12 unexpected players who set the IPL auction on fire

#1 Varun Chakravarthy (IPL 2019 auction)

Varun Chakravarthy

Here’s a small story: A boy played Cricket in school, but he couldn’t find any success. So, he gave up playing Cricket to concentrate on his studies. Then, years later, while working for a firm when the boy had turned 25-years-old, he decided that he had had enough. He returned to Cricket after 6 years. He worked hard, and earned opportunities.

He played in the Tamil Nadu Premier League, 2018 and spun his team to the title. Then, he backed it up with 22 wickets in the Vijay Hazare trophy. As a result, he received deserving attention, also going on to make his first-class debut. Months later, when his name came up in the auction in 2019, few could have predicted ₹8.4 crore for the guy.

This is the story of Tamil Nadu’s mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy, who has been bought by the Kings XI Punjab in 2019. A fascinating story indeed.

The mystery spinner who has been in the spotlight for having seven different variations will certainly go down as some of the biggest surprise players to set the IPL auction ablaze.