IPL Auction 2025: Arshdeep Singh was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 15.75 crore. (BCCI)
IPL Auction 2025:Following a fierce bidding conflict betwixt 6 teams, India pacer Arshdeep Singh was roped backmost by the Punjab Kings for Rs 18 crore done the execution of the Right-to-Match paper process.
Arshdeep, the archetypal subordinate to unfastened the auction process, was roped successful aft aggravated bidding warfare betwixt six teams pursuing which the Sunrisers Hyderabad had the bidding astatine Rs 15.75 crore earlier Punjab opted for the RTM card. SRH further extended their nominated bid to Rs 18 crore which was accepted by Punjab Kings.
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Arshdeep had a beardown play successful the 2024 Indian Premier League, taking 19 wickets successful 14 innings astatine an system complaint of 10.02 and 12 successful 8 ODI innings. Against the Rajasthan Royals that season, helium recorded his best-ever T20 stats of 5 for 32.
In lone 2 and a fractional years and 60 T20Is, the 25-year-old Arshdeep has vaulted past greats Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to go India’s highest wicket-taking pacer. He is lone 2 abbreviated of surpassing Yuzvendra Chahal’s 96 astatine the top.
Only 13 T20Is into his career, Arshdeep was up playing a World Cup successful Australia. Two years in, helium has a rubric to his sanction portion already becoming India’s highest wicket-taking (27) pacer successful the tournament. Despite Bhuvneshwar being phased retired of the nationalist squad, India person not struggled for aboriginal wickets, with Arshdeep taking up the mantle, adjacent freeing up Bumrah and different seamers to grip the aboriginal stages.
Arshdeep has picked up 199 wickets successful 149 games successful his T20 career.