News Update
Tezzbuzz|19-11-2024
The mega auction of BCCI IPL 2025 is to be held on 24 and 25 November in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia, but before that, Kolkata Knight Riders conducted a mock auction. Where the biggest bid was placed on superstar wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant. Apart from this, KKR team has also bid crores of rupees on Jos Buttler. Former captain of this team Shreyas Iyer The game is done with.
When Shahrukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders team organized the mock auction for IPL 2025, it made many of its own rules. In which 5 teams participated and each had a budget of Rs 51 crore. At present, the same amount of money is left with the KKR team.
Kolkata team has spent Rs 69 crores just to retain 6 players. Due to which, even before the mega auction, they have players like Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Varun Chakraborty. KKR team selected a total of 30 super fans, who were divided into 5 teams.
All these super fans bid on their favorite players. Let us tell you that in this mock auction, the names of 5 teams were Noble Knights, Purple Knights, Golden Knights, Thunder Knights and Regal Knights. In which Golden Knights have bid Rs 18.75 crore on Rishabh Pant for IPL 2025.
England captain and wicketkeeper batsman Jos Buttler was at number 2 in this list. On which a bid of Rs 17.25 crore has been placed. Venkatesh Iyer's name was at number three in the list. On which super fans have bid Rs 14.75 crore in the mock auction. Meanwhile, a bid of only Rs 4.4 crore was received for former Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer.
If we talk about Shreyas Iyer, then a discussion about him is going on very fast. If some reports are to be believed, Shreyas Iyer had demanded a total of Rs 30 crore for IPL 2025. Which was refused by KKR. Many other players were also bid in this auction.