Patte of the India team Sanju Samson became the best paid player in the history of Kerala Cricket League (KCL) after being bought by the Kochi Blue Tigers during the auction for the second season of the League. Samson, which was signed for 26.8 Lakh, should bring the power and experience of the stars to the Kochi franchise.
Sanju Samson should appear in his first major tournament under the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) since his controversial omission of the Vijay Hazare (VHT) trophy Team in December 2024. The Kerala team reached its very first final of the Ranji trophy, where they finished as a finalist towards Vidarbha.
Sanju Samson becomes the most expensive player in the history of the Kerala Cricket League
Sanju Samson drew attention during the auction of the Kerala Cricket League. It was registered at a basic price of 3 Lakh, but quickly leaps to 5 Lakh and 10 Lakh in a few moments. Thrissur Titans raised the offer to 20 Lakh before being finally overbidden by the Kochi Blue Tigers.
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Kochi obtained Samson’s services for a record of 26.8 Lakh, making him the most expensive player in the history of the League.
The Kochi franchise has now used more than half of its total handbag of 50 Lakh on a player. With only 23.2 Lakh remaining, the team is faced with a difficult task to assemble the rest of their team while maintaining the balance and overall depth.
🚨 Sanju Samson – the most expensive player in the KCL 🚨 auction
– Each team can spend 50 auction lakhs.
Kochi Blue Tigers spends 26.80 Lakhs just for Sanju Samson, more than half of the handbag 🤯 pic.twitter.com/f7osjqpnl6
– Johns. (@Criccrazyjohns) July 5, 2025
Sanju Samson played for the last time for the Royals of Rajasthan in IPL 2025
Sanju Samson broke three centuries T20i against Bangladesh and South Africa. The cricket player born in Kerala became the first striker to reach three hundred T20i in a single calendar year. Samson appeared in the IPL 2025 The Royals season of Rajasthan (RR), where he scored 285 points on nine rounds.
The striker had a hard time hurting, which forced him to miss a few games. He started the tournament as an impact player in the first three games, but then suffered an abdominal injury in a match against Delhi (DC), who said it on five games.
Samson had a long association with Royals Rajasthan Since he joined them in 2013. After a brief fate with the Delhi franchise from 2015 to 2017, he joined RR in 2018.
Auction taking place in Hyatt Regency in Thiruvananthapuram
The auction takes place at the Hyatt Regency in Thiruvanthapuram and is supervised by the experienced auctioneer Charu Sharma. Each franchise has granted a budget of 50 Lakh to build a team of 16 to 20 players.
Ms. Akhil, who recovered the highest offer last season at 7.4 Lakh from Trivandrum Royals, was chosen this year by the sailors of Aries Kollam for an improvement of 8.4 Lakh.
Launcher Thampi basil was the first player to go under the hammer and was chosen by the Royals for 8.4 Lakh. Meanwhile, Vishnu Vinod emerged as the second highest employee of the day, acquired by Aries Kollam for 13.8 Lakh. The versatile Jalaj Saxena went to Alleppey’s undulations for 12.4 Lakh.
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