IPL 2025 Mega Auction KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had bought Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc for Rs 24.75 crore in the mini auction of IPL 2024. With this price, Starc became the most expensive player to be sold in IPL history. However, KKR also released Starc before next year i.e. IPL 2025.
Now you might be thinking that Stark will once again get the highest bid in the auction? So it is not necessary. We will tell you which KKR player apart from Starc can get the most expensive bid. KKR team has released star players like captain Shreyas Iyer and opening batsman Phil Salt before the mega auction. This time there can be big bidding on the Phil Salt to be released through KKR.
Wicketkeeper batsman Salt was included in the team by KKR as a replacement for Jason Roy in IPL 2024 for a price of Rs 1.5 crore. However, the franchise released Salt after just one season. The thing to note is that Salt had performed brilliantly for the team. He played 12 matches in the 2024 season, in whose 12 innings he scored 435 runs at a strike rate of 182.00, which included 4 half-centuries. These days, Salt has scored a century in the first match of the ongoing T20 series against West Indies.
Bidding may be more than double
In the mega auction to be held for IPL 2025, teams can buy Salt as an opener at a price twice more than his last season’s price. Now it will be interesting to see how much salt is bid in the mega auction.
Phil Salt’s IPL career
Phil Salt has played 21 matches in his IPL career so far. Batting in 21 innings of these matches, he has scored 653 runs at an average of 34.36 and strike rate of 175.53. During this period, he has scored 6 half-centuries.
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