IPL Auction 2022: Liam Livingstone bags Rs 11.5 crore deal, Ajinkya Rahane sold at base price – Firstcricket News, Firstpost
Punjab Kings broke the bank for England batter, Liam Livingstone, on Day 2 of IPL mega auction 2022, acquiring him for a staggering Rs 11.5 crore. The Punjab team also roped in West Indies fast bowler Odean Smith for Rs 6 crore.
While Livingstone bagged a mega-deal, his compatriots Eoin Morgan, Chris Jordan and Dawid Malan went unsold.
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Among Indians, all-rounder Shivam Dube fetched Rs 4 crore from Chennai Super Kings for his six-hitting abilities while Gujarat Titans bagged another out of favour multi-skilled player Vijay Shankar for Rs 1.4 crore.
Liam Livingstone played for Rajasthan Royals last season. Image: Sportzpics for IPL
Cheteshwar Pujara predictably went unsold at the auction while Ajinkya Rahae got a base price of Rs1 crore from Kolkata Knight Riders.
However, the first session’s highlight was Livingstone, who hit the million-dollar plus mark with five teams bidding for him at one point in time.
However, it must be mentioned that Livingstone played for Rajasthan Royals in the previous season and didn’t actually perform well on slow tracks but franchises with still slots to fill (minimum 18 per squad) looked desperate for him.
Marco Jansen, the South African pacer, who tormented India during the Test series, got Rs 4.2 crore from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The two teams that engaged in a bidding war were SRH and Punjab with more than 20 crore and 28 crore in their kitty at the start of the day.
With PTI inputs
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