• Pune also sign Australia captain Steve Smith and Faf du Plessis
• Suresh Raina,Brendon McCullum and James Faulkner will play for RajkotMahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s limited-overs captain, and was the first pick by the fresh Pune franchise while Rajkot chose the batsman Suresh Raina at the Indian Premier League draft for the next two seasons on Tuesday.
The western Indian cities of Pune and Rajkot were named as home to two fresh franchises for the next two years,filling the void left by the two-year suspensions on the Chennai and Rajasthan franchises following an illegal betting scandal.
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Source: theguardian.com