IPL Auction 2020: 5 most surprising bids by franchises this year including Piyush Chawla

Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2020 was completed on Thursday, December 19 in Kolkata.  IPL is famous for producing some striking talent t just for India but for several countries. However, it all depends on franchises, who lavishly spend ir money on players that y want on ir side. Wher y follow a fixed criteria or pattern while picking a player in auction, is unpredictable and adds to fun. Every year, surprising picks are seen which prove cricket pundits and fans wrong time and again. Here are ones this year:

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1. Piyush Chawla: ₹6.75 crore - Chennai Super Kings

Chawla has been completely out of form and is struggling to find a spot in his state team of Gujarat. But he is a great turner of ball and on several occasions, leg-spinner has helped his IPL franchises in winning crucial games. He has experience of playing in 237 T20s, in which he successfully mand to grab 251 wickets. re was some speculation that he would go unsold this time. However, contrary to popular belief, 3-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings bought him after paying a whopping amount of Rs. 6.75 cr.

2. Varun Chakravarthy: ₹4 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders

Chakravarthy getting sold for such a hefty amount was unexpected for many.  Tamil Nadu leg-spinner, who was bought for a mind-boggling Rs. 8.4 crore by Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2019, just played one IPL game. He failed to perform as he went for 35 runs in three overs and grabbed just one wicket. Later, he injured his shoulder and has t figured in competitive cricket since. Under circumstances, it came as quite a surprise when Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bought him for Rs. 4 crore, winning a bidding duel with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), it came as a bolt from blue.

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3. Nathan Coulter Nile: ₹8 crore - Mumbai Indians

Coulter Nile's bid was one of biggest surprises that popped up in IPL 2020 Auction, which was won eventually by Mumbai Indians for a huge amount of Rs. 8 crore.  Aussie pacer has t played a single T20 match in last 10 months. It was a surprising decision taken by think tank of MI because y already have a long list of some brilliant fast bowlers in ir ranks. Coulter Nile has so far played 108 T20 games and grabbed 130 wickets.

4. Mitchell Marsh: ₹2 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad

Mitchell Marsh was one among marquee players who put his base price at Rs. 2 crore for IPL 2020 Auction. His chances of getting picked up by any franchise were slender due to his high base price. But to everyone's surprise, Sunrisers Hyderabad, who were orwise quite inactive in IPL Auction 2020, successfully bagged  Aussie all-rounder. Marsh has had experience of playing for  Australian national side in T20 format. He has grabbed 43 wickets and scored 1519 runs in his 75 T20 appearances. Currently, he is playing for Perth Scorchers in ongoing Big Bash League 2019-20.

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5. Josh Hazlewood: ₹2 crore - Chennai Super Kings

Josh Hazelwood was ar unusual pick made by Chennai Super Kings at a base price of Rs. 2 crore. He is arguably one of best Test match bowlers across globe. But, when it comes to T20s, he is t as lethal. Hazelwood struggles a lot with his line and length because of which opposition batsmen find it easy to score runs against him. decision comes as a surprise because young Aussie pacer played his last T20 game in 2016.

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