This foreigner had once fought with Virat Kohli, no one even asked Gautam Gambhir’s disciple – afghanistan naveen ul haq remained unsold in ipl mega auction had a fight once with virat kohli

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New Delhi: A total of 182 players won their fate in the two-day mega auction in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia. A total of Rs 640 crore was spent in this auction including all 10 teams. During this time, there were many such players about whom it was expected that someone would definitely show interest in them, but it did not happen. One such player in this list is the name of Afghanistan all-rounder Naveen Ul Haq. Naveen Ul Haq remained unsold in the mega auction held for IPL 2025. Naveen Ul Haq had listed his name in the auction at a base price of Rs 2 crore, but no team bid on this Afghan pacer. Naveen Ul Haq played for Lucknow Supergiants last season and the franchise neither retained him nor bid in the auction.

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Naveen Ul Haq has clashed with Virat on the field

Let us tell you that Naveen Ul Haq was in the news a lot due to his play in the Indian Premier League and his fights with Virat Kohli. Virat and Naveen clashed on the field in IPL 2023. At that time, the current head coach of Team India, Gautam Gambhir was the mentor of Lucknow Supergiants. Gautam Gambhir supported Naveen UL in this fight and he clashed with Virat Kohli.

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However, Naveen and Virat Kohli later became friends and after that there was no conflict between the two on the field, but due to being unsold in the IPL, Naveen Ul Haq has once again come into the news.

How has been Naveen Ul Haq’s career in IPL?

Naveen Ul Haq made his IPL debut in the year 2023. This season, Naveen got a chance to play 8 matches in the league, in which he took a total of 11 wickets. Whereas in IPL 2024, Naveen took 14 wickets in 10 matches, but despite this he could not be sold in the IPL auction.