Chris Morris on Friday surpassed Yuvraj Singh to turn into the most pricey purchase in the IPL auction history with Rajasthan Royals shelling out Rs 16.25 crore for the South African all-rounder. Before Morris, Yuvraj Singh, at Rs 16 crore, was the most pricey purchase in IPL history. The considerably-anticipated IPL 2021 auction has led to a spirited meme fest on Twitter. Cricket fans are flooding the microblogging platform with funny posts and memes supporting their favourite teams and taking lighthearted digs at rivals. Take a look at some of the funniest memes on the IPL auction:
We’ve joined the bidding war with Delhi for Shahrukh Khan at 25L.#PlayBold#WeAreChallengers#IPLAuction2021pic.twitter.com/8Ad52wMclO
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 18, 2021
Every group owner when they safe a player today ????#IPLAuction2021pic.twitter.com/BhicPdmbiU
— DK (@DineshKarthik) February 18, 2021
Chris Morris, who came with a base value of Rs 75 lakh, generated bids from 4 teams just before it became a battle involving Royals and Punjab Kings
Chris Morris ????????????????. @rajasthanroyals purse ????????????????. ????????????#IPLAuction2021pic.twitter.com/jM8Ao4VsBo
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 18, 2021
1. RR just before acquiring Morris
2. RR following acquiring Morris#IPLAuction2021pic.twitter.com/Wub2JHbFxV— Sagar (@sagarcasm) February 18, 2021
Chris Morris from beginning bid of 75 Lakhs and sold at 16.25 Cr#IPLAuctionpic.twitter.com/6VJ0T78upV
— Tinks (@hoiboi_) February 18, 2021
The bidding war involving Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Banaglore for Glenn Maxwell inspired hundreds of memes – which includes one each and every from Rajasthan Royals and SunRisers Hyderabad
Glenn Maxwell correct now. ????
Thanks for decreasing the @RCBTweets purse. ????#IPL2021 | #IPLAuctionpic.twitter.com/CcbIcy4T47
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) February 18, 2021
While the bidding war is on involving #CSK & #RCB for #GlennMaxwell, the other teams ???? https://t.co/AEVQAPI6jRpic.twitter.com/yyt847lvvz
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) February 18, 2021
#CSK and #RCB bidding in #IPLAuction2021 :
How #Maxwell sold for 14.25 cr?? pic.twitter.com/kMW9253dVH
— Mahesh Sam Fan (@AbhinavKarthik_) February 18, 2021
live scenes from CSK and RCB auction table. #IPLAuction2021pic.twitter.com/64ViU8KBS0
— Mikhail (@MikSpamsL2) February 18, 2021
‘Master Blaster’ Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar trended large time on Twitter
If by any possibility CSK buys Arjun Tendulkar, then CSK will have each Curran and Arjun in the very same group ???????? #IPLAuction2021pic.twitter.com/3NC5p3B96a
— Manish Shukla (@ManishS34685635) February 18, 2021
Big query #IPLAuction2021
Arjun Tendulkar and srishant pic.twitter.com/pJ2QyFETJ7— merryrai (@merryrai4u) February 18, 2021
The costliest player in the IPL remains Virat Kohli, retained for Rs 17 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore.
In 70 IPL games, Morris has scored 551 runs at 23.95 and taken 80 wickets at 23.98, according to news agency PTI.
Earlier, KKR created the opening bid for Maxwell but it ultimately became a two-way war involving Chennai Super Kings and RCB just before the Virat Kohli-led group won him with a bid which came to USD 1.96 million.