Jake Fraser-McGurk was retained by the Delhi Capitals for ₹9 crore at the IPL mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Initially, Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants were aggressively pursuing the Australian opener. Punjab Kings seemed to have secured his services, but Delhi Capitals used their Right to Match card to retain him.
Fraser-McGurk, 22, was released by the Capitals before this year’s auction after a successful debut season in 2024, where he scored 330 runs at a strike rate of 234. He also made his ODI and T20I debuts for Australia this year and has been performing consistently in T20 franchise leagues, accumulating 1,169 runs at a strike rate of 152.41.
In a dramatic turn of events during the auction, Shreyas Iyer became the most expensive IPL player when Punjab Kings bought him for ₹26.75 crore, surpassing the previous record set by Mitchell Starc. However, the record was broken again when Rishabh Pant was auctioned.
Starc, Fraser-McGurk’s fellow Australian, was one of the first players to be auctioned this year, joining Delhi Capitals for ₹11.75 crore. This amount is less than the ₹24.75 crore he fetched last year, which had made him the most expensive player in IPL history at that time.
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