IPL heavyweight Malinga goes unsold
Teenager Kamlesh Nagarkoti took home half a million, while the experienced Parthiv Patel and Ishant Sharma were passed over
Teenaged speedster Kamlesh Nagarkoti gets half a million
Kamlesh Nagarkoti, who turned 18 last month, was part of a bidding war that raised his price 16 times from INR 20 lakh to INR 3.2 crore (USD 500,000 approx). KKR made the winning bid. At the ongoing Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, Nagarkoti was clocked at 149 kph in an Indian win over Australia.
Another 18-year-old, batsman Shubman Gill, who is also at the World Cup, was picked up by KKR for INR 1.8 crore (USD 281,000 approx) - close to ten times his base price of INR 20 lakh. At the time of the bidding, Gill's youth ODI average stood at 101.60, with 1016 runs from 14 games. In three innings so far at the World Cup, he has scores of 63, 90 not out and 86.
India's captain at the World Cup, Prithvi Shaw, was also bought, by Daredevils for INR 1.2 crore (USD 187,000 approx).
Ishan Kishan, India's captain at the previous edition of the U-19 World Cup, fetched a price just shy of a million - INR 6.2 crore, from Mumbai.