No Bangladesh cricketer got a team in IPL mega auction. Although the names of Mostafizur Rahman and Rishad Hossain were called, the IPL teams did not show interest in them.
On the other hand, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Taskin Ahmed, Tawhid Hriday were not even called.
The names of the Bangladeshi players were to be called on the second day of the ongoing mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Among them, the name of Mustafiz came up first. But no one showed interest in pulling this pacer into the team at a base price of Rs.2 crore. Spinner Rishad could not convince the teams even with the base price of 75 lakh rupees.
Shakib Al Hasan is the most regular face of Bangladesh in IPL. He also has the feat of winning the IPL twice in Kolkata Knight Riders jersey. But this time his name was not called in the mega auction.