Indian players dominated the bidding wars as KL Rahul and Manish Pandey laughed their way to the bank with multi-million dollar deals but England all- rounder Ben Stokes once again emerged the costliest buy in the IPL auctions.
Indian players dominated the bidding wars as KL Rahul and Manish Pandey laughed their way to the bank with multi-million dollar deals but England all- rounder Ben Stokes once again emerged the costliest buy in the IPL auctions.
Despite all the off-field controversies, Stokes was snapped up for a whopping Rs 12.5 crore (USD 1.96 million) by Rajasthan Royals after Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings also engaged in a fierce bidding war.
The franchises were smart in their choices with most of the current India players attracting significant interest.
Stylish opener Rahul and middle-order batsman Pandey bagged deals worth Rs 11 crore (USD 1.73 million) from Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively.
With their prices sky-rocketing, the two players' original franchises RCB and KKR didn't use their Right To Match (RTM) cards.
The Karnataka players had a field day at the auctions with India discard Karun Nair also triggering a bidding war before Kings XI Punjab got him for Rs 5.60 crore.
Kedar Jadhav, one of Mahendra Singh Dhoni 'Go To Man' during his last stint as India captain, also fetched a healthy price of Rs 7.80 crore for his all-round qualities of batting, round-arm off-spin and back-up wicket-keeping. He was snapped by the Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings.
Chennai, however, didn't bid vigorously for Ravichandran Ashwin, who will now ply his trade for Kings XI Punjab at a salary of Rs 7.60 crore.
Interestingly, Chennai Super Kings roped in Harbhajan Singh at his base price of Rs 2 crore (USD 315,000).
Following is the complete list of sold and unsold players in the first day of Indian Premier League auctions.
Sold players on Day 1 (Teamwise):
Chennai Super Kings: Kedar Jadhav (Rs 7.80 crore), Dwayne Bravo (Rs 6.40 crore), Karn Sharma (Rs 5 crore), Shane Watson (Rs 4 crore); Ambati Rayudu (Rs 2.20 crore); Harbhajan Singh (Rs 2 crore), Faf Du Plessis (Rs 1.60 crore), Imran Tahir (Rs 1 crore)
Delhi Daredevils: Glenn Maxwell (Rs 9 crore), Kagiso Rabada (Rs 4.20 crore), Amit Mishra (Rs 4 crore), Vijay Shankar (Rs 3.20 crore), Rahul Tewatia (Rs 3 crore), Mohammad Shami (Rs 3 crore), Gautam Gambhir (Rs 2.80), Colin Munro (Rs 1.90 crore), Jason Roy (Rs 1.50 crore), Prithvi Shaw (Rs 1.20), Avesh Khan (Rs 70 lakh) and Harshal Patel (Rs 20 lakh).
Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (Rs 11 crore), Ravichandran Ashwin (Rs 7.60 crore), Aaron Finch (Rs 6.20 crore), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 6.20 crore), Karun Nair (Rs 5.60 crore), Ankit Singh Rajpoot (Rs 3 crore), David Miller (Rs 3 crore), Yuvraj Singh (Rs 2 crore), Mayank Agarwal (Rs 1 crore).
Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn (Rs 9.60 crore), Mitchell Starc (Rs 9.40 crore), Dinesh Karthik (Rs 7.40 crore), Robin Uthappa (Rs 6.40 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 5.80 crore), Piyush Chawla (Rs 4.20 crore), Nitish Rana (Rs 3.40 crore), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rs 3.20 crore), Shubman Gill (Rs 1.80 crore), Ishank Jaggi (Rs 20 lakh)
Mumbai Indians: Krunal Pandya (Rs 8.80 crore), Ishan Kishan (Rs 6.2 crore), Kieron Pollard (Rs 5.40 crore), Pat Cummins (Rs 5.40), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 3.20 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (Rs 2.20 crore)
Rajasthan Royals: Ben Stokes (Rs 12.50 crore), Sanju Samson (Rs 8 crore), Jofra Archer (Rs 7.2 crore), Jos Buttler (Rs 4.40 crore), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs 4 crore), Darcy Short (Rs 4 crore), Rahul Tripathi (Rs 3.40 crore), Stuart Binny (Rs 50 lakh)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Woakes (Rs 7.40 crore), Yuzvendra Singh Chahal (Rs 6 crore), Umesh Yadav (Rs 4.20 crore), Brendon McCullum (Rs 3.60 crore), Navdeep Saini (Rs 3 crore), Quinton De Kock (Rs 2.80 crore), Colin De Grandhomme (Rs 2.20 crore), Moeen Ali (Rs 1.70 crore), Manan Vohra (Rs 1.10 crore), Kulwant Khejroliya (Rs 85 lakh) and Aniket Choudhary (Rs 30 lakh).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Manish Pandey (Rs 11 crore), Rashid Khan (Rs 9 crore), Shikhar Dhawan (Rs 5.20 crore), Wriddhiman Saha (Rs 5 crore), Siddarth Kaul (Rs 3.8 crore), Deepak Hooda (Rs 3.6 crore), Syed Khaleel Ahmed (Rs 3 crore), Kane Williamson (Rs 3 crore), Carlos Brathwaite (Rs 2 crore), Shakib Al Hasan (Rs 2 crore), Yusuf Pathan (Rs 1.90 crore), Basil Thampi (Rs 95 lakh), T Natarajan (Rs 40 lakh) and Ricky Bhui (Rs 20 lakh).
Unsold Players on Day 1: James Faulkner, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Murali Vijay, Chris Gayle, Jonny Bairstow, Hashim Amla, Joe Root, Adam Zampa, Parthiv Patel, Sam Billings, Samuel Badree, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Martin Guptill, Naman Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Ish Sodhi, Ben McDermott, Ankush Bains, Aditya Tare, Nikhil Shankar Naik, Siddhesh Dinesh Lad, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma, Vishnu Vinod, Sheldon Jackson, Prashant Chopra, Himanshu Rana and Rajneesh Gurbani. PTI SSC ATK ATK
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