Had once led RCB to victory by hitting a six on the last ball, remained unsold in IPL auction – why Indian wicket keeper KS Bharat did not sell ipl auction 2025

New Delhi: A total of Rs 639.15 crore was spent by all the teams together in the IPL Mega Auction 2025. 182 players were sold, out of which 62 were foreign players. Whereas franchisees used RTM card 8 times. While the luck of many players opened, many experienced players were not bought by any franchise. At the same time, KS Bharat, who has played 7 Test matches for India, was also not bought by anyone in the IPL auction this time. The base price of Bharat was Rs 75 lakh. No franchise bid on him. However, Bharat played an innings for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Delhi Capitals in the 2021 IPL season, for which he will be remembered in the IPL.

When Bharat won the match by hitting a six on the last ball

Actually, the 56th match of the 2021 IPL season was played between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Dubai International Stadium. In this match, Delhi Capitals, after losing the toss and batting first, gave a target of 165 runs to RCB. After this, Delhi demonstrated good bowling and did not allow RCB to score runs easily. In such a situation, Bengaluru needed 15 runs in the last over. Avesh Khan was bowling for Delhi. RCB needed 5 runs to win on the last ball of the over. KS Bharat was set on strike.

On the final ball, Bharat won the match for Bengaluru by hitting a six over long-on on Avesh’s full toss ball. In that match, KS Bharat had scored unbeaten 78 runs while batting at a strike rate of 150 on 52 balls. He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. Glenn Maxwell played his role very well. Maxi had played an unbeaten inning of 51 runs.