After the rude wake-up call of going unsold in the first round ဣof the 2019 IPL auction in Jaipur on Tuesday, India veteran Yuvraj Singh finally found a team for the 12th season of the I🧔ndian Premier League (IPL) with Mumbai Indians (IPL) buying him for Rs 1 crore in round 2.
“If you are wondering why this took time…we’ve just got back to senses! Welcome to Mumbai,” tweeted MI.
If you are wondering why this took time…we've just got back to senses!
WELCOME TO MUMBAI, 💙💙💙💙
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Yuvraj secured a last-minute deal but his IPL fortunes have been declining rapidly. After fetching a record price of Rs 16 crore at the 2015 IPL auction, the 37-year-old’s price dipped to Rs 7 crore in 2016 when he was snapped up by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
He was bought at his base price of Rs 2 crore during January’s auction earlier this year by Kings XI Punjab. The dashing all-rounder was eventually released by the Punjab-based franchise in the lead up to the recently-concluded auction.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Cong💫rats, on all the new challenges ahead of you!
You will surely be missed, Southpaw! 😞
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
A perfect mix of experience and youth picked up at the by !
Glad to have Lasith Malinga and in the MI team along with the likes of , ⛎Anmolpreet Singh, Pankaj Jaswal & Rasikh Dar.— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Welcome to the city of heroics
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45)
💪💪💪 c'mon !!!
— Abhishek 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡ꦉ𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧 (@juniorbachchan)
Yuvraj Singh now has been at the IPL Auction for six different editions and got picked by a differen🦩t team every time.
He is the only player to be bought by six differe🦹nt franchises in IPL Auctions.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
yuvraj continues on the IPL merry go-round!
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75)
Yuvraj Singh at the IPL auction
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Yuvraj Singh in recent IPL Auctions:
2014 – 14 crores
2015 – 16 crores
2016 – 7 crores
2018 – 2 crores
2019 – 1 crore— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Yuvraꦦ🐬j Singh bought by Mumbai Indians after being unsold for most part in IPL auction.
Ambani knows how to recognize value .
— ADM (@jhunjhunwala)
Zak & Yuvi together again!
Mumbai Indians Diꦫrector of Cricket Operations Zaheer Khan buys old friend Yuvraj S💖ingh after he initially goes unsold.— Zenia D'cunha (@ZENIADCUNHA)
Yuvraj Singh should consider himself lucky.
Fans would be delighted to see him on the field, but purely on merit he could've been passed.
Mumbai Indians is a good home.
— Abhishek Baxi (@baxiabhishek)
