3 teams may pick James Anderson in IPL Auction..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
3 teams may pick james Anderson in IPL Auction..!?
With james Anderson signed up for the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, these 3 teams will compete fiercely to get him. IPL 2025 mega auction is coming in Nov. 24 and Nov. 25 will be held on two days. A mega auction is going to be held in Jeddah, known as the port city of Saudi Arabia. A total of 10 teams have retained a total of 46 players ahead of the IPL Mega Auction. A team can take up to 25 players including 8 foreign players in the IPL auction. In this way, this mega auction is being held in order to get the required players for the next three years. If we look at it that way, 10 teams will take 204 players including 70 foreign players in this mega auction. A team can spend up to Rs 120 crore to pick up all 25 players for this mega auction.
With only 204 players required, a total of 1,574 players have registered their names for the IPL Mega Auction, including 1,165 indian players and 409 foreign players. Currently, many leading players like rishabh pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Jos Buttler, and Maxwell are entering the IPL mega auction. After India, south africa has the highest number of bidders with 91 entries.
England's fast bowler james Anderson has signed up for the IPL mega auction at a base price of Rs 1.25 crore. 42-year-old james Anderson has taken 704 wickets in Test cricket, 269 wickets in ODI cricket, and 18 wickets in T20I cricket and has taken 991 wickets in the international arena alone. He last played t20 cricket in 2014. Never played a single IPL match. He retired from international cricket this year and is working as the fast bowling coach of the england Test team. In this context, his registration for the IPL 2025 mega bid has attracted many teams to his side. In this case, if james Anderson will play for the next three years, these three teams will definitely try to get him in this auction.


Rajasthan Royals:
Rahul Dravid is currently the head coach of RR. sandeep Sharma will swing the new ball well. RR (Rajasthan Royals) will try to get james Anderson as his sidekick in a mega auction. Anderson can also be used for deathovers.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) have always been hard at building a good fast-bowling squad. In the last mega auction, Mitchell Starc was bought for around Rs 24.75 crore and also won the title of champion. In that way, bringing Anderson in this time will fit the Eden Gardens environment well. Harshit Rana along with Anderson will also get good results if he puts in an opening spell.
Chennai Super Kings:
CSK (Chennai Super Kings), which is seen as a haven for 35+ players, may take Anderson in that quota this time. CSK, who went up to Rs 16 crore in the last mega auction for deepak Chahar, may also go for several crores for Anderson. Punjab, Bengaluru, and mumbai teams can also compete fiercely. However, there is a high chance that CSK will pick him up even for a huge amount like Ben Stokes.

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