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For IPL 2023 (IPL 2023), the franchisees have showered a lot of money on the players. IPL franchises have made those players rich, who themselves did not expect that they would be bought for such a huge amount. For IPL 2023, in the mini auction held on 23 December, the franchisees bought 80 players. In which there are 29 foreign players. Sam Karan was bought as the most expensive player for IPL 2023. Punjab Kings bought Sam Karan for Rs 18 crore 50 lakh. Not buying a player in the mini auction of IPL 2023 can be seen as a big mistake by the franchisees.
Big mistake made by IPL franchises!
The player we are talking about is none other than Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka. For IPL 2023 (IPL 2023), Dasun Shanaka had kept his base price of Rs 50 lakhs. But none of the franchises showed interest in getting Dasun Shanaka. In the second match of the three-match T20I series played between India and Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Dasun Shanaka succeeded in taking his team’s score past 200 runs by playing a fiery innings. Shanaka did wonders with the ball as well.
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Shanaka did wonders with ball and bat against Team India
Let us tell you that in the second match played at the MACA Stadium, Dasun Shanaka did wonders with the bat and scored an unbeaten 56 off 22 balls. During this, two fours and 6 sixes came out of his bat. Ye toh ho gayi ki baat, if we look at the performance with the ball, Shanaka took two wickets after spending four runs in one over’s bowling. Dasun Shanaka is a specialist batsman of T20. Shanaka has the ability to play quick innings. In such a situation, Shanaka remaining unsold in the mini auction for IPL 2023 can prove to be a big mistake of the franchises.
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Shanaka’s T20 International career has been like this
If we look at the T20 career of Dasun Shanaka, Shanaka has scored 1305 runs in 79 innings of 84 T20 International matches. During this, five half-centuries have come out of his bat. Talking about bowling, Shanaka has taken 23 wickets in 39 innings of the same T20 International matches. Talking about Shanaka’s best performance with the ball in T20 International, three wickets for 16 runs has been Shanaka’s best performance.
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First Published : 06 Jan 2023, 04:36:45 PM
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