7.5 crores to 75 lakhs…Prithvi Shaw reduced his price 10 times out of fear before the mega auction
1574 players have registered for the mega auction for IPL 2025. All the teams will bid for these players on 24 and 25 November. The players have put forward their base price for the bid during the auction. Prithvi Shaw has kept his starting price very low, he was afraid that no team would want to buy him if he kept a high price. Therefore, he has reduced his price 10 times from his old salary. Till IPL 2024, he used to play for Delhi Capitals, where his salary was Rs 7.5 crore for the last 2 seasons. But for the upcoming auction, Shaw has kept his starting price at just Rs 75 lakh. However, the final price will be decided during the bidding.
Sarfaraz Khan on the path of Prithvi
Like Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan was also afraid that if he kept a high price, no one would bid for him. So, following the path of Prithvi, he too has kept his starting price at Rs 75 lakh. Sarfaraz remained unsold last time as well. Then he had kept his price at only Rs 50 lakh. However, this time he has made his debut for Team India but has not been able to make a mark in the T20 format yet.
On the other hand, Prithvi Shaw is going through a bad time. Prithvi, who was once compared to Sachin Tendulkar, has been out of Team India for 3 years. Apart from this, his form is also not supporting him. He also showed a lot of carelessness regarding his fitness, after which he was dropped from the Ranji team. Then Delhi Capitals also removed him from the squad and removed him from the retention list. Seeing all these things, Prithvi was forced to reduce his price.
Prithvi Shaw has earned 19 crores 80 lakhs from IPL. Shaw, who was the captain in the 2018 Under-19 World Cup, was bought by the Delhi team for 1.2 crores that year. Since then he has been associated with the Delhi team. By 2022, Delhi increased his salary to 7.5 crores. But after 2 seasons, the team has dropped him. Last season, he got a chance to play in 8 matches but he could not perform well. Therefore, he was later dropped. Prithvi scored 198 runs in 8 matches at a strike rate of 163.