IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The Australian World Cup-winning fast bowlers were bought for a mind-boggling Rs 24.75 Crore and Rs 20.50 Crore respectively.
IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Mitchell Starc (bought for Rs 24.75 crore) and Pat Cummins (Rs 20.5 crore) were the biggest buys in the Indian Premier League 2024 auction, with both Australians going past the overall record for the costliest buy at an IPL auction. Starc has not played in the IPL since 2015. Despite that, Kolkata Knight Riders chose to break the bank for him with a winning bid of Rs 24.75 crore. Australia cricket captain Cummins was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad for a record price of Rs 20.5 crore, before Starc pipped him
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Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings splashed the cash on Daryl Mitchell, buying the New Zealander for Rs 14 crore. India’s Harshal Patel was the third costliest pick for Rs 11.75 crore while the breakout star of the recent Cricket World Cup, Rachin Ravindra, was snapped up by CSK for Rs 1.8 crore.
Steven Smith, Josh Hazlewood, and Jimmy Neesham went unsold as did India’s Karun Nair. The names of 332 players went under the gavel at the Coca Cola Arena in Dubai on Tuesday as the 10 franchises put finishing touches to their squads before the upcoming season.
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IPL Auction: Which unknown gem unearthed by talent scouts, will walk in Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah footsteps?
It was in 2014, with another edition of the IPL looming large and having arrived on Indian shores early for the preparation, that John Wright had spotted a talent who, nine years later, unleashed a storm by being the most high-profile transfer of all time.
It was on the ides of March, to be precise, that Wright – who was still in his role as head coach of Mumbai Indians that season – first had a glimpse of Hardik Pandya, a player who was an unknown commodity beyond Baroda. Against a Mumbai attack that included Zaheer Khannot just the unbeaten 82 he made, but everything about Pandya stood out for Wright.
Six months later as Wright moved onto his new role as head of scouting at Mumbai Indians, he would convince head coach Ricky Ponting and the Ambanis to spend Rs 10 lakh on Pandya and thus began a career full of glitter. In two successive years, Wright had given Mumbai Indians and India two gems – the first being Jasprit Bumrah – through robust scouting, which was still a novelty for IPL franchises. The likes of Krunal Pandya, Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera keep adding to the list, but with every passing season the element of surprise seems to be reducing. (READ MORE)
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First published on: 19-12-2023 at 10:01 IST
