Rajasthan Royals
Chris Morris compelled franchises to start out a bidding battle earlier than he was purchased by Rajasthan Royals for a staggering INR 16.25 cr within the IPL 2021 Auction on Thursday in Chennai.
A improbable T20 participant and an asset for any crew together with his all-round skills, Morris grew to become the highest-paid cricketer in IPL historical past. The earlier all-time report was held by Yuvraj Singh, who was purchased by Delhi Daredevils in 2015. The highest-ever bid for a foreigner was for Pat Cummins (INR 15.5 crore). Rajasthan will now have Jofra Archer and Chris Morris within the Powerplay and loss of life overs.
Along with Morris, the Rajasthan outfit additionally shelled out cash for all-rounders Shivam Dube and Mustafizur Rahman. While Dube was purchased for a hefty value of INR 4.40 cr, Mustafizur went for his base value (INR 1 cr).
Royals additionally went for Chetan Sakariya (Rs 1.20 crore), KC Cariappa (Rs 0.20 crore), Liam Livingstone (Rs 0.75 crore), Kuldip Yadav (Rs 0.20 crore) and Akash Singh (Rs 0.20 crore).
After ending on the backside place within the earlier season, Royals had parted methods with Steve Smith and Sanju Samson was assigned the captaincy in his place. Along with Smith, Oshane Thomas, Ankit Rajpoot, Varun Aaron and Tom Curran had been additionally launched from the Rajasthan camp.
Retained Players:
Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Robin Uthappa
Bought within the IPL 2021 Auction:
Shivam Dube (Rs 4.40 crore), Chris Morris (Rs 16.25 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (Rs 1.00 crore), Chetan Sakariya (Rs 1.20 crore), KC Cariappa (Rs 0.20 crore), Liam Livingstone (Rs 0.75 crore), Kuldip Yadav (Rs 0.20 crore), Akash Singh (Rs 0.20 crore)
