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Akash Ambani made a blunder in the mega auction, the bowler who challenged Bumrah was let go just like that – Akash Ambani did not bid on Akash Madhwal in IPL mega auction Mumbai Indians made a blunder

New Delhi: In the mega auction held for the Indian Premier League 2025, the Mumbai Indians team bought more than one player. During this, names of many such players came up who had played for Mumbai Indians in the last season and the team had a chance to bid on them in the auction. However, the franchise had entered the auction with a different strategy. Something similar was seen when the name of fast bowler Akash Madhwal came up on the auction table. Akash Madhwal played for Mumbai Indians last season and impressed with his bowling. Akash Madhwal was bought by the Mumbai team in the year 2023 for the base price of Rs 20 lakh. Mumbai decided to retain Akash Madhwal in IPL 2024. In the mega auction, Madhwal had kept his base price at Rs 30 lakh. In such a situation, if Mumbai wanted, it could have once again added him to its fold by bidding on him, but it did not do so.
Rajasthan bought Madhwal for Rs 1.20 crore in auction.
Rajasthan bought Madhwal for Rs 1.20 crore in auction.
Mumbai Indians team did not give any price to Akash Madhwal in the auction. It was surprising when Mumbai did not even start the bid on Akash. Rajasthan Royals team made the first bid for Akash. After this Punjab Kings also showed interest. The bidding between Rajasthan and Punjab crossed Rs 1 crore. In this way, Rajasthan team added Akash Madhwal by paying a price of Rs 1 crore 20 lakh.
Talking about Akash Madhwal’s IPL career, his debut was in the year 2022. This season, he got a chance to play a total of 8 matches in which he took 14 wickets. Whereas in IPL 2024, Akash took 5 wickets in 5 matches for Mumbai. In this way, Mumbai Indians have made a mistake somewhere by not buying Akash Madhwal.