The Indian Premier League (IPL) is indeed known for producing a plethora of cricketers for the Indian Cricket Team. Franchises like Chennai Super Kings, and Mumbai Indians are known for identifying talented aspiring Indian cricketers and bringing them to the lucrative league. For instance, players like Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, and Yuzvendra Chahal made their way into the Indian squad after shining in the IPL. IPL Auction 2024 took place on Tuesday and interestingly Chennai Super Kings bought an uncapped Indian player at a whopping Rs 8.40 crore. It is among the rare times when a franchise has bid so big for an uncapped player. Now, the question arises who is Sameer Rizvi? Below is everything you need to know about Sameer Rizvi-
Who is Sameer Rizvi?
Sameer Rizvi is a 20-year-old uncapped professional cricketer who plays for Uttar Pradesh. Famously termed as 'Right-Handed Suresh Raina' by ex-cricketers, experts had predicted that Sameer Rizvi would go into a bidding war among the franchises. Sameer Rizvi scored the fastest century in the inaugural edition of the UP T20 League. The young batter has an average of 49.16 in domestic T20s at a strike rate of 134.70. Rizvi is a resident of Meerut and has represented India in age-group cricket.
Talking about his social media reach, Sameer enjoys a following of 56.3K followers (while writing) on Instagram. Sameer is quite frequent on social media and he often shares posts related to cricket.
During the mock auction at Jio Cinema, Suresh Raina also talked about Rizvi. Raina during the show had said, "Sameer Rizvi has a different intent in his batting. He would get a lot of confidence if he gets to play for an UP team. He is a Badoni-type player but plays with a straighter bat."