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“I just think it’s important that the
England fans know what that was.”
Patel was one of ten English players
entered into this year’s IPL auction,
alongside fellow Nottinghamshire
player Alex Hales and the likes of
Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Luke
Wright and Ravi Bopara.
However, of those, only Pietersen was
selected, leaving some of England’s
finest Twenty20 players out of this
year’s tournament.“It was a very
interesting position to be in,” said
Patel.
“The club came to an agreement with
me that if I was to be included in the
auction, it would have to be at the
10 11
“If I want to break
back into the
England team, I’ll
need to get fitter
and it’s something
that I’ve been
working hard on
this winter.”
Samit Patel
highest base price.
“It was a really high target, if I’m
completely honest but you have to
take these things as they come and I
can’t be disheartened.
“You look at the other players who
were in that bracket, they
were some of the very finest cricketers
in the world.
“It was always going to be a tough
ask, there were people talking about
how ludicrous the price was, but
that’s the way it had to be.
7,420
First class runs
7/68
Career-best figures
59
England caps
66
T20 sixes
256
Highest first class score