Dhoni once used to spend his life on this Indian all-rounder, no one showed any emotion as soon as he left CSK.

IPL 2025: Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction was organized for 2 days, where a lot of money was showered on the players. Even all the records in IPL history were broken. Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive player in IPL history. Lucknow Super Giants has bought Rishabh Pant for Rs 27 crores. Whereas Shreyas Iyer was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore. Venkatesh Iyer was bought by KKR for Rs 23.75 crores, but everyone was surprised by some Indian players being unsold, one of which is the big name of Shardul Thakur.

Shardul Thakur did not find any buyer

Before the IPL 2025 auction, Chennai Super Kings had released Shardul Thakur. It was expected that some team would buy him in the IPL 2025 mega auction, but surprisingly Shardul did not find any buyer in the auction. Let us tell you that Shardul is out of Team India and Shardul's performance in IPL 2024 was not anything special.

Shardul Thakur was Dhoni's favorite player

Shardul Thakur has been one of MS Dhoni's most trusted bowlers. He has performed amazingly for CSK with both bat and ball. Shardul became a part of CSK in the year 2018 and played 4 consecutive seasons. After this, before the mega auction of IPL 2022, CSK released him, and Delhi Capitals bought him for Rs 10.75 crore. Then in the IPL 2023 auction, KKR added him for the same amount, but then last season, Shardul once again returned to CSK, then In the IPL 2024 auction, CSK had bought Shardul Thakur for Rs 4 crore.

Shardul Thakur's IPL career

Shardul Thakur has taken 94 wickets in his 95 matches played so far in IPL. Taking 4 wickets for 36 runs has been his best performance. While batting, he has scored 307 runs in 95 matches. Which includes a half-century. The strike rate was 138.91.

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