Former cricketer Ian Bishop on Wednesday mirrored on Indian pacer Umran Malik’s switch to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega-auction. In the course of the IPL 2025 mega-auction, the Kolkata-based franchise roped in seamer Umran Malik for his base value of Rs 75 lakhs. Ian Bishop took to his official X deal with and stated that Umran would shine underneath Bharat Arun and Dwayne Bravo. The previous cricketer added that Umran Malik would discover his peak efficiency at KKR. “I’m hopeful that the wonderful Bharat Arun, and the terrific mentorship of Dwayne Bravo may also help Umran Malik discover peak efficiency at KKR,” Ian Bishop wrote on X.
I’m hopeful that the wonderful Bharat Arun, and the terrific mentorship of Dwayne Bravo may also help Umran Malik discover peak efficiency at KKR
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) November 26, 2024
Malik made his debut in IPL within the 2021 season and performed 26 matches within the cash-rich event, choosing up 29 wickets at an financial system price of 9.40.
The 25-year-old made his T20I debut in 2022 in opposition to Eire; following that, he has picked up 11 wickets in 8 matches at an financial system price of 10.48.
KKR Squad: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer (Rs. 23.75 crore), Quinton de Kock (Rs. 3.60 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs. 2 crore), Anrich Nortje (Rs. 6.50 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs. 3 crore), Vaibhav Arora (Rs. 1.80 crore), Mayank Markande (Rs. 30 lakh), Rovman Powell (Rs. 1.50 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs. 75 lakh), Spencer Johnson (Rs. 2.80 crore), Luvnith Sisodia (Rs. 30 lakh), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs. 1.50 lakh), Anukul Roy (Rs. 40 lakh), Moeen Ali (Rs. 2 crore), Umran Malik (Rs. 75 lakh).
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