Mumbai Indian꧒s didn’t shy away from giving their all at the IPL auction 2022 for Ishan Kishan as they paid a whopping sum of INR 15.25 crore to bag the 🅠player.
The southpaw, who was released by Mumbai Indians ahead of th🐼e auctions, was expected to make it big at the IPL auction 2022 on Saturday. He not only did so but also got his named inscribed in the pages of history a🌊s he became the second-most expensive Indian player sold at an IPL auction.
Kishan follows Yuvraj Singh for who Delhi franchise had paid INR ⛦16 crores, making him the costliest player from the nation sold in an IPL auction in 2015.
Meanw༺hile, in overall, Chris Morris is the costliest player sold at a🤪n IPL auction. He was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 16.25 crores in the mini-auction that took place ahead of IPL 2021.
Coming to Kishan, he has played 61 IPL matches so far sc☂oring 1452 runs with a strike rate of over 136. Before being released by Mumbai Indians, the left-arm batter was paid INR 6.20 crores, and now when he returns back to the side, he will be getting an amount🍸 way higher that his previous salary.