Kings XI Punjab franchise picks Virender Sehwag’s nephew Mayank Dagar for IPL 2018

Kings XI Punjab co-owner Preity Zinta actively participat🌳ed in the IPL 2018 auction held in Bengaluru.

Among the first round unsold players, KXIP picked Mayank Dagar for INR 20 Lakhs, who apparently is Virender Sehwag’s nephew.

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Sehwag is the mentor and D💞irector of cricket for Punjab.

Mayank Dagar was a key member of India Under-19 World Cup squad in 2016. He was India’s second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament. After warming the bench for the first two games of the World Cup, Dagar played all the other games including the final. In the 4 games he played in the mega-tournament, he took 11 wickets at an average of 9.36, a strike-rate of 19.4 and an economy of 2.88. His strike-rate and average were among the best in the tournament.

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Dagar has a decent first-class record. He has taken 30 wickets in 11 games at an average of 34.53. In the recently concluded𝔉 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the 21-year-old left-arm spinner took 4 wickets in 5 g꧃ames.

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