Aaron Finch, the T20 World Cup 2021 winning captain of the Australian squad, went unsold on day two of the ongoing IPL 2022 Mega Auction being held in Bengaluru.
On Day 2 of the ongoing IPL 2022 mega-auction, we saw a few players getting new teams. There were a few who went unsold, however, Finch’s case was the most surprising one of them all given that he led the Australian cricket team to their maiden T20 World Cup a few months ago. When his name had popped up for bidding, none of the franchises showed any interest in buying him.
Aaron Finch didn’t have a great time during the T20 World Cup 2021 but that doesn’t take away his accomplishments in the T20I format of the game.
Coming into the mega-auction, Aaron Finch had set his base price to INR 1.5 crore, however, none of the team bought him at that price.
It has to be noted that Aaron Finch had gone unsold in the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League too before he was released from Royal Challengers Bangalore. After not getting any buyer in the 2021 edition of the IPL, Aaron Finch had said:
“It would have been nice to be playing again. It’s a wonderful competition to be a part of but it wasn’t unexpected that I wasn’t picked up, to be honest. I’d prefer to be playing cricket, but a little bit of time at home won’t be the worst thing,”
Meanwhile, fans took to social media and reacted to the T20 World Cup-winning skipper, Aaron Finch remaining unsold at the IPL 2022 mega-auction.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati to this:
The same reason, probably, that the captain who won Australia the #T20WorldCup, goes unsold too. #AaronFinch https://t.co/2WS6IllLeA
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 13, 2022
T20 World Cup winning captain Aaron Finch is unsold. Beauty of IPL.
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) February 13, 2022
Feel Bad for Aaron Finch
— Ayush Prajapati (@im_ayush___) February 13, 2022
Brutal world it is. Morgan who did so well as the captain for KKR goes unsold. KKR couldn’t care less. Aaron Finch the captain of Australia’s T20 squad unsold as well.
— Devendra (@deven_zip) February 13, 2022
Australia’s T20 captain Aaron Finch goes unsold at the #IPLAuction
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 13, 2022
Or let’s say World Cup winning captains ? https://t.co/pnY0wFutx8
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 13, 2022
Or let’s say World Cup winning captains ? https://t.co/pnY0wFutx8
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 13, 2022
Top players of other leagues ( big bash, psl etc) remains unsold in #IPL ?. This tells the standard of IPL??!!!#LucknowSuperGiants #IPL2022MegaAuction #IPLAuction2022 #aaronfinch #EoinMorgan #marnuslabuschagne #dawidmalan
— Prince Agarwal (@princeagarwal08) February 13, 2022
Dead duck against a in-swinging ball #aaronfinch
— GoldMonk (@propnetwork1) February 13, 2022
Aaron Finch, winner of T20 WC2021 goes unsold pic.twitter.com/Xts7lDZvKG
— Sudhanshu Ranjan Singh (@memegineers_) February 13, 2022