Mumbai Indians‘ (MI) owner Akash Ambani outfoxed Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) owner Sanjiv Goenka at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. The teams were the only ones to show interest in buying Shamar Joseph. The West Indian pacer was with LSG last season but didn’t do much. MI was the lone team to put up a bid at his base price of Rs 75 lakh.
MI outfox LSG
Shamar was sold, but LSG put up their Right to Match (RTM) paddle. As soon as they decided to do so, MI pulled out. What usually happens is that the team hikes up the price but MI chooses not to. Had MI jacked up his price to, let’s say, Rs 1.25 crore, LSG might have decided they didn’t want him and hurt MI’s bank balance, but Mumbai one-upped them and forced them to buy Shamar.
Shamar Joseph IPL/LSG Stats
| Matches | Balls | Runs | Wickets | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | 47 | 0 | – | 11.75 | – |
LSG full squad for IPL 2025
Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore), Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, David Miller (Rs 7.50 crore), Aiden Markram (Rs 2 crore), Mitchell Marsh (Rs 3.40 crore), Avesh Khan (Rs 9.75 crore), Abdul Samad (Rs 4.20 crore), Aryan Jural (Rs 30 lakh), Akash Deep (Rs 8 crore), Himmat Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Digvesh Singh (Rs 30 lakh), M Siddharth (75 lakh), Shahbaz Ahmed (Rs 2.40 crore), Shamar Joseph (Rs 75 lakh)
