IPL Auction 2022: Deepak Chahar was bought by Chennai for 14 crores

By Akshay - February 12, 2022 - Last updated on Feb 13, 2022 11:44 AM IPL Auction 2022: Deepak Chahar was bought by Chennai for 14 crores

Chennai bought Deepak Chahar

Indian pacer Deepak Chahar returned to Chennai Super Kings richer as the franchise spent as big as Rs 14 crore on him during IPL 2022 auction Day 1 in Bengaluru on Saturday.

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Delhi and Hyderabad showed interest for Deepak Chahar with a base price of 20 million. Later, apart from Chennai, Rajasthan also joined the race. Chennai bought him for 14 crores. Umesh Yadav remained unsold.

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Deepak Chahar has been a pivotal part of the yellow-clad outfit in the past by being part of two titles winning team in the last four years. The pacer has grabbed 58 wickets during the period at an economy rate of 7.7.

He has also improved on his batting over the years and the impact of it was seen during Indias matches against South Africa and Sri Lanka recently.

He was bought for Rs 80 lakh by CSK in the 2018 auction, and while the Chennai team will once again try to acquire the pacer in the auction, he is destined to earn more than his base price of Rs 2 crore.