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Abhishek Paul, New Delhi How do you bet big on a player? As big as a ₹16.25 crore purse, that too on someone who is earmarked for a supporting role? There has to be madness and method in equal measure. © Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff For Rajasthan Royals (RR), it meant going through Chris Morris’s medical history, his physical condition, even the distance between potential venues for the 2021 Indian Premier League, whose dates are not yet out. All of this even before this year’s IPL auction, held on Thursday, was announced. That planning, which according to RR director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara was to find a back-up for fast bowler Jofra Archer, was what culminated in Morris’s ₹75 lakh base price soar to an astronomical winning bid of ₹16.25 crore the highest in the 14-year history of IPL.

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