The much awaited and anticipated IPL 2019 auction went underway today at Jaipur and it turned out to be very surprising for the fans. A total of 123 overseas players from 12 different countries and 228 Indian players, were featured in the auction.
There were many surprising names sold for whopping amounts, on the other hand, there were many big names that went unsold. However, the name that has left everyone stunned is of Varun Chakravarthy, the TSNL star player who has been roped in at the highest amount thus far.
Varun has been picked by the Kings XI Punjab at a whopping price of INR 8.4 crores. He has outplayed everyone with the price he was bought in.
Talking about Varun, the 27 year old cricketer hails from Tamil Nadu and had started cricket as a wicket-keeper-batsman but then at the age of 17 he decided to become a bowler. After sometime playing as a pacer, he changed his course spin bowling, which eventually proved to be a full-time occupation.
The journey of this cricketer has been very inspiring, he has been bowling for KKR, CSK and Mumbai Indians last year and since then, he has impressed everyone with his spin bowling. Now he has finally been picked in a team and that too at a whopping amount of 8.4 crores which is 42 times more than his base price. Yes, you read that right.
Twitterati just can’t stop praising the cricketer, the twitter is flooded with the tweets for Varun. Here, have a look at the reaction of twitterati on this :
Had a close look at him last year at CSK nets… This guy Varun Chakravarthy have the potential to play for INDIA.. selectors should keep an eye on him.. he is a fast and furious spin bowler.. another mystery spinner
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— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 18, 2018
?..Unadkat, Mohit Sharma and Shami hot cakes in market among Indian seamers , hetmeyer and Axar might find interest…Varun chakravarthy from TN ‘The dark horse’ who might be smiling big by this evening ?? #IPL2019Auction #IPL2019 #IPL
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) December 18, 2018
Woaaaah! Varun Chakravarthy goes for 8.4 cr to KXIP! #IPL2019Auction
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) December 18, 2018
Varun Chakaravarthy sold for Rs 8.40 crores (US$ 1.30 million) to KXIP #IPLAuction
Watch…https://t.co/Ek5pR3OLeY— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 18, 2018
From giving up cricket to pursuing architecture to again picking up the game in his mid 20s — life has been a rollercoaster ride for Varun Chakravarthy.
He bowled in the KKR, CSK and MI nets last year.
Never give up — that’s the moral of CV Varun’s story!#IPLAuction
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) December 18, 2018
Ohh yess…… ???? Called it right… Varun chakravarthy , rookie mystery spinner from TN goes bigggg, happy for the lad ….. ??? #IPLAuction #IPL2019Auction #IPL #Millionaire
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) December 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/UrbanRangoli/status/1075006942127550464
https://twitter.com/Chandann9999/status/1075008132408008704
Varun Chakravarthy… what a story!!! All those guys playing weekend cricket, this is your hero.
— Meha Bhardwaj Alter (@Bhardwajmeha) December 18, 2018
Varun Chakravarthy
Base Price – 20L
Sold To KXIP For 8.4 CrWhich Is 42 Times More Than His Base Price
— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) December 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/premraina48/status/1075022621329117185
https://twitter.com/rohitraut59/status/1075024984580468736
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