Jersey sold for 40 lakhs, gloves for 28 lakhs, Virat Kohli made a blast in KL Rahul's auction, Rohit-Dhoni were left behind
India's wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul and his wife Athiya Shetty recently held an auction for needy children. Rahul had received signed sports items from many cricketers, which were put up for auction. In this auction named 'Cricket for Charity' for the Vipla Foundation, there was a craze for Virat Kohli's things. There was a competition in the auction to get his jersey and gloves. Rohit Sharma and MM Dhoni's bats paled in comparison to Virat's jersey. During this, Virat Kohli's jersey rocked the auction. Kohli had given Rahul a signed World Cup jersey, which was sold for Rs 40 lakh. At the same time, his gloves fetched Rs 28 lakh. Rahul raised a total of Rs 1.93 crore from this auction.
There is a huge craze for cricket in India. Fans are desperate to meet the greats like Virat-Rohit. If they get their things, it is no less than a dream for the fans. That is why in KL Rahul's auction, there was a lot of bidding on the things of these great cricketers. However, Virat won this time as well, like every time. Rohit and Dhoni's two bats together could not compete with Virat's jersey. While Rohit's bat sold for 24 lakhs, Dhoni's bat sold for 13 lakhs. The total of these two together is 37 lakhs, which is 3 lakhs less than the price received for Virat's jersey.
After Virat Kohli's jersey and gloves, Rohit and Dhoni's bats, Rahul Dravid's bat was bought, which was priced at 11 lakhs. KL Rahul's Team India Test jersey was priced at 11 lakhs. His World Cup bat was priced at 7 lakhs. Apart from this, Jaspreet Bumrah's World Cup jersey was priced at 8 lakhs and Rishabh Pant's IPL bat got 7 lakhs.
In KL Rahul's auction, West Indies cricketer Nicholas Pooran's IPL jersey got the lowest price. It was bid for just 45 thousand. Apart from this, Yuzvendra Chahal and Sanju Samson's IPL jerseys were bought for 50 thousand each, while Jos Buttler's IPL jersey was bought for 55 thousand.