The 26-year-old Varun's IPL 2019 bid equalled the highest bid of Jayadev Unadkat and became the first uncapped player to get 6 Crore+ in the auction pool.
Fast bowlers who missed the last edition of IPL- Ishant Sharma and Varun Aaron got their new franchise teams this time.
While Jaydev Unadkat got the highest bid among domestic players alongside uncapped Varun Chakravarthy, veteran Indian player Yuvraj Singh remained unsold for the first time in an IPL auction.
The experienced Zaheer will be part of the Mumbai Indians think-tank.
IPL Player Auction 2019 Live Updates: Only 70 spots can be filled from the 351 players going under the hammer in the mini-auction in Jaipur.
Richard Madley who has been present in the IPL auctions since its inaugural edition, will not entertain us with his unique antics this time.
The IPL auction will take place in Jaipur, Rajasthan at 02.30 PM IST on Tuesday (December 18).
Live Stream IPL 2019 Players Auction: In the cash-rich auction West Indies cricketers Carlos Braithwaite, Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran attracted the big money while from India Jaydev Unadkat again went for big money to his old team Rajasthan Royals.
There will be a total of 346 cricketers going under the hammer in this edition of auction.
The 37-year-old, who last played for India in June 2017, has put himself in the Rs 1 crore base price bracket.
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