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The IPL 2025 mega auction will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where the first day of auction has been completed. In this, star batsman Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive player; has been bought by the Lucknow Super Giants team for 27 crores. While Punjab Kings team bought Shreyas Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore. But the Mumbai Indians team missed the chance to get back a star player by using RTM first in the mega auction. This player is none other than Akash Madhwal.
Rajasthan Royals bought Akash Madhwal
Akash Madhwal had been performing well for Mumbai Indians for some time now and proved to be quite economical. He took 14 wickets in IPL 2023 and five wickets in IPL 2024. He has also taken five wickets once in IPL. Madhwal’s line and length are also good and he is known for taking wickets on important occasions. A bidding war was also seen between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings for Madhwal. But the Mumbai Indians team did not bid for this player in the auction. What’s special is that Mumbai didn’t even have the RATeam option, because the team had already used it for Naman Dheer. In such a situation, if Mumbai had RTM, they could have gotten this player back.
Then in the auction, the Rajasthan Royals team included Akash Madhwal in their team for Rs 1.2 million. He has the ability to get the team out of any complicated situation. He has taken 16 wickets in first-class matches. He has 25 wickets to his name in List A.
Mumbai bought only four players
On the first day of the auction, Mumbai Indians bought only four players. These include Trent Boult, Naman Dheer, Robin Minz and Karn Sharma. Earlier in the IPL retention, Mumbai had retained Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Verma. He had an RTM, which he used for Naman Dheer. Mumbai is among the most successful franchises in IPL and the team has won the title five times under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.
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