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Australia’s Check captain Pat Cummins has been signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 7.25 crore on the IPL 2022 public sale in Bengaluru on Saturday.
Kolkata Knight Riders made the opening bid at Rs 2 crore with Gujarat Titans bidding subsequent. Lucknow Tremendous Giants joined the fray to push the value past Rs 7 crore earlier than KKR edged it out.
Cummins had develop into the most costly abroad purchase in IPL historical past when Kolkata Knight Riders purchased him for Rs 15.5 crore after a bidding struggle with Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals on the 2020 public sale. Nonetheless, the Australian fetched lower than half of that sum this time round.
Cummins had opted out of the second leg of IPL 2021, performed within the UAE from September 19. Within the first half of final 12 months’s IPL in India, Cummins had performed every of KKR’s seven video games, selecting up 9 wickets and scoring 93 runs, together with a career-best 66 not out in opposition to Mumbai Indians.
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