“We were willing to go a little bit more for him. He bats in that five/six role, and he is capable of winning IPL matches. We are delighted to get him on board and we probably got the two bargains of the auction in Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravi Ashwin, so we are delighted; we built a really, really strong side,” the Royals CEO said.
The two-day player auction for the Indian Premier League 2022 edition
concluded on Sunday with the 10 franchises spending $73.25 million
to acquire the services of 204 players.
It was a mega auction in every sense of the word, with 50 cricketers
— including the ones already retained
— ending up with million-dollar contracts.