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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sonia Twigg

How an IPL team appeared to buy a ‘wrong player’ at the 2024 auction

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The Punjab Kings had to query the auctioneer at the Indian Premier League auction. It looked as if they had bought the ‘wrong player’.

The IPL franchise had bought uncapped 32-year-old batting all-rounder Shashank Singh, but it might not have been intentional. When the next player was called, the franchise appeared to raise an issue with auctioneer Mallika Sagar, but were told the bid had already been done, and could not be altered.

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