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The seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) is now in the eyes of the cricket world. The 22-yard bat-ball duel is still several months away, but interest among cricket fans is already high before the start of 2024. Last December 19, there was a mini auction. The franchises selected their preferred cricketers from the list of 333 cricketers selected by the Indian board in Dubai.
All previous records were broken at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. Australian star Pat Cummins crossed the 20 crore mark first. Later, however, Mitchell Starc overtook him. Kolkata Knight Riders did not hesitate to spend 24 crores 75 lakhs for the left-handed pacer.
2023 champions Chennai Super Kings took part in the auction with a sum of Rs 31.40 crore. Superstars like Ben Stokes stood down from next season. The retirement of Ambati Rayudu also created a vacancy in the middle order. The five-time title winners had to step up to fill the gap. For 14 crores, they added New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell to the team. 8 Crore 40 Lakhs spent on Young Sameer Rizvi from Uttar Pradesh. Indian star Shardul Thakur also returned to the team in exchange of 4 crores. Chennai has increased the weight of the pace department by taking Mustafizur to Bangladesh for 2 crores. Young New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra took a separate place among the new superstars. Chennai took him to the team for 1 crore 80 lakhs.
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Indian-origin Kiwi Rachin Ravindra responded to the 2023 ODI World Cup. He scored a brilliant century against England in the first match. He managed to touch the three-figure runs milestone twice more in the tournament. So far, Sachin Tendulkar had the record of highest runs among Under-25 cricketers in one edition of the World Cup. He scored 523 runs in the 1996 tournament. Rachin topped the 'Master Blaster' himself. He scored 565 runs in 10 innings. He also picked up 7 wickets in left-arm offspin.
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speculation about Rachin Ravindra batting position in Chennai Super Kings
It was predicted earlier that IPL franchises would jump for World Cup wonder player Rachin. After a tug-of-war against Delhi and Punjab Kings on December 19, Chennai finally managed to include him in the team for 1 crore 80 lakhs. In the World Cup, Rachin Ravindra sometimes played as an opener and sometimes at number three. There was speculation about his batting position in Chennai Super Kings. Finally got the answer at the beginning of the new year.
Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad were seen opening for Chennai after Faf du Plessis left. The couple is quite successful. Will Dhoni's team break it for Rachin? The officials answered the question in the negative. They are in favor of not breaking the Ruturaj-Conway pair. They want to see Rachin Ravindra playing at number three. In an interview, a team official said, "We are not willing to change the opening pair. Suresh Raina will be given a chance at number three in place of Rachin." After Raina left the Chennai camp, Chennai Super Kings have played sometimes with Ajinkya Rahane and sometimes Shivam Dube at the number three position. With the arrival of Rachin, their batting order is changing.
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