18-year-old Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar was part of KKR last season and the IPL champions managed to see off RCB in a bidding war for the spinner before Mumbai Indians decided to "paddle up" for the Afghan international

18-year-old Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar was part of KKR last season and the IPL champions managed to see off RCB in a bidding war for the spinner before Mumbai Indians decided to "paddle up" for the Afghan international

18-year-old Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar was part of KKR last season and the IPL champions managed to see off RCB in a bidding war for the spinner before Mumbai Indians decided to "paddle up" for the Afghan international

2006-born Afghanistan right-arm off-break bowler Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar was sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 4.80 Crore on the second day of the IPL Mega Auction. 

The 18-year-old, who was part of Kolkata Knight Riders, had his base price at Rs 75 lakh. The KKR raised their paddle for their former player quickly, only to be joined by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the bidding. The two teams kept trying to get the young spinner on board despite the price crossing Rs 1.50 crore. The bidding went on until RCB finally backed out when KKR confirmed that they were ready to pay Rs 2 Crore for the services of Ghazanfar. 

However, Mumbai Indians  came in at Rs 2.40 crore, initiating another bidding war with KKR. The defending champions had no issue in splasing well abpve Rs 4 Crore for their former spinner who was brilliant against South Africa in the recent series. However, after an epic bidding war that almost took  Ghazanfar's price tag to Rs 5 Crore, KKR decided to back out.

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