An Appraisal: How the Aussie Cricketers Fared at the IPL?-by Alex Malcolm Source:Thuppahis Alex Malcolm in ESPNcriciinfo, 20 March 2024, whose title reads thus: “Aussies at the IPL: Who starred, who chipped in, who flopped across the regular season?” A handful of Australia’s players have dominated the IPL while others have had lean tournaments. Travis Head has been Australia’s stand-out performer at the IPL this season even with his first-ball duck in Sunrisers Hyderabad’s final regular season game against Punjab Kings. Head was the third-highest runscorer in the regular season with 533 runs from 12 innings including a century and four fifties at a staggering strike-rate of 201.13. His opening partner, Abhishek Sharma, was the only other player to pass 350 runs while striking at over 200. According to ESPNcricinfo’s Smart Stats, Head had the second-highest total batting impact across the tournament behind Virat Kohli. Jake Fraser-McGurk trumped Head in terms of strike-rate ...

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Wanindu sold for massive amount in IPL Source:-www.newswire.lk Sri Lankan Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga has been sold for INR 1075 lakhs in the IPL auction 2022 currently underway in Bangalore. Both Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings were in a bidding war for Wanindu Hasaranga when the bid was stopped in the middle due to a medical emergency. But once the bidding began again Royal Challengers picked the World no 1 T20 spinner. Wanindu Hasaranga has now become the first overseas player to cross INR 10 crore in IPL 2022 Mega Auction. (NewsWire) ...

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