What was Irfan's bane turned out to be a boon for a certain Basil Thampi from Kerala who got a Rs 85 lakh deal from Gujarat Lions.
the biggest of hitters didn't help his cause either even though there were a couple of good performances in the Mushtaq Ali T20 that became a talking point in social media.
What was Irfan's bane turned out to be a boon for a certain Basil Thampi from Kerala who got a Rs 85 lakh deal from Gujarat Lions.
The live matches at Mushtaq Ali Trophy showed Thampi hitting 140 clicks regularly and being able to deliver yorkers during death overs regularly. He can get hit but will only get better with time.
If perception works negatively for Pujara, it worked positively for Rajasthan's left-arm pacer Aniket Chaudhary, who got a Rs 2 crore deal from Royal Challengers.
Aniket has been regular at Indian Test team nets and skipper Virat Kohli has regularly faced him. Kohli has an idea of what Aniket can bring to the table and no wonder RCB went whole hog for him at the auction.
Mohammed Siraj, who landed a Rs 2.6 crore deal from Sunrisers Hyderabad, has picked 40 plus wickets in the Ranji Trophy, has been on national selector's fringe radar playing in Irani Trophy as well as warm-up game against Australia A.
VVS Laxman has some idea about Hyderabadi talent and hence was picked. Pawan Negi and Karn Sharma not even close to selection in Indian team got the deals purely being specialists in the shortest format. Negi being a left-arm spinner can be used a restrictive option and Karn with his googly as an attacking option. That both can use long handle was an added benefit.
For Priyank Panchal his 1400 plus runs in Ranji Trophy clubbed him as a red ball cricket expert and hence no deals.
Prithvi Shaw is a wonderful talent but at 17 years, there is no harm in throwing him at the deep end of the IPL pool as he is someone to watch out for.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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