IPL 2020: Digvijay Deshmukh to play for Mumbai Indians 7 yrs after starring in Kai Po Che

Indian Premier League (IPL) have always promoted talent and have given m a st to perform since it’s inception. latest player in this list is Digvijay Deshmukh, who was snapped up by Mumbai Indians in IPL Auction 2020. Digvijay Deshmukh interestingly has featured in a popular Hindi film as well in past.

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IPL 2020: Digvijay Deshmukh starred in Kai Po Che before signing for MI

Digvijay Deshmukh played an important character in 2013 starrer Kai Po Che which starred Sushant Singh Rajput, Rajkumar Rao and Amit Sadh. movie was based on Indian author Chetan Bhagat’s vel 3 Mistakes of My Life. Deshmukh played character of Ali Hashmi, young cricketer who was coached by Sushant Singh Rajput in movie.

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IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians' eye for talent

In movie, Digvijay Deshmukh makes it big and represents India in an ODI. Deshmukh would hope that he can replicate  same story in real life. Deshmukh was snapped up by Mumbai Indians for ₹20 lakh and franchise would hope he can make most of this opportunity as ir or lesser-kwn buys had done in recent past. Mumbai Indians have an eye for talent, picking up lesser-kwn players like Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande, Krunal Pandya and Rahul Chahar, all of whom have played for India at international level.

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IPL 2020: MI add depth to ir title-winning squad

Digvijay Deshmukh made his first-class debut in 2019-20 Ranji Trophy and had made his T20 debut for Maharashtra in 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians, who bought him, also made a massive purchase in Chris Lynn, who was sold at his base price of ₹2 crore, a significant decrease from his previous value of ₹9 crore which KKR paid him since 2014. MI also bought or big names like Nathan Coulter-Nile and Saurabh Tiwary in auction.

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