The mega auction of IPL took place on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.
Bangalore, Recently the mega auction of the Indian Premier League 2022 Mega Auction ended. The mega auction of IPL took place on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. This time more than 600 players had entered the auction. Out of which 204 players were bought for about Rs 551 crore. These included 67 foreign players.
The special thing is that 11 of these players have been bought by different teams for more than Rs 10 crore. Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga is also included in the list of players who have bid more than 100 million. In the last season, he was playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The amazing thing is that so far Hasaranga has been able to play only 2 matches in the IPL. During this he scored one run and did not take a single wicket. Even after this, RCB has bought him for Rs 10.75 crore. His base price was Rs 1 crore. This means RCB bought them for almost 11 times more amount.
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Let us tell you that Sri Lanka’s 24-year-old Wanindu Hasaranga is currently the number one T20 bowler in the ICC rankings. He has been performing brilliantly with the ball and bat in T20 cricket for the last two years. Talking about Hasaranga’s T20 International match, no one has been able to take those more wickets since January 1, 2021. During this, he has taken 41 wickets at an average of just 12. Economy is less than 6. At the same time, taking 4 wickets for 9 runs was his best performance. While batting at the same time, he has scored more than 200 runs. His strike rate is around 125. Hasaranga has played 4 Tests, 29 ODIs and 35 T20 Internationals for Sri Lanka. He has also taken 90 wickets in all the three formats.
This Sri Lankan bowler is one of the few bowlers to take a hat-trick in ODIs and T20 Internationals. Hasaranga made his ODI debut in July 2017 and created history by taking a hat-trick against Zimbabwe. He became the first leg-spinner to take a hat-trick in an ODI. At the same time, he took the hat-trick of South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2021. With this he became the first bowler from Sri Lanka to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup. He was given a place in both the ODI and T20 squads of 2021 by the ICC.
Talking about this bowler’s overall T20 career, he has so far taken 115 wickets in 80 innings at an average of 16. At the same time, taking 5 wickets for 26 runs is his best performance. While batting, he has scored 1005 runs in 69 innings at an average of 18. In which 3 half-centuries are also there.