After 25 overs NZ inning stable but struggling to get going
Manchester: After being struck by the early blow of losing opener Martin Guptill New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and opener Henry Nicholls stitched a fine 68 run partnership to stabilize the inning for the team.
Nicholls however was dismissed by a brilliant delivery by Ravindra Jadeja as he knocked his stump over.
After 25 overs, Blackcaps inning was stable wit 83 runs on board for the loss of two wickets with two of their most dependable batsman Ross Taylor and Williamson batting at the crease.
With the ball Bhuvneshwar Kumar has bowled five overs from his quota and has conceded 13 runs with one maiden over while Bumrah bowled 4 overs conceding 10 runs with a maiden and an wicket to his tally. Yuzvebdra Chahal has bowled 4 overs and has conceded 16 runs, while Jadeja has so far bowled 8 overs conceding 25 runs and bagging 1 wicket. Hardik Pandya bowled 4 overs and has conceded 17 runs.
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KKR land Green for record-breaking Rs 25.20 crore; Shaw, Sarfaraz go unsold
Abu Dhabi (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders splurged a record-breaking Rs 25.20 to land top Australian all-rounder Cameron Green even as Indian stars Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan went unsold in the Indian Premier League players' auction here on Tuesday.
Green surpassed compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the most expensive overseas player at an IPL auction. This was after Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings were involved in an intense bidding war for him before the latter emerged winner.
KKR also went after Venkatesh Iyer before pulling out of the race against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who fetched the services of the India all-rounder for Rs 7 crore.
As far as Green is concerned, his salary for the season would still be Rs 18 crore (USD 1.9 million) as the rest of the amount will go towards the BCCI's player development programme as per the rules of the auction for foreign players.
Green, who previously turned up for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, has so far played 29 matches in the IPL to aggregate 707 runs and take 16 wickets.
Shaw, however, went unsold despite his fine run of form in the domestic circuit lately, and so was the case with Sarfaraz, who smashed a 22-ball 73 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match for Mumbai on Tuesday.
Big-hitting South African batter David Miller was bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 2 crore, but New Zealand swashbuckler Devon Conway, whose base price was also Rs 2 crore, went unsold in the auction.
Seasoned South African opener Quinton de Kock returned to his old base Mumbai Indians for a base price of Rs 1 crore.
A total of 359 players -- 246 Indians and 113 overseas players -- are part of the mini auction pool with the 10 franchises bidding to fill up a maximum of 77 slots, including 31 reserved for foreign players.
