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My heart started pumping, didn’t know what to do: Shahrukh Khan explains surreal feeling of auction day

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Punjab Kings signed up Tamil Nadu all-rounder Shahrukh Khan at Rs 5.25 crores in the IPL Mini auctions. That feeling of being such a highly-priced player has not sunk in yet for the 25-year-old middle-order batsman. 

“Being here, among such stalwarts of cricket feels amazing,” said Shahrukh in a video upload by the Kings on their official website.  

Talking about the D-Day when the auctions took place, the Chennai born said, “The auction started at around 3 pm and we were practising at the Holkar Stadium then [for the Vijay Hazare Trophy which was about to start].” “I had told our physio to give me a call when my name comes up and luckily my name only came up once the practice was over,” added the beastly built all-rounder. 

“When my name came, my heart started pumping and I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t expect it to rise as much as it did. We were in the team bus and all the guys were watching the auction with me and with every passing bid for my name, they kept on cheering. It felt really nice receiving so much support from the teammates on such a special day.” 

The right-hand batter and medium-pace bowler feels that the inputs he had been getting from senior players are great. “I have been having a lot’s of conversations with everyone around here and I am getting to learn a lot as well,” he said. 

Reacting to the high price that he had received in the auctions, Shahrukh said, “I didn’t know the extent of the price until and unless I got calls from each and every media house.”

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