According to the news of ESPNcricinfo, the Lucknow team will go to the auction to be held in February with a purse of Rs 60 crore. The team has given Rs 15 crore for Rahul. At the same time, Rs 11 crore has been spent for Stoinis. Along with this, the franchise of Lucknow has spent Rs 4 crore for Ravi Bishnoi.
29-year-old Rahul has been made his first choice by the Lucknow-based franchise. Last year, the Lucknow franchise was bought by RP Sanjeev Goenka Group for Rs 7090 crore. Rahul has been one of the best batsmen in IPL since 2018. Prior to this he was the captain of the Kings XI Punjab team. There was news that he wanted to leave and finally the franchise let him go.
Rahul started his IPL career in 2013. His first team was Royal Challengers Bangalore. Rahul became a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2014 and was traded to Bangalore in 2016. In the 2018 auction, Kings XI Punjab bought him for Rs 11 crore.
Meanwhile, the performance of Punjab’s team continued to deteriorate but Rahul’s bat got a lot of runs. He was made the captain after four years with Punjab. Rahul was the highest run scorer for Punjab. He scored 2548 runs at an average of 56.62. He scored 50 plus scores 25 times. It includes two shataks. He did all this in 55 innings.
Talking about Stoinis, this will be his fourth IPL franchise. In 2015, he made his debut with Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals). Returned back to Delhi in 2020. Meanwhile, he also played cricket for Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Bishnoi impressed with his game in the Under-19 World Cup in 2020. He was included in the team’s favorite list among the under-capped players.
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