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IPL 2022: 8 crore is enough for me ,says Yuzvendra Chahal ahead of mega auction

Mega auction of Indian Premier league The will be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13. This IPL mega auction will see big names going under the hammer. One of the star players who is expected to attract multiple bids is India’s Yuzvendra Chahal.

Yuzvendra Chahal played for Royal Challengers Bangalore from IPL 2014 till IPL 2021 and the leg-spinner picked up 139 wickets during his tenure thus ending his stint as the highest wicket-taker for the franchise.
The leg-spinner was released by the franchise ahead of the mega auction  Chahal expressed his desire to play for RCB again. however he is prepared to play with any team if the franchise doesn’t buy him back.

“Obviously, I want to go to RCB because I’ve been there for 8 years but it’s not like if I go somewhere else I’ll feel bad because everyone has to make a new team and it’s a major auction where there’s always purse constraints. Whichever team takes me, I’ll keep giving my 100%. It will take some time to adjust to a new franchise but that’s why we call ourselves professional players.” Chahal said.

Meanwhile, speaking to Ravi Chandran Ashwin on his Youtube Channel, Yuzvendra Chahal was asked about the money he wants from RCB to buy him at the mega-auction. The leg-spinner shied away for a moment and stated that he will be happy with 8 crore. Ashwin asked 31-year-old Chahal about the amount he is looking to be signed at the IPL 2022 auction, the leg-spinner hilariously replied, “I don’t want to say that I want 15 crores or 17 crores, you know, 8 cr is enough for me!”

RCB retained Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammad Siraj as 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice respectively on 30th November. The leg-spinner was expected to be amongst the retention choices but RCB did not went for Chahal. RCB also did not went fo

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