Former opener Virender Sehwag took a hilarious dig at the reunion of Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya after Lucknow Super Giants bought both Baroda cricketers in the IPL 2022 mega auction on Saturday.

Krunal will join Deepak Hooda in the Lucknow all-rounders unit after being sold for a whopping INR 8 crore on Saturday. Earlier, Lucknow Super Giants bought Hooda for INR 5.75 crore. The franchise also roped in Jason Holder (8.75 Cr), Quinton de Kock (wk) (6.75 Cr), Manish Pandey (4.60 Cr) to bolster their squad for the next season.

Hooda and Krunal would be a good pair. Divided by Baroda, United by Lucknow #IPLAuction

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 12, 2022

“Hooda and Krunal would be a good pair. Divided by Baroda, United by Lucknow,” Sehwag tweeted.

Deepak Hooda had left Baroda’s domestic team and joined Rajasthan for the upcoming season. Hooda had a tumultuous last season at Baroda and was suspended after he left the team’s bio-bubble ahead of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament following a spat with team captain Krunal Pandya. Hooda claimed that he was being “bullied” by Krunal, which is why he left.

Meanwhile, Nitish Rana was picked up by KKR for Rs 8 crore while West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 8.75 crore. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan remained unsold as no franchise showed interest in him. India batter Manish Pandey was picked by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 4.6 crore. Windies left-handed batter Shimron Hetmyer was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 8.5 crore. India batter Robin Uthappa was acquired by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for Rs 2 crore.