Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive cricketer in the IPL (Indian Premier League) history as Lucknow Super Giant has confirmed this star cricker for Rs. 27 crore.
Earlier, Shreyas Iyer set a record for becoming the most expensive cricketer on Sunday after the IPL auction started. Mitchell Starc had set the record for becoming the most expensive cricketer in last year’s auction. Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for Rs 24.75 crore. Shreyas Iyer broke that record at the beginning of the auction on Sunday. Kolkata won the title under Shreyas last time. However, this time the defending champions did not retain him.
However, Rishabh Pant broke Shreyas' record in just 20 minutes. Lucknow, Hyderabad and Delhi were in the race to take Pant into the team. When Lucknow's bid reached Rs 20.75 crore, Delhi had the opportunity to retain him using the RTM card. However, Lucknow did not give this opportunity to Pant's former team. Lucknow increased the price by Rs 6.25 crore at the last opportunity. After that, when no other team showed interest, Pant set a record of becoming the most expensive cricketer for Rs 27 crore.
several teams had entered the bidding war to get Shreyas in Sunday's mega auction. Kolkata was also in this war. And his price kept rising. In the end, Punjab Kings won this war. Preity Zinta's Punjab took him to the team for Rs 26 crore 75 lakh.
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