- Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 13, sold for Rs 1.1 million
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Jeddah. On the second day of the IPL 2025 mega auction, 490 players participated in the auction. In which it rained notes on Krunal Pandya and Washington Sundar. Both were bought for Rs 5.75 and Rs 3.20 crore respectively. Pandya, who was part of Lucknow Super Giants in the last edition, will now be seen playing for Royal Challengers. The franchise has included him in their team against Rajasthan Royals. At the same time, Sundar, who played for the Gujarat Titans, is now from Gujarat.
There was a fight between Lucknow and Gujarat for this player with a base price of Rs 2 crore. Apart from them, money has so far been showered on Ryan Rickleton, Sam Curran, Marco Jensen, Nitish Rana, Rovman Powell and Faf Duplessis. In the IPL auction, Rajasthan Royals bought 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi for Rs 1.10 crore. The base price of this player was Rs 30 lakh and it was sold at almost four times more than its base price. He became the youngest player to be sold in the history of IPL auctions. Bihar’s Vaibhav created history as the youngest player to be shortlisted for the IPL auction at the age of just 13 years and 242 days. Now he also has a team. There was a fight for glory between the capitals of Rajasthan and Delhi.
Coach Gautam Gambhir to return to India
Perth. Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir will return from Australia midway through the Border-Gavaskar Trophy due to a family emergency. However, he will return to Australia before the second Test match. The second Test will be played in Adelaide from December 6 and will be a day-night Test match. Gambhir played a key role during India’s historic victory at the Optus Stadium in Perth. In the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma, he, along with Jasprit Bumrah, led the Indian team to victory. While Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill may return in the second Test. This has increased the difficulties of team management. Team India may have to make changes to the playing eleven despite winning the match.
