Teams have spent crores of rupees in the mega auction for IPL 2025. Meanwhile, the Mumbai Indians team has included a star player from Afghanistan in their team. Mumbai Indians have paid a lot of money to keep this player in their team. This player is none other than Allah Ghazanfar, an 18-year-old player from Afghanistan. Allah Ghazanfar was available in the IPL auction at a base price of Rs 75 lakh. Apart from Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore have also bid for him. In such a situation, let’s find out what is so special about this player.
Who is Allah Ghazanfar?
Allah Ghazanfar was in Kolkata Knight Riders team in IPL 2024. Allah Ghazanfar did not get a chance to play that season. This time he will play under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya in IPL. Talking about him, he has recently made his debut for the Afghanistan team. However, he is yet to make his debut in T20 Internationals. He was born in Paktia, if we look at his T20 career, he has taken two four wickets in 16 T20 matches. He has taken 12 wickets in 8 ODI matches at an economy rate of 4.36.
Ghazanfar performed brilliantly in the Emerging Asia Cup
This time, Ghazanfar played in the Emerging Asia Cup played in Oman. This time the Afghanistan team won the Emerging Asia Cup title. He took important wickets of Abhishek Sharma and Prabhasimran Singh in the match against India. He came into the limelight in that match. Ghazanfar plays in major tournaments like T10 League, Lanka Premier League, Shpagiza League. This time he has a chance to debut in IPL.
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