IPL 2020: MI acquires “Kai Po Che” star Digvijay Deshmukh in the auction

Deshmukh has acted in a Bollywood movie in 2013 at a young age.

In the later part of the IPL 2020 auction saw some unknown names coming in for the bids and one of them was Digvijay Deshmukh form Maharashtra. The 21-year-old made his FC debut this season and has played 7 T20 matches already in the recent Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Mumbai Indians bid for him and got him for his base price of INR 20 lakhs. However, what many don’t know is that they acquired a Bollywood star in the auction. Yes, you are not reading anything incorrect. Deshmukh played the central character of Hashim Ali in the 2013 Bollywood film ‘Kai Po Che’, which had Sushant Singh Rajput and Rajkummar Rao in lead roles.

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Ali had played the role of a brilliant batsman in the film, who is trained by Rajput and Rao in order to become a famous cricketer. He had then been 14. Born in Beed district of Maharashtra, Deshmukh made his debut for Maharashtra in the 2019/20 season. He took 9 wickets in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He got only two opportunities to bat, scoring 19 runs – with 12 of those coming via sixes.

In his Ranji Trophy debut in December, he took 6 wickets for 61 runs vs Jammu and Kashmir.

In the team photo tweeted by Mumbai Indians on Friday, Deshmukh is seen standing in the back row.