Shopping ke mood mein hain, har cheez kharidni hai: Sehwag on Preity Zinta's aggressive bidding at IPL Auction

It seems like after failing to win 1PL in the first 10 seasons, KXIP is desperate to change the record in this season. And the first step towards it is getting the players good enough to get them. And Preity Zinta led KXIP with Sehwag as coach look determined to get their act right this time around.

After buying R Ashwin, they also snapped up Yuvraj Singh, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch.

Karun Nair was bought for Rs 5.60 crore. There was intense bidding for KL Rahul who lit up IPL last season. MI, SRH, RR initially started bidding for KL Rahul. Just when it looked that SRH will get him for Rs 6.2 crore, entered KXIP in the fray. And that triggered an intense price war. SRH and KXIP finally were in fray and KXIP got him for Rs 11 crore. RCB had the option of using RTM, but they him go.

Aaron Finch, another handy Australian batter has been bought by KXIP. He was bought from Rs 6.2 crore after strong bidding across IPL franchises. David Miller was initially bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 3 crore, but KXIP trumped them by using the RTM card. Finally, Preity managed to use RTM card, after being at the receiving end through out the morning.

KXIP current team at 12.30 PM- R Ashwin, David Miller, Yuvraj Singh, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, A Finch, Axar Patel, Steven Smith 

As usual Virender Sehwag had a tongue-in-cheek reaction to his boss' aggression at the IPL auction. Here's how he and others reacted to Zinta's aggressive bidding: 

Ladkiyon ko shopping ka shock hota hai. Preity full on shopping ke mood mein hain. Har cheez khareedni hai

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 27, 2018

One filmfare nomination for Preity Zinta's performance in #IPLAuction

— PrayerTastic (@prayertastic) January 27, 2018

Priety Zinta : 4 crores for him

"Mam he's Richard Hadley"#IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/kDjf3e4wXS

— Dr. Gill (@ikpsgill1) January 27, 2018

Other Teams watching Preity Zinta bid for #KXIP in #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/XMqsOnGlJu

— तवनास पोर (@Nautankibaba) January 27, 2018

Heard Preity Zinta has entered the bid for Aubameyang. Shocking if true.

— Aakash (@PUNchayati) January 27, 2018

Preity Zinta is on a shopping spree. #KXIP has bought Finch, Miller, Rahul, Nair, Yuvraj & Ashwin!! #IPLAuction

— Girin Govind (@GirinGovind) January 27, 2018

Other KXIP owners to Preity Zinta. #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/PrEJ0mye53

— Sourabh (@calmwala) January 27, 2018

Auctioneer: Next player for auction is.....
Preity Zinta: 3 Crore
Auctioneer: Ma'am, player ka naam toh bolne do#IPLAuction

— Maddy Panjwani (@maddy_panjwani_) January 27, 2018

Preity Zinta is in sucha mood that she may buy Ishant Sharma & Ashok Dinda as well #IPLAuction

— Cricket bakchod (@AllTimeBakchod) January 27, 2018

Preity Zinta to KXIP's Budget #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/8NzfS2GAPb

— Gujarati Jon Snow (@Gujju_Jon) January 27, 2018

Preity Zinta every 5 seconds#IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/6lG5M0uDru

— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) January 27, 2018

#IPLAuction

Announcer: Manish Pandey
preity zinta: 11 cr

Announcer: Chris lynn
preity zinta: 10 cr

Announcer: Glass
preity zinta: 2 cr

Announcer: ek glass pani mang rha main bkl

— ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ (@firkiii) January 27, 2018

Preity Zinta at every bid. #IPLAuction #IPLauction2018 pic.twitter.com/CpkRDCg05S

— अंकित जैन (@indiantweeter) January 27, 2018

Bachpan mein sabji bhi khareedne jaate thhey, toh maa bolti theen theek daam me laana , aur aaj hum aadmi khareed rahe hain ! Farak yeh hai, ab owner bolte hain sahi daam mein khareedna :) #IPLAuction live

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 27, 2018

Rajasthan Royals bought Ben Stokes for 12.5 cr ! He will also work for Karni Sena on non-match days. #IPLAuction

— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) January 27, 2018

Preity Zinta and her paddle have made more money for cricketers in the last two hours (whether they'll play for her team or not) than perhaps even the mighty BCCI could ever fathom #IPLAuction

— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) January 27, 2018

KL Rahul for 11cr, Manish Pandey for 11cr, Karun Nayar for 5.6cr, this is what you get when you stay in Bangalore and do anything other than working in electronic city and Whitefield.

— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) January 27, 2018

We already have him 

— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) January 27, 2018

Indian opener K L Rahul hit pay dirt with a Rs 11 crore deal with Kings XI Punjab, while controversial England all-rounder Ben Stokes also triggered a bidding war before going to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 12.50 crore at the IPL auctions, here today.

However, West Indian swashbuckler Chris Gayle surprisingly went unsold despite his well-established T20 batting credentials. England Test captain Joe Root also went unsold.

Indian batsman Karun Nair, who had a base price of Rs 50 lakh, fetched a bid of Rs 5.60 crore from Kings XI Punjab, reaffirming the franchises' interest in Indian players.

Australia pacer Mitchell Starc was bought for Rs 9.40 crore by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) while Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) got lucky getting Ravichandran Ashwin for Rs 7.60 crore.

The other big buy among the 16 marquee players was Glenn Maxwell, who was back in the Delhi Daredevils fold after five years for a record Rs 9.40 crore after intense bidding. DD had the last laugh when KXIP refused to use their RTM card.

Delhi Daredevils, however, got their probable captain in Gautam Gambhir for a dirt cheap Rs 2.80 crore while Chennai Super Kings bought Harbhajan Singh at his base price of Rs 2 crore.
Similarly, another veteran Yuvraj Singh got a deal from Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2 crore.

Dwayne Bravo was taken for Rs 6.40 crore by CSK using the RTM card.
It was another big pay day for Stokes, who was bought for Rs 14.5 crore by Rising Pune Supergiants during the last auctions, and proved to be a worthy buy with his all-round performances taking the team to the final.

Stokes has been struck with controversies of late and was dropped from the England Ashes squad following a pub brawl. He has even been charged in the matter now.
There were multiple bids from Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings but Steve Smith, Stokes' captain at the Pune franchise, wanted him desperately and thus his owners respected his wish.

Kieron Pollard was predictably bought by Mumbai Indians using their Right To Match (RTM) card for Rs 5.40 crore while Sunrisers Hyderabad bought back Shikhar Dhawan for Rs 5.2 crore after heavy bidding from KXIP.
Faf du Plessis was retained by CSK for only Rs 1.60 crore while Rajasthan Royals used RTM to retain Ajinkya Rahane for Rs 4 crore.
Kane Williamson was back at Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 3 crore.

Former CSK mentor Kris Srikkanth wasn't surprised that Gayle went unsold and CSK didn't go whole hog for Ashwin.
"Not at all surprised at Gayle being dropped, RCB s problem is stock heavy and they will use RTM card for KL Rahul as opening batsman and (Yuzvendra) Chahal, they are Indian cricketers and know the conditions well," Srikkanth said.
On Ashwin, he said: "I expected it, reason is that last year Washington Sundar played under (MS) Dhoni and Steve Smith for (Rising) Pune (Supergiant), and he was the most economical bowler. Now he is a T20 bowler for India, because they have an option in Washington Sunder." 

With inputs from PTI