ILT20 season 5 auction biggest buys: Fazalhaq Farooqi becomes most expensive player with $380,000 deal; Babar Azam goes for base price
Farooqi will join MI Emirates for a fifth consecutive season. His deal broke the auction record for the third time during the day.
Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi shattered the International League T20 (ILT20) Player Auction record on Thursday, October 1, becoming the most expensive player in the league's history. MI Emirates secured the 26-year-old pacer with a staggering USD 380,000 deal, surpassing the previous record set by Gulf Giants for Liam Livingstone ($350,000) and Gurbaz ($310,000).
Babar Azam, meanwhile, secured his first ILT20 season by being bought by Desert Vipers at his base price of USD 80,000. The auction, held in Dubai, featured over 200 players from 23 countries, with each of the six franchises investing between $1.3 million and $1.39 million to construct squads of 18 to 23 players.
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