BANGALORE: If you need to verify the heavy sum spent on players in the Indian Premier League is escaping from hand, here is the proof as compiled by the Foxsports.com.
The highest paid player in the IPL, Yuvraj Singh, was sold for a shocking $13,347 for each run he scored in IPL 8. Even though, speculations were made when battling franchise Delhi Daredevils sprinkled an incredible $3.31 million on Yuvraj at the IPL closeout in February. All the while, the 33-year-old broke the record at the most astounding closeout cost ever.
Regardless of not being a member of Indian national cricket team, Yuvraj is still a standout amongst the most attractive sportsperson in India, and there was an immense hubbub in a few segments of the media when he was not chosen in the World Cup team for India.
Those stressed were vindicated as Yuvraj put in a sketchy execution all through the season, hitting two critical half-hundreds of years however general attempting to locate his best frame as Delhi won only five matches on its way to a seventh-put wrap up. Yuvraj scored 248 runs from 13 innings at a normal of 19.07 and strike rate of 118.09. The left-hander grieved at No.29 in the run-scorers list after the standard season, more than 300 keeps running behind the competition's top run-scorer.
Although, Yuvi was struggling in his career, but looking at his past record in cricket, he was trusted for delivering immense contribution in the six weeks of game play. While Delhi is unrealistic to spend that much money on a player in the coming IPL seasons, but at least they could well be satisfied with their buy because of the additional sponsorship dollars Yuvraj would have acquired.
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