IPL 2022 Mega Auction: Mumbai Indians buy Ishan Kishan back for a whopping Rs 15.25 crore

Wicketkeeper batter Ishan Kishan emerged as the most expensive player on Day 1 of the IPL 2022 Mega Auction after Mumbai Indians (MI) bought him for a staggering Rs 15.25 crore.

There was a fierce bidding war between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians but the latter looked committed to buying their former player and finally got him.

Ishan Kishan made his IPL debut in 2016 while playing for Gujarat Lions and then moved to Mumbai after the end of the Lions' two-year contract.

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Kishan would be the second-highest paid player in the Mumbai squad after the captain Rohit Sharma was retained for Rs 16 crore. Kishan has accumulated 1452 runs in 61 matches at an average of 28.47 and strike rate of 136.34, including nine fifties.

Notably, India veteran Yuvraj Singh to date is the most expensive Indian player in IPL Auction history.

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