IPL 2025 mega auctions lastly got here to an finish on Monday with 182 gamers getting bought for a whopping mixed price of Rs 639.15 crore. A complete of 577 have been shortlisted for the 2-day occasion in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and all of the ten franchises cracked their brains to construct a powerful staff for the upcoming IPL season. India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant made headlines as he grew to become the most costly purchase within the historical past of IPL auctions, getting bought to Lucknow Tremendous Giants for Rs 27 crore.
Amid all the large signings, all of the followers have been left totally shocked after the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders didn’t make even a single bid for batter Nitish Rana.
The left-handed batter, who captained KKR in IPL 2023, was purchased by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 4.2 crore after a bidding conflict with Chennai Tremendous Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. After the auctions, Rana took to Instagram and shared a cryptic story, which has bought the followers speaking.
Carrying a pink t-shirt (which can also be a color of RR’s jersey), Rana posted an image with a caption, “Royal-ty is pink!”
Pink fits you, @NitishRana_27 pic.twitter.com/ti84GcMmpm
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) November 25, 2024
The picture was later shared by the Rajasthan Royals on their X (previously Twitter) deal with.
Earlier in October, KKR had retained Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, and Ramandeep Singh and saved them from going beneath the hammer on the auctions.
Earlier than the retentions have been introduced, Rana had made a case for himself and reminded KKR that he has scored runs nearly ever 12 months.
“I’ve been serving KKR for the previous seven years. It is not in my fingers if I will probably be retained; it is as much as KKR administration to resolve. I have never acquired any calls but. I’ve scored runs for KKR yearly and in the event that they contemplate me an asset, they may retain me,” Rana had stated whereas talking to Occasions Of India.
KKR IPL 2025 Squad: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer (Rs. 23.75 crore), Quinton de Kock (Rs. 3.60 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs. 2 crore), Anrich Nortje (Rs. 6.50 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs. 3 crore), Vaibhav Arora (Rs. 1.80 crore), Mayank Markande (Rs. 30 lakh), Rovman Powell (Rs. 1.50 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs. 75 lakh), Spencer Johnson (Rs. 2.80 crore), Luvnith Sisodia (Rs. 30 lakh), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs. 1.50 lakh), Anukul Roy (Rs. 40 lakh), Moeen Ali (Rs. 2 crore), Umran Malik (Rs. 75 lakh).
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