The IPL 2024 auction was successfully conducted on December 19 at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. The bidding event helped many young cricketers realize their dreams of playing in the biggest T20 league of the world as they got sold for huge amounts. One such player was Jharkhand’s wicket-keeper batter Sumit Kumar who started at a base price of INR 20 lakh and was eventually sold for INR 1 Crore to Delhi Capitals.Seeing her son realise his dream of playing with some of the biggest names in international cricket, Sumit’s mother was teary-eyed as she gave him the good news on a call. However, the family’s joy was short-lived as Sumit found out that Delhi Capitals had posted a photograph of some other cricketer with the same name from Haryana to congratulate him.Hence, the wicketkeeper batter had to reveal the same to his mother who was inconsolable after finding out about the goof-up. “My mother was so happy. She was continuously praying for me. But how is this possible? I agree that the names can be the same but what about the photo that was flashed on the television screen? My photo was there, my name was there,” Sumit revealed his ordeal to Times of India.Sumit further revealed that the auction broadcaster even showed his photograph while bidding.”I failed to console my mother. She was so emotional. She was so happy after seeing my name and photo on the television screen and then this shocking incident happened. Delhi Capitals are a big team. I didn’t expect them to play with a cricketer’s emotions. My family and I felt too bad about it,” he added.He further stated that DC’s Instagram handle had also put a post to congratulate him but deleted it a couple of hours later.”They put my photo on their Instagram handle as well. They searched for me. They tagged me as well. When I got the notification, I was 100 percent confident. But when they deleted it after a couple of hours, I was confused and shocked,” he said. Get every cricket updates! Follow Us:
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