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Twitter Recalls Mumbai Indians Picking Yuvraj When He Was Going Through A Similar Situation As Raina

One of the top news after IPL 2022 Mega-Auctions is that Suresh Raina went unsold at the event. Called Mr IPL, Suresh is one of the highest run-getters in the league. However, the southpaw, who retired from international cricket in 2020, did not find a bidder at the recent auctions. After Suresh Raina went unsold in the auctions, Twitter recalls Mumbai Indians picking Yuvraj Singh when he was in a similar phase a few years ago.

Suresh Raina goes unsold in IPL 2022 Mega-Auctions

Raina’s form has been dismal in recent years. While he did not take part in IPL 2020, he found it hard to get runs in IPL 2021. In fact, in the final few games of IPL 2021, Raina did not find a place in the playing XI. Furthermore, the 2011 World Cup-winning cricketer has been largely inactive in domestic cricket. He had set his base price at INR 2 Cr, a sum which was high considering how the auctions happened. Hence, Raina was unsold at the event.

Twitter recalls Mumbai Indians picking Yuvraj Singh for IPL 2019

In 2018, Yuvraj Singh was also going through a similar phase in his career. He reduced his base price and entered the IPL 2019 Auctions. Mumbai Indians signed the player and also gave him a few games at the start of the season. The franchise won the trophy that year.

When Mumbai Indians could do that to a legend who never played for them, one section of CSK fans argued that their franchise could have done something similar for Raina. The player is the highest run-getter for the franchise and it will take a lot of time for anyone to beat that. He has won plenty of games for the franchise as well. Hence, there were a lot of reactions on Twitter appreciating the efforts of Mumbai Indians a few years ago. We take a look at a few of them below:

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