The second day of the IPL mega auction is underway. This auction started at 4 pm Bangladesh time. 84 players were auctioned yesterday. 72 of them were sold. Ten franchisees spent a total of Rs 467.95 crore to get them into the team. Players from 13th set and 85th number will be auctioned today.
Sachinputra Arjun unsold, Moin in Kolkata for 2 crores
Sachin’s son Arjun Tendulkar was in Mumbai Indians in 2023 and 2024 season. He was in the team at the basic price. Played a total of 5 matches. But this time Arjun did not get a team in the mega auction. Although he did well with ball and bat in domestic cricket. But no one bought him even at the base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Meanwhile, Moeen Ali, who was unsold for the first time, got the team for the second time. Kolkata Knight Riders took him to the team for a base price of 2 crore rupees. Not only Moeen, Umran Malik also joined the team for his base price of 75 lakh rupees.
Vaibhav is the youngest millionaire in IPL history:
Only 13 years old. He got a team in IPL at this age. Made history. He was picked up on the second day of the IPL mega auction today, Monday. His base price was Rs 30 lakh. Delhi Capitals are interested in signing him. Rajasthan increases 5 lakhs. Delhi raises another 5 lakhs. Then Rajasthan says 45 lakhs. Delhi says 50. In this way, it goes beyond 1 crore. In the end, Rajasthan Royals brought him to the team for 1 crore 10 lakhs. And Vaibhav became the youngest millionaire in the history of IPL.
Rishad also did not get the team:
Rishad Hossain had a great performance with the ball in T20 World Cup. He played 7 matches and took 14 wickets. Which is the highest wicket record by a Bangladeshi bowler in the World Cup. Apart from leg spin, he can also contribute in batting at times. But no one showed interest in taking this cricketer in the IPL auction. His base price was Rs 75 lakh. But he was not sold. Rishad remained unsold after Mustafiz. It remains to be seen if any of the rest get the team.
No one bought Mustafiz:
However, his career in the IPL is not worth throwing away. He has played in seven tournaments since 2016. He played a total of 57 matches. He took 61 wickets. But this time no one was interested in the cutter master. No one showed interest when Mostafiz was auctioned today with a base price of 2 crores.
Ghazanfar took 8 wickets in Bangladesh series for 4 crore 80 lakhs in Mumbai:
Afghanistan’s young spinner Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, who took 8 wickets in the ODI series against Bangladesh, got the team in IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore fought to get him into the team. In their bargaining, the price of Ghazanfar increased from 75 lakhs to 1.80 crore rupees. After Mumbai Indians joined, it increased to 2.40 crores. Calcutta raised the price to 3 crores. Then it increased to 4 crores. In the end, Mumbai bought him for 4 crore 80 lakhs.
At the time of writing this report, the auction is on a lunch break.
Most expensive player in first hour Bhuvneshwar:
A total of 24 players were auctioned in the first hour of the second day of the IPL auction. Among them, Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the highest price. Bhuvneshwar was brought in by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10.75 crore with a base price of Rs 2 crore. Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants tried to get him into the team. But in the end his old franchise Bengaluru took the team.
Besides, Deepak Chahar got 9.25 crore to Mumbai, Marco Jansen 7 crore to Punjab Kings, Krunal Pandya 5.75 crore to Bengaluru, Nitish Rana 4.20 crore to Rajasthan Royals, Washington Sundar 3.20 crore to Gujarat Titans and Sam Karan 2.40 crore. Chennai Super Kings.
Unsold Williamson, Phillips, Rahane:
Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson, Glenn Phillips and Ajinkya Rahane were left out of the second day of the auction. They remain unsold. Not only them, batsmen like Prithvi’sh, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Shay Hope, Alex Carey also did not get the team.