In this, there was a fierce competition between the team owners to bid for the players belonging to England and Australia. Especially the young player of England cricket team, Sam Curran, was bought by Punjab Kings for 18.25 crore rupees. With this, Sam Curran has set the record for the highest bid in IPL history. Next to him, Australian team player Cameron Green has been bought by Mumbai Indians for 17.50 crore rupees.
More importantly, Jagatheesan from Tamil Nadu, who was recently dropped from the Chennai Super Kings team, has joined the Kolkata Knight Riders team. KKR bought him for 90 lakh rupees.
Earlier, CSk CEO Kasi Viswanathan had announced last month that “Jagatheesan is not available in the XI. Because of this, we have dropped him. But he will definitely get a chance to play in another team.”
In this situation, Jagatheesan continued to play aggressively in the Vijay Hazare ODI Trophy series after CSK had taken him off, and showed the spark that Dhoni wanted. .He stunned the entire cricket world by scoring 5 centuries in 5 consecutive matches. That includes a double century. This is the first time that a player has scored 5 consecutive centuries in A-level internationals.
Thus, it was expected that there would be a tough competition to buy opener Jagatheesan in the IPL mini auction. Although it is a pity that there is not as much competition among IPL teams to bid for him as expected, the IPL has not given up on him altogether.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bought him for Rs 90 lakh. Considering their team’s need for a good opener, KKR have bid for Jagatheesan. Cricket fans say that if Jagatheesan fulfills the team’s expectations in the upcoming IPL series, he will become a villain for the CSK team that took him down.
After Venkatesh Iyer and Varun Chakraborty, Jagatheesan is the third player from Tamil Nadu to feature in the KKR squad.