Yuvraj had a mixed day at the IPL 2019 auction as he first went unsold and was later on bought by Mumbai Indians at his base price of INR 1 Crore.
The 27-year-old from Chennai was an unknown quantity till he turned heads with his performances in the Tamil Nadu Premier League and the Vijay Hazare Trophy earlier this year.
The 26-year-old Varun's IPL 2019 bid equalled the highest bid of Jayadev Unadkat and became the first uncapped player to get 6 Crore+ in the auction pool.
The 37-year-old cricketer will be brought back in the auction pool later in the evening.
Fast bowlers who missed the last edition of IPL- Ishant Sharma and Varun Aaron got their new franchise teams this time.
Live Stream IPL 2019 Players Auction: In the cash-rich auction West Indies cricketers Carlos Braithwaite, Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran attracted the big money while from India Jaydev Unadkat again went for big money to his old team Rajasthan Royals.
The experienced Zaheer will be part of the Mumbai Indians think-tank.
“I pushed for him to graduate from Day One,” Hawley said on Monday. “He did everything I did.”
Richard Madley who has been present in the IPL auctions since its inaugural edition, will not entertain us with his unique antics this time.
The IPL auction will take place in Jaipur, Rajasthan at 02.30 PM IST on Tuesday (December 18).
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