Indian Premier League The participating 10 teams have finalized their squads for the 2024 edition of the IPL.
In the auction for the 17th edition on Tuesday (December 19), all the teams were active in buying and selling players and prioritized bowlers to strengthen their squads, which was a surprise as the IPL is a series of batsmen. It is said that the role of bowlers is obligatory.
Fewer boundaries and easier batting pitches don’t help the bowlers much in the IPL, but Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc is the most expensive player for the upcoming IPL season.
them IPL Has the distinction of being the most expensive player of Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for INR 24.75 crore (Pakistani Rs 72 crore approx).
Earlier, Australian captain Pat Cummins was bought by Sunrise Hyderabad for Rs 20 crore who withdrew from the IPL last year. Cummins’ bid for Rs 20 crore was a surprise as the previous most expensive player in IPL history was England’s Sam Curran, who was bought by Punjab Kings last year for Rs 18.5 crore.
Pat Cummins’ title as the most expensive player lasted only a few minutes, becoming the most expensive player ever when Knight Riders bid for Mitchell Stock for over Rs 24 crore.
Why are fast bowlers so expensive?
T20 leagues are generally considered to be batting friendly and each team selects a sizzling batsman. The team’s first priority is to strengthen the batting and bowling is also done with all-rounders.
Aggressive batsmen have been auctioned at a very high price, but over the last few seasons, bowlers have become a priority in the IPL. This season, the focus of every franchise has been especially on the fast bowlers.
What has changed now, which has made fast bowlers more valuable than batsmen?
Times of India journalist Gaurav Gupta writes that the reason for this change is the new bowling rules in the IPL, under which fast bowlers will now have two bouncers per over instead of one.
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It is a concession that has created more opportunities for the fast bowlers if it has also created a balance between the bat and the ball. So far fast bowlers were allowed one bouncer per over but from next season they will be allowed two bouncers. The change was made a day before the auction, which focused all the attention on the fast bowlers.
Although this concession is being criticized. Punjab Kings batting coach and former Test cricketer Wasim Jaffer has criticized this and termed it unfair to the batsmen, but the question is whether the batsmen will be able to show their mettle in front of two bouncers or the bowlers will take this concession. will take advantage of
If you look at every franchise, all have strengthened their fast bowling. Along with Mitchell Starc, Knight Riders also bought England’s Gus Atkinson.
Sunrise Hyderabad has acquired Pete Cummins for a huge price. Apart from this, there are Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazlul Haque and Imran Malik.
Shardal Thakur is the leading fast bowler in Chennai Super Kings.
Mumbai Indians have bought South Africa’s Gerald Coetzee at a hefty price while Jasprit Bhamrah is already there.
In the auction held in Dubai, 72 players were auctioned, out of which 36 were fast bowlers, but the price of fast bowlers was very high.
Fast bowlers accounted for more than $10 million of the $18.5 million turnover, showing how a single law change changed the entire mood.
Although spinners remain useful, shorter boundaries have reduced the reliance on spinners. In the presence of spinners like Rashid Khan, Mujeebur Rahman, Michael Santner, Kuldeep Yadav, Gujarat Titans bought Shah Rukh Khan for Rs 7.4 crore, who is a good spinner all-rounder.
Since its inception in 2008, the IPL has seen the most expensive players bought worth billions and the total amount paid to each player is more than that paid to entire teams in other leagues (AFP )
The discovery of IPL by Sameer Rizvi
Amidst the glare and fame of the leading players in the IPL, if anyone has caught everyone’s attention, it is Sameer Rizvi from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
24-year-old Sameer Rizvi has been bought by Chennai Super Kings for a record price of Rs 8.5 crore. Sameer is known as the right-hand man of Suresh Raina. He plays in Raina’s smoky style and is Raina’s discovery.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is also recognized for his batting and fielding. Sameer has played first-class cricket for Uttar Pradesh and is considered a winning T20 batsman.
Although IPL is not the only franchise league today, it has set new angles and given birth to innovations in world cricket. It is the most expensive sports league in the world in terms of size and value, but banning players from one country has certainly made a difference to the global standard of the IPL.
Australian players take over the IPL
Apart from the Indian players, the Australian players seem to be at the top. In the latest auction, six players were paid Rs 68 crore, while India’s 42 players traded for Rs 79 crore.
Australian players have ruled the IPL since day one. Late Shane Warne was the captain when Rajasthan Royals won the championship in its first edition. After him, Adam Gilchrist was the second captain, under whose captaincy Deccan won the final.
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2024-09-02 17:26:13
