IPL auction meme fest: Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer become most expensive players; netizens can¡¯t keep calm, see posts
Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer become the most expensive players in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. Both the Indian batsmen, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer, were sold at Rs 27 crore to the Lucknow Super Giants and Rs 26.74 crore to the Punjab Kings, marking it iconic in the history of IPL auctions so far.?
The IPL mega auction for 2025 is going on in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, currently. The two-day event started on November 24 and will continue till Monday, November 25, 2024. In the event, a total of 577 players are participating for 204 coveted slots.
Amidst this, the fans are eagerly waiting to know about the status of their favourite players. The excitement seems to be ever-increasing, and netizens can¡¯t keep calm. As soon as the update of Pant and Iyer came up, the fans flooded X (formerly called Twitter) with memes.?
On Shreyas bagging Rs 26.74 crore came in, one shared, ¡°Shreyas Iyer family right now ??
#IPLAuction¡±
A look at some of the funniest memes:?
Ipl team page ? ipl meme page ?
Ipl auction is incomplete without this meme.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has been a strong team filled with players, but they are yet to win an IPL trophy. The franchise has come into the auction with three Right to March (RTM) cards and retained Rajat Patidar and Yahs Dayal for Rs 11 crore and Rs 5 crore. One wrote:
#IPLretention #RCB?
RCB saving their money to Buy IPL Trophy???
Expensive players of IPL?
Pakistani cricketers thinking after watching IPL auction?
#IPLAuction
IPL auction ahh meme ??
Some expectational performances by Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer?
Rishabh Pant's journey has been iconic. After suffering major injuries from a life-threatening car accident in December 2022, Pant made a remarkable comeback during IPL 2024. He scored 446 runs when he was there in the Delhi Capitals; he was lauded for his leadership skills.?
Shreyas Iyer has time and again proven why is the most deserving one, he won the Ranji Trophy as well as the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for India for his excellent performance. Apart from this, he has been lauded across the globe due to his leadership qualities when he was part of the KKR's team earlier this year. He played a key role in the IPL win last season with a total run of 351 in 14 matches and had an impressive strike rate of 146.86.?
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