Indian spin bowling legend Ravichandran Ashwin feels that U19 pace bowler Rajvardhan Hangargekar will surely be picked by one of the IPL teams when his name comes up in the IPL auctions.

Adding that Hangargekar can bowl the inswinger well, Ashwin reckons that only Ishant Sharma has been bestowed with this gift of bowling the inswinger with telling effect among the current crop of Indian pacers. Ashwin also added that Hangargekar will be sought after because of his ability to bowl inswingers.

“This player will certainly be picked at the IPL auction. Which franchise I cannot predict, but he will surely be purchased. His name is Rajvardhan Hangargekar.

He is a right-arm medium pacer, who can bowl the inswinger very well. Ishant Sharma is the only one who has the gift among present Indian right-arm pacers. Inswing can usually tuck in batters, which is why I feel he will be in demand,” said Ravichandran Ashwin while speaking on his YouTube channel.

The IPL 2022 mega auction is set to be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. Many players in India and across the globe have expressed their interest in being a part of the much-awaited event by registering their names. The 15th edition of the IPL will also be a 10-team affair with the inclusion of two new franchises- Lucknow and Ahmedabad and is reportedly set to kick off from March 27.

With the IPL 2022 just around the corner, cricketer-turned-cricket pundit Aakash Chopra has picked his five expensive Indian bowlers at the mega auction and has surprisingly excluded medium-pacer Harshal Patel who had bagged the Purple Cap last season. It needs to be noted that Harshal’s tally of 32 wickets is the joint-highest in the history of the tournament along with Caribbean all-rounder Dwayne Bravo who had registered the same number of scalps in the 2013 season.

While interacting in a video posted on his official YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra named his five most expensive bowlers.