{"id":7597,"date":"2024-11-24T18:06:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T18:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/ipl-2025-wanindu-hasaranga-maheesh-theekshana-bought-by-rr\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T18:06:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T18:06:49","slug":"ipl-2025-wanindu-hasaranga-maheesh-theekshana-bought-by-rr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/ipl-2025-wanindu-hasaranga-maheesh-theekshana-bought-by-rr\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2025: Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana bought by RR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana have been sold to Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction.<\/p>\n<p>Hasaranga, the dashing leg-spinner, has fetched a sum of \u20b95.25 crore at the event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The wrist-spinner has emerged as a match-winner for the Lankans in limited-overs cricket.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Theekshana bagged a \u20b94.40 crore deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hasaranga missed IPL 2024 season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hasaranga was ruled out of the 2024 IPL season. As mentioned, he was a part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad.<\/p>\n<p>He had fetched a sum of \u20b91.5 crore from SRH at the 2024 IPL auction.<\/p>\n<p>Hasaranga was released by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) after the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>Hasaranga was RCB\u2019s highest wicket-taker in IPL 2022 as he finished with 26 wickets at 16.54.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A look at his T20 stats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hasaranga owns 287 wickets from 200 T20 matches at an average of 16.65. The tally includes an economy rate of 6.90 (9 four-fers and 3 fifers).<\/p>\n<p>He also owns 2,314 runs with the bat at a strike rate of 145.16. He has also scored nine half-centuries.<\/p>\n<p>The all-rounder has been a vital cog in Sri Lanka\u2019s line-up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theekshana has represented CSK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notably, Theekshana was picked before Hasaranga by the Royals. He fetched \u20b94.40 crore for the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Lankan off-spinner has featured in three IPL seasons so far (2022-2024), all for Chennai Super Kings.<\/p>\n<p>He has taken 25 wickets from 27 matches at over 30. His tally includes a four-fer.<\/p>\n<p>Theekshana and Hasaranga form a solid spin-bowling duo for RR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: NewsBytes<\/strong><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<em>&#8211;Agencies<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\tdocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '1534842333510611');\n\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n<\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v6.0&#038;appId=172963179565322&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana have been sold to Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction. Hasaranga, the dashing leg-spinner, has fetched a sum of \u20b95.25 crore at the event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The wrist-spinner has emerged as a match-winner for the Lankans in limited-overs cricket. 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