From Ajinkya Rahane to Ayush Mhatre check out players sold in T20 Mumbai League auction

The third season of the upcoming T20 Mumbai League auction took place on Wednesday, May 07. Plenty of known and unknown players went under the hammer. A total of 280 players were up for grabs among the eight teams. All the players were bought by the respective franchises. Triumph Knights Mumbai North East secured icon player Suryakumar Yadav for 20 lakh. Bandra Blasters secured the services of Ajinkya Rahane for INR 20 lakh.

Out-of-favor Indian player Prithvi Shaw was also snapped as an icon player by North Mumbai Panthers for INR 20 lakh. Shreyas Iyer (SoBo Mumbai Falcons), Shivam Dube (ARCS Andheri), Shardul Thakur (Eagle Thane Strikers), Sarfaraz Khan (Aakash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburbs), and Tushar Deshpande (South Central Maratha Royals) were the other icon players bought by INR 20 lakhs by the respective franchises.

The presence of these star players, along with the exuberance of youth like Ayush Mhatre, Musheer Khan, Anshul Kamboj, Angrish Raghuvanshi, and Atharva Ankolekar, will make the league exciting and very competitive to watch.

Atharva Ankolekar pips Ayush Mhatre to become the most expensive player sold in T20 Mumbai League

In a piece of massive news, Ankolekar made heads turn when he became the costliest player to be sold in the T20 Mumbai League auction for a whopping INR 16.25 lakhs. The all-rounder, who impressed with bat and ball, fetched a higher price than the much-famed Ayush Mhatre and Angrish Raghuvanshi. The CSK star was bought by Triumph Knights Mumbai North East for INR 14.75 lakh, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi went to SoBo Mumbai Falcons for INR 14 lakh.

T20 Mumbai League Auction Most Expensive Buys 

• Atharva Ankolekar (₹16.25 lakh) - Eagle Thane Strikers 
• Musheer Khan (₹15 lakh) - ARCS Andheri 
• Sairaj Patil (₹15 lakh) - Eagle Thane Strikers 
• Ayush Mhatre (₹14.75 lakh) - Triumph Knights Mumbai North East 
• Angkrish Raghuvanshi (₹14 lakh) - SoBo Mumbai Falcons 
• Shams Mulani (₹14 lakh) - Aakash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburbs

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T20 Mumbai League Squads

Triumph Knights Mumbai North East

Icon player: Suryakumar Yadav (20 lakh)

Sidhaant Aadhhathrao (7.75 lakh), Ayush Mhatre (14.75 lakh), Suryansh Shedge (13.75 lakh), Parikshit Valsangkar (7.25 lakh), Parikshit Valsangkar (7.25 lakh), Jay Jain (4 lakh), Hrishikesh Gore (3.40 lakh), Akash Pawar (3 lakh), Shreyas Gurav (3 lakh),

Bandra Blasters

Icon player: Ajinkya Rahane (20 lakh)

Players: Suved Parkar (8.50 lakh), Akash Anand (8.25 lakh), Royston Dias (7 lakh), Karsh Kothari (5 lakh), Tushar Singh (3 lakh), Atharva Poojari (3 lakh), Om Keshkamat (3.20 lakh), Dhanit Raut (4.60 lakh), Naman Pushpak (3 lakh), Parth Ankolekar (3 lakh)

North Mumbai Panthers

Icon player: Prithvi Shaw (20 lakh)

Players: Tanush Karunakar Kotian (10 lakh), Mohit Avasthi (10.50 lakh), Khizar Dafedar (5.50 lakh), Divyansh Saxena (5.25 lakh), Abhigyan Kundu (5 lakh), Ayush Vartak (6.25 lakh), Sourabh Singh (3 lakh), Harshal Jadhav (5 lakh), Prince Devang Badiani (4 lakh)

SoBo Mumbai Falcons

Icon player: Shreyas Iyer (₹20 lakh)

Players: Angkrish Raghuvanshi (14 lakh), Vinayak Bhoir (5.75 lakh), Siddharth Raut (7 lakh), Harsh Aghav (5.25 lakh), Kush Kariya (3 lakh), Nikhil Giri (3 lakh), Prem Devkar (3 lakh)

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ARCS Andheri

Icon player: Shivam Dube (20 lakh)

Players: Prasad Pawar (13 lakh), Musheer Ahmed Naushad Ahmed Khan (15 lakh), Himanshu  Singh (5.50 lakh), Akhil Herwadkar (6.50 lakh), Siddid Tiwari (3 lakh), Raza Mirza (3 lakh), Pragnesh Kanpillewar (4.60 lakh), Saksham Jha (3.60 lakh), Prasoon Singh (3 lakh)

Eagle Thane Strikers

Icon player: Shardul Thakur (20 lakh)

Players: Shashank Attarde (6.50 lakh), Sairaj Patil (15 lakh), Atharva Ankolekar (16.25 lakh), Harsh Tanna (7.75 lakh), Varun Lavande (5 lakh), Ajit Ravindra Kumar Yadav (3.80 lakh), Aryan Chauhan (3 lakh), Harsh Salunkhe (3 lakh), Nutan Goel (3.20 lakh)

Aakash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburbs

Icon player: Sarfaraz Khan (20 lakh)

Players: Hardik Tamore (8.50 lakh), Jay Bista (12 lakh), Shams Mulani (14 lakh), Sylvester Dsouza (5 lakh), Ayaz Ahmed Afzal Ahmed Kh (5.25 lakh), Siddharth Akre (4.60 lakh), Arjun Dani (4.20 lakh), Mahamad Yaseen Saudagar (3 lakh), Zaid Patankar (3.60 lakh)

Mumbai South Central Maratha Royals

Icon player: Tushar Deshpande (20 lakh)

Players: Siddhesh Lad (10.25 lakh), Sachin Yadav (7 lakh), Aditya Dhumal (7.25 lakh), Khan Awais Naushad (4.20 lakh), Sahil Jadhav (3 lakh), Naman Jhawar (3 lakh), Maxwell Swaminathan (4.60 lakh), Varun Rao (3 lakh), Rohan Ghag (3 lakh)