The
Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru
on February 12 and 13. 10 franchises, including the two new entrants Ahmedabad
Titans and Lucknow Supergiants, will be joining the bidding war. All franchises
now are busy fine-tuning their auction strategy. Ahead of the auction,
Rajasthan Royals, the winners of the inaugural season of IPL, came up with a
hilarious tweet on Monday. 

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The
Jaipur franchise shared some of the funniest requests and suggestions they have
received from their fans ahead of the auction. The franchise termed the post
‘honest auction requests’ which had screenshots of messages from fans
requesting the team to buy their favourite players.

A
Rajasthan Royals fan suggested the franchise buy Australian opener David
Warner, who has been released by SunRisers Hyderabad. However, the fan did not
suggest Warner’s name because of his cricketing skills but because of his
entertaining reels on Instagram. Warner is popular among Indian fans for his
reels on Instagram with scenes from Indian movies and songs. “Warner ko
please lena, reels mast banata hai (Please take Warner, he makes good
reels),” the fan had messaged the Royals.

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“Mujhe
le lo bhai mein sirf 15% equity lunga (Take me brother, I will take only 15%
equity in return),” wrote another. Another fan came up with an even
funnier request as he warned that franchise that he will unfollow them on
social media if they didn’t buy Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh at the
mega auction this year.

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“Admin
tereko unfollow kardunga agar Mitchell Marsh ko nahi liya (I will unfollow you
admin if you don’t buy Mitchell Marsh),” the fan wrote. Fans were left in
splits on Twitter as Royals shared the screenshots of the hilarious requests
and suggestions.

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Rajasthan
Royals have retained three players from their last season’s team. Sanju Samson,
Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal.