IPL Auction 2023: 5 players who deserved more money
IPL franchises spent a total of INR 167 crores to acquire 80 players at the 2023 player auction.
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3. Sikandar Raza
Sikandar Raza is one of the finest all-rounders that Zimbabwe cricket has produced. He has featured in 158 T20 games and aggregated 3109 runs at a strike rate of 129.81. On the bowling front, the 36-year-old has bagged 79 wickets at an economy of 7.34. He has been phenomenal in the international arena too, scoring 1259 runs in 66 T20Is at a strike rate of 128.86 and picking up 38 wickets for his side.
Raza set the T20 World cup 2022 ablaze with his spectacular performances. The batting all-rounder took to-quality bowling attacks to the cleaners and smashed 219 runs in eight games at a strike rate of 147.97. Also, he bamboozled batters with his variations and bagged 10 wickets at an impeccable economy of 6.50.
The Sialkot-born has been in the form of his life and fans expected the franchises to break their bank to acquire him. However, only Punjab Kings showed interest in signing Raza and the ace all-rounder could only fetch INR 50 lakh at the recently culminated player auction.
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