This time, a lot of money was showered on many players in the mega auction of IPL 2025. In which Rishabh Pant proved to be the most expensive player in IPL history. Pant has been bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore. This time some players remained unsold. After remaining unsold, these players are now performing brilliantly, one of which is England wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Duckett. His bat is on fire in the ongoing Test series against New Zealand.
Ben Duckett remains unsold
This time in the mega auction of IPL 2025, the base price of Ben Duckett was Rs 2 crore, but the player did not find any buyer in the mega auction. After remaining unsold, now the magic of Ben Duckett’s bat has started. These days Ben Duckett is part of the England team for the Test series against New Zealand. He demonstrated excellent batting in the second match. In the second match, Duckett played an innings of 92 runs in 112 balls. It includes 6 fours and one six. However, he missed a century in this match.
These teams could have benefited
Ben Duckett is an excellent wicketkeeper batsman. Teams like RCB to Mumbai Indians could have benefited from the presence of this player. Because both these franchises needed a wicketkeeper batsman in the mega auction.
Ben Duckett will have to wait to play in IPL
Talking about Ben Duckett’s cricket career, till now he has played 31 Tests, 16 ODIs and 12 T20 matches. This player has so far scored 2255 runs in Test cricket including 4 centuries. Apart from this, he has scored 700 runs in ODI and 315 runs in T20. However, this player has not played a single season of IPL yet. Now Ben Duckett will have to wait to play in IPL.