IPL 2021 Baby Spinner – Noor Ahmad: – Noor Ahmad the 16-year-old, uncapped left arm wrist spinner hailing from the land of Afghans will be the youngest player to dive into the auctions pool for the year 2021. He first came to the limelight when he broke into the under-19 team of Afghanistan in 2019. Soon after when he turned 15 he was roped in by Melbourne Renegades in the 2020-21 edition of Big Bash League (BBL). With his stellar performances in the T20’s he went down in the 2020 auctions at a base price of 30 lakhs rupees but was unable to grab a contract with either of the franchises. This year we will see the bids for him shooting from 20 lakhs. Will his fortunes change in the 2021 IPL Auctions?
Let’s have a peek at the three teams who can bid for him:-
1) Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
Don’t be surprised if you see the Kings XI Punjab biding insanely for the stars in the 2021 edition of IPL Auctions as they will be going into the auctions with the maximum salary purse of 53.2 Cr rupees. They have as many as 9 slots to fill, of which 5 are for the overseas players. With the release of the other Afghan spin master- Mujeeb Ur Rahman, they will be looking to add the other Afghani in their ranks. With the absence of Mujeeb, the spin attack seems less lethal. Noor Rahman can prove to the game changer for them in this year’s IPL.
KXIP SQUAD:
KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel
KXIP’s Purse Balance: INR 53.20 Crore
2) Mumbai Indians (MI)
Mumbai Indians (MI) has time in and again demonstrated that they invest in the youth and nurture them into the stars of the future. Again, the Mumbai Indians camp has an Indian dominated spin attack with not many wrist spinners in their squad, Noor Ahmad can very well be the youngster who can be a long term prospect for the Mumbai Indians.
MI SQUAD:
Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan
MI’s Purse Balance: INR 15.35 Crore
3) Delhi Capitals (DC)
The track at the home ground of the Delhi Capitals has mostly been on the sluggish side which is conducive for the spinners. They have an overseas spot vacant after evading Sandeep Lamichhance and with the uncertainty on the availability of Amit Mishra, Noor Ahmad could be their other choice of wrist spinner in the subsequent editions.
DC SQUAD
Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Daniel Sams, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes
DC’s Purse Balance: INR 12.9018 Crore