Virender Sehwag’s nephew is known for his excellent fitness and in this case he has given competition to players like Virat Kohli.
Money showered on Virender Sehwag’s nephew in IPL-2023 auction. (File Pic)
The auction for the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been done. In this auction, a lot of money has been showered on the players and the players have got a lot of silver. Although there were some players who were not bought by anyone, but there were some players who got more money than expected. One of them is Mayank Dagar, nephew of former India opener Virender Sehwag. Mayank has been joined by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.8 crore.
Mayank landed in the IPL auction with a base price of Rs 20 lakh. Sunrisers fought a battle with Rajasthan Royals for them. Both tried to connect this all-rounder with them, but at one point, Rajasthan pulled their hands and Sunrisers won. Earlier Mayank was a part of the Punjab Kings team.
Shine from the Under-19 World Cup
Mayank Dagar is the player who was part of the team that played the final of the Under-19 World Cup in 2016. Under the captaincy of Ishan Kishan, the team stepped into the final of the World Cup played in Bangladesh that year. The coach of this team was Rahul Dravid, who is the coach of India’s main team today. In 2016, this player made his debut for Himachal Pradesh. He was bought by Punjab in the mega auction held in 2018 but did not play a single match. After this, he had disappeared for the next four years, but Sunrisers have once again brought him into the limelight by betting on him.
Kohli was left behind
Mayank is one of those players who are known for their fitness more than their game. According to the report of Crictracker, Mayank had left behind Virat Kohli in the Yo-Yo Test in 2018. Mayank’s Yo-Yo score that year was 19.3 while Kohli’s score was 19. He had also left Manish Pandey behind. Manish Pandey’s score was 19.2.
If Mayank’s career is seen so far, he has played 29 first class matches and has taken 87 wickets. During this, his economy has been 3.05. During this, he also scored 732 runs at an average of 20.33, which included three half-centuries. In the list, he has played 46 matches so far and has taken 51 wickets. Also scored 393 runs. During this, a half-century has come out of his bat.