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Kyle Jamieson’s plan to sleep through his first Indian Premier League auction and wake up at his destination in the morning may well have ended with a jolt.
The 2.04m SUV fetched a price tag to match its commanding cricket presence, when it was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a dazzling $ 2.86 million in Chennai early Friday morning.
That’s right, $ 2.86 million, or 15 crore rupees, for the 26-year-old from Auckland with a winning ticket in the cricket lottery. With former Black Caps coach Mike Hesson, RCB’s director of cricket operations, leading the charge alongside team officials and winning a three-way bidding match, Jamieson instantly became a billionaire less than a year later. to make his test debut against India.
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Black Caps bowler Kyle Jamieson scores a hat-trick for Auckland.
Before the auction, Jamieson calmly predicted that he would not stay up at the Black Caps hotel in Christchurch, but around 1.40 a.m. (NZT) his phone might have exploded as the dollar signs multiplied and auctioneer Hugh Edmeades he could barely keep up.
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Jamieson, with an annual Black Caps advance of between $ 100,000-150,000, set his base price at $ 143,000 and rocketed to the fourth-highest price in an IPL auction when franchises squandered the cash. Speedy South African Chris Morris posted a record 16.25 crore (NZ $ 3.1 million) against the Rajasthan Royals.
In the end, Jamieson was not far from it, as RCB dueled the first Delhi Capitals, coached by Australian great Ricky Ponting, then the Punjab Kings with team owner Preity Zinta, the Bollywood actress lifting the paddle. with trainer Anil Kumble.
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There are many more autographs reserved for New Zealand bowler Kyle Jamieson.
No New Zealand cricketer had come close to Jamieson’s price at previous IPL auctions, and Corey Anderson and Trent Boult had threatened seven figures.
On Friday, Adam Milne ($ 610,000) and Jimmy Neesham ($ 95,500) were the only other New Zealanders sold out of the 20 who participated, both to the defending champion Mumbai Indians to join Boult. It means a New Zealand contingent of eight, with Kane Williamson, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Santner and Tim Seifert also retained.
Jamieson broke into international cricket in his first six events, scoring 36 wickets in 13 and 226 runs in 56.5. Those world-class numbers, and the strong bounce and vicious inswing he generated with the ball, got everyone talking amid the predictions of a more than a million dollar label. This was another level again.
Jamieson has never played in India, but will now wear RCB red in April, alongside Indian skipper Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and mighty Australian off-roader Glenn Maxwell, who took home $ 2.72 million that same night. Maxwell was even in the same city as Jamieson, watching with his teammates in managed isolation in Christchurch ahead of Monday’s Twenty20 series opener.
With just 61 openings, including 22 for non-Indian players, the rupees flew by and all eight teams knew who they wanted.
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Australian off-roader Glenn Maxwell made millions again at the IPL auction.
Maxwell’s price soared through the roof, then Morris rose even higher to beat former Indian hitter Yuvraj Singh’s record auction price of 16 crore.
It was a good night to be a fast bowler, as two other members of the Australian tour in Christchurch also instantly became millionaires.
Jhye Richardson went to Kumble’s Kings for 14 crore ($ 2.67m) and then Hobart Hurricanes fast pitcher Riley Meredith, one of the fastest, got 8 crore ($ 1.53m) for the Kings as well before even making his debut in Australia.
Milne, who made a strong comeback from ankle surgery in Australia’s Big Bash League, did well with a $ 610,000 payday for Mumbai, whose bowling coach Shane Bond has worked with him extensively.
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Adam Milne impressed for the Sydney Thunder at the BBL this summer.
Neesham was signed for his base price of just under $ 100,000, after being released by the Kings last year.
It wasn’t a good night to be a hitter, after English power starters Jason Roy and Alex Hales were unwanted, then Glenn Phillips, Devon Conway and Martin Guptill attracted no offers in the early groups along with the Los Angeles’ leg clamp. Black Caps, Ish. Sodhi.
Larger purchases:
$ 3.1 million: Chris Morris (South Africa) to Rajasthan Royals
$ 2.86 million: Kyle Jamieson (New Zealand) to Royal Challengers Bangalore
$ 2.72 million: Glenn Maxwell (Australia) to Royal Challengers Bangalore
$ 2.67 million: Jhye Richardson (Australia) to Punjab Kings
As well:
$ 610,000: Adam Milne (NZ) for Mumbai Indians
$ 95,500: Jimmy Neesham (NZ) to the Mumbai Indians
Black Caps already retained:
Kane Williamson (Hyderabad Sunrises)
Trent Boult (Mumbai Indians)
Lockie Ferguson, Tim Seifert (Knights Horsemen of Kolkata)
Mitchell Santner (Chennai Super Kings)
