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World Champion Loh Kean Yew: Bengaluru shuttler Mithun Manjunath, who stunned former World Champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore a few days back at the Australian Open, emerged as the top buy in the players’ auction for the Season 2 of Grand Prix Badminton League (GPBL) held here.

The 25-year-old was acquired by the Chennai Superstarz for a staggering 14.5 lakh after a bidding war with Bengaluru Tigers in the auction conducted late on Saturday evening. Mithun whose had a base price of Rs 8 lakh was in the icon category.