#IPL10 Auction: England's Ben Stokes earns second highest salary in history; domestic talents rake in crores
Welcome to the live coverage of IPL 2017 auction.
This is the day when fortunes of cricketers change in a jiffy, this is the day when unknown names hog the limelight, this is the day when big stars of the game pocket giant contract and etch their names in record books. Yes it's the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction and auctioneer Richard Madley, popularly referred to as the 'Hammerman' is going to the call the shots one last time before all players go back to the auction pool in the next edition of the tournament.
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A total of 352 players will be up for grabs in the auction out of an original pool of 799 (which was shortened after consultation with the eight franchises). There are as many as 122 international players, including six players from Associate nations (five from Afghanistan and one from UAE).
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And that's it for this year's Indian Premier League auction!
It was a fierce battle between all the franchises to lap up the brightest cricketing talents from India and around the world.
The highlight of the day, of course, was England's Ben Stokes.
The all-rounder was bought by the Rising Pune Supergiants for a whooping Rs 14.5 Cr.
Only time will tell how whether the franchise heads made the right calls in today's auction, but one things if for sure, it's going to be a fascinating IPL 2017.
Thank you very much for joining us for the live coverage of the auction. Until next time, it's goodbye!
Lockie Ferguson sold to RPS for Rs 50 Lakh.
Sayan Ghosh sold to KKR for 10 Lakh.
Manoj Tiwary sold to RPS for 50 Lakh.
Darren Bravo sold to KKR for 50 Lakh.
And we're back with the next round of bidding.
First up - Aksh Deep Nath.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 Lakh.
South African leggie Imran Tahir is the No.1 bowler in the world in T20s currently.
Time for a very short break.
Each franchise will now submit three players each for re-auction.
Stay tuned for live updates from the IPL 2017 auction!
Next up - Pratham Singh.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - R Tripathi
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - Ishank Jaggi.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - R Sanjay Yadav.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - Ashton Turner.
His base price is Rs 20 Lakh.
Goes unsold!
Next up - Shubam Agrawal.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - Shelley Shaurya.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - Mahmudullah
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Goes unsold!
Next up - Bangladesh's Mehedi Hasan.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Goes unsold!
Next up - Chirag Suri.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - Virat Singh.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Goes unsold!
Next up - K Williams.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Goes unsold!
Next up - New Zealand's Ben Wheeler.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Goes unsold!
Next up - A Phehlukwayo.
His base price is Rs 1 Cr.
Goes unsold!
Next up - Milind Tandon.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - Shashank Singh.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - Rinku Singh.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Kings XI Punjab for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - Munaf Patel.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Sold to the Gujarat Lions for Rs 30 Lakh.
Next up - Lockie Ferguson.
His base price is Rs 50 Lakh.
Goes unsold!
Next up - New Zealand's Mitchell Santner.
His base price is Rs 50 Lakh.
Goes unsold!
Next up - West Indies' Darrn Sammy.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Sold to the Kings XI Punjab for Rs 30 Lakh.
Next up - Rovman Powell.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Sold to the Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 30 Lakh.
Next up - Wayne Parnell.
His base price is Rs 50 Lakh.
Goes unsold!
Next up - New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham.
His base price is Rs 50 Lakh.
Goes unsold!
Next up - Daniel Christian.
His base price is Rs 1 Cr.
Sold to the Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 1 Cr.
Next up - A Gunarathna.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Sold to the Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 Lakh.
Next up - Saurabh Kumar.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - Rahul Chahar.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to the Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 Lakh.
Next up - Mohammed Siraj.
His base price is Rs 20 Lakh.
Sold to the Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2.6 Cr.
Next up - Sayan Ghosh.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Goes Unsold!
Next up - Ronsford Beaton.
His base price is Rs 20 Lakh.
Goes Unsold!
Next up - Dishank Yagnik.
His base price is Rs 20 Lakh.
Goes Unsold!
Next up - Pankaj Jaswal.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Goes Unsold!
Next up - Akash Bhandari.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Goes Unsold!
Next up - AV Wankhede.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Goes Unsold!
Next up - Himanshu Rana.
His base price is Rs 10 Lakh.
Goes Unsold!
Next up - Billy Stanlake.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Sold to the Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 30 Lakh.
Next up - Ben Laughlin.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Sold to the Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 30 Lakh.
Next up - David Wiese.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Goes Unsold!
Next up - Parveez Rasool.
His base price is Rs 30 Lakh.
Goes Unsold!