IPL 2023 Auction: Who is Vivrant Sharma? Everything you need to know about J&K all-rounder bought by SRH
IPL 2023 Auction - SRH bought lesser-known Vivrant Sharma for 2.6 crores
Jammu and Kashmir's Vivrant Sharma made quite a buzz at the bidding table during the ongoing 2023 mini-auction in Kochi. After a few biggies including Sam Curran, Cameron Green and Ben Stokes made headlines going for super-highamounts, local talents like Vivrant Sharma managed to carve some space of themselves too. Slated to go under the hammer ata base price of 20 lakhs, Vivrant's bid went up to 2.6 crores - a deal that was sealed by SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH).
But who is this Vivrant Sharma? And how he managed to bag such a price despite being an unknown entity among the most of Indian fans.
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Vivrant Sharma is a 23-year-old budding all-rounder from J&K who bats left-handed and bowls leg spin. He was first introduced to the SRH camp by his now teammateAbdul Samad during this year's IPL as a net bowler. By then, Vivrant had just made his List-A debut and had played a few T20 games for his state as well.
Upon grabbing attention as a net bowler, Vivrant showed what he is capable of with the bat in hand in the following Vijay Hazare Trophy, where he scored 395 runs in 8 matches including a magnificent hundred and two fifties.
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While his numbers in the domestic circuit aren't bad either. In the 14 List A matches played, Vivrant has scored 519 runs, whereas, in the 9 T20s he has 190 runs to his name at a strike rate close to 130. Even as a bowler he looked promising picking up six wickets in T20s and eight in List A.
Alongside Vivrant, SRH has also picked Harry Brooks from England for a whopping 13.5 crores and former Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal for 8.25 crores. Adil Rashid has also been picked by the former IPL winners while all-rounder Mayank Dagar was also purchased by them for 1.8 crores.
