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PBKS are set to have the largest purse at the upcoming mega auction for IPL 2025

Nagraj Gollapudi31-Oct-202411:22

PBKS retentions: Will Arshdeep stay? Which uncapped players to retain?

Punjab Kings are likely to retain only two uncapped players – batters Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh – from their IPL 2024 squad. They will go into the upcoming mega auction with the largest purse, likely in excess of INR 100 crore, and also have four right-to-match options which can be used to buy back their players.ESPNcricinfo has learned PBKS were also keen to retain India fast bowler Arshdeep Singh, who was their second-highest wicket-taker last season with 19 wickets. Some of the high profile players not retained by PBKS ahead of the auction include Harshal Patel, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone.Related

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PBKS will lose at least INR 8 crore from their purse of INR 120 crore for retaining two uncapped players. Shashank and Prabhsimran were their two top-scorers (354 and 334 runs respectively) in IPL 2024, where they finished ninth out of ten. Both batters played starring roles in their high-point of the season though, pulling off a record chase of 262 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens.PBKS have not qualified for the IPL playoffs since 2014 and have made changes to their coaching set-up as well in an attempt to turn their performances around in 2025, bringing in Ricky Ponting as head coach.October 31 is the deadline by which the ten franchises have to submit their lists of retained players to the IPL. The teams have been allowed to retain up to six players ahead of the mega auction before the 2025 season, of which a maximum of five can be capped internationals and two can be uncapped players. While the IPL has set minimum deductions from the auction purse for each player retained – INR 18 crore for the first player, INR 14 crore for the second, INR 11 crore for the third, INR 18 crore for the fourth, INR 14 crore for the fifth, and INR 4 crore for an uncapped player – the franchises are free to pay more or less than those amounts to their retained players.

Celtic’s busy summer transfer activity continues, but a fair few more signings will be required before they commence their Scottish Premiership title defence against St Mirren in just three weeks’ time.

On Friday, it was confirmed that Nicolas Kühn had joined Como for a reported fee of £16.4m, one of the biggest sales in the club’s history.

Following the departure of Kyōgo Furuhashi in January, that is an enormous number of goals that have been taken out of Brendan Rodgers’ team in 2025, hence why they are in the market for attacking reinforcements.

Celtic's search for a striker

Few players in Celtic’s modern history are as universally beloved as Shunsuke Nakamura, who played for the club between 2005 and 2009.

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This is largely due to the fact that, as noted by content creator Jack Kenmare, the Japanese international is considered to be amongst the best free-kick takers of all-time.

During the 2006/07 season, Nakamura scored free-kicks home and away against Manchester United in the Champions League, including the only goal of a famous 1-0 win at Parkhead, before his free-kick at Rugby Park against Kilmarnock, coming in stoppage time no less, secured the title later in the campaign.

So now, could Celtic be about to land a brand-new dead-ball specialist?

Well, according to a report by Pete O’Rourke of Football Insider, Celtic are attempting to sign Giuseppe Ambrosino on a season-long loan from Napoli, alongside another more proven forward.

The 21-year-old has been with Napoli since the age of ten, but is yet to make a senior appearance for I Partenopei, loaned out to Como, Cittadella, Catanzaro and most recently Frosinone, scoring five goals as I Giallazzurri finished 15th in Serie B.

Thus, a move to Celtic would be a big step-up for Ambrosino, but he could prove to be a useful addition.

Why Celtic supporters should be excited about Giuseppe Ambrosino

As the table below outlines, Ambrosino – who has been dubbed a “free-kick specialist” by journalist Graeme McGarry – has not pulled up any trees at any of his various loan clubs, but has impressed while representing Italy’s youth teams at major tournaments.

Como

Serie B

4

1

Zero

Cittadella

Serie B

15

1

2

Catanzaro

Serie B

28

3

2

Frosinone

Serie B

36

5

4

Italy U20s

U20 World Cup &

U20 Elite League

12

4

3

Italy U21s

U21 Euros

11

2

1

As noted in the table, Ambrosino was a key figure in the Italy side that reached the U20 World Cup Final in Argentina last year, starting six of the seven matches, scoring against the Dominican Republic in Mendoza, as gli Azzurrini were defeated 1-0 by Uruguay in the final at Estadio Único.

Then, just last month, he represented Italy at the under-21 European Championships, featuring in all four matches, scoring a stupendous, trademark free-kick to force extra time, as his side were ultimately eliminated at the quarter-final stage by Germany in Dunajská Streda.

These performances have yielded plenty of praise, with Jacek Kulig of Football Talent Scout impressed by his “finishing, movement and work-rate”, labelling him “versatile” and “unique” forward.

So, while very little is known about Ambrosino, he is clearly a player of immense talent.

When the aforementioned Nakamura joined Celtic in 2005, arriving from Serie A side Reggina, he was very much an unknown too, but would depart a bona fide cult hero, a status that he retains to this day.

So, as the Hoops look to shop in Italy again, Ambrosino could become only the fifth Italian to represent the Celts, after Rolando Ugolini, Paolo Di Canio, Enrico Annoni and Massimo Donati.

Whether or not his career will take off in Glasgow remains to be seen, but who doesn’t love a free-kick specialist?

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India captain Rohit Sharma has admitted after a forgettable and India’s first ever 3-0 whitewash at home that he was “not at my best” as both captain and batter, and that his team “failed as a unit” because they made “lots of mistakes.”Chasing 147 to get any possible WTC points from a series already conceded, India crashed and burned to 121 all out against the spin of Ajaz Patel and Glenn Phillips.”Definitely, you know, something like this will be a very low point in my career, you know, having lost three games at home,” Rohit said at the post-match press conference. “And, yes, we, I fully take the responsibility for that as a captain and as a leader as well. I have not been at the best of my abilities right from the start of the series. And yeah, with the bat as well, I’ve not been good enough.”Related

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For a while, when Rishabh Pant was counterattacking with a 57-ball 64, there was hope for the hosts. But before that it was 29 for 5, and after Pant fell, to a contentious third-umpire’s decision, it all unravelled quite quickly. Rohit looked back on the series as a whole and felt let down by his own decision making.”Right from the start, I said it. You know, I made a decision about batting first on that Bangalore pitch, which was not right,” he said. “And certain tactical errors also, which didn’t go my way. You obviously take chances with those decisions. Sometimes it comes off. Sometimes it doesn’t. And this time around, it didn’t come off, the certain decisions that I took. So, yeah, I was not at my best of my leadership. And probably cost us the series as well.”Rohit’s poor series coincided with an excellent one for Tom Latham – who assumed full-time captaincy of the team just last month – and his men.”New Zealand played better than us throughout the series,” he said at the presentation. “There were lots of mistakes that we made throughout the series, and we have to accept it.Virat Kohli has also been going through a lull•AFP/Getty Images

“The first and the second Test, we didn’t put enough runs on the board in the first innings. And we were very much behind the game. This game, we got that 30 [28]-runs lead and we felt that we were a little bit ahead of the game. That target was chaseable. All we had to do was a little bit of application, which we failed to do as a unit.”Questions about Rohit’s own batting form have been cropping up this series. Apart from a 52 in the second innings of the first Test in Bengaluru, he has managed scores of 2, 0, 8, 18 and 11. On ESPNcricinfo, Sanjay Manjrekar also spoke about Rohit’s captaincy, and what he called T20 tactics in a Test match.In this chase in Mumbai, Rohit hit two fours in a run-a-ball 11, but fell when he couldn’t get his favourite shot – the pull – right against Matt Henry.”Look, when you’re chasing a target like that, you want runs on the board as well. And that is something that was there in my mind,” Rohit said. “It just didn’t come off. When it doesn’t come off, it doesn’t look that great. There are certain ideas, certain methods that I go into bat with. Sometimes it doesn’t come off, and this series it hasn’t come off, which I am very disappointed with.”The other senior batter in the side – Virat Kohli (93 runs in six innings) – has also been going through a lull, which has forced a need for serious introspection. India will be facing the reigning Test match champions Australia in just over two weeks’ time.”Obviously, it’s [his and Kohli’s lack of runs] a cause of concern without a doubt,” Rohit said. “If the batters are not performing, that is a cause of concern. But what’s done is done now. I think as a player, as a captain, as a team, we all have to look forward and see how we can correct what we didn’t manage to achieve here. There is a good opportunity for us to go and do something really, really special in Australia.”But right now, it’s just trying to understand what we didn’t do right [against New Zealand], what are the things that we need to do better as a team. We made a lot of mistakes, so I think those mistakes need to be addressed and something that we will talk about. And then moving forward, when you land in Australia, I think it’s important to just focus on that particular series, the first Test match. You know, it’s a five Test match series, so it’s important to break down those Test series, those Test matches and focus on one Test and then just take it from there.”As always, there were positives. In the batting department as well, where the younger players – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, and Washington Sundar showed, at various points, that runs could be scored on tough pitches.”Those guys showed how to bat on these surfaces,” Rohit said about the younger lot. “You have to be slightly ahead, and be proactive when you’re playing on a pitch like that. Which we all know. Which we have discussed many a time in the last three or four years. We are aware of what we need to do. It’s just that, this was an unfortunate series where it didn’t come off. We tried to do certain things, it didn’t come off. Which is why we lagged behind in the series.”

Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney will now be known as Rob Mac. What prompted the Always Sunny In Philadelphia star's decision?

• Wrexham co-owner changes name
• McElhenney to go by Mac
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• WHAT HAPPENED?

  McElhenney recently announced that he would instead be known as Rob Mac, after legally applying to change his name. The Wrexham co-owner has explained his reasons, with the alteration coming as a result of business considerations.

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  THE EXPLANATION

  McElhenney has explained that the change is to make his name more accessible to potential foreign business partners. As he continues to do business in South America, he believes his multi-syllabic name could cause issues.

  He told Variety: “As our business and our storytelling is expanding into other regions of the world and other languages in which my name is even harder to pronounce, I'm just going by Rob Mac.”

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  Wrexham have enjoyed a rapid rise up the English Football League and are now preparing for life in the Championship. Mac and Ryan Reynolds set out a dream to reach the Premier League, and are now just one promotion away from reaching the promised land.

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  WHAT NEXT?

  Wrexham face Southampton on August 9 as they begin their Championship journey.

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O que é o  Matched Betting?

O Matched Betting baseia-se  em usar os bônus oferecidos pelas casas de apostas esportivas em dinheiro real, que você pode resgatar. O processo é feito através de apostas opostas com vários bookmakers. Cobrindo todos os resultados possíveis com apostas cuidadosamente calculadas. Os matched bettors conseguem eliminar os riscos, garantindo ganhos, sem importar o resultado do evento.

Vamos supor que no próximo jogo do Palmeiras você faz uma aposta em um bookmaker pelo resultado de mais de 2.5 gols, e em outra plataforma aposta em um número menor. Fazendo isso, vai conseguir uma aposta vencedora e outra perdedora. Dessas duas apostas, na verdade conseguirá ganhar pouco ou nada, mas com elas vai cumprir as condições da casa de apostas para resgatar seu bônus em dinheiro real.

Uma das vantagens mais significativas do Matched Betting é que, virtualmente qualquer pessoa maior de 18 anos pode se beneficiar do sistema. Sem ter qualquer conhecimento prévio do mundo dos esportes, pode usar as estratégias do Matched Betting para gerar uma renda constante, aumentando assim sua renda mensal.

O Matched Betting começou no Reino Unido há mais de uma década. No ano de 2016, essa técnica matemática foi introduzida na Itália pela plataforma NinjaBet.it. Em seguida foi para Espanha, Alemanha, América Latina e nos Estados Unidos. Em 2022, com o lançamento de NinjaBet.com.br,  o Matched Betting finalmente chegou no Brasil também.

O NinjaBet.com.br faz um processo simples para você começar a praticar Matched Betting, tirando fora qualquer dúvida que venha a ter. Encontrar as melhores cotações e a análise de dados são ações feitas em questão de segundos. Ele ajuda também a reduzir o risco de erro humano ao fazer esse tipo de atividade online, maximizando a rentabilidade possível.

O que é uma Surebet?

Surebet, também conhecida como aposta segura, é um termo utilizado para definir uma técnica de aposta onde é impossível o apostador sair no prejuízo. Este método aproveita a diferença entre as cotas oferecidas pelas casas de apostas, permitindo aos apostadores encontrar situações nas quais são feitas apostas em todos os resultados,  sempre haverá um ganho.

Ao contrário do Matched Betting, onde os ganhos são através dos bônus, é preciso confiar nas diferenças das odds para gerar ganhos.

Para encontrar oportunidades de surebet, os apostadores precisam de comparar as cotas em múltiplas plataformas de apostas ou usar algum software especializado que busque discrepâncias nas cotas. As oportunidades de Surebet são raras, porém quando aparecem devem ser aproveitadas imediatamente, antes que os sites ajustem suas cotas.

Tanto o Matched Betting e Sure-Betting são estratégias que se focam em explorar as diferenças das cotas e ofertas em vez de confiar em conhecimentos esportivos ou na predição de resultados. Precisam de um planejamento cuidadoso, execução precisa e monitoramento de múltiplas plataformas de apostas.

O que são as Valuebet?

As valuebets são uma situação em que julgamos que a odd oferecida por uma casa de apostas representa uma probabilidade menor do que aquela que achamos que irá acontecer na realidade num evento.

Para implementar a estratégia da value-betting, os apostadores precisam pesquisar, analisar estatísticas e avaliar a probabilidade de diferentes resultados. Ao identificar situações onde as odds dos bookmakers estão menosprezando um resultado particular, os apostadores podem potencialmente encontrar valor e gerar ganhos no longo prazo. Para fazer Value betting é necessário ter habilidade de avaliação e um entendimento profundo sobre esportes ou ligas particulares onde se está apostando.

Existem softwares especializados que analisam as cotas e identificam oportunidades para fazer value betting. Essas ferramentas usualmente integram modelos estatísticos, dados históricos e algoritmos avançados que analisam a probabilidade de um resultado e as compara com as odds dos bookmakers. Podem ajudar os apostadores rapidamente identificando valor potencial entre esportes e mercados.

Outro modo de encontrar boas oportunidades de value bets é usar exchanges de apostas. Permitem aos usuários apostar entre eles, oferecendo a oportunidades de apostar a favor e contra. Estas exchanges usualmente oferecem melhores odds em comparação com as casas de apostas tradicionais, tornando mais fácil, aplicar as value bets. Adicionalmente, algumas exchanges de apostas oferecem estatísticas que ajudam os usuários a identificar essas oportunidades.

O que é Middle bet?

Um “middle bet” envolve fazer duas apostas no mesmo evento com diferentes resultados ou diferença de pontos, tentando se beneficiar de um rango de pontos ou resultado específico entre as duas apostas. As middle tipicamente surgem de variações nos pontos ou totais oferecidos por diferentes casas de apostas.

Ao contrário das surebets, as middle não garantem ganhos em todos os cenários. Estas confiam em resultados específicos que caem entre um rango delimitado para gerar ganhos. Se o resultado final cai fora desse rango, o bettor pode gerar uma perda ou apenas recuperar o investimento.

As middle precisam de uma seleção cuidadosa, já que nem todas as partidas oferecem oportunidades aproveitáveis. Envolve dar seguimento e identificar diferenças de pontos aproveitáveis que permitem um rango potencial de resultados. As middle exitosas dependem de fazer apostas exatas e usualmente requerem um entendimento profundo dos esportes ou mercados onde se aposta.

A diferença das surebets onde todos os resultados ficam cobertos, as middle envolve medir o risco e buscar resultados dentro de um determinado rango. Digamos que no próximo jogo do palmeiras tem uma cota de 2.20 para o resultado menos de 3.5 gols com uma casa. Com outro bookmaker tem uma cota de 2.20 para o mercado de mais de 4.5 gols. Quando faz uma aposta de R$ 1 mil em ambos resultados (um total de R$2 mil), teria um total de R$2,2 mil se qualquer das apostas resultasse vencedora – o que significa que gerou um ganhos de R$ 200 em qualquer dos cenários. Sem embargo, se o jogo finalizar exatamente com quatro gols, perderia ambas apostas.

O que são dropping odds?

Dropping odds se refere ao movimento das cotas no tempo, especificamente quando as cotas de um resultado particular decrescem ou ‘caem (drop)’ entre diferentes casas de apostas. Esse movimento tipicamente ocorre por mudanças nas condições no mercado, como alta atividade de apostas ou nova informação que impacta a probabilidade percebida de um evento.

Apesar de alguns apostadores consideram as dropping odds como parte de sua estratégia, é importante entender que por sua conta, isso não o faz um método garantido de gerar ganhos com as apostas esportivas.

Por um lado, as dropping odds podem algumas vezes indicar que os bookmakers receberam nova informação ou que houve uma mudança significativa na percepção do mercado. Bettors que ficam informados e têm a possibilidade de reagir rapidamente a essas mudanças podem encontrar valor em apostar a essas cotas. Sem embargo, é essencial ser cauteloso, já que as razões para que se apresentem essas mudanças podem não sempre ser refletidas nas novas odds.

Na maioria dos casos, os bookmakers ajustam suas cotas baseando-se em patrones de apostas e condições de mercado. Como resultado, as dropping odds tem a tendência de refletir o consenso do mercado de apostas. Porém, encontrar valor somente com o seguimento das dropping odds pode ser um desafio, já que as casas de apostas tipicamente pegam esses fatos em conta no momento de fazer decisões.

Algumas casas de apostas monitoram as dropping odds e as ajustam apropriadamente. Podem também limitar o valor máximo de aposta ou até suspender as apostas em certos eventos se suspeitarem de qualquer atividade irregular. Isso pode fazer difícil aproveitar as dropping odds de modo constante.

Apesar de que o seguimento as dropping odds, pode dar uma ideia do movimento do mercado e de possíveis oportunidades, é fundamental apoiar isso com outra forma de análise, como pesquisar, modelos estatísticos ou opiniões espertas. É também importante administrar seu orçamento responsavelmente e ser consciente dos riscos envolvidos.

Em resumo

Existem várias estratégias que podem ajudá-lo a conseguir sucesso com as apostas esportivas. Algumas estão baseadas meramente em técnicas matemáticas e cálculos e não precisa que tenha conhecimentos esportivos de algum tipo. Outras, no entanto, requerem que você tenha conhecimentos fortes sobre o esporte onde estiver apostando.

Nós sugerimos que você comece sua viagem nas apostas esportivas com o Matched Betting. Esse método permite a você ganhar até R$ 2 mil por mês e é uma grande introdução ao mundo das oportunidades de apostas online, que podem se tornar grandes ganhos. Para começar, cadastre uma conta GRÁTIS com a Ninjabet.com.br e ganhe seus primeiros R$ 50.