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Wadhera gets big bucks! (base price Rs 30 lakh)
Chennai Super Kings went up straightaway for Nehal Wadhera and they were soon joined by Lucknow Super Giants.
Punjab Kings then joined the bidding war and were in a showdown with CSK.
At Rs 4.20 crore, Mumbai Indians did not go in with their RTM card.
So, Punjab Kings eventually bag Wadhera for a whopping Rs 4.20 crore!
This is a really good buy by PBKS
Nehal Wadhera sold to Punjab Kings at 4.20cr.
Welcome back after the break. In the next set of Uncapped batters, Atharva Taide goes to SRH for his base price of Rs 30 lakh
Anmolpreet Singh goes UNSOLD in the set
Resurrected generational talent Rishabh Pant pipped Shreyas Iyer to become the costliest buy in IPL's history with a Rs 27 crore winning bid from Lucknow Super Giants, while Venkatesh Iyer was the surprise show-stopper as teams expectedly went the extra mile for marquee Indian players at the mega auction on Sunday.
Shreyas, who captained the Kolkata Knight Riders to the title earlier this year, and Delhi Capitals' icon Pant, reaped the benefits of making themselves available at the auction following differences with their respective teams.
Venkatesh was also a part of Shreyas' triumphant KKR outfit and the franchise had to pay a whopping Rs 23.75 crore to bring him back after not retaining him.
The batting all-rounder, who has become an integral part of the KKR setup over the years, gained from an intense bidding battle between the Kolkata side and Royal Challengers Bengaluru to end with a massive sum.
Shreyas, on the other hand, was the first one to surpass Mitchell Starc as the IPL's most expensive buy with cash-heavy Punjab Kings shelling out Rs 26.75 crore for their potential captain before Pant overtook the fellow Indian by attracting Rs 25 lakh more from LSG.
Former DC teammates Shreyas and Pant have had to deal with adversity in the past couple of years but have shown remarkable resilience and courage to bounce back.
Pant beat all odds to make a successful comeback after a life-threatening car accident in 2022 while Shreyas put behind his exclusion from the BCCI central contracts list to lead KKR to their third IPL trophy earlier this year.
Delhi Capitals expectedly enabled the Right To Match to buy back Pant at Rs 20.75 crore but LSG raised the bid to Rs 27 crore and the former decided against matching that amount.
Both Iyer and Pant are expected to lead their new teams in IPL 2025, which will begin March 14.
"I haven't spoken to Shreyas Iyer yet on captaincy. I called him before the auction, but he didn't pick up. He's been a successful IPL captain, I'm delighted to work with him again," said new Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting who spent time with Iyer at Delhi Capitals.
Shreyas responded to his move to PBKS by being expectedly "elated" and said he is looking forward to the stint.
Originally posted by: Palak2812
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Manohar goes to SRH after a big five-way battle!
RCB and CSK got the bidding going for Abhinav Manohar (base price Rs 30 lakh). With the price going past Rs 1 crore mark, both CSK and RCB weren't backing.
But then, at Rs 1.20 crore GT came in to make it a three-way battle.
At Rs 2.40 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad joined in the party. And then KKR came in at Rs 3 crore.
SRH eventually outbid KKR to buy Manohar for Rs 3.20 crore.
Dc is bidiing for him they will spent cr on him
Yes, most probably, their turn will come tomorrow.
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