CSK pick Sameer Rizvi for Rs 8.4 cr

Tue, 19 December 2023

17:29

Sameer Rizvi

UP youngster Sameer Rizvi, who excelled with some power-packed performances in the UP T20 League, with a base price of Rs 20 lakh.

Last seasons finalists CSK and Gujarat Titans immediately get into a bidding war to take the price to Rs 1 crore.

20-year-old Rizvi, who slammed two centuries in the UP T20 League, is enjoying a dream run in the auction.

CSK and Titans, both not willing to relent as they take the bid past Rs 5 crore and then to Rs 6 crore.

Champions CSK nearly bag the deal at Rs 7.6 crore before Delhi make a late entry with a Rs 7.8 crore bid.

CSK won't hold back as they take the bid to Rs 8 crore before Delhi respond with another bid.

But CSK finally manage to pick the player for a whopping Rs 8.4 crore.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi is sold to KKR for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

The experienced Manan Vohra, who was part of LSG last season, can't find any takers as he goes unsold for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

Priyansh Arya with a strike rate of 155, for 248 runs in nine matches, goes unsold at the same price.

Rohan Kunnummal and Saurav Chauhan with starting price of Rs 20 lakh remain unsold.

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