IPL 2021: ‘Wasn’t anticipating to get picked up in any respect’: Australian all-rounder on bidding conflict in public sale
2 min read Image Source : GETTY IMAGES The Australian all-rounder revealed that he was sleeping when a bidding conflict ensued for his signature on the IPL 2021 public sale.
He set his base worth at INR 1 crore within the 2021 Indian Premier League, however did not count on any franchise to make a bid. Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques was, in reality, sleeping when a bidding conflict ensued for his signature between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
In the top, the revamped Punjab franchise secured Henriques’ providers at INR 4.2 crore.
In a chat with cricket.com.au, Henriques revealed that he got here to know in regards to the bidding via the messages on his cell phone.
“I was not expecting to get picked up at all,” the 34-year-old Henriques advised cricket.com.au. “It wasn’t till I woke as much as go to the toilet that I seen I noticed a few messages saying congrats on the pick-up and I believed, ‘That’s good,’ and tried to return to sleep as quickly as doable.
“I simply assumed I’d have been picked up at base (worth, which he’d set at INR 1 crore).
“Then it wasn’t until I woke up properly in the morning that I realised how much I went for.”
Henriques was included within the Australian Test squad in the course of the recently-concluded India’s tour, as he changed the injured Sean Abbott. However, he went out of competition for a spot within the T20I facet, failing to make a spot within the ongoing five-match collection towards New Zealand.
The all-rounder stated that he would eye a comeback to the Aussie T20I facet with good performances within the IPL.
“There’s no secret I was gutted when you fight your way into the international white-ball teams and then you get selected to go to South Africa and that tour doesn’t go ahead, and you don’t get your opportunity to defend your spot in that (T20) team when it goes to New Zealand,” Henriques stated.
“By not enjoying, another person will get that chance – and deservedly so.
“But (the IPL) is more T20 cricket, more white-ball cricket for me to play and learn from. If I do get that opportunity (for Australia) in the future, then I’d be ready to go.”
