âCanât believe thisâ: Clarke fumes at snub
Former Test great Michael Clarke cannot fathom why Australian one-day skipper Aaron Finch was snubbed in Thursdayâs IPL auction.
Cricket
by Nic Savage
19th Feb 2021 3:02 PM
Pace duo Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith became Australia's newest millionaires on Thursday evening, securing seven-figure sums in the illustrious Indian Premier League auction.
The Kings XI Punjab dished out AU$2.48 million for Richardson and AU$1.4 million for Meredith, putting the young guns among the highest-paid athletes in the competition's history.
But a worrying trend emerged from this year's auction, with several of Australia's most respected batsmen ignored by the Indian franchises.