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i-amphtml-layout="responsive"><i-amphtml-sizer style="display:block;padding-top:177.7778%"></i-amphtml-sizer></amp-img><div class="gradiant"></div></amp-story-grid-layer> <amp-story-grid-layer template="vertical" class="bottom textWrapper i-amphtml-layout-container" i-amphtml-layout="container"><div class="textBoxData"><h2 style="position:absolute;left:0%;right:auto;top:70.41666666666667%;bottom:auto;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-weight:500;font-size:1.3125rem;text-align:center;color:#e7dfdf;background:#050505;width:100%;padding-top:14px;padding-bottom:14.2px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;font-style:normal;border-radius:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px">Venkatesh Iyer becomes third most expensive Indian player after being sold to KKR for Rs 23.75 crore in IPL Auction 2025.</h2></div></amp-story-grid-layer> <amp-story-grid-layer template="vertical" class="bottom textWrapper 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serif;font-weight:500;font-size:1.3125rem;text-align:center;color:#e7dfdf;background:#050505;width:100%;padding-top:14px;padding-bottom:14.2px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;font-style:normal;border-radius:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px">With this whopping bid, Iyer also became the most expensive all-rounder in the history of the tournament.</h2></div></amp-story-grid-layer></amp-story-page><amp-story-page id="page2" auto-advance-after="8s" class="i-amphtml-layout-container" i-amphtml-layout="container"> <amp-story-grid-layer template="vertical" class="imageLayer i-amphtml-layout-container" i-amphtml-layout="container"><div class="textBoxData"><a class="ampLogo" href="https://www.dnaindia.com/"><amp-img src="https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/static/apprun/dna/icons/logodna.png" width="60" height="22" alt class="i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined" style="width:60px;height:22px;" 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serif;font-weight:500;font-size:1.3125rem;text-align:center;color:#e7dfdf;background:#050505;width:100%;padding-top:14px;padding-bottom:14.2px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;font-style:normal;border-radius:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px">English all-rounder Sam Curran was sold to the Punjab Kings for Rs 18.5 crore in the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.</h2></div></amp-story-grid-layer> <amp-story-grid-layer template="vertical" class="bottom textWrapper i-amphtml-layout-container" i-amphtml-layout="container"><div class="textBoxData"><h2 style="position:absolute;left:25.66137566137566%;right:auto;top:37.5%;bottom:auto;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, 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