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IPL 2025 Mega Auction Day 2: Williamson, Shardul Thakur go unsold, Marco Jansen snapped up by PBKS

Monday, 25-Nov-2024, 10:34 AM
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As the day two of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction in Jeddah got underway, it delivered some dramatic twists as three of the highly talented stars Kane Williamson, Shardul Thakur and Glenn Phillips went unsold. While, Washington Sundar and Sam Curran were sold to Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings for INR 3.20 crore and INR 2.40 crore respectively.

GT started the bid for Washington Sundar and they had little tussle with LSG before securing the bid as LSG opted out. South African allrounder Marco Jansen was acquired by PBKS for INR 7 crore, while Krunal Pandya was bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for INR 5.75 crore. Meanwhile, Ajinkya Rahane and Prithvi Shaw also went unsold. 

Notable players who were sold on Day 2: 

Rovman Powell - Kolkata Knight Riders - INR 1.5 crore

Faf du Plessis - Delhi Capitals - INR 2 crore

Washington Sundar - Gujarat Titans - INR 3.2 crore

Sam Curran - Chennai Super Kings - INR 2 crore

Marco Jansen - Punjab Kings - INR 7 crore

Krunal Pandya - Royal Challengers Bengaluru - INR 5.75 crore

Nitish Rana - Rajasthan Royals - INR 4.2 crore

Ryan Rickleton - Mumbai Indians - INR 1 crore

Josh Inglis - Punjab Kings - INR 2.6 crore

Tushar Deshpande - Rajasthan Royals - INR 6.5 crore

Gerald Coetzee: Gujarat Titans - INR 2.4 crore

Bhuvneshwar Kumar - Royal Challengers Bengaluru - INR 10.75 crore

Mukesh Kumar - Delhi Capitals - INR 8 crore

Deepak Chahar - Mumbai Indians - INR 9.25 crore

Deepak Chahar - Mumbai Indians - Rs 9.25 crore

Akash Deep - Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 8 crore

Lockie Ferguson - Punjab Kings - Rs 2 crore

 

 

 

 

 

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