Ashish Nehra, Harsha Bhogle slams IPL teams for overvaluing foreigners over Umesh Yadav

IPL 2021 auction might have gotten to a slow start but once it picked up pace, re was looking back. Overseas cricketers were highlight of  IPL 2021 auction as y ruled event with several players raking in big bucks. IPL 2021 auction also witnessed history as South African all-rounder Chris Morris became most expensive player sold at IPL auction as Rajasthan Royals brought him for a whopping ₹16.25 crore.

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Ashish Nehra unhappy with IPL franchises for overvaluing foreign bowlers over Indian ones

Moreover, foreign pacers like Kyle Jamieson, Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith earned massive IPL contracts. While Kyle Jamieson IPL 2021 (RCB) price is ₹15 crore,  Jhye Richardson IPL 2021 (PBKS) price is ₹14 crore. Meredith also earned a ₹8 crore deal from PBKS.

Former Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra was extremely unhappy with IPL franchises for igring proven Indian pacers and going all guns blazing for overseas pacers who are yet to prove ir worth. While speaking on Star Sports during IPL auction, Ashish Nehra mocked IPL franchises for going for unproven foreigners over Indian pacers like Umesh Yadav and Ankit Rajpoot.

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Ashish Nehra was unhappy with fact that Umesh Yadav who is an experienced bowler went for his base price of ₹1 crore. Ankit Rajpoot was eventually unsold, much to surprise of Nehra. On or hand, likes of Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith and Kyle Jamieson, who haven't done anything substantial in international or T20 cricket for that matter, are getting massive IPL deals, which Nehra reckoned was something beyond his understanding.

tably, Indian cricket analyst Harsha Bhogle also took a cheeky dig at IPL franchises for undermining Umesh Yadav. veteran commentator tweeted that Vidarbha pacer will be applying for Australian citizenship, thus referring to massive deals that Australian speedsters have earned at IPL auction.

Meanwhile, highly-anticipated IPL 2021 auction did t fail to disappoint this year as well bringing in some unexpected turns and etching new records in history. While IPL auction was successful for a few overseas players, it also came as a huge blow to several veteran overseas players who went unsold at event. Some of prominent foreign players who went unsold are as follows.

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• Aaron Finch (Base price INR 1 crore)
• Alex Hales (Base price INR 1.50 crore)
• Jason Roy (Base price INR 2 crore)
• Evin Lewis (Base price INR 1 crore)
• Sheldon Cottrell (Base price INR 1 crore)
• Adil Rashid (Base price INR 1.50 crore)
• Shaun Marsh (Base price INR 1.50 crore)
• Corey Anderson (Base price INR 75 lac)
• Marnus Labuschagne (Base price INR 1 crore)
• Martin Guptill (Base price INR 50 lac)

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SOURCE: OAKTREE SPORTS YOUTUBE