Sad news...smith is no way a captain who can replace M S DHONI...

@Sajid Hasan Dhoni is retiring soon so no point of keeping him as captain.

Good time to learn from Smith.... Dhoni fan.

Next year is the mega IPL auction where a fresh start after 10 yrs. All players are released for open bidding by all teams.Waiting for 2018 auction and preparing for a mind blowing base price of Kohli. This year Ben stokes got a golden bid.

Tactical decision ...After Dhoni hung up his captaincy boots for India it freed him up to score massive runs....Centuries in ODI's and 50's in T20 in the recently concluded English tour of India.....Seems like a wise move to me........However time will tell......

Ok. So MSD can jump to CSK as a captain when it returns next year ;).

@Mouli Next year is the fresh reboot of all IPL teams. Just as day 1 of IPL. So looking forward to 2018 auctions.

Sign in | Create a Rediffmail account Rediff.com » Cricket » Afghanistan cricketers Nabi, Rashid create history at IPL Auction Afghanistan cricketers Nabi, Rashid create history at IPL Auction ShareComment To get such articles in your inbox Text size: A A A February 20, 2017 16:31 IST Rashid Khan was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for a whopping Rs. 4 crore, who also bought his Afghanistan team mate Mohammad Nabi for Rs. 30 lakh. Rashid Khan IMAGE: Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images Afghanistan cricket broke a new barrier when Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan became the first from the war-torn nation to be picked in the Indian Premier League Player's Auction, in Bengaluru, on Monday. Both Nabi and Khan players were bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad, for Rs 30 lakh and Rs four crore respectively after five cricketers from Afghanistan were included in the auction for the first time.

Hey... hurrah.... we got afghan players, bangla players, sri lankan players.... soon we will also have nepalese players.... long live IPL....the best T20 league in the world