New Delhi. The auction for the next year’s edition of the Indian Premier League was held in Dubai on Tuesday, December 19. In this, a lot of money was showered on many players, while players like Steve Smith, Josh English, Josh Hazlewood, Adil Rashid were also not sold. At the same time, the franchise spent over Rs 10 crore on players like Mitchell Starc, Harshal Patel, Pat Cummins. At the same time, there was a player who scored a century during the auction. But none of the franchisees paid attention to it.
Actually we are talking about England’s star player Phil Salt. Who scored a century in T20 match against West Indies on 19 November. In the fourth T20, Salt played a brilliant innings of 119 runs off 59 balls. During this he hit 10 sixes and 7 fours. Before this, Phil Salt also scored a century in the third T20I. But despite this, no franchise paid attention to Phil Salt.
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Let us tell you that the original price of Bharan Mitha was 1.5 crore rupees. But none of the franchises showed interest in him. In the end it remained unsold. Let us tell you that he has played IPL before. He was part of Delhi Capitals in 2023 IPL. He was dropped by Delhi due to poor performance.
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Phil Salt has played 9 matches in IPL so far. In which he has scored 218 runs at an average of 27. His best score has been 87. The third and fifth T20 matches between West Indies and England will be played on December 22. How Phil Salt performs in that match remains to be seen.
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Tags: England vs West Indies, IPL Auction
First published: December 20, 2023, 15:18 IST