IPL franchises have released the list of their retained and released players. Now fans are waiting for the IPL 2025 mega auction, which will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, the capital of Saudi Arabia. 1574 players (1165 Indians and 409 foreigners) have registered for the auction.

American fast bowler Saurabh Netravalkar, who made a lot of headlines with his brilliant performance in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, has also given his name for the mega auction. He has kept his base price at Rs 30 lakh and if any franchise buys him, he will become the first American player to play an IPL match.

Saurabh Netravalkar grew up in Mumbai.

Let us tell you, Saurabh Netravalkar was born in Mumbai and he has also represented Mumbai in the Under-19 team. Later he moved to USA due to professional commitments and started working as a software engineer in Oracle organization. He had told that, he was not getting the Indian senior team and IPL contract, due to which he decided to go to USA.

Saurabh Netrawalkar’s performance in T20 World Cup 2024

Saurabh Netravalkar impressed everyone with his bowling in the T20 World Cup 2024. He gave the team a spectacular victory by two wickets by defending 18 runs in the super over against Pakistan. At the same time, his performance against India was also tremendous. He took two wickets in four overs at an economy of 4.50.

Saurabh had dismissed Virat Kohli for a duck and Rohit Sharma for 3 runs. Due to Saurabh’s brilliant performance, America made it to the Super-8 by winning two out of 4 matches in the group stage. In the tournament, he took 6 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 20.83 and economy of 6.63.