IPL 2024 Auction: How Punjab Kings Bought 'Wrong Player', Then Denied Reversal By Auctioneer
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Punjab Kings bought uncapped Indian Shashank Singh by mistake at the IPL 2024 auction. They asked for a reversal but were denied by the auctioneer Mallika Sagar.
The Punjab Kings committed a big gaffe in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction as they bought the 'wrong player'. Upon realising the mistake, the franchise did raise the issue with the auctioneer Mallika Sagar but was informed that the big has already been completed, hence it cannot be reversed. The player to be at the center of this chaos was uncapped Indian Shashank Singh, who despite being bought in the auction, is unlikely to be in a happy mood knowing the franchise that made a successful bid for him, didn't even want him in the first place. Fantastic scenes here as the notoriously inept Punjab Kings manage to not only purchase a player they didn't want, (Shashank Singh), they also admit to this in front of literally everyone. Singh we can guess is sat at home wondering whether to show up in March. #IPLAuction #pbks pic.twitter.com/PtLQv9t07H
The franchises that are in the auction room have an entire roster of players on their laptop screens. All franchises do their homework before reaching the auction room, analysing which players they need to buy, including those famous and the lesser-known ones.
But, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, and their team made a blunder on the auction table as they mistook Chattisgarh player Shashank Singh for someone else. But, by the time they could repair the damage, the player was already sold.
