'Maro Muje Maro,' Twitter trolls KL Rahul's Lucknow Super Giants as they buy Nicholas Pooran for Rs 16 crore

West Indies wicket-keeper batter Nicholas Pooran has been brought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for INR 16 crore in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Kochi on Friday. West Indies wicket-keeper batter caused a heavy bidding war between LSG and Delhi Capitals (DC). Things ended with Lucknow picking up Pooran. Pooran entered the bid with a base price of INR 2 Crore.

Here's how Twitter reacted -

#IPL2023Auction

16cr for Nicholas Pooran pic.twitter.com/kwUoankxe8

— Vaskar Gautam (@vaskarhere) December 23, 2022

Nicholas Pooran 16 cr

Why_.why_whyy. #IPL2023Auction #TATAIPLAuction2023 — Cricket Mania Suvi (@SUVENDUBISWAL11) December 23, 2022

Nicholas Pooran goes under the hammer & he is SOLD to Lucknow Super Giants _ _

#TATAIPLAuction Tata Group pic.twitter.com/dbMA1QgGNb — Omar Faruque (@OmarFar46196492) December 23, 2022

Nicholas Pooran before every auction :#IPL2023Auction https://t.co/KckvkoYwk6

— Chinmay Pednekar (@chinmaypednekar) December 23, 2022

Enakku sathiyama puriyala, i am a huge fan of Yuvraj Singh but Nicholas Pooran's rate feels a 2014 Yuvraj Singh price da https://t.co/flwS8BBeBA — K.B.Rohith | ______ (@Rohith_8212) December 23, 2022

#IPLAuction
BIGGEST BUYS TILL NOW

1.SAM CURRAN- 18.50 crores(PSK)
2.CAMERON GREEN- 17.50 crores(MI)
3.BEN STOKES- 16.25 crores(CSK)
4.NICHOLAS POORAN- 16 crores(LSG)
5.HARRY BROOK-13.25 crores(SRH) — Nivas (@shelbyroy01) December 23, 2022

MAJOR PICS IN #IPL2023Auction :#SamCurran : 18.5 crore INR#CameronGreen : 17.5 crore INR
Ben Stokes : 16.25 crore INR
Nicholas Pooran : 16 crore INR
Harry Brook : 13.25 crore INR

Pakistan Players can only dream about this much money _ pic.twitter.com/Ib5ZiyXdte — Akshat (@AkshatOM10) December 23, 2022

@NicholasPooran be like pic.twitter.com/Bv9xXmzfs6 — abhishek jain (@chinminjn) December 23, 2022

Nicholas Pooran got 16 Cr in ipl auction after his pathetic performance in recent years. #IPL2023Auction pic.twitter.com/Q5u7eQnggv — Anurag sharma (@anu__memes_) December 23, 2022

The moment nicholas pooran got 16cr #IPL2023Auction pic.twitter.com/cCThQqYonK — Ankoor singh (@Ankoorsingh23) December 23, 2022

The moment nicholas pooran got 16cr #IPL2023Auction pic.twitter.com/cCThQqYonK — Ankoor singh (@Ankoorsingh23) December 23, 2022

#IPL2023Auction #NicholasPooran Sold To Lucknow Super Giants For 16 Crores pic.twitter.com/HmYDPzYVFz — Ragul Cinema _ (@RagulCinema) December 23, 2022

Bid for Nicholas Pooran crossed 4 crore in a quick manner. Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals were in a heated contest for him. The bid crossed 6 crore. Both RR and DC were adamant about going for Pooran and that sees the bid went over 8 crore. LSG joined the bidding party with a bid of 7.5 crores.

LSG seem to be going for it, and DC think in between. With a bid of 16 crores, Lucknow claimed Pooran's services for the upcoming IPL.
Talking about Pooran, he has played 256 matches, and 234 innings and slammed 4,942 runs with an average of 24.95. He has one century, 27 fifties.

On the other England's fearless striker Phil Salt with a T20 strike rate of 150 has been brought by DC bid for him for INR 2 crores. Salt has a strike rate of 150 in T20s, 3,817 runs in 167 matches with 26 fifties. Jaydev Unadkat has been sold to Lucknow Super Giants for his base price of INR 50 lakh.