Something was seen in the player auction held for IPL 2024, which was never seen before. Punjab Kings co-owners Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia looked confused after successfully bidding for uncapped Indian player Shashank Singh. It seemed that the IPL franchise had no intention of buying the player, but by then they had already bought the player. Mallika Sagar, the auctioneer for IPL 2024, also looked a little surprised as the Punjab Kings management saw the auction list of players. However, Punjab Kings decided to go ahead after successfully bidding for the player in the auction and also welcomed Shashank Singh to their team through a post on X. However, now Punjab Kings clarified that Shashank Singh was part of their plan. The franchise also revealed that it was in the plans after all.
Punjab Kings on Wednesday clarified that there was confusion during the auction of Shashank Singh regarding two players with similar names. Punjab Kings said, “Punjab Kings would like to clarify that Shashank Singh was always on our target list. The confusion was due to 2 players with the same name being on the list. We are looking forward to adding him to our fold and seeing his contribution to our success.” Are happy.”
Shashank Singh was bought in the accelerated phase of the auction. During this period, Punjab Kings and other franchises wanted to buy some uncapped Indian players in the base price category of Rs 20 lakh. When Shashank’s name came up, Preity Zinta raised the paddle after discussing the player with her team and bid for him. No other player bid for Shashank, so Punjab got Shashank at the base price itself. After this Mallika moved towards the next set of players and the first name in it was Tanay Thiagarajan. After this Punjab Kings looked confused.
Preeti, Wadia and others sitting at the Punjab Kings table looked a little surprised. After this Mallika asked Punjab, “Was it a wrong name? You don’t want the player?” Mallika further said, “We are talking about Shashank Singh. But the hammer has come down. Players number 236 and 237 both went to you.” It seemed that Wadia was expressing his displeasure over this sale, but Mallika stood her ground and said that the hammer has come down. Mallika further said, “I think the hammer has come down on 237 (Shashank) as well.”
Punjab Kings after IPL 2024 auction
Punjab Kings strengthened their team by buying Harshal Patel for Rs 11.75 crore, Riley Russo 8 crore, Chris Woakes 4.2 crore, Tanay Thiagarajan 20 lakh, Prince Choudhary 20 lakh, Vishwanath Pratap Singh 20 lakh, Shashank Singh 20 lakh, Ashutosh Sharma 20 lakh in the auction. incorporated in.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone*, Jonny Bairstow*, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Singh, Rahul Chahar, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Bhatia, Harpreet Brar, Atharva Tayde, Vidwath Kawerappa, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada*, Sam Curran. *, Nathan Ellis*, Sikandar Raza*, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes*, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thiagarajan, Prince Chaudhary, Riley Rossouw*