Royal Challengers Bengaluru made a late swoop to re-sign their former seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 107.5 million Indian rupees ($1.28 million) on the second day of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Saudi Arabia on Monday. Rishabh Pant (270 million rupees) and Shreyas Iyer (267.5 million rupees) bagged eye-watering deals on the opening day of the auction in Jeddah on Sunday, shattering the previous record in the world's richest Twenty20 tournament. Punjab Kings fought off Mumbai and Gujarat Titans to sign South African all-rounder Marco Jansen for 70 million rupees. England's Sam Curran was among a number of players heading back to Chennai, joining them for 24 million rupees in what was a bargain compared to the 185 million rupees that Punjab had paid in 2022. Mumbai bolstered their attack with Afghanistan spinner Allah Ghazanfar for 48 million rupees and India all-rounder Washington Sundar was a steal for Gujarat at 32 million rupees.

Source: bd News24 November 25, 2024 13:41 UTC