{"id":22156,"date":"2025-04-13T22:41:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=587447"},"modified":"2025-04-13T22:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:11:04","slug":"what-was-karun-nairs-ipl-2025-price-at-auctions-know-all-about-delhi-capitals-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/what-was-karun-nairs-ipl-2025-price-at-auctions-know-all-about-delhi-capitals-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"What was Karun Nair\u2019s IPL 2025 price at auctions? Know all about Delhi Capitals\u2019 opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"462\">Karun Nair\u2019s sensational knock against Mumbai Indians on April 13, 2025, wasn\u2019t just about runs \u2014 it was a statement. Coming in after Jake Fraser-McGurk was dismissed for a golden duck, Nair stepped up with a fiery 22-ball half-century, his first in the IPL since 2018. But what\u2019s caught everyone\u2019s attention is <strong data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"461\">how little Delhi Capitals paid for such a big impact<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"503\"><strong data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"503\">Karun Nair IPL Price: Just \u20b950 lakh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"505\" data-end=\"807\">At the 2025 IPL mega auction, Delhi Capitals bagged Karun Nair for <strong data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"584\">\u20b950 lakh<\/strong>, a bargain buy that might now be considered one of the steals of the season. For a player who had been absent from the league for nearly three years, expectations were modest \u2014 but Nair delivered when it mattered the most.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"809\" data-end=\"865\"><strong data-start=\"809\" data-end=\"865\">Redemption arc: From forgotten hero to match-changer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"1194\">This was Nair\u2019s <strong data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"913\">first IPL fifty since 2018<\/strong>, when he scored 54 against CSK. He featured sporadically in the 2019, 2020, and 2022 seasons without a single 50+ score. However, against MI, Nair took on Jasprit Bumrah, smashing boundaries with confidence and even lofting a stunning six over long-off that had the crowd buzzing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1196\" data-end=\"1400\">Promoted at No. 3 in a high-pressure chase of 206, Nair played with maturity and aggression \u2014 a rare mix \u2014 and <strong data-start=\"1307\" data-end=\"1399\">reminded everyone why he once wore India\u2019s Test cap and has a triple century to his name<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1505\">If this knock is anything to go by, DC\u2019s <strong data-start=\"1443\" data-end=\"1460\">\u20b950 lakh punt<\/strong> might just be the <strong data-start=\"1479\" data-end=\"1504\">buy of the tournament<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karun Nair\u2019s sensational knock against Mumbai Indians on April 13, 2025, wasn\u2019t just about runs \u2014 it was a statement\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1482],"class_list":["post-22156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-karun-nair"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}