Indian pacer Jaydev Unadkat on Thursday set a unique record after he was roped in by 2008 Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Rajasthan Royals for the third consecutive season. Rajasthan brought Undakat for INR 3 crores in the IPL 2020 auction in Kolkata.
Unadkat, who was released by the Royals ahead of IPL 2020 auction having roped him in for INR 8.40 crores, joined the same franchise for the third straight season. With that, Unadkat becomes the first player to be sold the most number of times in an IPL auction - nine times.
Unadkat in every IPL auction...
2011 - $250k, by Kolkata Knight Riders
2013 - $525k, Royal Challengers Bangalore
2014 - 2.8 crores, Delhi Daredevils
2015 - 1.1 cr, Delhi Daredevils
2016 - 1.6 cr, Kolkata Knight Riders
2017 - 30 lakhs, Rising Pune Supergiants
2018 - 11.5 cr, Rajasthan Royals
2019 - 8.4 cr, Rajasthan Royals
2020 - 3 cr, Rajasthan Royals
Overall, he has played for five different franchises having played 73 IPL matches with 77 wickets at an average of 28.46 with two five-wicket hauls. His best season was in 2017, where he had bagged 24 wickets for Rising Pune Super Giants at an average of 13.42 and economy rate of 7.03. In the following season, he was brought by the Royals for INR 11.5 crores which made him the most expensive Indian cricketer in the auction. However, he had returned with 11 wickets at 44.18 an average.
