It wasn’t the India gamers Vijay Shankar and Washington Sundar, however Tamil Nadu pacer M. Mohammed, who fetched the best bid (INR 18.4 lakh) of the 2025 Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) public sale in Chennai on Saturday.
“I watched the reside streaming. I used to be very glad. I felt prefer it was a reward for having labored arduous for a very long time. I used to be truly shocked, since I had anticipated Vijay Shankar and Washington Sundar to go for the best costs!” mentioned the 33-year-old.
“I debuted for Tamil Nadu in 2012 within the Ranji Trophy. I’m glad that I’ve been capable of play persistently for Tamil Nadu all these years. Now, I take this as a recognition,” he added.
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5 franchises bid for Mohammed. Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK), which had launched him, and Chepauk Tremendous Gillies (CSG) had been engaged in a fierce bidding battle. “After I was launched by LKK, captain Shahrukh Khan mentioned that they’ll go all out for me within the public sale. And once they had bid so far as 13.5 lakhs for me, I assumed I’ll proceed enjoying for LKK!”
Mohammed, who goals of enjoying within the Indian Premier League (IPL), can play some massive photographs with the bat too.
On being picked up by SKM Salem Spartans (SAL), the group that completed on the backside final season, he mentioned: “Very glad to be enjoying for it. It’s serving to a group like that to get to the top-four or semifinals and even win the title, that you simply get an even bigger title. I like enjoying for such groups. And this 12 months, now we have a tremendous group.”