IPL 2025 Auction: The player whom Punjab Kings refused to accept has now spent crores of rupees on him – shashank singh whom punjab kings refused to accept has retained him for rs 5 crore now

New Delhi: The retention for the Indian Premier League 2025 has been completed. Now all 10 teams will buy and sell players in the mega auction. In the IPL retention for 2025, some such players have also been retained, which no one was expecting. One such name is Shashank Singh. Shashank Singh has been retained by Punjab Kings as an uncapped player for Rs 5 crore. Shashank Singh was bought by Punjab for just Rs 20 lakh last season. Apart from Shashank, Punjab Kings have retained Prabhasimran Singh. Shashank Singh, who was retained for Punjab Kings, has an interesting case associated with this franchise. This is the same Shashank Singh whom Punjab Kings had refused to buy through bidding. Punjab Kings did not want to take Shashank Singh in their team, but in the end the franchise changed its decision and gave Shashank Singh a chance in IPL 2024. After this, what happened that the player who had received only Rs 20 lakh, now the same Punjab Kings has given him Rs 5 crore.

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What is the whole matter of Shashank Singh?

The case of Shashank Singh and Punjab Kings is quite interesting. Actually, Punjab Kings were considering the name of another Shashank Singh in the mini auction of IPL 2024. Due to the similar name, Punjab Kings mistakenly bid on the Chhattisgarh cricketer. When the franchises came to know after the completion of the bid, they refused to accept the purchased player.

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The matter was quite complicated, Punjab Kings had bought Shashank Singh only at the base price. In such a situation, a decision was taken from the management to keep only the bid player. Luckily, Shashank Singh also got a chance to play in the last season. What happened after this? Shashank Singh scored 354 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of 164.65, which also included two fifties. In this way, Shashank Singh increased his worth from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 5 crore on the basis of his own hard work.