IPL 2023: shardul thakur for INR 10.75 cr...
Preparations of the teams for IPL 2023 have already started and the players' trading phase is also going on before the auction. kolkata Knight Riders, a team with a strong bowling attack, does not want to leave any stone unturned this time too. Even before the auction, after getting back Lokie Ferguson, now shardul thakur has also come to KKR. According to the report of ESPN Cricinfo, KKR traded Shardul to delhi Capitals and had to pay Rs 10.75 crore for Shardul.
KKR won
Seeing Shardul's excellent performance for chennai Super Kings, delhi Capitals took him for a whopping amount of 10.75 crores. But Shardul could not do anything special for Delhi. He took only 15 wickets in 14 matches. Even his bat remained silent. This is the reason why delhi Capitals have now handed him over to KKR. According to the report, along with KKR, Shardul's old team chennai Super Kings, gujarat Titans and punjab Kings also tried to take Shardul. But in the end Shardul KKR got involved.
KKR is trying to build a good bowling attack even before the auction. Along with Umesh Yadav, Lokie Ferguson, sunil Narine, varun Chakraborty, now shardul thakur has also come to him.
In this era of trading and retention, KKR is looking most aggressive so far. He has already spent a lot before the last date of retention list. It is being told that at the end of the auction, KKR had only 45 lakhs left. But it will be interesting to see which players will release now to raise funds. By the way, before the auction of the players, each team will be given five crore rupees extra.
