Shreyas Iyer creates history..!!
punjab Kings pays Rs. 26.75 crore!?
Indian team's
shreyas iyer has earned the distinction of being the player bought for the highest amount in the
history of IPL auction. There was a huge battle between the
delhi and
punjab teams to buy him. The mega auction for the IPL series has begun in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Captain
shreyas iyer, who led the KKR team to the
championship title last season, was not retained by the team. Due to this, expectations were high on how much money he would be bought by which team in the mega auction. Accordingly,
shreyas iyer scored a century in 47 balls in the
syed mushtaq ali series. In this situation,
shreyas iyer was put up for auction as the 3rd player in the mega auction. At that time, the KKR team raised its hands to buy him again. The
punjab team also jumped into the auction to compete with them.
When it continued to go above Rs. 6 crore, the KKR team withdrew, and then the
delhi team jumped into the auction. Both of them fought to buy
shreyas iyer with a sum of more than Rs. 15 crore. Shreyas Iyer's price continued to rise to Rs. 17.50 crore, and the
delhi team came forward to pay him Rs. 18 crore. But the
punjab team increased the price of
shreyas iyer again, and his value went above Rs. 22 crore. After this,
shreyas iyer broke the record of Mitchell Starc, who was bought for Rs 24.75 crores, which was the highest amount in the
history of the IPL auction.
delhi team came forward to pay Rs 26 crores for him. Finally, the
punjab team bought
shreyas iyer for Rs 26.75 crores. While the
punjab team was expected to buy
rishabh pant,
shreyas iyer has stubbornly bought him. It is noteworthy that through this, Ricky Ponting -
shreyas iyer will work together again.