled o...
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IPL 2024 Auction: Five Unexpected Players Who Could Start a Bidding War | Cricket News
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IPL 2024 Auction: Five Unexpected Players Who Could Start a Bidding War | Cricket News

[ad_1] The Indian Premier League (IPL) is known for producing new stars with every edition. Team analysts spend countless hours working out the perfect players to form a well-rounded team each season. This results in many interesting bidding wars over unexpected players, considering their ability to balance out any squad. The IPL 2024 auction is sure to see more such tussles among the teams. Teams will be looking to invest in the future and bring younger players into their fold. The mini-auction gives them the perfect opportunity to do so. They can go for some lesser-fancied names and see if they want to build a team around them ahead of the mega auction in future.Here are five dark horses who could steal the spotlight in the upcoming auction:David WilleyAfter announcing his retirement f...
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Felt Like A “Third Wheel”: England Pacer David Willey On His Retirement | Cricket News
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Felt Like A “Third Wheel”: England Pacer David Willey On His Retirement | Cricket News

[ad_1] An emotional David Willey has revealed that he felt like a "third wheel" in England's changing room for being the only player in their World Cup squad not having a central contract. The pacer, who is performing at his best right now and grabbed three wickets against Pakistan on Saturday, added that his retirement decision was final. Having been denied a central contract for the 2023-24 season, 'player of the match' Willey announced his retirement after reaching 100 ODI wickets."I don't think never say never but right now I'm very confident my decision that today was my last game of cricket for England," he told reporters after helping England secure a 93-run win over Pakistan at the Eden Gardens.Asked if he would be tempted to come back for one last go, Willey said, "Do I want to ...
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England All-Rounder David Willey To Retire From International Cricket After ODI World Cup 2023 | Cricket News
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England All-Rounder David Willey To Retire From International Cricket After ODI World Cup 2023 | Cricket News

[ad_1] England all-rounder David Willey on Wednesday announced that he will retire from international cricket after the end of the ongoing World Cup and insisted that his team's underwhelming performance in the showpiece has not influenced his decision. Willey's decision has come a week after England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) excluded him from the list of cricketers who were offered central contracts for the 2023-24 season. "I never wanted this day to come. From a young boy, I've only ever dreamed of playing cricket for England," Willey wrote in an Instagram post."So, with careful thought and consideration, it is with great regret that I feel the time has come for me to retire from all forms of international cricket at the end of the World Cup." England have endured a forgettable cam...
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Virat Kohli Punches Sofa In Frustration After First Duck In Cricket World Cup – Watch | Cricket News
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Virat Kohli Punches Sofa In Frustration After First Duck In Cricket World Cup – Watch | Cricket News

[ad_1] Virat Kohli was left disappointed as the in-form Indian cricket team batter was dismissed for a duck during the Cricket World Cup 2023 match against England in Lucknow on Sunday. It was the first duck for Kohli in his Cricket World Cup career as he ended up gifting his wicket to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) teammate David Willey. Kohli miscued a short of length delivery from Willey and Ben Stokes made no mistake in completing a simple catch at mid-off. Kohli was visibly upset with his dismissal and in a video going viral on social media, he could be seen punching the dressing room sofa in frustration.England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to field against India.India look to continue to keep their unbeaten run intact in the Cricket World Cup while England will l...
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Cricket World Cup 2023: Heartbreak For India! Virat Kohli Dismissed For Duck In England Clash – Watch | Cricket News
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Cricket World Cup 2023: Heartbreak For India! Virat Kohli Dismissed For Duck In England Clash – Watch | Cricket News

[ad_1] The Indian cricket team fans were left shell-shocked as in-form Virat Kohli was dismissed for a duck during the Cricket World Cup 2023 match against England in Lucknow on Sunday. Kohli faced nine balls and was ended up gifting his wicket to David Willey without scoring a single run. It was a short of the length ball from Willey and Kohli ended up miscuing his shot completely. Ben Stokes had no difficulties in completing the catch as the crowd at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow was left stunned. The star batter has enjoyed a brilliant run of form in the competition till now with one century and three half-centuries.England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bowl first.The defending champions have lost four of their five matches and come in unchanged at Lucknow's Ekana Sta...
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RCB Name Former CSK Star As David Willey’s Replacement In IPL 2023 | Cricket News
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RCB Name Former CSK Star As David Willey’s Replacement In IPL 2023 | Cricket News

[ad_1] Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday named Kedar Jadhav as replacement for David Willey for the remainder of the Indian Premier League. Willey, the England all-rounder, played four matches for RCB this season and scalped three wickets. Jadhav, who made his IPL debut in 2010, has so far played 93 IPL games and has 1,196 runs against his name. The right-handed batter, who has previously represented RCB in 17 matches, was brought on board for his base price of Rs 1 crore.The 38-year-old Maharashtra all-rounder has played 73 ODIs for India scoring 1,389 runs and also taken 27 wickets with his off-breaks. He also played nine T20Is in which he scored 58 runs.Jadhav had gone unsold in this year's IPL auction and was doing Marathi commentary.Talking about RCB, the Bengaluru-based franchi...
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Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted XI vs Lucknow Super Giants: Will RCB Make Any Changes To Their Side? | Cricket News
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Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted XI vs Lucknow Super Giants: Will RCB Make Any Changes To Their Side? | Cricket News

[ad_1] After beginning their campaign with a memorable eight-wicket win over Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore faced a terrible defeat by 81 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in their previous IPL 2023 match. The Faf du Plessis led-side will now be going up against Lucknow Super Giants for their next match on Monday. In their previous match, RCB went ahead with England pacer David Willey as Reece Topley got ruled out of the tournament due to injury. As Willey impressed everyone with his two wickets, there are chances that RCB might go with their same Playing XI against LSG.Here's what we think could be RCB playing XI against LSGIt's early days in the tournament but RCB's death bowling has been a major concern for the team.RCB looked on course to register their second win of th...
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