Upcoming sensation Avesh Khan created a bidding war among the franchises in the ongoing IPL 2022 mega auction and he has gone for 50 times more than his base price of 20 lakh. The Madhya Pradesh lad was picked up by the Lucknow Super Giants for a whopping INR 10 Crores after intense bidding among the franchises of CSK, MI, DC, SRH, and LSG. He will now be joining the likes of KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Bishnoi, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Jason Holder, Deepak Hooda, and Krunal Pandya in the Lucknow Super Giants side.

Avesh Khan had a brilliant IPL season in 2021 which earned him a recent call up to the Indian side and he has been bowling brilliantly in recent times. Over the years, he has been in and out of the side for Delhi Capitals and hasn’t been able to establish his potential with the ball on a longer run. However, he had a breakout season in the last IPL and was expected to be retained by the Delhi Capitals.

Mohammed Shami has been one of the successful bowlers in IPL history having registered 79 scalps from 77 matches ever since he had the first burst in the scene at the marquee tournament in the 2011 edition. Heading into next week’s IPL 2022 mega auction, Shami has already represented three teams- the two-time winners Kolkata Knight Riders (2011-2013), the now-defunct Delhi Daredevils from 2014 to 2018 before serving the Punjab Kings for three seasons between 2019 to 2021.

Just months ahead of the IPL 2022 auction, the 2014 finalists had decided to retain only two players from the previous season including explosive opener Mayank Agarwal and emerging left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh. The franchise decided to part ways with the rest of the players including Shami which means that the Indian team’s senior fast bowler will need to go under the hammer during the two-day event in Bengaluru next week. Now, the Bengal pacer could either represent a fourth IPL team or could be brought back by Punjab itself. So, without further a do,.