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Brad Hodge has decided to say goodbye to all format of the game after the end of the ongoing Big Bash League season. Appendicitis problems had forced the Aussie to pull out of the second half of the ongoing BBL season and after his side were knocked out in the semis, he decided to call it a day.

Windies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has expressed his delight after Chennai Super Kings decided to retain him at the mega-auction last week. Bravo has also added that an IPL without the two-time champions was just not the same and with the return of CSK, the league will be back to their past glory.

Mumbai Indians may have won the IPL title for a record third time on Sunday after beating Rising Pune Supergiant by one run, but, they weren’t the only winners on the night as David Warner bagged the Orange Cap with 641 runs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the Purple cap with 26 wickets.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner is all set to reach the landmark of 4,000 runs in the Indian Premier League and is just 23 runs away from achieving the feat. Warner crossed the 600-run mark this season with his splendid 69-run knock which helped his side defeat Gujarat Lions yesterday.

BCCI’s anti-corruption head Neeraj Kumar said there was no evidence of IPL team players being approached in the case involving the arrest of three men in Kanpur with links to a betting scandal. However, Gujarat Lions players will be asked to clarify meeting some unknown people before the DD game.