File photo of Ishan Kishan.© BCCI/IPL
Former Indian batter Aakash Chopra thinks the Mumbai Indians will do whatever it takes to get their hands on Ishan Kishan in the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega sale. The IPL mega auction will be held in Bengaluru on February 12-13. Kishan has listed his base price as Rs 2 crore but he is not part of the marquee. “It will be very, very difficult because to begin with there is no right to match cards, and secondly, their whole formula for success that they eventually found was about two skilled players – they had Hardik, Krunal and Pollard one after the other. and that gave them a lot of depth. Their wicketkeeper was always a phenomenal batter, if you look at Quinton de Kock or Ishan Kishan – it’s possible to get them all together now, it’s almost impossible,” Chopra told Star Sports show ‘Game Plan — IPL Auction Special’.
“There’s one thing I think a record could change that – in auctions they rarely spend more than 10 crores on a player. I can’t remember many cases where they went ahead and broke their bank. At least for one if not two they will get close to that 10 crore mark – they will do their very best to get Ishan Kishan back and that will come at a cost but yes they may need to look at another formula for success compared to what has worked so far,” he added.
Mumbai Indians failed to retain Ishan Kishan ahead of the IPL mega auction, with franchise choosing to retain Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard and Suryakumar Yadav.
IPL 2022 will start at the end of March this year and the final would be played in May, BCCI secretary Jay Shah had previously confirmed.
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