Money rained on fast bowlers on the second day, who became rich, see full account of auction – ipl mega auction day 2 highlight all team players and sold and unsold list
Ajinkya Rahane sold for the second time in mega auction
Ajinkya Rahane did not find any buyer earlier but on his return to the auction, Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for Rs 1.5 crore. New Zealand’s star batsman Kane Williamson, Mumbai’s Shardul Thakur and Prithvi Shaw did not find buyers. Bhuvneshwar, who will turn 35 before the next season of IPL, has taken 300 wickets in 287 T20 matches. He last played for India in November 2022 against New Zealand. But the equations of the auction are such that every team needs at least three Indian fast bowlers and the pool is not that big.
For this reason, Bhuvneshwar, injury-hit Deepak Chahar (Mumbai Indians for Rs 9 crore 25 lakh), Test reserve Mukesh Kumar (Delhi Capitals for Rs 8 crore in RTM) got good prices. Chahar said, ‘After the last IPL season, I went to England for practice. I trained there with big football clubs. After this he bowled 150 overs in five Ranji matches. Now I am playing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, that is, I have been playing cricket continuously for six months. I am sure that if I get a chance, I will be able to give 100 percent in the entire 14 matches.
Money rained on fast bowlers in the auction
Akash Deep was bought by Lucknow Supergiants for Rs 8 crore. Both Chahar and Bhuvneshwar swing the ball in the powerplay. Mukesh is famous for bowling good yorkers in the death overs. Spin bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 3.20 crore on the second day of the IPL mega auction on Monday. Tushar Deshpande was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.5 crore. South African veteran Faf du Plessis and West Indies’ Rovman Powell were bought by Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 2 crore and Rs 1.50 crore respectively.
Marco Jansen of South Africa was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 7 crore. England’s Sam Curran, who was last sold for Rs 18 crore, was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 2 crore 40 lakh. Hardik Pandya’s brother Krunal Pandya was bought by RCB for Rs 5 crore 75 lakh. Rajasthan Royals included Nitish Rana in their team for Rs 4 crore 20 lakh. Devdutt Padikkal, who could not be sold earlier, was bought by RCB for a base price of Rs 2 crore, while New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 2 crore, Moeen Ali and Umran Malik were bought by KKR for Rs 2 crore and Rs 75 lakh respectively.