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Created a blast in the World Cup, also remained in Dhoni’s team, know who is the most expensive player in IPL history Sam Karan
Mini auction is going on for IPL 2023. In this mini auction of IPL, 10 franchises are bidding for 87 slots. This time the fate of 405 players is also to be decided. However, there was a fierce battle for England’s fast bowler all-rounder Sam Karan. Eventually Sam Karan was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 18.50 crores. Earlier, the most expensive player in IPL history was Chris Morris, who was sold for Rs 16.25 crore.
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Initially, there was a fight between Mumbai Indians and RCB regarding Sam Karan. Later Rajasthan Royals entered. Mumbai Indians later pulled their hand. After this Punjab Kings have won. Sam Karan is 24 years old. He made his IPL debut in 2019 and has played for Punjab since then. At that time Punjab bought him for Rs 7.2 crore. Later he was released from Punjab side. In 2020, CSK bought him for 5.5 crores. Due to injury, Sam Karan was not able to be a part of IPL. But this time Sam Karan has been rewarded for his brilliant performance in the T20 World Cup. There was tremendous bidding about Sam Karan. He has become the most expensive player sold in IPL history.
At present, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul get 17-17 crores in IPL. But now Sam Karan will get more than these two. England has won the T20 World Cup title this time. Sam Karan was the hero in the T20 World Cup played in Australia. He was given the title of Player of the Match as well as Player of the Series in the final match. He took 13 wickets in the entire tournament. Even in the final match, Sam Karan achieved 3 successes by giving 12 runs.
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Talking about Sam Karan, he has played 24 Test matches in which 815 runs have been scored with his bat. At the same time, 45 successes have also been achieved. Playing 18 ODIs for England, he has taken 16 wickets while scoring 206 runs. His high score has been 95 not out. Sam Karan’s record in T20 is excellent. Has taken 41 wickets in 35 matches. Apart from this, he has scored 158 runs at an average of 130.
