KXIP buy 27-year-old architect for â¹8.4 cr, 42 times his base price
Kings XI Punjab bought 27-year-old Tamil Nadu spinner Varun Chakravarthy for â¹8.4 crore, 42 times his base price of â¹20 lakh, in the IPL 2019 auction. Varun, who worked as a freelance architect after pursuing architecture from Chennai's SRM University, has played just one first-class match. He bowled 125 dot balls in 40 overs in Tamil Nadu Premier League 2018.