Indian Premier League giants CSK gives RS 8.40 crore for uncapped player Sameer Rizvi in the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai. The UP star will now his start his IPL journey under one of the most decorated captain MS Dhoni.
CSK and Gujarat Giants were showing full interest in the 20-year old batsman before DC joined the battle. GT pulled out at 7.6 crore when DC decided to chase the young men. But CSK had the last laugh.
Rizvi came out of dark after his recent UP T20 league performance, where he scored 455 runs in nine innings, including two hundreds, for the Kanpur Superstars. Sameer scored a massive 122* of 55 balls and another ton coming of just 47 deliveries.
The right-handed batsman also showed his potential at state tournament with some absolute performances in the Men’s Under-23 State A tournament, where he reached the 50 mark score twice and an match winning performance for UP in the finals, scoring 84 of 50 balls.
The player is also as Right-handed Suresh Raina many scouts rectified it. His game play suits that of Suresh Raina, aggressive hitting coming of as a middle order batsman.
