Punjab Kings clarified all of the confusion about their questionable bid for cricketer Shashank Singh throughout the IPL public sale 2024 on Tuesday, December 19. The franchise revealed that the confusion was induced as a result of of two players with the same title and added that they’re happy to signal Haryana batter.
IPL public sale 2024 witnessed groups triggering bidding wars for large-title players. Australia’s Pat Cummins (INR 20.50 crore to SRH) and Mitchell Starc (INR 24.75 crore to KKR) stole the limelight in a mega occasion in Dubai however followers have been fast to discover a one way or the other confused bid by Punjab Kings to signal Haryana cricketer Shashank Singh.Â
Punjab Kings have been the one staff to decide their paddle when the auctioneer put Shashank’s title for the bid. PBKS bagged the player for a base worth of INR 20 lakh however there was some confusion because the co-proprietor requested the organisers to reverse their bid as they’d mistaken the player for another person.Â
Auctioneer Mallika Sagar denied a reversal and the bid stayed. After the sport followers trolled PBKS for his or her mistaken bid for Shashank however now the franchise has clarified the air and revealed that the confusion was due to two players with the same title ‘Shashank Singh’.Â
Meanwhile, Shashank, a 32-12 months-outdated bowling all-rounder, thanked the franchise for choosing him and placing their belief in him.
(*2*) Punjab Kings stated in an official assertion.Â
Punjab Kings full squad for IPL 2024: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.
