Yuzvendra Chahal, a spinner for the Indian cricket team, made history by being the most expensive spinner ever sold at an IPL auction. At the IPL 2025 auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Chahal was sold to Punjab Kings for an incredible Rs 18 crore on Sunday. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad joined the PBKS and Lucknow Super Giants in the bidding war. But since they were able to purchase the best wicket-keeper in the competition’s history, PBKS prevailed.
At the IPL 2025 Auction held on Sunday at the Abadi Al Johar Arena in Jeddah, Sunrisers Hyderabad purchased India’s veteran bowler Mohammed Shami for Rs 10 crore.
After gaining the services of Shami in the first choice of the second marquee round, Hyderabad, who had previously indicated interest in purchasing Rishabh Pant and Arshdeep Singh, ultimately received the day’s first purchase.
Due to knee surgery, Shami, who played for the Gujarat Titans, missed the previous season. Earlier this month, he returned to playing cricket for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy. He is anticipated to travel to Australia to play for the Indian side in the final round of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, and Travis Head were all kept by Hyderabad before to the auction.
In contrast, the Lucknow Super Giants paid Rs 7.5 crore to get South African batsman David Miller. Miller was the second-most expensive acquisition of the day in Jeddah, following the historic Rs 27 crore purchase of Rishabh Pant.
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