David Miller, Quinton de Kock, Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje were all purchased at their base prices at the IPL mini-auction on Tuesday, while several other South Africans were unsold. Four of South Africa’s best hard-hitters and short-format fast bowlers earned paycheques at the Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction on Tuesday. Left-handed power-hitter David Miller was the first sold at the auction on Tuesday when he was snapped up for his base price of 2 crore (about R3.7-million) in the morning by Delhi Capitals.
Miller previously represented the Punjab Kings and most recently the Gujarat Titans, with whom he won the IPL title in 2022. Every South African was picked up at their base price (what individual players set as their minimum amount), with no bidding wars breaking out. Wicketkeeper/batter Quinton de Kock – who recently came out of international retirement – was bought by Mumbai Indians for 1 crore (R1.9-million).
De Kock was a late addition to the IPL auction list, after initially not putting his name down. Mumbai Indians only had 2.75 crore (R5-million) in their purse going into the mini-auction and spent more than two-thirds on the South African. He’ll join Ryan Rickelton at Mumbai Indians who formed a solid opening partnership with Indian superstar Rohit Sharma in 2024.
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Proteas quicks Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje, who are currently on tour with South Africa in India, were both picked up for 2 crore (about R3.7-million) by Delhi Capitals and Lucknow SuperGiants, respectively. A sizeable list of South Africans went unsold at the auction. Among them are international players Gerald Coetzee, Kyle Verreynne, Wiaan Mulder, Reeza Hendricks, George Linde, Eathan Bosch and Dwaine Pretorius.
The uncapped South African players who threw their names in the hat but weren’t picked up are Connor Esterhuizen, Tristan Luus, Daniel Lategan, Delano Potgieter and Bayanda Majola. While the four South Africans went with the first teams that bid for them, an extended bidding war broke out for Australia all-rounder Cameron Green.
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