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'Universe Boss' Chris Gayle is set to achieve another milestone in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The big Jamaican will become only the second foreigner in the league to amass 4,000 runs. The other overseas batsman who has done it before is David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Varun Chakravarthy came under the IPL franchises' radar after he impressed in this year's Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) for Siechem Madurai Panthers. He took nine wickets from 10 games at an outstanding economy of 4.7. He had 125 dot ball out of the 240 he bowled. 'TNPL helped me to play under pressure. The seniors helped me a lot,' Varun said

The inaugural auction created a lot of buzz with some players being tagged as icon players. Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians), Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata Knight Riders), Rahul Dravid (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Yuvraj Singh (Kings XI Punjab), and Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils) were classified as icon players for the inaugural IPL season in 2008 and they did not enter the auction

Sehwag had become KXIP's mentor in 2016 after being a player for two seasons.

The Bombay High Court has cancelled the 2014 molestation case involving Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia. The actor had alleged that Ness molested her during an IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings.