The resurgence of young players in the sport of cricket is back!

India is witnessing a massive overhaul of older cricketers who are seeking retirement and leaving their footsteps behind for youngsters to follow in.

IPL has seen some of the freshest, hand-picked talent the IPL has seen in recent years. Most of these players would have been overlooked had it not been for the inclusion of Indian Premier League in the BCCI annual roster of events.

From Virat Kohli to Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh, all these players started out really young in the sport to attain their niche in the game. Just like Virat, a new kid on the block has finally been awarded his first IPL cap at a very tender age – Sarafaraz Khan hailing from Mumbai.

Youngest IPL Player Tag

Sarafaraz Khan who is just 17-years old has now created history by becoming the youngest ever cricketer to play in the Indian Premier League when he took the field for his team Royal Challengers Bangaloreled by Virat Kohli in the match against Chennai Super Kings at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on 22^nd April 2015.

During the IPL auctions inFebruary, Sarafaraz was adjudged the youngest player ever to feature in an IPL auction. He was selected by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 50 lakh.

At just 17 years and 177 days, Sarafaraz has now replaced Delhi’s fiery seamer Pradeep Sangwan who was also 17 (17 years, 179 days) when he made his debut in the IPL.

However, last week, reports were rife in the media that Sarfaraz was embroiled in an off-the-field scuffle with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) player Robin Uthappa right after the match got over between RCB and KKR at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. No complaints have been made to the match referee Javagal Srinath as of yet.

We just hope this player makes the most of his prime age and not make any silly mistakes like his captain of getting verbally or physically involved in scumbag techniques… play like a gentleman!

All the best for your cricketing future from the team of Youngisthan!

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Virat Kohli is not someone you want to mess with. Seriously!

This intruder finds it the hard way. RCB Insider’s Danish Sait dons the role of the intruder in this hilarious video where he approaches Royal Challengers Bangalore captain, who is clearly surprised at having an uninvited visitor in the middle of a shoot.

Sait walks in as Mr. Nags (leaving everyone wondering who the intruder might be), as he looks for the director. Eventually, he walks into Kohli and introduces him as a member of the shoot and asks for the script.

Kohli, clearly not amused, hands him the script and displays angry looks on more than one occasion. The director clearly understands this as being a waste of players’ time and asks the intruder to leave “promising” him a major part in a movie, but not in this ad.

Outside, he runs into Chris Gayle and Dinesh Karthik (who are minding their own business) and engages in a conversation with them. Virat finds him and asks if the players were getting disturbed. Knowing that he is an intruder, Gayle, Karthik and Kohli personally throw him out of the location.

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Tonight’s IPL match holds significance, but mostly for negative aspects than positive. Yes, this is in reference with the recent controversy involving MS Dhoni and Yograj Singh, Yuvraj Singh’s father.

This is the second time that the former Indian cricketer has lashed out at the current India and Chennai Super Kings skipper. This time around, Yograj has been harsher than on the first instance.

On both accounts, Yuvraj declined his involvement in this controversy claiming that he is on good terms with Dhoni. Nevertheless, today will definitely be an awkward instance when both individuals – Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni – take the field at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

It all began when the Indian captain and BCCI members met to select the 30-man probables list to represent India in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

The BCCI selection panel that shortlisted the 30-man probables for the Indian team during 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

…from which Yuvraj Singh was excluded

Yuvraj Singh was excluded from the 30-man probables list

Sports pundits and the general public together condemned BCCI’s decision to exclude Yuvraj Singh from cricket’s mega event. However, Yuvraj’s father, Yograj was very vocal about it

Yograj Singh expressed displeasure towards BCCI’s decision

He showed his disappointment not only towards the BCCI, but also targeted the current Indian team captain MS Dhoni

Yograj Singh’s outburst was more targeted towards MS Dhoni

Yograj cited Dhoni as being the main reason for his son’s exclusion of the squad for the World Cup, despite his good form in the Ranji Trophy

Yuvraj was in top form during the Ranji Trophy

His accusation, though not valid, was intriguing enough and forced people to question Dhoni as well as the BCCI on the related subject. After all, it was Dhoni and Yuvraj at the crease when India won the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup against Sri Lanka

Fans were definitely disappointed at Yuvraj’s exclusion

Fate, however, had other plans and favoured Yuvraj when he became IPL’s most expensive player in history when Delhi Daredevils bought him for 16 crores

Yuvraj Singh is the highest paid player in IPL history

In the midst of all this, Yograj Singh has again decided to take a shot at the Indian and Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni forcing Yuvraj to tweet in support of Dhoni

This time around, Yograj decided to throw curses at MS Dhoni

Today is the second match of the IPL and the occasion that marks India’s two big players crossing awkward paths when former brothers-in-arms MS Dhoni, representing CSK, faces Yuvraj Singh of Delhi Daredevils

Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni will face off in the IPL match tonight

The moment they see each other eye to eye, without a doubt, is going to be the one of the most awkward moments in IPL history.

This is…..AWKWARD!!!

Do you think the two players will put their past behind and play a gentleman’s game tonight? Do let us know your thoughts on the ongoing Yograj Singh controversy.

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The eighth edition of Indian Premier League is just two days away. Just like every year, the audience can expect tough competition among the participating teams.

In addition to the fighting spirit of the players, people will also be witness to the world of glamour, as these sexy cheerleaders will surely make their heart skip a beat.

Cheerleaders of the Royal Challengers Bangalore have always been smashing

Cheerleaders of Chennai Super Kings have not been far behind either

White Mischief Gals

The cheerleaders of Deccan Chargers will leave you speechless

You will never forget the kisses from cheerleaders of Kolkata Knight Riders

You will drool when you see the Royal Challengers Bangalore cheerleaders up close

Cheerleaders from Deccan Chargers will leave you wanting for more

The Delhi Daredevils cheerleaders will mesmerize you

Even as they rest, you will not be able to keep your eyes off of Bangalore’s cheerleaders

The Mumbai Indians cheerleaders will welcome you to the Wankhede Stadium in style

The cheerleaders are ready to enthrall you during the Indian Premier League.

Are you ready to be entertained?

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IPL is played every year amongst much fanfare, glitz and glamour.

But, in recent times the spirit of cricket has taken a hit with various controversies like spot fixing, sledging, slow-over rate, sketchy bowling actions and what not!

So many players have been kicked out of the IPL for indulging in the divulging of confidential information, even umpires have been doing it!

IPL Season 8 – The Much Anticipated ‘India Ka Tyohaar’

IPL is entering its 8^th season now, but it too has witnessed all the aforementioned drama in almost every season ever since its inception. IPL now is nothing more than a transfer of millions from one pocket to another. The cricket may be electrifying but all that remains is the controversy.

This year’s IPL hasn’t even begun and it is also surrounded with controversies off the pitch.

• Sunil Narine, the most prolific bowler the IPL has ever seen was almost relegated to the bench for his dubious action. Kolkata Knight Riders even threatened to forfeit playing in this season and not play for the championship. However, the action has been cleared after much debacle and Narine can now play for KKR.

• People are dying to see Pakistani players on Indian soil playing in the IPL! Anyone listening? Till date the ties between the two boards and countries are not resolved to let the spirit of cricket prevail and as a result of that this year’s IPL auction did not figure any Pakistan players.

• Mitchell Starc, the player who was named the Man of the tournament in the World Cup 2015 and the one who picked up 14 wickets in last year’s IPL is currently ruled out for the initial stages of this IPL due a knee injury.

• Royal Challengers Bangalore for whom Starc might just play this season is also suffering a major blow since Adam Milne’s heel injury is still sore for which he was forced to leave the New Zealand semi-final and final matches in the world cup.

• KKR has booked Johan Botha and Azhar Mahmood (English player not Pakistani) as possible replacements for James Neesham and Chris Lynn who are currently ruled out for play due to hamstring injuries.

• Shakib Al Hasan will miss out many matches due to his Bangladesh series with Pakistan, if it actually takes place however it seems like the ties have fallen out and the series will not take place.

• Delhi Daredevils has already been called very weak by JP Duminy since it has a very unsettled and technically unsettled team.

• Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan are eyeing a comeback into the national team but their fitness is still a big question especially since they haven’t really played much of international T20 in recent times.

• Rajasthan Royal’s fiery pacer Kane Richardson has also been ruled out citing personal reasons.

• Delhi Daredevils has taken another hit since their star batsman Angelo de Matthews will a lot of matches due to the ethnic tension over the treatment of Tamil players leading to a ban of SL players playing. in south India.

• A lot of doubts are being raised at RCB’s chances this year to overturn their mishaps last season, but already people are doubting VIrat Kohli’s role as captain due to his follies in the World Cup.

This year the IPL has seen more controversies and drama even before a single match has been played! When the entire schedule of match fixture can be changed to the incumbent Kolkata Municipal Elections, anything can happen!

Lets’s hope the best team wins and KKR lives up to the title they won last year.

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The 2015 IPL auction saw Yuvraj Singh emerge as the most expensive purchase in the format’s history ever when Delhi Daredevils bought him for 16 crore.

Three other expensive purchases were Dinesh Karthik, Angelo Mathews and Zaheer Khan – 10.5 crore, 7.5 crore and 4 crore, respectively.

At the end of the day, one buy surprised everyone when Kolkata Knight Riders paid 2.4 crore for KC Cariappa. This amount was twenty-four times his base price, which left everyone asking just one question – “Who is KC Cariappa?”

Full name Konganda Charamanna Cariappa is a 20-year-old Coorg-based leg spinner. Carri, as his local teammates prefer calling him, claim that his unique grip allows him to bowl off-spin, too.

Konganda Charamanna Cariappa

Just like Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka, Cariappa is a mystery bowler.

At 5 feet 11 inches, he is unconventionally tall for a spin bowler. Other than his leg-spin and off-spin bowling, he has googly and a faster one in his arsenal.

Cariappa participated in the recently organised Karnataka Premier League where he represented the Bijapur Bulls taking 11 wickets in six matches. He was also part of the preliminary squad for Karnataka during the Ranji Trophy.

Karnataka Premier League

Former India opener Aakash Chopra tweeted an interesting fact about Cariappa that read – I’m told that last season Cariappa was with the KKR as a video analyst for a short while… If this tweet is anything to go by, the Karnataka leg-spinner has indeed come a long way.

The bowler is also accustomed to playing several tennis ball tournaments. Besides that, he also played for the Karnataka U-19 team.

During last year’s CLT20, Cariappa was one of the net bowlers; he managed to impress many players, who further encouraged him to give his name for the IPL auctions.

He was not carrying high hopes, but once the auction finished, he said, “Honestly, I never expected so much to be bid on me. I thought I might be picked up for Rs. 10 lakhs. I don’t know how to react to this. My family is so thrilled with the news. Right now my house is crowded with so many people wishing me well.”

Kolkata Knight Riders

Such a surprise being thrown at the IPL auction is not something new. Praveen Tambe impressed many former players as well as existing ones with his spin bowling while playing for the Rajasthan Royals.

It will be very interesting to see what Cariappa brings to the Kolkata Knight Riders and to cricket on the whole.

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Even before the IPL auctions began, rumours about Yuvraj Singh being one of the highest buys were doing the rounds.

The swashbuckling southpaw was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2014 for a whopping 14 crore. For the 2015 edition, the Delhi Daredevils have bought him for a higher amount – 16 crore.

Yuvraj has been bought for a whopping 16 crore by Delhi Daredevils

This is the first time Yuvraj will be playing for the Daredevils. The team has had its share of ups and downs in former IPL editions. With Singh being included to their squad, their chances of lifting the 2015 IPL trophy definitely gets augmented.

This prediction comes at the back of Singh’s performance in the Ranji Trophy where he scored three back-to-back centuries for Punjab. Being out of this year’s ICC World Cup definitely hurt the Indian batsman and he would be willing to prove his worth.

Dinesh Karthik, on the other hand, has emerged as the second highest purchase with the Royal Challengers Bangalore buying him for 10.5 crore. The third highest buy is Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews, who has been bought for 7.5 crore by Delhi Daredevils. Royal Challengers showed great interest in buying the Sri Lankan all-rounder, too, but eventually surrendered to Daredevils.

Dinesh Karthik has been bought for 10.5 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore

Former Delhi Daredevils captain Kevin Pietersen was also predicted to sell highly to one of the IPL teams with his base price being 2 crore. He was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for his base price of 2 crore. Former Australian middle-order batsman Michael Hussey comes back home to Chennai Super Kings when the giants bought him for 1.5 crore.

The IPL 2015 auction has shocking names featuring in the unsold list – Hashim Amla, Zaheer Khan, Brad Hodge, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara, to name a few.

IPL unsold in auction

Post-IPL 2014, rumours were rife about Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals being left out of this year’s tournament due to supposed scandals. However, they will be featuring in the tournament and will be host to several matches, too.

With players like Yuvraj Singh changing teams, chances of underdogs like Delhi Daredevils become high.

This year’s is the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League and is set to begin on April 8, 2015.

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