T20 Mumbai League: Ayush Mhatre and Angkrish Raghuvanshi listed at Rs 5 lakh base price | Cricket News
Mumbai: Young Mumbai batters Ayush Mhatre and Angkrish Raghuvanshi will have a base price of ₹5 lakhs in the T20 Mumbai League auction, which is scheduled to be held on Wednesday.
Making a sensational debut for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Mhatre has amassed 164 runs in four innings with an impressive strike rate of 185.22. The 17-year-old played an excellent 94 off 48 balls against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders‘ (KKR) Angkrish Raghuvanshi has scored 285 runs in 10 outings so far in this year’s IPL.
Mhatre, Raghuvanshi, and all the players who have represented Mumbai in any format in the last three seasons have been categorized in the ‘senior players’ category and will command a base price of ₹5 lakhs, with an incremental bid of ₹25,000.
Each team’s 18-man squad must include four senior players. While there’s no cap on the auction price of the senior players, it’s understood that teams may not stretch their budget for the likes of Mhatre and Raghuvanshi beyond a certain point, as they have already spent ₹20 lakhs on the icon player (an India international) out of their ₹1 crore salary purse.
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The second category includes the developmental (Under-23) players, with a base price of ₹3 lakhs and an incremental bid of ₹20,000. Each team’s squad must have five developmental players. The third category will have the Under-19 players, with a base price of ₹2 lakhs and an incremental bid of ₹10,000.
Raghuvanshi is in the first set of players to be auctioned, while Mhatre will be in the third set. The auction will begin at 9:30 am and will be broadcast live.
