At the end of two days of bidding wars, it seems the franchises chose to tread on the side of caution when it came to loosening the purse strings for the newest batch of young talent in Indian cricket.
The 37-year-old veteran batsman, who has been part of the Chennai Super Kings for many years and also opened the batting for them, was among the top buys for RCB which bought 19 players at the IPL Mega Auction.
Archer was bought by the five-time IPL champions on the second day of the IPL 2022 mega auction in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Based purely on a leap of faith, MI paid a whopping Rs 8 crore for Archer despite his unavailability in the 2022 edition of the cash-rich league.
The teams went going big on current India players and largely based their decision on the form players from overseas with more focus on fast bowlers, not caring about reputations as the likes of Steve Smith, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma found out.
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The former India cricketer will remain unsold at the IPL 2022 mega auction as he was not included in the final list of the second acceleration round (last list of unsold players).
SRH made a late entry into the bid for the 27-year-old Guyanese all-rounder after Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians made furious bids.
The 25-year-old batter was roped in by the five-time champions after relentless bidding from Kolkata Knight Riders.
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