There was a fierce fight in the auction for Bihari Babu Mukesh Kumar, Delhi Capitals gave huge money – ipl 2025 mega auction mukesh kumar team price salary stats all you need to know

Jeddah: In the mega auction for the Indian Premier League 2025, a lot of money has been showered on the fast bowlers on the second day. Be it Bhuvneshwar Kumar or Deepak Chahar, the teams bid heavily on them. Fast bowler Mukesh Kumar was also in this list, who has been retained by his old franchise using RTM. In the auction for Mukesh Kumar, the team of Chennai Super Kings tried its best to get this pacer, but Delhi was in no mood to leave its old player at any cost.

Let us tell you that CSK made the first bid for Mukesh Kumar in the auction. Mukesh came at the base price of Rs 2 crore. Along with CSK, Punjab Kings also started making back to back bids for Mukesh. The bidding between CSK and Punjab had reached Rs 6 crore. It seemed that Punjab would not buy, but after this Punjab made a bid of Rs 6.50 crore, after which CSK withdrew its hand.

Delhi Capitals hit the nail biter

After bidding Rs 6.50 crore on Mukesh Kumar in the auction, Punjab Kings thought that they had bought this player, but then Delhi Capitals made their last move and made Mukesh Kumar RTM by bidding Rs 8 crore. In this way, after a fierce battle for Mukesh of Bihar, Delhi Capitals won the auction.

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How is Mukesh Kumar’s career in IPL?

Let us tell you that Mukesh Kumar made his IPL debut for Delhi Capitals in the year 2023. In the debut season, Mukesh Kumar got a chance to play in 10 matches in which he took 7 wickets. Delhi team had retained Mukesh for 2024. IPL 2024 was great for Mukesh. This season he took 17 wickets in 10 matches.

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Apart from IPL, Mukesh Kumar has made his debut for Team India in all three formats. Mukesh Kumar has taken 32 wickets in all three formats. Apart from this, Mukesh is continuously performing explosively in domestic cricket.