"Royalty Is...": KKR Loyalist's Post After Drawing No Bid From Franchise In IPL 2025 Auction
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Amid all the big signings, all the fans were left utterly shocked after the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders did not make even a single bid for batter Nitish Rana.
IPL 2025 mega auctions finally came to an end on Monday with 182 players getting sold for a whopping combined fee of Rs 639.15 crore. A total of 577 were shortlisted for the 2-day event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and all the ten franchises cracked their brains to build a strong team for the upcoming IPL season. India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant made headlines as he became the costliest buy in the history of IPL auctions, getting sold to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore. Pink suits you, @NitishRana_27 pic.twitter.com/ti84GcMmpm
Amid all the big signings, all the fans were left utterly shocked after the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders did not make even a single bid for batter Nitish Rana.
The left-handed batter, who captained KKR in IPL 2023, was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 4.2 crore after a bidding war with Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. After the auctions, Rana took to Instagram and shared a cryptic story, which has got the fans talking.
Wearing a pink t-shirt (which is also a colour of RR's jersey), Rana posted a picture with a caption, "Royal-ty is pink!"
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