Rajasthan Royals made an aggressive begin within the IPL public sale 2024 in Dubai, doling out Rs 7.4 crore for West Indies T20I captain Rovman Powell. A Royal within the Caribbean Premier League, Powell set his base worth at Rs 1 crore.
RR and Kolkata Knight Riders have been engaged in an intense bidding struggle for the middle-order batter, who is a superb fielder, too. He was launched by Delhi Capitals forward of the public sale.
However, the Rs 7.4 crore successful bid by RR additionally implies that they’ve spent half their purse on the West Indian.
RR additionally focused England’s Harry Brook, however have been outbid by Delhi Capitals at Rs 4 crore.
World Cup-winner Travis Head was one other high purchase within the early stage of the IPL public sale 2024. The bidding struggle was, expectedly, intense, as Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Tremendous Kings went all out to however the Australian all-rounder. However, SRH lastly managed to prevail with a successful bid of Rs 6.8 crore.
The IPL Governing Council handed the franchises a listing of 1,166 gamers and, as per their want record, it was pruned to 333. Of them, 214 are Indians, 119 abroad and two from affiliate nations.
The ten franchises can collectively spend as much as Rs 262.95 crore.
Among the many 77 slots accessible, 30 are earmarked for abroad gamers.
Smith goes unsold
Among the many gamers who went unsold within the first set of gamers, the largest identify was Australian star Steve Smith. He had set his base worth at Rs 2 crore.
South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw, veteran India middle-order batter Manish Pandey and former Karnataka and present Vidarbha batter Karun Nair, too, went unsold.
