South Africa’s Chris Morris has become the most expensive buy in IPL history. He beats Yuvraj Singh’s record with Rajasthan Royals’ staggering Rs 16.25 crore bid for him.
The South Africa all-rounder was one of the top buys at the IPL 2020 Player Auction when he was sold to the RCB for a whopping Rs 10 cr. But he was released in the off-season and that was enough for RR to swoop in and buy him.
In this auction, RCB went up to Rs 9.75 crore and just stopped short of matching that Rs 10 crore but after that it was a battle between MI, RR and PBKS.
Eventually, RR won that battle.
Base price - INR 75 Lac
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021
Sold for - INR 16.25 Cr@rajasthanroyals win the bidding war to bring @Tipo_Morris on board. 🔥🔥@Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/m5AMqKE1Dy
Most Expensive buys in IPL:
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) February 18, 2021
16.25Cr - Morris
16.00Cr - Yuvraj
15.50Cr - Cummins
14.50Cr - Stokes
14.25Cr - Maxwell
14.00Cr - Yuvraj
Rajasthan Royals having Jofra Archer and Chris Morris in the Powerplay and death overs.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 18, 2021
Chris Morris in #IPL
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) February 18, 2021
38* (9) Sr 422 for DC 2017
25* (8) Sr 313 for RCB 2020
34* (11) Sr 309 for RR 2015
82* (32) Sr 256 for DC 2016
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4/23 (4) for RR 2015
4/26 (4) for RCB 2020
4/26 (4) for DC 2017#IPL2021#IPLAuction2021
Chris Morris has been sold for R32.5(US $2.2) million in the IPL auction. In South Africa the minimum wage is R21.60 an hour, the equivalent of US$1.5. So with Morris' IPL money you can basically hire someone for their whole life. And I'm not saying that as a good thing.
— Firdose Moonda (@FirdoseM) February 18, 2021
#IPLAuction2021
— Ashish Magotra (@clutchplay) February 18, 2021
After another IPL auction, Chris Morris must be feeling like he is actually Garry Sobers.
When you were planning to buy Chris Morris at a lower price. #IPLAuction2021 pic.twitter.com/wUR787ADwh
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) February 18, 2021
