Mumbai: Ten days ago, Vaibhav Suryavanshi made headlines after becoming the youngest cricketer to make the cut in IPL player auction.
On Monday, the second day of the player auction at Jeddah, Suryavanshi became the youngest player to be picked up by a franchise.
Not just that, left-hand batter Suryavanshi became a crorepati at just 13 years of age!
It was Rajasthan Royals who won a bidding war with Delhi Capitals to sign the wonderboy from Bihar’s Samastipur for Rs 1.1 crore.
The big bucks on Day 2 were pocketed by veteran medium-pacer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. Out of the India team for over a year, Bhuvi was acquired by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for Rs 10.75 crore.
Deepak Chahar, another seamer who has struggled with injury issues, was picked up by Mumbai Indians for a price tag of Rs 9.25 crore.
Akash Deep, who made a good impression in his first few Tests for India, will play for Lucknow Super Giants who shelled out Rs 8 crore for the Bengal pacer.
Delhi Capitals retained Mukesh Kumar, another Bengal medium-pacer, for a purse of Rs 8 crore.
RCB got on board Krunal Pandya for Rs 5.75 crore.
Among foreign players, tall South African pacer Marco Jansen was bought by Punjab Kings at a price of Rs 7 crore.