5 cricketers from Jammu selected in 2023 IPL

Jammu: As many as five cricketers from Jammu division have been selected for 2023 Indian Premier League—one of the biggest cricket platforms.

The cricketers from Jammu to feature in IPL are Vivrant Sharma, bought by SunRisers Hyderabad on Rs 2.6 crore, Avinash Singh for Rs 60 lakh by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Yudvir Singh for base price of Rs 20 lakh by Lucknow Supergiants.

However, Umran Malik and Abdul Samad have been retained by SunRisers Hyderabad.

As many as 21 cricketers from Jammu and Kashmir were included in the Indian Premier League 2023 Player Auction but all players from the Kashmir division went unsold in the auction.

J&K players who were in the IPL 2023 auction list include Shubham Khajuria, Vivrant Sharma, Mujtaba Yousuf, Abid Mushtaq, Yudhvir Charak, Basit Bashir, Rasikh Dar, Waseem Khanday, Avinash Singh, Aman Sharma, Fazil Makaya, Ateev Saini, Shahrukh Dar, Lone Muzaffar, Auqib Dar, Asad Jamil Ahmed, Aashish Bhatt, Gourav Koul, Rajeev Singh, Mohd Wasim and Sampark Gupta. (UNI)