Indian Premier League has made India a giant sporting nation. Now in every sport, we are seeing league formats and players are getting enough recognition. The national players get the chance to play with the International players which improve their game and helps them become a world class player.
Premier Badminton League has started an auction for the players for the second season. Season one was a good success and this time we have got even more players from around the world. In the list of player auctions, Carolina Marin has bagged the largest bid of the tournament. Rio Olympic Gold Medalists was given to Hyderabad Hunters on the price tag of 61.5 Lacs while Kidambhi Srikanth is the highest paid Indian player with 51 Lacs.
PV Sandhu is the best sportsperson in the nation right now but she couldn't make it more than 39 lacs and Previous sessions highest bid holder Saina Nehwal remain unsold for the first round so the Home franchise has retained her for the base prize of 33 Lacs.
"We were ready to pay the highest permissible amount that an icon player can fetch i.e Rs 65 lakhs for her as we really wanted to retain her in our team and so we didn't bid for other players and I think in the end we were lucky to get her for Rs 39 lakhs," Chennai owner Vijay Prabhakaran said.
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