Photo: Indranil MukherjeeNew Delhi: A total of ₹107 crore was spent by eight franchise owners at the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions in Jaipur. After an intense bidding war, Kings XI Punjab bought little-known mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy for ₹8.4 crore. One key highlight of the IPL 2019 auctions was the emergence of young talent. Apart from Axar Patel and Shivam Dubey, 17-year old wicket-keeper and batsman Prabhsimran Singh was a head turner, bagging ₹4.8 crore from Kings XI Punjab. Highlights from IPL 2019 auctions“The IPL 2019 auctions followed a similar trend of the past few years where teams have gone for young talent and not necessarily wooed big names.

Source: Mint December 18, 2018 12:12 UTC