IPL Auction 2022: Liam Livingstone turned out to be the showstopper within the first spherical of the public sale on Day Two, whereas his English compatriots Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan and Chris Jordan drew a clean. Punjab Kings trumped in a fierece bidding, bagging the 28-year-old all-rounder for Rs 11.50 crore.
Livingstone struck 27 sixes in The Hundred final yr, together with 10 in a single sport. Playing for Birmingham Pheonix, he completed the competitors as the best run-getter (348). Livingstone can also be a reasonably helpful spinner, who can flip the ball each methods. Punjab clearly noticed him as an all-rounder, a spin possibility within the middle-overs.
It was a fierce bidding, intially between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings earlier than Punjab and Gujarat Titans joined in. Sunrisers Hyderabad jumped in at Rs 10 crore, however Punjab had been decided and had the final snort.
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Thereās seemingly a paradox in Livingstoneās cricket, acceptance-wise. The English cricket hierarchy considers him adequate just for the shorter codecs. Former England cricketers, then again, imagine he has the mettle to play in any format.
āIf he (Livingstone) can face the bowlers that heās faced in franchise cricket around the world and go well, then thereās no reason why he canāt slightly alter his mindset and adapt to Test cricket,ā former England captain Kevin Pietersen wrote for Betway, as Joe Rootās workforce was getting hammered within the Ashes. Another ex-England skipper, Michael Vaughan, had tweeted saying Livingstone ought to have been part of the Ashes squad.
Livingstoneās T20I strike-rate is 158.33, however the Lancastrian, a Blackburn Rovers fan, has seven first-class a whole bunch as effectively.
After the Ashes debacle, because the English cricket administration did a reboot, dropped the legendary fast-bowling duo James Anderson and Stuart Broad within the wake of a batting meltdown in Australia, they didnāt embrace Livingstone within the Test squad for the West Indies tour.
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English cricket would possibly nonetheless have some reservations about Livingstonās all-round expertise, however the IPL public sale as we speak confirmed that Indian franchises rated him very extremely, making him the most costly abroad decide on the public sale but.
West Indies quick bowler Odean Smith and South African fast Marco Jansen bought good cash, because of their current exploits towards India. While Punjab roped in Smith for Rs 6 crore, SRH spent Rs 4.2 crore for Jansen.
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CSK bought all-rounder Shivam Dube for Rs 3.4 crore, however Jimmy Neesham going unsold within the first spherical was slightly shocking.
Ajinkya Rahane was offered to KKR at his base value of Rs 1 crore, however Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma didnāt have any takers.