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Tamil Nadu’s Varun Chakravarthy has taken a 'comeback' to the game to another level.
"I never even dreamt that I would be picked by such a huge bid from Kings XI. Now I want to prove their faith in me."
Former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson said it was disrespectful and silly of Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli to not make eye contact with Australian Tim Paine during the post-match handshake.
Unheralded architect-turned-cricketer Varun Chakravarthy fetched a sensational bid of Rs 8.4 crore, more than 40 times his base price, before veteran Yuvraj Singh finally found a buyer at the IPL players' auction that had an unmissable Caribbean flavour to it.
"The only thing on my mind is how I can contribute for the team like I have in the past. Hopefully, I can do that this time around too. And not just with my bowling, batting and fielding as well."
So, at the end of this process, how do the eight teams stack up? Who has the most balanced squad? Let's find out.
Here are five bids made during the auction on Tuesday (December 18) that took almost everyone by surprise:
All eight franchises headed into the IPL-12 auctions with two big questions on their mind — player availability and venue of the tournament next year. There is very little clarity in either of those questions and that was clearly evident in the bidding throughout the auction.
Utility of Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri as captain and coach must be assessed if India fail to win the next two Tests against Australia, suggested batting legend Sunil Gavaskar, who is baffled by the "selection blunders" committed by the team management.
Teenager Rasikh Salaam Dar of Jammu and Kashmir could not control his emotions after Mumbai Indians bought him for his base price of Rs 20 lakh at the IPL auction in Jaipur on Tuesday.
"Like any other youngster in India, Virat is our role model. I always had a dream to click a photo with Kohli. I've tried a lot but did not get any opportunity."
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has rubbished reports that Virat Kohli and Tim Paine had gotten involved in an unsavoury banter at the end of the fourth day's play between India and Australia in Perth.
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