Mega auction is to be held before IPL 2025. This date has also come to light. All the teams will be eyeing to build a strong team in the mega auction. This time 1165 Indian and 409 foreign players have registered their names for the auction. The special thing is that this list also includes the name of a player who was working as a commentator in the last IPL. But this veteran once again decided to enter the IPL auction. This player has kept his base price at Rs 2 crore in registration.
One name of Australian batsman Steve Smith is also included in the list of players who have registered themselves for the mega auction of IPL 2025. Steve Smith is ready to enter the auction once again. Let us tell you, after remaining unsold in the IPL 2024 auction, former Australian captain Steve Smith had taken a big decision. He was associated with this league as a commentator. Smith was part of the English commentary panel. Let us tell you, Steve Smith was seen doing commentary for the first time not only in IPL but in any tournament.
Steve Smith played his last IPL match in 2021. He last played for Delhi Capitals in 2021. In 2021, Delhi team bought him for Rs 2.20 crore, he could score only 152 runs in 8 matches at an average of 25.33. After this Delhi released Smith. He had also put his name in the last mini auction. But no team had bid on him, after which he decided to become a commentator. Whereas, Smith played his last T20 International match in February 2024. Since then he is out of Australia's T20 team. In such a situation, this time too they are finding it difficult to find buyers.
Let us tell you, Steve Smith has played a total of 103 matches in IPL so far. During this period he has scored 2485 runs at an average of 34.51. He has 1 century and 11 half-centuries in his name. He has also been the captain of Rising Pune Supergiant team in IPL. The surprising thing is that Steve Smith was in the news when he was given the command of the team in place of MS Dhoni.
