A Pakistani Journalist Said Shaheen Afridi Deserve 200 Crore And Got Trolled Badly: The two days of exciting IPL 2022 mega-auction came to an end on Sunday evening with 2-4 players getting picked by the ten IPL franchise. All the teams spent a combined total of INR 551.7 crore to stack up their squads for the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League.
While the mega-auctions witnessed some huge buys and some intense bidding wars, the fans also witnessed some of the biggest players missing out to find a spot in any of the franchises.
India’s young batter Ishan Kishan remained the biggest buy as Mumbai Indians paid a whopping Rs 15.25 crore to buy him back in the team. An intense bidding war took place for Indian bowler Deepak Chahar with 4 teams locked in a big fight, however, it was eventually CSK that bought him back in the squad for INR 14 crore.
Apart from these, fans also witnessed some uncapped players going for the splurge of astronomical amounts. Shahrukh Khan was bought for INR 9 crore by Punjab Kings from a base price of Rs 40 lakh. Rahul Tewatia was also bought at the same amount by Gujarat Titans. KKR kept Shivam Mavi by paying Rs 7.25 crore, while SRH paid Rs 4 crore to get paceman Kartik Tyagi. Avesh Khan became the most expensive uncapped player in the history of IPL auction as he was bought for INR 10 crore by Lucknow Super Giants.
Social media has been buzzing with the reactions from the fans on the IPL 2022 mega-auction deals. Meanwhile, a Pakistani journalist Ihtisham Ul Haq is getting trolled on social media as he made a big claim regarding the IPL auction.
Ihtisham Ul Haq took to Twitter and claimed that if Pakistan’s bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi had participated in the IPL 2022 mega-auction, he would’ve gone for 200 crores. He wrote:
“If, Shaheen Shah Afridi was in #IPLAuction. He would’ve gone for 200 crores.”
Here, check out his Tweet:
If, Shaheen Shah Afridi was in #IPLAuction. He would’ve gone for 200 crores.
— Ihtisham Ul Haq (@iihtishamm) February 13, 2022
Well, the ‘big claim’ of the Pakistani journalist didn’t go down well with the Indian fans, who are now trolling the journalist left, right, and center.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
In Indian currency that translates to 4 rupees. https://t.co/xMLePjbrHm
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) February 15, 2022
Imran Khan may use him for repaying China’s loan instead of trading Pakistan’s Women. https://t.co/j71pciGCo7
— CA Kunal (@being_moron) February 14, 2022
another chance to pay off their cripplings debts gone https://t.co/akj6hHhy6o
— Shambhav Sharma (@shambhav15) February 14, 2022
Grapes are sour eh Porkis?!! ?????? https://t.co/4Sf8Gzzydr
— Arjun Vaid (@arjunvaid0113) February 15, 2022
Betichd 200 cr me pura Pak khrid lenge ??
— Rohit (@RohitRanjan0333) February 13, 2022
Gift “Shaheen Shah Afridi” to #China??, as it may save your “Karachi Port”. https://t.co/BWTFPzAk9O
— Ankur??
(@unapologeticAnk) February 15, 2022
(@unapologeticAnk) Team owners be like ! https://t.co/ubDX8X5Yz3 pic.twitter.com/eFOnuK2yLF
— vj_2701 (@VIJAYSOPNE0) February 15, 2022
Then Ask Your So Called PM @ImranKhanPTI to write off ur country’s debt by lending him to World Bank!! https://t.co/4S82UEwhXw
— SIDDHESH JADHAV®?? (@Siddhes74106361) February 15, 2022
Kya baat kar reha hai? 200 Crore me to pure Pakistan ka auction ho jaayega bhai. #IPLAuction2022 https://t.co/NysjlaqfaE
— Ranjan (@Ranjan_zeh) February 14, 2022
Earlier this year, Shaheen Shah Afridi was named ICC men’s cricketer of the year for 2021. His spell against India in the T20 World Cup tournament on October 24th last year was also declared ‘play of the tournament’ by the ICC.
