KCL auction: Ripples sign Sibin for ₹11.8 lakh; Krishna Devan second-most expensive player
The Kerala Cricket League (KCL) player auction saw Alleppey Ripples sign all-rounder Sibin Girish for a record ₹11.8 lakh. The auction also featured high-value bids for other players like Sachin Baby and Krishna Devan as teams finalized their squads.
Why it matters
The KCL auction demonstrates the growing commercial interest and financial investment in regional T20 cricket leagues in India.
Alleppey Ripples made the biggest splash in the player auction for the third season of the Kerala Cricket League (KCL) here on Saturday.
Ripples stirred up an absolute tidal wave in the auction when it bought all-rounder Sibin Girish for ₹11.8 lakh, making him the most expensive player of the season.
Sibin, who had a base price of ₹75,000, attracted bids from Calicut Globstars, Thrissur Titans and Kochi Blue Tigers.
Globstars withdrew from the race when the price crossed ₹7 lakh and Titans exited at ₹10.4 lakh. Ripples then outbid Blue Tigers to pocket the all-rounder. Sibin is also the most expensive player to be bought in Category C in the history of KCL.
Ripples’ first buy was Kerala captain Sachin Baby for whom it splurged ₹10 lakh after warding off bids from Titans. Ripples also spent ₹six lakh for Kerala under-23 captain and all-rounder Abhijith Praveen.
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