Teams cautious while going for Indian U-19 stars; uncapped players strike big

Cricket is a lot about timing and the Under19 cricket team got it just right by lifting the World Cup triumph before IPLs megaauction But did that translate into big bucks for the stars of that triumphAt the end of two days of bidding wars it seems the franchises chose to tread on the side of caution when it came to loosening the purse strings for the newest batch of young talent in Indian cricketWhile some uncapped but proven performers like Avesh Khan were laughing all their way to the bank with bids as high as Rs 10 crore only a few of the Under19 stars skipper Yash Dhull included managed to land deals with IPL teams in the twoday mega auction held in BengaluruDhull a product of the academy run by Delhi Capitals and topscorer of the U19 World Cup was picked up for Rs 50 lakh by the franchise that groomed himExciting allrounder Raj Bawa won a Rs 2 crore bid from Punjab Kings while Rajvardhan Hangargekar with a base price Rs 30 lakh was roped in by fourtime IPL champions Chennai Super Kings for Rs 150 crore Dhulls teammate Vicky Ostwal was snapped up by Delhi Capitals later in the auction at his base price of Rs 20 lakhHangargekar the new entrant into the CSK stable will hope to learn tricks of the trade from the legendary M S Dhoni skipper of the fourtime champion franchise The talented Maharashtra allrounder is known for the ability to bowl yorkers at will not so easy at any level and can only get better by rubbing shoulders with Dhoni and the other big names at Super KingsIt must be said that the various IPL teams seemed to be cautious while bidding for the under19 players and did not appear ready to splurge Bawa who is rated highly for his allround skills won the biggest bid among his U19 teammatesWhile the teams did not go after Indian under19 aces in a big way South African Dewald Brevis nicknamed Baby AB and tipped to be the countrys future cricket superstar was snapped up by Mumbai Indians for Rs 3 crore where he would line up along side Indian white ball captain Rohit Sharma Kieron Pollard and othersUnlike in previous years when the under19 players were in focus and even got lucrative offers this time the franchises were rather subdued when it came to locking in the junior stars as evidently it takes for them to be mature enough for topflight cricketIn previous years under19 stars like Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill among others have earned IPL contracts following their exploits at the marquee junior tournament Shaw who was roped in by Delhi for Rs 12 crore in 2018 and Gill have since graduated to the senior team and established themselves as names to be reckoned withLike Shaw Gill was signed up by Kolkata Knight Riders while he was in New Zealand for the under19 World Cup and has since made a name for himself with some noteworthy performances for the national senior teamWhile some of the members of the 2018 under19 World Cup side like Shaw and Gill have made it big some others like Shivam Mavi Kamlesh Nagarkoti Ishan Porel and Riyan Parag have been on the fringes They featured in the IPL but not a regular basisMavi who is rated highly got lucky and was picked by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 775 crore base price Rs 40 lakh while Kartik Tyagi a key performer in the under19 World Cup in 2020 was netted by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 4 croreArshdeep Singh a member of the victorious under19 WC team in 2018 has struck it rich after being retained ahead of the auctions by Punjab Kings for Rs 4 crore after impressing in IPL 2021 Lefthanded batter Yashasvi Jaiswal is another of those from the under19 teams to have been in the spotlightThe star of Indias campaign in 2020 which the saw the team lose to Bangladesh in the final the Mumbaikar was bought by Rajasthan Royals in 2020 auction at Rs 24 crore and was retained by the same franchise ahead of the mega auction for Rs 4 crore Jaiswals teammate in the 2020 under19 WC Ravi Bishnoi is another name who has hit paydirt already The legspinner who was highest wickettaker in the event in South Africa was picked by Punjab Kings in 2020 for Rs 2 crore but was released before this season only to be roped in by new team Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 4 croreWhile the Indian players from previous under19 World Cups have been able to get bigticket deals the current bunch which was considered a notch lower when compared to teams of the past got lukewarm response at the IPL auction this timeAs for the uncapped players Avesh base price Rs 20 lakh got a Rs 10 crore contract with Lucknow Super Giants and became the most expensive uncapped Indian buy at the auction Aveshs auction price was 50 times his base price and beat K Gowthams price of Rs 925 crore by CSK in 2021Thats not all Tamil Nadu powerhitter Shahrukh Khan earned a Rs 9 crore bid from Punjab Kings after having been purchased by the same team for Rs 525 crore last yearOne season wonder Rahul Tewatia went for Rs 9 crore to Gujarat Titans and Rahul Tripathi earned a Rs 850 crore contract with Sunrisers Hyderabad Nippy leftarm pacer Yash Dayal from Uttar Pradesh who went to new team Gujarat Titans for Rs 32 crore and Himachal Pradesh bowler Vaibhav Arora bought for Rs 2 crore by Punjab Kings were the other uncapped players who got good dealsTamil Nadu spinner R Sai Kishore snapped up by Gujarat Titans for Rs 3 crore was another big deal grabber among those who havent yet donned the India coloursThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever