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Barely into his debut onto the Auckland cricket scene, batter Bevon-John (BJ) Jacobs has been selected by the Mumbai Indians team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
BJ was capped by Matt McEwan for his start with Auckland Cricket last month, after representing Canterbury in T20 and List A cricket in his professional debut last year.
It’s a rare move for a kiwi cricketer to make the jump to IPL before having represented New Zealand on the world stage. BJ’s only international cricket experience so far was a short stint in the Queensland Premier T20 earlier this year.
Hibiscus Coast Cricket club manager Gair Mcskimming said the club always believed BJ was destined to be a superstar.
“But getting an IPL contract this early in his career is a testament to his hard work and dediction. At a young age, he is already a true professional,”McSkimming said.
