IPL sell off records tumble as Gasp and Iyer snapped up

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RIYADH: Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Gasp got to be the foremost costly player in Indian Head Alliance history Sunday when he sold for a record $3.2 million, as groups sprinkled out on world-class cricketers for the profitable Twenty20 competition. A add up to of 577 players are up for gets at the two-day sell off in Jeddah, with Gasp, Britain experienced James Anderson and Modern Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra among the beat names. The 2023 record of 247.5 million rupees Kolkata paid to Australian Mitchell Starc was to begin with breached by Punjab Lords, who the IPL said snapped up Shreyas Iyer for a “handsome” 267.5 million rupees ($3.17 million). Iyer, 29, captained Kolkata Knight Riders to their third IPL crown this year. But that record quickly tumbled. The IPL detailed Lucknow Super Monsters paid a “gigantic” 270 million rupees for 27-year-old star attendant Rishabh Gasp.