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Mike Hesson’s successful dinner bet and tactical bid for Steve Smith at IPL auction – Stuff.co.nz
The former Black Caps coach used the star Australian batsman to pursue one of their top targets at RCB in the IPL auction.
Mike Hesson bet dinner on star Australian batsman Steve Smith going for less than 4 crore (NZ$762,527) in last weeks Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
The former Black Caps coach was right, as revealed in a Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) video demonstrating how franchises negotiate their way through the process of an auction that can be puzzling and confusing.
Smith, who was retained last year on a $2.68m contract with the Rajasthan Royals, was the first player sold at last Thursdays auction…
