Rs 50 Crore Earmarked For Rohit Sharma By LSG In IPL? Sanjiv Goenka Says, "Whether Mumbai Indians..."

29.08.2024 - 04:24 sports.ndtv.com

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 auction will be a mega one. Generally, when mega-auction happens in the IPL, the core of a team changes completely.

This time, there is lot of intrigue surrounding the exact number for player who will be allowed retain by the 10 franchises from their current roster.

All eyes are on Mumbai Indians. They have Suryakumar Yadav - the current India T20I captain, Rohit Sharma - the T20 World Cup winning skipper, Hardik Pandya - their designated captain and Jasprit Bumrah - senior bowler and somebody who has led India in the past.

It would be interesting to see if MI can retain all these super stars. In the midst of this, a rumour went viral on social media that Sanjiv Goenka-owned Lucknow Super Giant is open to offer his a Rs 50 crore salary package in order to get his services.

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India skipper Rohit Sharma rooted for Indian youngsters Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, and Dhruv Jurel to become all-format players for the country. The young trio are back in the squad to face Bangladesh after their impressive showing in Test colours for India against England earlier this year. With time, Jaiswal, Sarfaraz, and Jurel are being nurtured and groomed. Rohit is confident in their ability to become top players for the nation.

Rohit Sharma On Cusp Of Surpassing Virender Sehwag For This India Test Record

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