Honey Baisoya (Photo Credit – PGTI)
Sports Desk, New Delhi. Apart from cricket, efforts are also being made to increase the craze of other sports in India. In this context, a lot of emphasis is being given to golf in India and the auction of players for the 72nd League of Professional Golf Tours of India (PGTI) ended in Delhi on Monday. During this period, bids were placed on Indian and foreign players. Honey Baisoya and Shubham Jaglan were the most discussed topics in this auction.
72 The aim of the league is to promote golf in India. A total of 6 teams are participating in this league. All the franchises had a purse of Rs 1 crore and each team could add 10-10 players to their squad. When the auction was held for this, there was tremendous enthusiasm among all the teams and there was a tough competition in the auction for many players.
Honey Baisoya becomes the most expensive player
India's 29-year-old Honey Baisoya 72 was the most expensive player in the first auction of The League. He recently won the DP World Player Championship title at Qutub Golf Course. Honey has been added to his team by Delhi Lancers for Rs 20.5 lakh. There was fierce bidding between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Classics for Honey, who had a base price of Rs 10 lakh in the platinum category, but Capital Lancers won in the end and added Honey to their team.
Tough competition for Shubham Jaglan too
All 6 teams have shown their interest in 21-year-old Shubham Jaglan from India and want to add to their squad. Shubham's name was in the silver category and his base price was Rs 3 lakh. All 6 teams were seen bidding for him but in the end Hyderabad team Charminar Champions signed him for Rs 19 lakh. This price is 6 times more than Shubham's base price.
Karthik Singh youngest player
Karthik Singh's name was included in the silver category and his base price was Rs 3 lakh. Karthik is only 16 years old and Mumbai Aces has included him in their team by paying a huge amount of Rs 14.40 lakh. Mumbai has shown confidence in a young player and the franchise will hope that he shows his talent during the tournament.
60 year old Mukesh Kumar also bid
Franchises also showed interest in experienced golfers. 60-year-old Mukesh Kumar was picked up by Kolkata Classic for Rs 7 lakh. America's Jharred Hack was the most expensive among foreign players, who was bought by Capital Lancers for Rs 15.80 lakh.
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