Virat Kohli, who is regarded as one of the best batsmen to have ever played cricket, has opened up about his battle with depression during India's tour of England, where the swashbuckling batsman went through the worst form of his life.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Indian skipper has revealed how he felt he was the "loneliest&nbsp;guy in the world" as he&nbsp;narrated&nbsp;his struggle during India's tour of England in 2014, where he averaged a mere 13.50 in 10 innings – his lowest in a series with more than three&nbsp;Tests.&nbsp;&nbsp;

When asked&nbsp;by former England first-class cricketer and a renowned commentator Nicholas on his 'Not Just Cricket' podcast, whether he had suffered from depression during India's tour of England in 2014, Kohli answered "Yes, I did".&nbsp;&nbsp;

Kohli had returned with scores of&nbsp;1, 8, 25, 0, 39, 28, 0,7, 6 and 20 in five Tests, averaging 13.50 in his 10 innings.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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"...it's not a great feeling to wake up knowing that you won't be able to score runs and I think all batsmen have felt that at some stage that you are not in control of anything at all," he recalled.&nbsp;

However, showing his class, Kohli roared back to form in India's next immediate assignment – a tour of Australia – where he hammered 692 runs in the Test series.&nbsp;

"You just don't understand how to get over it. That was a phase when I literally couldn't do anything to overturn things...I felt like I was the loneliest guy in the world," he said of the England tour.&nbsp;&nbsp;

"Personally, for me, that was a revelation that you could feel that lonely even though you a part of a big group. I won't say I didn't have people who I could speak to but not having a professional to speak to who could understand what I am going through completely, I think is a huge factor.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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"I think I would like to see it change,” Kohli responded as he said that mental health issues should be an important topic in everyone's life.&nbsp;

"Someone whom you can go to at any stage, have a conversation around and say 'Listen this is what I am feeling, I am finding it hard to even go to sleep, I feel like I don't want to wake up in the morning. I have no confidence in myself, what do I do?'&nbsp;

"Lot of people suffer with that feeling for longer periods of time, it carries on for months, it carries on for a whole cricket season, people are not able to get out of it," Kohli said.&nbsp;

"I strongly feel the need for professional help there to be very honest," he added.&nbsp;

(With PTI inputs)&nbsp;

Virat Kohli, who is regarded as one of the best batsmen to have ever played cricket, has opened up about his battle with depression during India's tour of England, where the swashbuckling batsman went through the worst form of his life.

Virat Kohli, who is regarded as one of the best batsmen to have ever played cricket, has opened up about his battle with depression during India's tour of England, where the swashbuckling batsman went through the worst form of his life. The Indian skipper has revealed how he felt he was the "loneliest guy in the world" as he narrated his struggle during India's tour of England in 2014, where he averaged a mere 13.50 in 10 innings – his lowest in a series with more than three Tests. When asked by former England first-class cricketer and a renowned commentator Nicholas on his 'Not Just Cricket' podcast, whether he had suffered from depression during India's tour of England in 2014, Kohli answered "Yes, I did". Kohli had returned with scores of 1, 8, 25, 0, 39, 28, 0,7, 6 and 20 in five Tests, averaging 13.50 in his 10 innings. ALSO READ: Zaheer Khan, Mahela Jayawardene open up on Mumbai Indians signing Arjun Tendulkar "...it's not a great feeling to wake up knowing that you won't be able to score runs and I think all batsmen have felt that at some stage that you are not in control of anything at all," he recalled. However, showing his class, Kohli roared back to form in India's next immediate assignment – a tour of Australia – where he hammered 692 runs in the Test series. "You just don't understand how to get over it. That was a phase when I literally couldn't do anything to overturn things...I felt like I was the loneliest guy in the world," he said of the England tour. "Personally, for me, that was a revelation that you could feel that lonely even though you a part of a big group. I won't say I didn't have people who I could speak to but not having a professional to speak to who could understand what I am going through completely, I think is a huge factor. ALSO READ: IPL Auction 2021: Complete players list of all eight squads "I think I would like to see it change,” Kohli responded as he said that mental health issues should be an important topic in everyone's life. "Someone whom you can go to at any stage, have a conversation around and say 'Listen this is what I am feeling, I am finding it hard to even go to sleep, I feel like I don't want to wake up in the morning. I have no confidence in myself, what do I do?' "Lot of people suffer with that feeling for longer periods of time, it carries on for months, it carries on for a whole cricket season, people are not able to get out of it," Kohli said. "I strongly feel the need for professional help there to be very honest," he added. (With PTI inputs)

'Felt like the loneliest guy': Virat Kohli opens up on battle with depression

The last name at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction was of young all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar. As the name of the 21-year-old popped up, Mumbai Indians held their paddle up to sign the youngster for&nbsp;the base price of INR 20 lakh.&nbsp;Mumbai Indians’ Zaheer Khan and Mahela&nbsp;Jayawardene&nbsp;expressed their opinion on the young Arjun Tendulkar after the southpaw was roped in by MI for IPL 2021.&nbsp;

While social media came up with all sorts of theories, many missed the fact that Arjun has been part of the Mumbai Indians set-up for a couple of years as a support bowler and recently made the cut in the Mumbai state team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he made two appearances.&nbsp;

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"I have spent lots of time with him in the nets, trying to teach&nbsp;him a few tricks of the trade. He is a&nbsp;hard-working&nbsp;kid and he is keen on learning. That's the exciting part. The added pressure of the name&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar is always going to be there with him, something he will have to live by. But the environment&nbsp;we have around the team is certainly going to help him become a better cricketer with the likes of Shane Bond and Mahela around. I wish him the best,” Zaheer Khan told a press conference following the IPL 2021 auction.&nbsp;

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"We are looking at things under a very simple&nbsp;lense. He is just a youngster coming into the side. But he has to prove himself, has to show the coaching staff and the think tank of the team that he has got the goods to belong there.&nbsp;So&nbsp;what he does at the highest level in&nbsp;his hands,"&nbsp;Zaheer added.&nbsp;

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Whereas former Sri Lanka captain and MI head coach Mahela&nbsp;Jayawardene&nbsp;said that Arjun has great potential and the franchise wanted to invest in that.&nbsp;Jayawardene&nbsp;further said that it would be exciting for&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar to see his son in the Mumbai Indians jersey.&nbsp;

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MI head coach Mahela&nbsp;Jayawardene&nbsp;said that the MI management saw potential in Arjun - who had been bowling to the MI batsmen in the nets and was rewarded for his hard work. Mahela went on to add that it would be a proud moment for&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;to see Arjun wearing MI jersey.&nbsp;

"He has worked hard for a couple of years now, coming to the nets and bowling to the guys, he especially worked very hard in UAE with us. Not only Arjun, but we also picked Yudhvir as well who was one of our bowlers who came to the nets.&nbsp;Whenever we see guys are working hard, we try and invest in that. It's great to have Arjun and it would exciting times for&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;as well to see Arjun wearing the Mumbai T-shirt and be a part of the squad," said Mahela.&nbsp;

The last name at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction was of young all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar. As the name of the 21-year-old popped up, Mumbai Indians held their paddle up to sign the youngster for the base price of INR 20 lakh.

The last name at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction was of young all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar. As the name of the 21-year-old popped up, Mumbai Indians held their paddle up to sign the youngster for the base price of INR 20 lakh. Mumbai Indians’ Zaheer Khan and Mahela Jayawardene expressed their opinion on the young Arjun Tendulkar after the southpaw was roped in by MI for IPL 2021. While social media came up with all sorts of theories, many missed the fact that Arjun has been part of the Mumbai Indians set-up for a couple of years as a support bowler and recently made the cut in the Mumbai state team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he made two appearances. "I would like to thank the coaches, owners and the support staff for showing faith in me." 🙌💙 Arjun Tendulkar shares his thoughts on joining MI 👇#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/fEbF6Q1yUF — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 18, 2021 × "I have spent lots of time with him in the nets, trying to teach him a few tricks of the trade. He is a hard-working kid and he is keen on learning. That's the exciting part. The added pressure of the name Sachin Tendulkar is always going to be there with him, something he will have to live by. But the environment we have around the team is certainly going to help him become a better cricketer with the likes of Shane Bond and Mahela around. I wish him the best,” Zaheer Khan told a press conference following the IPL 2021 auction. ALSO READ: From MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh to Chris Morris: Most expensive buys in every IPL auctions "We are looking at things under a very simple lense. He is just a youngster coming into the side. But he has to prove himself, has to show the coaching staff and the think tank of the team that he has got the goods to belong there. So what he does at the highest level in his hands," Zaheer added. "It's very important that his process and his progression happens as any other young cricketer." Akash Ambani shares his thoughts on signing Arjun Tendulkar 🎙️#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/qUy5lqDcKz — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 18, 2021 × Whereas former Sri Lanka captain and MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene said that Arjun has great potential and the franchise wanted to invest in that. Jayawardene further said that it would be exciting for Sachin Tendulkar to see his son in the Mumbai Indians jersey. ALSO READ: IPL Auction 2021: Complete players list of all eight squads MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene said that the MI management saw potential in Arjun - who had been bowling to the MI batsmen in the nets and was rewarded for his hard work. Mahela went on to add that it would be a proud moment for Sachin to see Arjun wearing MI jersey. "He has worked hard for a couple of years now, coming to the nets and bowling to the guys, he especially worked very hard in UAE with us. Not only Arjun, but we also picked Yudhvir as well who was one of our bowlers who came to the nets. Whenever we see guys are working hard, we try and invest in that. It's great to have Arjun and it would exciting times for Sachin as well to see Arjun wearing the Mumbai T-shirt and be a part of the squad," said Mahela.

Zaheer Khan, Mahela Jayawardene open up on Mumbai Indians signing Arjun Tendulkar

England's Sam Curran will no longer rejoin the squad in India for the fourth Test as originally planned, the England and Wales Cricket Board said Thursday, citing potential health fears associated with the trip.

Curran was rested following last month's tour of Sri Lanka as part of England's ongoing rotation policy, with a view to bringing the 22-year-old left-arm seamer back for the final Test in India and the subsequent limited-overs section of the visit.&nbsp;

But it has since become apparent that a journey from Britain to Ahmedabad would involve more than one commercial flight, increasing the prospects of Curran's exposure to the coronavirus.

As a result, team management have decided the best course of action is for Curran to join England's white-ball players for their already-organised private charter flight on February 26.

An ECB statement said: "Originally it was planned the Surrey all-rounder would fly to Ahmedabad in time to be available for the fourth Test in the city, starting on 4 March.

"However, in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, making secure arrangements for such a journey proved too great a logistical challenge."

Chris Woakes will leave the squad as planned after the third Test, a vacancy Curran had been expected to fill.

England, however, still have plenty of pace-bowling options in James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes and Olly Stone, with Ollie Robinson in reserve.

The four-Test series is level at 1-1 after India's 317-run win at Chennai on Tuesday.

The final two matches will both be played in Ahmedabad, with the third Test scheduled to start on February 24.

England's Sam Curran will no longer rejoin the squad in India for the fourth Test as originally planned, the England and Wales Cricket Board said Thursday, citing potential health fears associated with the trip.

England's Sam Curran will no longer rejoin the squad in India for the fourth Test as originally planned, the England and Wales Cricket Board said Thursday, citing potential health fears associated with the trip. Curran was rested following last month's tour of Sri Lanka as part of England's ongoing rotation policy, with a view to bringing the 22-year-old left-arm seamer back for the final Test in India and the subsequent limited-overs section of the visit. But it has since become apparent that a journey from Britain to Ahmedabad would involve more than one commercial flight, increasing the prospects of Curran's exposure to the coronavirus. As a result, team management have decided the best course of action is for Curran to join England's white-ball players for their already-organised private charter flight on February 26. An ECB statement said: "Originally it was planned the Surrey all-rounder would fly to Ahmedabad in time to be available for the fourth Test in the city, starting on 4 March. "However, in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, making secure arrangements for such a journey proved too great a logistical challenge." Chris Woakes will leave the squad as planned after the third Test, a vacancy Curran had been expected to fill. England, however, still have plenty of pace-bowling options in James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes and Olly Stone, with Ollie Robinson in reserve. The four-Test series is level at 1-1 after India's 317-run win at Chennai on Tuesday. The final two matches will both be played in Ahmedabad, with the third Test scheduled to start on February 24.

England's Sam Curran out of fourth Test in India over virus concerns

Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Manchester United romped to a 4-0 victory over Real Sociedad in their Europa League last-32 first leg on Thursday, while Gareth Bale impressed for Tottenham in a 4-1 thrashing of Austrian side Wolfsberg.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's United are all but into the last 16, with four 'away' goals to take into the return game in a week's time, after the first leg was played in Turin due to coronavirus travel restrictions.

"We know 4-0 is a good result but we have to be aware of what they can do," Fernandes told BT Sport. "My target is to score the most goals I can, that is my position. The only target is to win trophies."

The Premier League outfit grabbed the lead in the 27th minute when Fernandes pounced on a defensive mix-up to slot in from Marcus Rashford's clipped pass.

Solskjaer's men doubled their advantage 12 minutes into the second period as Fernandes stroked home his 21st goal of the season.

The effort was initially ruled out for offside before the linesman's decision was overruled by VAR.

United continued to play at a pace Sociedad could not deal with and Rashford finally got his goal in the 65th minute following a blistering counter-attack started by goalkeeper Dean Henderson.

The tie was surely put to bed in the final minute of normal time as Daniel James raced clear and fired into the bottom corner.

<h2>- Bale strikes -</h2>

Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett had said on Wednesday the Wales winger was "towards the end of his career", after Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho had questioned the player's Instagram post suggesting he was in good health despite being unavailable for Spurs' FA Cup defeat at Everton last week.

But Bale notched his first Tottenham assist since April 2013 to tee up Son Heung-min for the opening goal in Budapest against Wolfsberg, before drilling in the second before the half-hour mark.

A wonderful individual strike from Lucas Moura extended Spurs' first-half lead, and although Michael Liendl pulled one back for the Austrians with a second-half penalty, the English club have one foot in the next round after Carlos Vinicius' 88th-minute goal.

"I have a really close relationship with him (Bale)," said Son. "I'm very happy he's getting game time and scored a goal and got an assist. I really enjoy playing with him."

Mourinho has never lost a knockout tie in the competition, which he won with Porto in 2003 and Man United in 2017.

<h2>- Milan, Arsenal held -</h2>

AC Milan, who have not reached the quarter-finals of any European competition since the 2011-12 Champions League, had to settle for a 2-2 draw at Red Star Belgrade.

Milan, who face Inter in a top-of-the-table Serie A derby on Sunday, were pegged back as Milan Pavkov netted a dramatic 93rd-minute leveller for Red Star, who played the closing stages with 10 men.

Arsenal youngster Bukayo Saka continued his excellent season as his sixth goal of the campaign cancelled out Pizzi's penalty in a 1-1 draw against Benfica at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

"I feel like I'm improving every game. I'm trying to impress, trying to learn," said Saka. "I just want to keep progressing."

Ligue 1 leaders Lille conceded twice in the final three minutes to lose 2-1 at home to Ajax.&nbsp;

Timothy Weah, son of former Ballon d'Or winner George, put the French team ahead with 18 minutes to play, but Dusan Tadic's penalty and a goal from teenager Brian Brobbey put the Dutch champions on top after the first leg.

"It's good that I scored but I'm not happy because we didn't win," Weah told RMC Sport.

Leicester, sitting third in the Premier League, were held to a goalless draw at Slavia Prague, but there was plenty of excitement elsewhere.

Bayer Leverkusen fought back from three goals down only to lose 4-3 to Young Boys in Bern, while Olympiakos beat PSV Eindhoven 4-2 in Piraeus.

Borna Barisic netted two penalties, including the winning goal in the last minute, as Steven Gerrard's Rangers snatched a thrilling 4-3 victory at Royal Antwerp.

Molde came back from 3-1 down to draw with Hoffenheim, while Edin Dzeko's early goal helped Roma to a 2-0 win at 10-man Braga and Napoli lost 2-0 to Granada.

Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Manchester United romped to a 4-0 victory over Real Sociedad in their Europa League last-32 first leg on Thursday, while Gareth Bale impressed for Tottenham in a 4-1 thrashing of Austrian side Wolfsberg.

Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Manchester United romped to a 4-0 victory over Real Sociedad in their Europa League last-32 first leg on Thursday, while Gareth Bale impressed for Tottenham in a 4-1 thrashing of Austrian side Wolfsberg. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's United are all but into the last 16, with four 'away' goals to take into the return game in a week's time, after the first leg was played in Turin due to coronavirus travel restrictions. "We know 4-0 is a good result but we have to be aware of what they can do," Fernandes told BT Sport. "My target is to score the most goals I can, that is my position. The only target is to win trophies." The Premier League outfit grabbed the lead in the 27th minute when Fernandes pounced on a defensive mix-up to slot in from Marcus Rashford's clipped pass. Solskjaer's men doubled their advantage 12 minutes into the second period as Fernandes stroked home his 21st goal of the season. The effort was initially ruled out for offside before the linesman's decision was overruled by VAR. United continued to play at a pace Sociedad could not deal with and Rashford finally got his goal in the 65th minute following a blistering counter-attack started by goalkeeper Dean Henderson. The tie was surely put to bed in the final minute of normal time as Daniel James raced clear and fired into the bottom corner. - Bale strikes - Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett had said on Wednesday the Wales winger was "towards the end of his career", after Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho had questioned the player's Instagram post suggesting he was in good health despite being unavailable for Spurs' FA Cup defeat at Everton last week. But Bale notched his first Tottenham assist since April 2013 to tee up Son Heung-min for the opening goal in Budapest against Wolfsberg, before drilling in the second before the half-hour mark. A wonderful individual strike from Lucas Moura extended Spurs' first-half lead, and although Michael Liendl pulled one back for the Austrians with a second-half penalty, the English club have one foot in the next round after Carlos Vinicius' 88th-minute goal. "I have a really close relationship with him (Bale)," said Son. "I'm very happy he's getting game time and scored a goal and got an assist. I really enjoy playing with him." Mourinho has never lost a knockout tie in the competition, which he won with Porto in 2003 and Man United in 2017. - Milan, Arsenal held - AC Milan, who have not reached the quarter-finals of any European competition since the 2011-12 Champions League, had to settle for a 2-2 draw at Red Star Belgrade. Milan, who face Inter in a top-of-the-table Serie A derby on Sunday, were pegged back as Milan Pavkov netted a dramatic 93rd-minute leveller for Red Star, who played the closing stages with 10 men. Arsenal youngster Bukayo Saka continued his excellent season as his sixth goal of the campaign cancelled out Pizzi's penalty in a 1-1 draw against Benfica at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. "I feel like I'm improving every game. I'm trying to impress, trying to learn," said Saka. "I just want to keep progressing." Ligue 1 leaders Lille conceded twice in the final three minutes to lose 2-1 at home to Ajax. Timothy Weah, son of former Ballon d'Or winner George, put the French team ahead with 18 minutes to play, but Dusan Tadic's penalty and a goal from teenager Brian Brobbey put the Dutch champions on top after the first leg. "It's good that I scored but I'm not happy because we didn't win," Weah told RMC Sport. Leicester, sitting third in the Premier League, were held to a goalless draw at Slavia Prague, but there was plenty of excitement elsewhere. Bayer Leverkusen fought back from three goals down only to lose 4-3 to Young Boys in Bern, while Olympiakos beat PSV Eindhoven 4-2 in Piraeus. Borna Barisic netted two penalties, including the winning goal in the last minute, as Steven Gerrard's Rangers snatched a thrilling 4-3 victory at Royal Antwerp. Molde came back from 3-1 down to draw with Hoffenheim, while Edin Dzeko's early goal helped Roma to a 2-0 win at 10-man Braga and Napoli lost 2-0 to Granada.

Fernandes double helps Man United thrash Sociedad, Bale stars for Spurs

As Manchester City power towards the Premier League title, the question is not whether Arsenal can stall the leaders, but is this Pep Guardiola's finest achievement in his Etihad reign?

Liverpool were expected to push City all the way but the champions have stumbled so badly that their only concern going into the Merseyside derby against Everton is getting back into the top four.

Chelsea, in action at Southampton, hold that lucrative fourth Champions League berth thanks to an impressive unbeaten start to Thomas Tuchel's reign.

<h2>Guardiola's masterpiece</h2>

When the final whistle blew on Manchester City's 17th successive victory in all competitions, Pep Guardiola was one step closer to the most impressive feat of his five years in the Premier League.&nbsp;

City's composed 3-1 dismissal of Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday left them 10 points clear of second-placed Manchester United with 14 games left.

They are the first English top-flight side to begin a calendar year with 10 successive league wins.&nbsp;

Guardiola has already won two Premier League titles, three League Cups and the FA Cup with City.&nbsp;

But finding a way to navigate through City's poor start to the season while also dealing with the loss of all-time leading scorer Sergio Aguero for most of the campaign and a significant Covid-19 outbreak in the camp burnishes his legacy.

Guardiola's astute tactical tweaks have been key to the revival, but he knows the dangers of resting on his laurels during a hectic programme.

"Winning 10 straight games at the start of the calendar year is nice but next is Arsenal," he said. "It's better you don't see the schedule, otherwise you get depressed. But at the same time, it's a beautiful challenge."

<h2>Liverpool revenge mission</h2>

As Virgil van Dijk lay in agony on the Goodison Park turf, Liverpool's season began a painful decline that still haunts them five months later.

Van Dijk has not played since suffering knee damage after an ugly challenge from Everton keeper Jordan Pickford during that 2-2 draw in October.

The absence of the imperious Dutch centre-back has been the most obvious reason for Liverpool's unexpected collapse as they lost their long unbeaten home league record and fell out of the title race.

Ravaged by injuries and suffering from burnout after their first title in 30 years, Liverpool and their manager Jurgen Klopp look so overwrought that rumours circulated after last weekend's loss at Leicester that the German was ready to resign.

Klopp brushed that off and Liverpool took a small step on the road to recovery when they won 2-0 against Leipzig in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday.

Saturday's Merseyside derby at Anfield will pose an intriguing test of sixth-placed Liverpool's mettle.

Will the chance to avenge that season-defining meeting earlier this season re-light their fire or can Everton deal another blow to their rivals' top-four hopes?

After three successive league defeats, a cautious Klopp said: "We are not children anymore, so we don't think everything is fine because we won one game. It is much more important that we played good football again."

<h2>Tuchel impresses</h2>

Thomas Tuchel is enjoying a blissful honeymoon period as Chelsea's manager prepares to take his team to misfiring Southampton looking for a sixth consecutive victory.

Every manager who marries his fortunes to Chelsea's demanding owner Roman Abramovich eventually gets divorce papers, but for now Tuchel is defying his reputation as a combative personality capable of starting a fight in an empty room.

The former Paris Saint-Germain boss, who replaced Frank Lampard in January, has won over his new players by offering a clean slate to some who had been exiled by his predecessor, while impressing others with astute game-plans and rigorous training methods.

The results have been immediate, with Chelsea back up to fourth after going unbeaten in Tuchel's six matches in all competitions.

Fixtures (all times GMT):

Friday

Wolves v Leeds (2000)

Saturday

Southampton v Chelsea (1230), Burnley v West Brom (1500), Liverpool v Everton (1730), Fulham v Sheffield United (2000)

Sunday

West Ham v Tottenham (1200), Aston Villa v Leicester (1400), Arsenal v Man City (1630), &nbsp;Manchester United v Newcastle (1900)

Monday

Brighton v Crystal Palace (2000)

As Manchester City power towards the Premier League title, the question is not whether Arsenal can stall the leaders, but is this Pep Guardiola's finest achievement in his Etihad reign?

As Manchester City power towards the Premier League title, the question is not whether Arsenal can stall the leaders, but is this Pep Guardiola's finest achievement in his Etihad reign? Liverpool were expected to push City all the way but the champions have stumbled so badly that their only concern going into the Merseyside derby against Everton is getting back into the top four. Chelsea, in action at Southampton, hold that lucrative fourth Champions League berth thanks to an impressive unbeaten start to Thomas Tuchel's reign. Guardiola's masterpiece When the final whistle blew on Manchester City's 17th successive victory in all competitions, Pep Guardiola was one step closer to the most impressive feat of his five years in the Premier League. City's composed 3-1 dismissal of Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday left them 10 points clear of second-placed Manchester United with 14 games left. They are the first English top-flight side to begin a calendar year with 10 successive league wins. Guardiola has already won two Premier League titles, three League Cups and the FA Cup with City. But finding a way to navigate through City's poor start to the season while also dealing with the loss of all-time leading scorer Sergio Aguero for most of the campaign and a significant Covid-19 outbreak in the camp burnishes his legacy. Guardiola's astute tactical tweaks have been key to the revival, but he knows the dangers of resting on his laurels during a hectic programme. "Winning 10 straight games at the start of the calendar year is nice but next is Arsenal," he said. "It's better you don't see the schedule, otherwise you get depressed. But at the same time, it's a beautiful challenge." Liverpool revenge mission As Virgil van Dijk lay in agony on the Goodison Park turf, Liverpool's season began a painful decline that still haunts them five months later. Van Dijk has not played since suffering knee damage after an ugly challenge from Everton keeper Jordan Pickford during that 2-2 draw in October. The absence of the imperious Dutch centre-back has been the most obvious reason for Liverpool's unexpected collapse as they lost their long unbeaten home league record and fell out of the title race. Ravaged by injuries and suffering from burnout after their first title in 30 years, Liverpool and their manager Jurgen Klopp look so overwrought that rumours circulated after last weekend's loss at Leicester that the German was ready to resign. Klopp brushed that off and Liverpool took a small step on the road to recovery when they won 2-0 against Leipzig in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday. Saturday's Merseyside derby at Anfield will pose an intriguing test of sixth-placed Liverpool's mettle. Will the chance to avenge that season-defining meeting earlier this season re-light their fire or can Everton deal another blow to their rivals' top-four hopes? After three successive league defeats, a cautious Klopp said: "We are not children anymore, so we don't think everything is fine because we won one game. It is much more important that we played good football again." Tuchel impresses Thomas Tuchel is enjoying a blissful honeymoon period as Chelsea's manager prepares to take his team to misfiring Southampton looking for a sixth consecutive victory. Every manager who marries his fortunes to Chelsea's demanding owner Roman Abramovich eventually gets divorce papers, but for now Tuchel is defying his reputation as a combative personality capable of starting a fight in an empty room. The former Paris Saint-Germain boss, who replaced Frank Lampard in January, has won over his new players by offering a clean slate to some who had been exiled by his predecessor, while impressing others with astute game-plans and rigorous training methods. The results have been immediate, with Chelsea back up to fourth after going unbeaten in Tuchel's six matches in all competitions. Fixtures (all times GMT): Friday Wolves v Leeds (2000) Saturday Southampton v Chelsea (1230), Burnley v West Brom (1500), Liverpool v Everton (1730), Fulham v Sheffield United (2000) Sunday West Ham v Tottenham (1200), Aston Villa v Leicester (1400), Arsenal v Man City (1630), Manchester United v Newcastle (1900) Monday Brighton v Crystal Palace (2000)

Guardiola inspires Man City masterclass, Liverpool face Everton test

Second seeded Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka swept past Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova to clinch their maiden Australian Open doubles crown on Friday.

The Belgian-Belarusian combination proved too strong for the third-seeded Czech pair, winning 6-2, 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena after sealing the match on their fourth championship point.&nbsp;

"It's been a tough couple of weeks so thank you to everyone involved. Glad to have fans back," said Mertens.

It was their second Grand Slam success as a team after the 2019 US Open and sixth title overall as they both bounced back from fourth-round defeats in singles at Melbourne Park.

They pair made their debut together at the 2019 Australian Open and have since established themselves as one the tour's top teams, along with two-time Grand Slam winners Krejcikova and Siniakova.

Second seeded Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka swept past Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova to clinch their maiden Australian Open doubles crown on Friday.

Second seeded Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka swept past Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova to clinch their maiden Australian Open doubles crown on Friday. The Belgian-Belarusian combination proved too strong for the third-seeded Czech pair, winning 6-2, 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena after sealing the match on their fourth championship point. "It's been a tough couple of weeks so thank you to everyone involved. Glad to have fans back," said Mertens. It was their second Grand Slam success as a team after the 2019 US Open and sixth title overall as they both bounced back from fourth-round defeats in singles at Melbourne Park. They pair made their debut together at the 2019 Australian Open and have since established themselves as one the tour's top teams, along with two-time Grand Slam winners Krejcikova and Siniakova.

Mertens-Sabalenka win Australian Open women's doubles title

Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev said he now felt he could play anyone after his sensational Australian Open run was finally halted by top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals on Thursday.

After knocking out three seeds on his Grand Slam debut, it took eight-time champion Djokovic to stop Karatsev and prevent him from creating more history by reaching the final.

The 27-year-old, who had never before qualified for a Grand Slam, will soar from 114 to 42 in the rankings and collects Au$850,000 ($658,000) in prize money, more than doubling his career earnings.

"That I can play with everyone," he said, when asked what he had learned from the Melbourne tournament.

"To be there and to compete with everyone. I think it'll help me a lot during my career... It gives me more experience, more confidence."

Thursday's defeat ended a tennis fairy-tale, after Karatsev became the first man in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam semi on debut.

He was also the lowest-ranked player to reach a major semi-final since Goran Ivanisevic, then the world number 125, at Wimbledon in 2001.

His charmed campaign included wins over eighth seed Diego Schwartzmann, 20th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and injury-hit 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov.&nbsp;

Djokovic, however, was a different matter.

"There is a huge level, the difference is really big," said the Vladikavkaz native.

"He doesn't give you free points. On my serve it's like every point you have to take, you have to play the rally.

"On my service games there's always rallies, rallies. He served well all the match. Yeah, you're under pressure."

Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev said he now felt he could play anyone after his sensational Australian Open run was finally halted by top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals on Thursday.

Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev said he now felt he could play anyone after his sensational Australian Open run was finally halted by top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals on Thursday. After knocking out three seeds on his Grand Slam debut, it took eight-time champion Djokovic to stop Karatsev and prevent him from creating more history by reaching the final. The 27-year-old, who had never before qualified for a Grand Slam, will soar from 114 to 42 in the rankings and collects Au$850,000 ($658,000) in prize money, more than doubling his career earnings. "That I can play with everyone," he said, when asked what he had learned from the Melbourne tournament. "To be there and to compete with everyone. I think it'll help me a lot during my career... It gives me more experience, more confidence." Thursday's defeat ended a tennis fairy-tale, after Karatsev became the first man in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam semi on debut. He was also the lowest-ranked player to reach a major semi-final since Goran Ivanisevic, then the world number 125, at Wimbledon in 2001. His charmed campaign included wins over eighth seed Diego Schwartzmann, 20th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and injury-hit 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov. Djokovic, however, was a different matter. "There is a huge level, the difference is really big," said the Vladikavkaz native. "He doesn't give you free points. On my serve it's like every point you have to take, you have to play the rally. "On my service games there's always rallies, rallies. He served well all the match. Yeah, you're under pressure."

Points, confidence, prize money: Karatsev fairy-tale has happy ending

Stefanos Tsitsipas once riled Daniil Medvedev by calling him "boring", but he now considers the in-form Russian "smart" ahead of their Australian Open semi-final on Friday.

The pair two men first met on court at Miami in 2018 and have played six times, with Medvedev leading their series with five wins.

But the popular Greek Tsitsipas, who came back from two sets down to shock 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals, won their last encounter at the ATP Tour Finals in 2019.

Defending champion and world number one Novak Djokovic or Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev awaits whoever wins the night match in Sunday's decider.

A war of words erupted between Tsitsipas and Medvedev after their 2019 clash in Shanghai, when the Greek lashed out at the Russian's "boring" style of play, with his big serve and relentless baseline rallies.

Their frosty relationship has persisted, but Tsitsipas no longer considers him dull, with the 24-year-old on a 19-match win streak dating back to November.

"Medvedev is going to be a difficult task. He's in very good shape, playing good tennis, playing accurate, playing simple," said Tsitsipas.

"Might have said in the past that he plays boring, but I don't really think he plays boring.&nbsp;

"He just plays extremely smart and outplays you. He's somebody I really need to be careful with and just take my chances and press. That would be very important."

<h2>- 'Amazing player' -</h2>

The 22-year-old Tsitsipas was two sets down and seemed to be heading for defeat against Nadal before launching an astonishing comeback to go through 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 7-5 in four hours and five minutes.&nbsp;

It was just the second time Nadal had lost when two sets up in a Grand Slam and only the third time in his entire long career.

"Stefanos is an amazing player, big serve, great volley," said Medvedev, who beat fellow Russian Andrey Rublev over three sets in his quarter-final.&nbsp;

"Tough to play. I think he's improving physically because maybe two years ago could say, yeah, out of five sets it's maybe not bad to play him. I don't think it's the case right now."

Despite the gruelling clash with Nadal and less time to prepare than Medvedev, Tsitsipas -- who had benefited from a fourth-round walkover against Matteo Berrettini -- insisted he didn't feel "completely exhausted".

"I got the opportunity to play longer, feel the court, understand the environment that I'm in. So that could probably be seen as something positive," he said.

"I think with experience I have realised how to preserve my energy and when I really have to put in the hard work in the match."

Both men head into the semi-final bidding for a maiden Grand Slam title.

Tsitsipas has never gone beyond a semi-final before, falling to Nadal in the last four at the 2019 Australian Open and to Djokovic at Roland Garros last year.

He has his sights set on becoming the youngest Grand Slam champion since Djokovic won the title at Melbourne Park in 2008 and the first Greek, man or woman, to lift a major trophy.

Medvedev will be playing his first semi in Melbourne as he continues to knock on the door of Grand Slam success, having reached the 2019 US Open final, where he was pipped in five sets by Nadal, and the last four in New York in 2020.

Stefanos Tsitsipas once riled Daniil Medvedev by calling him "boring", but he now considers the in-form Russian "smart" ahead of their Australian Open semi-final on Friday.

Stefanos Tsitsipas once riled Daniil Medvedev by calling him "boring", but he now considers the in-form Russian "smart" ahead of their Australian Open semi-final on Friday. The pair two men first met on court at Miami in 2018 and have played six times, with Medvedev leading their series with five wins. But the popular Greek Tsitsipas, who came back from two sets down to shock 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals, won their last encounter at the ATP Tour Finals in 2019. Defending champion and world number one Novak Djokovic or Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev awaits whoever wins the night match in Sunday's decider. A war of words erupted between Tsitsipas and Medvedev after their 2019 clash in Shanghai, when the Greek lashed out at the Russian's "boring" style of play, with his big serve and relentless baseline rallies. Their frosty relationship has persisted, but Tsitsipas no longer considers him dull, with the 24-year-old on a 19-match win streak dating back to November. "Medvedev is going to be a difficult task. He's in very good shape, playing good tennis, playing accurate, playing simple," said Tsitsipas. "Might have said in the past that he plays boring, but I don't really think he plays boring. "He just plays extremely smart and outplays you. He's somebody I really need to be careful with and just take my chances and press. That would be very important." - 'Amazing player' - The 22-year-old Tsitsipas was two sets down and seemed to be heading for defeat against Nadal before launching an astonishing comeback to go through 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 7-5 in four hours and five minutes. It was just the second time Nadal had lost when two sets up in a Grand Slam and only the third time in his entire long career. "Stefanos is an amazing player, big serve, great volley," said Medvedev, who beat fellow Russian Andrey Rublev over three sets in his quarter-final. "Tough to play. I think he's improving physically because maybe two years ago could say, yeah, out of five sets it's maybe not bad to play him. I don't think it's the case right now." Despite the gruelling clash with Nadal and less time to prepare than Medvedev, Tsitsipas -- who had benefited from a fourth-round walkover against Matteo Berrettini -- insisted he didn't feel "completely exhausted". "I got the opportunity to play longer, feel the court, understand the environment that I'm in. So that could probably be seen as something positive," he said. "I think with experience I have realised how to preserve my energy and when I really have to put in the hard work in the match." Both men head into the semi-final bidding for a maiden Grand Slam title. Tsitsipas has never gone beyond a semi-final before, falling to Nadal in the last four at the 2019 Australian Open and to Djokovic at Roland Garros last year. He has his sights set on becoming the youngest Grand Slam champion since Djokovic won the title at Melbourne Park in 2008 and the first Greek, man or woman, to lift a major trophy. Medvedev will be playing his first semi in Melbourne as he continues to knock on the door of Grand Slam success, having reached the 2019 US Open final, where he was pipped in five sets by Nadal, and the last four in New York in 2020.

Tsitsipas says in-form Medvedev no longer 'boring'

As many as 130 players, out of 298,&nbsp;went under the hammer&nbsp;in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, which was held in Chennai on Thursday. While South African all-rounder Chris Morris shattered the record of being the most expensive player in an IPL auction, the likes of&nbsp;Jhye&nbsp;Richardson,&nbsp;Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson&nbsp;Krishnappa&nbsp;Gowtham&nbsp;lit the stage up as franchises got involved in intense bidding wars in a bid to bolster their&nbsp;squads ahead of IPL 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;

After the end of mini-auction for IPL 2021, let us take a look at the&nbsp;full&nbsp;list of&nbsp;sold and unsold players:&nbsp;

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<h2>Here is the full list of players at IPL Auction 2021:</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Karun Nair - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹50 lakh</li>
	<li>Alex Hales - Unsold</li>
	<li>Jason Roy - Unsold</li>
	<li>Steve Smith - Delhi Capitals - ₹2.2 Crore</li>
	<li>Evin Lewis - Unsold</li>
	<li>Aaron Finch - Unsold</li>
	<li>Hanuma Vihari - Unsold</li>
	<li>Glenn Maxwell - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹14.25 crore</li>
	<li>Kedar Jadhav - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹2 crore</li>
	<li>Shakib Al Hasan - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹3.2 Crore</li>
	<li>Moeen Ali - Chennai Super Kings - ₹7 crore</li>
	<li>Shivam Dube - Rajasthan Royals - ₹4.4 crore</li>
	<li>Chris Morris - Rajasthan Royals - ₹16.25 crore</li>
	<li>Dawid Malan - Punjab Kings - ₹1.5 crore</li>
	<li>Glenn Phillips - Unsold</li>
	<li>Alex Carey - Unsold</li>
	<li>Sam Billings - Delhi Capitals - ₹2 crore</li>
	<li>Kusal Perera - Unsold</li>
	<li>Adam Milne - Mumbai Indians - ₹3.2 crore</li>
	<li>Mustafizur Rahman - Rajasthan Royals - ₹1 crore</li>
	<li>Jhye Richardson - Punjab Kings - ₹14 crore</li>
	<li>Nathan Coulter-Nile - Mumbai Indians - ₹5 crore</li>
	<li>Sheldon Cotrell - Unsold</li>
	<li>Umesh Yadav - Delhi Capitals - ₹1 crore</li>
	<li>Adil Rashid - Unsold</li>
	<li>Rahul Sharma - Unsold</li>
	<li>Mujeeb Ur Rahman - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹1.5 crore</li>
	<li>Harbhajan Singh - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹2 crore</li>
	<li>Ish Sodhi - Unsold</li>
	<li>Piyush Chawla - Mumbai Indians - ₹2.4 crore</li>
	<li>Qais Ahmad - Unsold</li>
	<li>Himanshu Rana - Unsold</li>
	<li>C Hari Nishaanth - Unsold</li>
	<li>Sachin Baby - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Rahul Gahlaut - Unsold</li>
	<li>Rajat Patidar - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Himmat Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Vishnu Solanki - Unsold</li>
	<li>Atit Sheth - Unsold</li>
	<li>Ripal Patel - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Shahrukh Khan - Punjab Kings - ₹5.25 crore</li>
	<li>Ayush Badoni - Unsold</li>
	<li>Venkatesh Iyer - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Vivek Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>K Gowtham - Chennai Super Kings - ₹9.25 crore</li>
	<li>Vishnu Vinod - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Sheldon Jackson - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Kedar Devdhar - Unsold</li>
	<li>Mohammed Azharuddeen - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Avi Barot - Unsold</li>
	<li>Mujtaba Yousuf - Unsold</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Ankit Rajpoot - Unsold</li>
	<li>Lukman Meriwala - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Chetan Sakariya - Rajasthan Royals - ₹1.2 crore</li>
	<li>Kuldeep Sen - Unsold</li>
	<li>Riley Meredith - Punjab Kings - ₹8 crore</li>
	<li>Tushar Deshpande - Unsold</li>
	<li>M Siddharth - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Karanveer Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Jagadeesha Suchith - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹30 lakh</li>
	<li>KC Cariappa - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Sandeep Lamichhane - Unsold</li>
	<li>Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold</li>
	<li>Tejas Baroka - Unsold</li>
	<li>Rovman Powell - Unsold</li>
	<li>Shaun Marsh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Corey Anderson - Unsold</li>
	<li>Devon Conway - Unsold</li>
	<li>Darren Bravo - Unsold</li>
	<li>Rassie van der Dussen - Unsold</li>
	<li>Cheteshwar Pujara - Chennai Super Kings - ₹50 lakh</li>
	<li>Martin Guptill - Unsold</li>
	<li>Pawan Negi - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹50 lakh</li>
	<li>Kyle Jamieson - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹15 crore</li>
	<li>Ben Cutting - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹75 lakh</li>
	<li>Tom Curran - Delhi Capitals - ₹5.25 crore</li>
	<li>Gurkeerat Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Marnus Labuschagne - Unsold</li>
	<li>Moises Henriques - Punjab Kings - ₹4.2 crore</li>
	<li>Varun Aaron - Unsold</li>
	<li>Oshane Thomas - Unsold</li>
	<li>Mohit Sharma - Unsold</li>
	<li>Billy Stanlake - Unsold</li>
	<li>Mitchell McClenaghan - Unsold</li>
	<li>Jason Behrendorff - Unsold</li>
	<li>Naveen Ul Haq - Unsold</li>
	<li>Karan Sharma - Unsold</li>
	<li>Utkarsh Singh - Punjab Kings - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>KL Shrijith - Unsold</li>
	<li>Jalaj Saxena - Punjab Kings - ₹30 lakh</li>
	<li>Vaibhav Arora - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Ben Dwarshuis - Unsold</li>
	<li>G Periyasamy - Unsold</li>
	<li>Fabian Allen - Punjab Kings - ₹75 lakh</li>
	<li>Daniel Christian - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹4.8 crore</li>
	<li>Liam Livingstone - Rajasthan Royals - ₹75 lakh</li>
	<li>Thisara Perera - Unsold</li>
	<li>Ben McDermott - Unsold</li>
	<li>Matthew Wade - Unsold</li>
	<li>Sean Abbott - Unsold</li>
	<li>Siddhesh Lad - Unsold</li>
	<li>Tejinder Dhillon - Unsold</li>
	<li>Prerak Mankad - Unsold</li>
	<li>Suyash Prabhudessai - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>KS Bharat - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Josh Inglis - Unsold</li>
	<li>M Harisankar Reddy - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Simarjeet Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Kuldip Yadav - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Scott Kuggeleijn - Unsold</li>
	<li>James Neesham - Mumbai Indians - ₹50 lakh</li>
	<li>Wayne Parnell - Unsold</li>
	<li>Reece Topley - Unsold</li>
	<li>Chris Green - Unsold</li>
	<li>Isuru Udana - Unsold</li>
	<li>George Linde - Unsold</li>
	<li>Chaitanya Bishnoi - Unsold</li>
	<li>Yudhvir Charak - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Ajay Dev Goud - Unsold</li>
	<li>K Bhagath Varma - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Jack Wildermuth - Unsold</li>
	<li>Harsh Tyagi - Unsold</li>
	<li>Gerald Coetzee - Unsold</li>
	<li>Tim David - Unsold</li>
	<li>Marco Jansen - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Pratyush Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Saurabh Kumar - Punjab Kings - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>C Hari Nishanth - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Akash Singh - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Arjun Tendulkar - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh</li>
</ul>

As many as 130 players, out of 298, went under the hammer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, which was held in Chennai on Thursday. While South African all-rounder Chris Morris shattered the record of being the most expensive player in an IPL auction, the likes of Jhye Richardson, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson Krishnappa Gowtham lit the stage up as franchises got involved in intense bidding wars in a bid to bolster their squads ahead of IPL 2021.

As many as 130 players, out of 298, went under the hammer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, which was held in Chennai on Thursday. While South African all-rounder Chris Morris shattered the record of being the most expensive player in an IPL auction, the likes of Jhye Richardson, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson Krishnappa Gowtham lit the stage up as franchises got involved in intense bidding wars in a bid to bolster their squads ahead of IPL 2021. After the end of mini-auction for IPL 2021, let us take a look at the full list of sold and unsold players: ALSO READ: IPL Auction 2021: Franchise wise complete players list of all eight squads ALSO READ: Shahrukh Khan and Arjun Tendulkar: All that turned IPL auction into a memefest Here is the full list of players at IPL Auction 2021: Karun Nair - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹50 lakh Alex Hales - Unsold Jason Roy - Unsold Steve Smith - Delhi Capitals - ₹2.2 Crore Evin Lewis - Unsold Aaron Finch - Unsold Hanuma Vihari - Unsold Glenn Maxwell - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹14.25 crore Kedar Jadhav - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹2 crore Shakib Al Hasan - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹3.2 Crore Moeen Ali - Chennai Super Kings - ₹7 crore Shivam Dube - Rajasthan Royals - ₹4.4 crore Chris Morris - Rajasthan Royals - ₹16.25 crore Dawid Malan - Punjab Kings - ₹1.5 crore Glenn Phillips - Unsold Alex Carey - Unsold Sam Billings - Delhi Capitals - ₹2 crore Kusal Perera - Unsold Adam Milne - Mumbai Indians - ₹3.2 crore Mustafizur Rahman - Rajasthan Royals - ₹1 crore Jhye Richardson - Punjab Kings - ₹14 crore Nathan Coulter-Nile - Mumbai Indians - ₹5 crore Sheldon Cotrell - Unsold Umesh Yadav - Delhi Capitals - ₹1 crore Adil Rashid - Unsold Rahul Sharma - Unsold Mujeeb Ur Rahman - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹1.5 crore Harbhajan Singh - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹2 crore Ish Sodhi - Unsold Piyush Chawla - Mumbai Indians - ₹2.4 crore Qais Ahmad - Unsold Himanshu Rana - Unsold C Hari Nishaanth - Unsold Sachin Baby - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh Rahul Gahlaut - Unsold Rajat Patidar - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh Himmat Singh - Unsold Vishnu Solanki - Unsold Atit Sheth - Unsold Ripal Patel - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh Shahrukh Khan - Punjab Kings - ₹5.25 crore Ayush Badoni - Unsold Venkatesh Iyer - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh Vivek Singh - Unsold K Gowtham - Chennai Super Kings - ₹9.25 crore Vishnu Vinod - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh Sheldon Jackson - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh Kedar Devdhar - Unsold Mohammed Azharuddeen - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh Avi Barot - Unsold Mujtaba Yousuf - Unsold Ankit Rajpoot - Unsold Lukman Meriwala - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh Chetan Sakariya - Rajasthan Royals - ₹1.2 crore Kuldeep Sen - Unsold Riley Meredith - Punjab Kings - ₹8 crore Tushar Deshpande - Unsold M Siddharth - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh Karanveer Singh - Unsold Jagadeesha Suchith - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹30 lakh KC Cariappa - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh Sandeep Lamichhane - Unsold Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold Tejas Baroka - Unsold Rovman Powell - Unsold Shaun Marsh - Unsold Corey Anderson - Unsold Devon Conway - Unsold Darren Bravo - Unsold Rassie van der Dussen - Unsold Cheteshwar Pujara - Chennai Super Kings - ₹50 lakh Martin Guptill - Unsold Pawan Negi - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹50 lakh Kyle Jamieson - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹15 crore Ben Cutting - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹75 lakh Tom Curran - Delhi Capitals - ₹5.25 crore Gurkeerat Singh - Unsold Marnus Labuschagne - Unsold Moises Henriques - Punjab Kings - ₹4.2 crore Varun Aaron - Unsold Oshane Thomas - Unsold Mohit Sharma - Unsold Billy Stanlake - Unsold Mitchell McClenaghan - Unsold Jason Behrendorff - Unsold Naveen Ul Haq - Unsold Karan Sharma - Unsold Utkarsh Singh - Punjab Kings - ₹20 lakh KL Shrijith - Unsold Jalaj Saxena - Punjab Kings - ₹30 lakh Vaibhav Arora - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh Ben Dwarshuis - Unsold G Periyasamy - Unsold Fabian Allen - Punjab Kings - ₹75 lakh Daniel Christian - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹4.8 crore Liam Livingstone - Rajasthan Royals - ₹75 lakh Thisara Perera - Unsold Ben McDermott - Unsold Matthew Wade - Unsold Sean Abbott - Unsold Siddhesh Lad - Unsold Tejinder Dhillon - Unsold Prerak Mankad - Unsold Suyash Prabhudessai - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh KS Bharat - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh Josh Inglis - Unsold M Harisankar Reddy - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh Simarjeet Singh - Unsold Kuldip Yadav - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh Scott Kuggeleijn - Unsold James Neesham - Mumbai Indians - ₹50 lakh Wayne Parnell - Unsold Reece Topley - Unsold Chris Green - Unsold Isuru Udana - Unsold George Linde - Unsold Chaitanya Bishnoi - Unsold Yudhvir Charak - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh Ajay Dev Goud - Unsold K Bhagath Varma - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh Jack Wildermuth - Unsold Harsh Tyagi - Unsold Gerald Coetzee - Unsold Tim David - Unsold Marco Jansen - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh Pratyush Singh - Unsold Saurabh Kumar - Punjab Kings - ₹20 lakh C Hari Nishanth - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh Akash Singh - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh Arjun Tendulkar - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh

IPL 2021 Auction: Complete list of sold and unsold players

In what could be described as an exhilarating day, the auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was held in Chennai on Thursday as all eight franchises bought players in a bid to strengthen their&nbsp;respective&nbsp;teams for the upcoming IPL 2021.&nbsp;

While records were shattered on some of the biggest names in the cricketing world, some of the&nbsp;lesser-known&nbsp;names&nbsp;saw their lives changed after being bought by franchises in IPL 2021 auction.&nbsp;The likes of Chris Morris, the most expensive signing in IPL history, Kyle Jamieson,&nbsp;Jhye&nbsp;Richardson were roped in for hefty price while all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham became the most expensive uncapped player. The likes of Shahrukh Khan, Mohammed&nbsp;Azharuddeen, Jalaj Saxena, Sheldon Jackson among others were rewarded for their great performances during the IPL 2021 auction.&nbsp;&nbsp;

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{4bf913da-3def-4620-8b55-f2520e6a1b44}{190}" paraid="2059793526" >Here's the complete updated squad list of all eight IPL 2021 teams:&nbsp;</h2>

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/shahrukh-khan-and-arjun-tendulkar-all-that-turned-ipl-auction-into-a-memefest-364608" hreflang="en">Shahrukh Khan and Arjun Tendulkar: All that turned IPL auction into a memefest</a>

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/ipl-2021-auction-complete-list-of-sold-and-unsold-players-364604" hreflang="en">IPL 2021 Auction: Complete list of sold and unsold players</a>

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{ef5b2bca-660d-4bbc-9114-a724c63befb0}{20}" paraid="239540240" >CHENNAI SUPER KINGS&nbsp;</h2>

Faf&nbsp;du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni (c&amp;wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh&nbsp;Hazlewood, KM Asif, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harisankar Reddy, K. Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishanth&nbsp;

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<h2>MUMBAI INDIANS&nbsp;</h2>

Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary,&nbsp;Anmolpreet&nbsp;Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit&nbsp;Bumrah, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar&nbsp;

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Overseas slots filled: 4⃣ 
Total money spent today: 1⃣1⃣.7⃣0⃣ CR<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OneFamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OneFamily</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MumbaiIndians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MumbaiIndians</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPLAuction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPLAuction</a> <a href="https://t.co/Iu5ylotFOS">pic.twitter.com/Iu5ylotFOS</a>
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<h2>ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE&nbsp;</h2>

Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt&nbsp;Padikkal, Josh Philippe (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel&nbsp;Sams,&nbsp;Yuzvendra&nbsp;Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell,&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed&nbsp;Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, K.S. Bharat&nbsp;

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Leave us with your best gifs to describe how you're feeling about our <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClassOf2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClassOf2021</a>, 12th Man Army! 
 
We'll begin...<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlayBold?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PlayBold</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreChallengers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeAreChallengers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPLAuction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPLAuction</a> <a href="https://t.co/B1SP7wnRYc">pic.twitter.com/B1SP7wnRYc</a>
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<h2>DELHI CAPITALS&nbsp;</h2>

Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk),&nbsp;Shimron&nbsp;Hetmyer, Marcus&nbsp;Stoinis, Chris&nbsp;Woakes, R Ashwin,&nbsp;Axar&nbsp;Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso&nbsp;Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman&nbsp;Meriwala, M Siddarth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings&nbsp;

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<h2>SUNRISERS HYDERABAD&nbsp;</h2>

David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey,&nbsp;Sreevats&nbsp;Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha&nbsp;Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman&nbsp;

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<h2>PUNJAB KINGS&nbsp;</h2>

KL Rahul (c&amp;wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh,&nbsp;Prabsimran&nbsp;Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan&nbsp;Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan,&nbsp;Jhye&nbsp;Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian&nbsp;Allen,&nbsp;Saurabh Kumar&nbsp;

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A good day at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPLAuction2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPLAuction2021</a> for us! 😁<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaddaPunjab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaddaPunjab</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PunjabKings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PunjabKings</a> <a href="https://t.co/AUQ4ZpBO7B">pic.twitter.com/AUQ4ZpBO7B</a>
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<h2>KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS&nbsp;</h2>

Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh&nbsp;Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi

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<h2>RAJASTHAN ROYALS&nbsp;</h2>

Sanju Samson (c&amp;wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul&nbsp;Tewatia, Mahipal&nbsp;Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank&nbsp;Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris,&nbsp;Mustafizur&nbsp;Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh&nbsp;

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In what could be described as an exhilarating day, the auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was held in Chennai on Thursday as all eight franchises bought players in a bid to strengthen their respective teams for the upcoming IPL 2021.

In what could be described as an exhilarating day, the auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was held in Chennai on Thursday as all eight franchises bought players in a bid to strengthen their respective teams for the upcoming IPL 2021. While records were shattered on some of the biggest names in the cricketing world, some of the lesser-known names saw their lives changed after being bought by franchises in IPL 2021 auction. The likes of Chris Morris, the most expensive signing in IPL history, Kyle Jamieson, Jhye Richardson were roped in for hefty price while all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham became the most expensive uncapped player. The likes of Shahrukh Khan, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Jalaj Saxena, Sheldon Jackson among others were rewarded for their great performances during the IPL 2021 auction. Here's the complete updated squad list of all eight IPL 2021 teams: ALSO READ: Shahrukh Khan and Arjun Tendulkar: All that turned IPL auction into a memefest ALSO READ: IPL 2021 Auction: Complete list of sold and unsold players CHENNAI SUPER KINGS Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood, KM Asif, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harisankar Reddy, K. Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishanth New entrants into the #SuperFam! #WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/sSLqD0jESp — Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) February 18, 2021 × MUMBAI INDIANS Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar Total players bought: 7⃣ Overseas slots filled: 4⃣ Total money spent today: 1⃣1⃣.7⃣0⃣ CR#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/Iu5ylotFOS — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 18, 2021 × ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, K.S. Bharat And that's that! Leave us with your best gifs to describe how you're feeling about our #ClassOf2021, 12th Man Army! We'll begin...#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/B1SP7wnRYc — Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 18, 2021 × DELHI CAPITALS Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddarth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings Very happy with how things panned out for us @delhicapitals tonight, rounded out our squad strongly in all areas. Can't wait to get the group together and underway. — Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) February 18, 2021 × SUNRISERS HYDERABAD David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman #WelcomeToSRH Jagadeesha Suchith, @JadhavKedar and @Mujeeb_R88! 🧡#IPLAuction #OrangeArmy #IPL2021 #SRH pic.twitter.com/jqE8evn072 — SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) February 18, 2021 × PUNJAB KINGS KL Rahul (c&wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar 5 ✈️ 4 🇮🇳 A good day at the #IPLAuction2021 for us! 😁#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/AUQ4ZpBO7B — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) February 18, 2021 × KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi Welcome to the knighthood @harbhajan_singh, @ShelJackson27, @Cuttsy31, @Sah75official, Vaibhav Arora, @karun126, Venkatesh Iyer & Pawan Negi. Looking forward to play together in @KKRiders 💪🏻#IPL2021 — DK (@DineshKarthik) February 18, 2021 × RAJASTHAN ROYALS Sanju Samson (c&wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh Most expensive video you'll see on the internet today..😉 #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | #IPLAuction | #IPLAuction2021 | @Tipo_Morris pic.twitter.com/ZG8nMoEfKH — Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) February 18, 2021 ×

IPL Auction 2021: Complete players list of all eight squads

IPL 2021 Auction Highlights: The likes of Chris Morris, Jhye Richardson, Krishnappa Gowtham went for whopping amounts. Here's how the IPL 2021 Auction panned out!

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{fa47ec30-0a50-4c9a-802b-8336a1baa830}{26}" paraid="1801703399" >IPL 2021 mini-auction: Highlights</h2>

- Arjun Tendulkar sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh

- Akash Singh sold to RR for INR 20 lakh

- Pawan Negi to KKR for INR 50 lakh&nbsp;

- Venkatesh Iyer sold to KKR for INR 20 lakh

- Hanuma Vihari - Unsold

- Jason Beherendorff - Unsold&nbsp;

- Pawan Negi - Unsold

- Ben Cutting sold to KKR for INR 75 lakh

- C Hari Nishaant sold to CSK for INR 20 lakh

- Harbhajan Singh sold to KKR for INR 2 crore!

- Sam Billings sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore

- Kedar Jadhav sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2 crore

- Karun Nair sold to KKR for INR 50 lakh

- Saurabh Kumar sold to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh

- Marco Jansen sold to MI for INR 20 lakh

-&nbsp;Tim David - Unsold

- Yudhvir Charak goes to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh

- George Linde - Unsold

- Isuru Udana - Unsold

- Chris Green goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 lakh

- Reece Topley - Unsold

- Wayne Parnell - Unsold

- James Neesham sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 50 lakh

- Scott Kuggeleijn - Unsold

- Kuldip Yadav sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakh

- Simrajeet Singh - Unsold

- M Harisankar Reddy sold to CSK for INR 20 lakh

- KS Bharat to RCB for INR 20 lakh

- Suyash Prabhudessai sold to RCB for INR 20 lakh

- Prerak Mankad - Unsold

- Tajinder Dhillon - Unsold

- Siddhesh Lad - Unsold

- Matthew Wade - Unsold

- Thisara Perera - Unsold

- Liam Livingstone to Rajasthan Royals for INR 75 lakh

- Dan Christian to RCB for INR 4.80 crore!

- Fabian Allen to Punjab Kings for INR 75 lakh

- G Periyasamy - Unsold

- Ben Dwarshuis - Unsold

- Vaibhav Arora to KKR for INR 20 lakh

- Utkarsh Singh to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh

- Jalaj Saxena goes to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh

- Naveen ul Haq - Unsold

- Jason Beherendorf - Unsold&nbsp;

- Mitchell McLenaghan - Unsold

- Billy Stanlake - Unsold&nbsp;

- Oshane Thomas - Unsold

- Varun Aaron - Unsold&nbsp;

- Moises Henriques sold to Punjab Kings for INR 4.20 crore

- Marnus Labuschagne - Unsold

- Gurkeerat Singh Mann - Unsold

- Tom Curran goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 5.25 crore

- Ben Cutting - Unsold&nbsp;

- Kyle Jamieson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 15 crore

-&nbsp;Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold&nbsp;

- Cheteshwar Pujara to Chennai Super Kings for INR 50 lakh

- Rassie van der Dussen - Unsold

- Darren Bravo - Unsold

- Devon Conway - Unsold

- Corey Anderson - Unsold&nbsp;

- Shaun Marsh - Unsold

- Rovman Powell - Unsold

- Tejas Baroka - Unsold

- Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold

- Sandeep Lamichhane - Unsold&nbsp;

-&nbsp;J Suchith moves to Sunrisers Hyderabad&nbsp;for INR 30 lakh

- Karanveer Singh - Unsold

- M Siddharth sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh

- Tushar Deshpande - Unsold

- Riley Meredith sold to Punjab Kings for INR 8 crore!

- Kuldeep Sen - Unsold

- Chetan Sakariya sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1.20 crore

- Lukman Meriwala goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh

- Ankit Rajpoot - Unsold&nbsp;

- Mujtaba Yousuf - Unsold&nbsp;

- Avi Barot - Unsold&nbsp;

- Mohammed Azharuddeen goes to RCB for INR 20 lakh

- Kedar Devdhar - Unsold&nbsp;

- Sheldon Jackson goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 20 lakh

- Vishnu Vinod goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh

- Vivek Singh - Unsold

- Krishnappa Gowtham sold Chennai Super Kings for INR 9.25 crore

- Ayush Badoni - Unsold

- Shahrukh Khan sold Punjab Kings for INR 5.25 crore!

- Ripal Patel sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh

- Atit Sheth - Unsold

- Vishnu Solanki - Unsold

- Himmat Singh - Unsold

- Rajat Patidar sold for INR 20 lakh to RCB

- Rahul Gahlaut - Unsold

- Sachin Baby sold to RCB for INR 20 lakh!

- C Hari Nishant - Unsold

- Himanshu Rana - Unsold&nbsp;

- Qais Ahmad - Unsold

- Piyush Chawla sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2.40 crore

- Ish Sodhi - Unsold&nbsp;

- Harbhajan Singh - Unsold&nbsp;

- Mujeeb Ur Rahman - Unsold

- Rahul Sharma - Unsold

- Adil Rashid - Unsold

- Umesh Yadav sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 1 crore!

- Sheldon Cottrell - Unsold

- Nathan Coulter-Nile sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 5 crore

- Jhye Richardson sold to Punjab Kings&nbsp;for INR 14 crore

- Mustafizur Rahman sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1 crore!

- Adam Milne sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 3.20 crore

- Kusal Perrera - Unsold

- Sam Billings - Unsold&nbsp;

- Alex Carey - Unsold&nbsp;

- Glenn Phillips - Unsold

-&nbsp;Every team uses their players differently and we expect Maxwell to contribute in all departments on the field: Mike Hesson on buying Glenn Maxwell.

-&nbsp;Moeen is a good buy according to me. He always contributes with both bat and ball and we are happy with the buy: L Balaji on CSK buying Moeen Ali

- David Malan sold to Punjab Kings for INR 1.50 crore

- Chris Morris goes to Rajasthan Royals for INR 16.25 crore. He is now the most expensive IPL player ever!

- Shivam Dube sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 4.40 crore

- Moeen Ali sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 7 crore!

- Shakib Al Hasan sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 3.20 crore

- Kedar Jadhav - Unsold

- Glenn Maxwell sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 14.25&nbsp;crore

- Hanuma Vihari - Unsold

- Aaron Finch - Unsold

- Evin Lewis - Unsold

- Steve Smith sold&nbsp;to Delhi Capitals for INR 2.2 crore

- Jason Roy - Unsold

- Alex Hales - Unsold

- Karun Nair - Unsold

- IPL 2021 Auction: Remaining purse, no. of players, available slots and more.

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			<td colspan="7" height="20" width="448">IPL 2021/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots</td>
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			<td height="78">Franchise</td>
			<td>No of Players</td>
			<td width="64">No of Overseas Players</td>
			<td width="64">Total&nbsp; money spent (Rs.)</td>
			<td width="64">Salary cap available (Rs.)</td>
			<td>Available Slots</td>
			<td>Overseas Slots</td>
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			<td height="20">CSK</td>
			<td>19</td>
			<td>7</td>
			<td>65.1</td>
			<td>19.9</td>
			<td>6</td>
			<td>1</td>
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			<td height="20">DC</td>
			<td>17</td>
			<td>5</td>
			<td>71.6</td>
			<td>13.4</td>
			<td>8</td>
			<td>3</td>
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			<td height="20">KXIP</td>
			<td>16</td>
			<td>3</td>
			<td>31.8</td>
			<td>53.2</td>
			<td>9</td>
			<td>5</td>
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			<td height="20">KKR</td>
			<td>17</td>
			<td>6</td>
			<td>74.25</td>
			<td>10.75</td>
			<td>8</td>
			<td>2</td>
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			<td height="20">MI</td>
			<td>18</td>
			<td>4</td>
			<td>69.65</td>
			<td>15.35</td>
			<td>7</td>
			<td>4</td>
		</tr>
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			<td height="20">RR</td>
			<td>16</td>
			<td>5</td>
			<td>47.15</td>
			<td>37.85</td>
			<td>9</td>
			<td>3</td>
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			<td height="20">RCB</td>
			<td>14</td>
			<td>5</td>
			<td>49.6</td>
			<td>35.4</td>
			<td>11</td>
			<td>3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td height="20">SRH</td>
			<td>22</td>
			<td>7</td>
			<td>74.25</td>
			<td>10.75</td>
			<td>3</td>
			<td>1</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
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-&nbsp;England players in IPL 2021 Auction: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Mark Wood, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Nayan Doshi, Sam Billings, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Dawid Malan, Tom Curran, David Willey, Lewis Gregory, Liam Livingston, Ravi Bopara, George Garton

- Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting shares his thoughts ahead of IPL 2021 auction:&nbsp;

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- CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan has already confirmed that head coach Stephen Fleming and skipper MS Dhoni will not attend the IPL 2021 mini-auction but the duo will join virtually.

- England pacer Mark Wood has pulled out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction. Wood is currently involved with the England Test squad for the ongoing Test series against India.

- Check out the list of all 292 players listed for IPL 2021 auction:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/ipl-2021-auction-full-list-of-292-players-set-to-go-under-hammer-364384" hreflang="en">IPL 2021 Auction: Full list of 292 players set to go under hammer</a>

IPL 2021 Auction Highlights: The likes of Chris Morris, Jhye Richardson, Krishnappa Gowtham went for whopping amounts. Here's how the IPL 2021 Auction panned out!

IPL 2021 Auction Highlights: The likes of Chris Morris, Jhye Richardson, Krishnappa Gowtham went for whopping amounts. Here's how the IPL 2021 Auction panned out! IPL 2021 mini-auction: Highlights - Arjun Tendulkar sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh - Akash Singh sold to RR for INR 20 lakh - Pawan Negi to KKR for INR 50 lakh - Venkatesh Iyer sold to KKR for INR 20 lakh - Hanuma Vihari - Unsold - Jason Beherendorff - Unsold - Pawan Negi - Unsold - Ben Cutting sold to KKR for INR 75 lakh - C Hari Nishaant sold to CSK for INR 20 lakh - Harbhajan Singh sold to KKR for INR 2 crore! - Sam Billings sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore - Kedar Jadhav sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2 crore - Karun Nair sold to KKR for INR 50 lakh - Saurabh Kumar sold to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh - Marco Jansen sold to MI for INR 20 lakh - Tim David - Unsold - Yudhvir Charak goes to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh - George Linde - Unsold - Isuru Udana - Unsold - Chris Green goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 lakh - Reece Topley - Unsold - Wayne Parnell - Unsold - James Neesham sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 50 lakh - Scott Kuggeleijn - Unsold - Kuldip Yadav sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakh - Simrajeet Singh - Unsold - M Harisankar Reddy sold to CSK for INR 20 lakh - KS Bharat to RCB for INR 20 lakh - Suyash Prabhudessai sold to RCB for INR 20 lakh - Prerak Mankad - Unsold - Tajinder Dhillon - Unsold - Siddhesh Lad - Unsold - Matthew Wade - Unsold - Thisara Perera - Unsold - Liam Livingstone to Rajasthan Royals for INR 75 lakh - Dan Christian to RCB for INR 4.80 crore! - Fabian Allen to Punjab Kings for INR 75 lakh - G Periyasamy - Unsold - Ben Dwarshuis - Unsold - Vaibhav Arora to KKR for INR 20 lakh - Utkarsh Singh to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh - Jalaj Saxena goes to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh - Naveen ul Haq - Unsold - Jason Beherendorf - Unsold - Mitchell McLenaghan - Unsold - Billy Stanlake - Unsold - Oshane Thomas - Unsold - Varun Aaron - Unsold - Moises Henriques sold to Punjab Kings for INR 4.20 crore - Marnus Labuschagne - Unsold - Gurkeerat Singh Mann - Unsold - Tom Curran goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 5.25 crore - Ben Cutting - Unsold - Kyle Jamieson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 15 crore - Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold - Cheteshwar Pujara to Chennai Super Kings for INR 50 lakh - Rassie van der Dussen - Unsold - Darren Bravo - Unsold - Devon Conway - Unsold - Corey Anderson - Unsold - Shaun Marsh - Unsold - Rovman Powell - Unsold - Tejas Baroka - Unsold - Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold - Sandeep Lamichhane - Unsold - J Suchith moves to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 30 lakh - Karanveer Singh - Unsold - M Siddharth sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh - Tushar Deshpande - Unsold - Riley Meredith sold to Punjab Kings for INR 8 crore! - Kuldeep Sen - Unsold - Chetan Sakariya sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1.20 crore - Lukman Meriwala goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh - Ankit Rajpoot - Unsold - Mujtaba Yousuf - Unsold - Avi Barot - Unsold - Mohammed Azharuddeen goes to RCB for INR 20 lakh - Kedar Devdhar - Unsold - Sheldon Jackson goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 20 lakh - Vishnu Vinod goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh - Vivek Singh - Unsold - Krishnappa Gowtham sold Chennai Super Kings for INR 9.25 crore - Ayush Badoni - Unsold - Shahrukh Khan sold Punjab Kings for INR 5.25 crore! - Ripal Patel sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh - Atit Sheth - Unsold - Vishnu Solanki - Unsold - Himmat Singh - Unsold - Rajat Patidar sold for INR 20 lakh to RCB - Rahul Gahlaut - Unsold - Sachin Baby sold to RCB for INR 20 lakh! - C Hari Nishant - Unsold - Himanshu Rana - Unsold - Qais Ahmad - Unsold - Piyush Chawla sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2.40 crore - Ish Sodhi - Unsold - Harbhajan Singh - Unsold - Mujeeb Ur Rahman - Unsold - Rahul Sharma - Unsold - Adil Rashid - Unsold - Umesh Yadav sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 1 crore! - Sheldon Cottrell - Unsold - Nathan Coulter-Nile sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 5 crore - Jhye Richardson sold to Punjab Kings for INR 14 crore - Mustafizur Rahman sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1 crore! - Adam Milne sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 3.20 crore - Kusal Perrera - Unsold - Sam Billings - Unsold - Alex Carey - Unsold - Glenn Phillips - Unsold - Every team uses their players differently and we expect Maxwell to contribute in all departments on the field: Mike Hesson on buying Glenn Maxwell. - Moeen is a good buy according to me. He always contributes with both bat and ball and we are happy with the buy: L Balaji on CSK buying Moeen Ali - David Malan sold to Punjab Kings for INR 1.50 crore - Chris Morris goes to Rajasthan Royals for INR 16.25 crore. He is now the most expensive IPL player ever! - Shivam Dube sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 4.40 crore - Moeen Ali sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 7 crore! - Shakib Al Hasan sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 3.20 crore - Kedar Jadhav - Unsold - Glenn Maxwell sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 14.25 crore - Hanuma Vihari - Unsold - Aaron Finch - Unsold - Evin Lewis - Unsold - Steve Smith sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2.2 crore - Jason Roy - Unsold - Alex Hales - Unsold - Karun Nair - Unsold - IPL 2021 Auction: Remaining purse, no. of players, available slots and more. IPL 2021/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots Franchise No of Players No of Overseas Players Total money spent (Rs.) Salary cap available (Rs.) Available Slots Overseas Slots CSK 19 7 65.1 19.9 6 1 DC 17 5 71.6 13.4 8 3 KXIP 16 3 31.8 53.2 9 5 KKR 17 6 74.25 10.75 8 2 MI 18 4 69.65 15.35 7 4 RR 16 5 47.15 37.85 9 3 RCB 14 5 49.6 35.4 11 3 SRH 22 7 74.25 10.75 3 1 - England players in IPL 2021 Auction: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Mark Wood, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Nayan Doshi, Sam Billings, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Dawid Malan, Tom Curran, David Willey, Lewis Gregory, Liam Livingston, Ravi Bopara, George Garton - Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting shares his thoughts ahead of IPL 2021 auction: Looking forward to the IPL auction tonight with @delhicapitals and filling out our squad for the season. Hope moneybags @bazmccullum doesn't outbid me again though. — Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) February 18, 2021 × - CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan has already confirmed that head coach Stephen Fleming and skipper MS Dhoni will not attend the IPL 2021 mini-auction but the duo will join virtually. - England pacer Mark Wood has pulled out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction. Wood is currently involved with the England Test squad for the ongoing Test series against India. - Check out the list of all 292 players listed for IPL 2021 auction: IPL 2021 Auction: Full list of 292 players set to go under hammer

IPL 2021 Auction, Highlights: From Chris Morris to Glenn Maxwell - all the details from mini-auction

World number one Novak Djokovic ended the dream run of Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev in the Australian Open semi-finals Thursday to maintain his bid for a record-extending ninth title.&nbsp;

The 33-year-old Serb, showing no ill-effects from an abdomen injury sustained in the third round, overwhelmed the 114th-ranked Karatsev 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to reach his 28th Grand Slam final.

"This is the best I've felt in the entire tournament," said Djokovic, who hit 30 winners and 17 aces.

"I could swing through the ball. No pain. The best match so far."

Djokovic, 34, remains on course for his 18th Grand Slam trophy, nipping at the heels of rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who are on 20.

In his way will be either fourth seed Daniil Medvedev or Nadal's conqueror Stefanos Tsitispas, the fifth seed, a clash Djokovic said he was eagerly anticipating.

"I'm going to take the popcorn and enjoy it," he said. "I absolutely have zero preference.

"I thought Stefanos did incredibly well to hang in there because Rafa was playing amazing," added Djokovic.

"Medvedev is the guy. He is playing at the highest level the last three months."

Djokovic, who hasn't been practising between matches because of his injury, said he hoped to train before the final.

"Probably more likely (to train) on Saturday," he said. "Recovery is priority right now. I'm feeling the ball well and playing well." &nbsp;

<h2>- Butterfly battle -</h2>

Moving sharper than he has since he was injured while playing Taylor Fritz, Djokovic lifted his intensity in his best performance of the tournament.

Karatsev, however, wasn't disgraced after becoming the first man in the Open era to reach a semi-final on his Grand Slam debut, and just the second qualifier to do so at the Australian Open after Bob Giltinan in 1977.&nbsp;&nbsp;

His magical run included wins over eighth seed Diego Schwartzmann, 20th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov, but came up short against the ultimate test.&nbsp;

A wary Djokovic had predicted Karatsev would come out aggressively and he proved right with the underdog undaunted in a free-wheeling approach.&nbsp;

Aside from being briefly menaced by a butterfly as he prepared to serve, Djokovic wasn't rattled and his defensive mastery suffocated Karatsev in the eighth game.

He subsequently clinched the first set with an ace and then put the foot down to break to love.

Karatsev wouldn't go away, almost wiping away Djokovic's advantage before the eight-time champion held serve in a see-sawing 10th game and celebrated with gusto.

Despite some service struggles, Djokovic continued was not to be denied to record his first straight-sets victory since an opening-round romp against Jeremy Chardy.

Journeyman Karatsev, who spent a chunk of his youth in Israel, Germany and Spain, and had failed on nine previous occasions to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament, is set to rocket to 42 on the ATP rankings.

World number one Novak Djokovic ended the dream run of Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev in the Australian Open semi-finals Thursday to maintain his bid for a record-extending ninth title.

World number one Novak Djokovic ended the dream run of Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev in the Australian Open semi-finals Thursday to maintain his bid for a record-extending ninth title. The 33-year-old Serb, showing no ill-effects from an abdomen injury sustained in the third round, overwhelmed the 114th-ranked Karatsev 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to reach his 28th Grand Slam final. "This is the best I've felt in the entire tournament," said Djokovic, who hit 30 winners and 17 aces. "I could swing through the ball. No pain. The best match so far." Djokovic, 34, remains on course for his 18th Grand Slam trophy, nipping at the heels of rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who are on 20. In his way will be either fourth seed Daniil Medvedev or Nadal's conqueror Stefanos Tsitispas, the fifth seed, a clash Djokovic said he was eagerly anticipating. "I'm going to take the popcorn and enjoy it," he said. "I absolutely have zero preference. "I thought Stefanos did incredibly well to hang in there because Rafa was playing amazing," added Djokovic. "Medvedev is the guy. He is playing at the highest level the last three months." Djokovic, who hasn't been practising between matches because of his injury, said he hoped to train before the final. "Probably more likely (to train) on Saturday," he said. "Recovery is priority right now. I'm feeling the ball well and playing well." - Butterfly battle - Moving sharper than he has since he was injured while playing Taylor Fritz, Djokovic lifted his intensity in his best performance of the tournament. Karatsev, however, wasn't disgraced after becoming the first man in the Open era to reach a semi-final on his Grand Slam debut, and just the second qualifier to do so at the Australian Open after Bob Giltinan in 1977. His magical run included wins over eighth seed Diego Schwartzmann, 20th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov, but came up short against the ultimate test. A wary Djokovic had predicted Karatsev would come out aggressively and he proved right with the underdog undaunted in a free-wheeling approach. Aside from being briefly menaced by a butterfly as he prepared to serve, Djokovic wasn't rattled and his defensive mastery suffocated Karatsev in the eighth game. He subsequently clinched the first set with an ace and then put the foot down to break to love. Karatsev wouldn't go away, almost wiping away Djokovic's advantage before the eight-time champion held serve in a see-sawing 10th game and celebrated with gusto. Despite some service struggles, Djokovic continued was not to be denied to record his first straight-sets victory since an opening-round romp against Jeremy Chardy. Journeyman Karatsev, who spent a chunk of his youth in Israel, Germany and Spain, and had failed on nine previous occasions to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament, is set to rocket to 42 on the ATP rankings.

Peerless Djokovic ends Karatsev dream to reach Australian Open final

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