New Delhi [India], Feb. 20 : The 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Bengaluru on Monday ended with surprises for many, both in good and bad terms.
While England all-rounder Ben Stokes stole the show after being bought by a whopping amount of Rs 14.50 crores by Rising Super Giants, Imran Tahir, world number one bowler, both in T20s and ODIs, was not even lucky to be bought by any of the franchises.
Spinner Rashid Khan and all-rounder Mohammed Nabi became the first Afghanistan cricketers to be bought by an IP franchise.
Both were bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 4 crore and Rs. 30 lakh respectively. In total, 66 players were sold inclusive, of 27 overseas players. Here's a list of sold players--- 1. Eoin Morgan sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 2 crores 2. Pawan Negi sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 1 crore 3. Angelo Mathews sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 2 crores 4. Ben Stokes sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 14.5 crores 5. Corey Anderson sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 1 crore 6. Nicholas Pooran sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 30 lakhs 7. Kagiso Rabada sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 5 crores 8. Trent Boult sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 5 crores 9. Tymal Mills sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 12 crores 10. Pat Cummins sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 4.5 crores 11. Mitchell Johnson sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 2 crores 12. Ankit Bawne sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 lakhs 13. Tanmay Agarwal sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 10 lakhs 14. Mohammad Nabi sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.30 lakhs 15. K Gowtham sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs.
2 crores 16. Rahul Tewatia sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 25 lakhs 17. Aditya Tare sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 25 lakhs 18. Eklavya Dwivedi sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 75 lakhs 19. Aniket Choudhary sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 2 crores 20. T Natarajan sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 3 crores 21. Nathu Singh sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 50 lakhs 22. Basil Thampi sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 85 lakhs 23. M Ashwin sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 1 crore 24. Tejas Baroka sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 lakhs 25. Rashid Khan sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 4 crores 26. Pravin Tambe sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 10 lakhs 27. Chris Woakes sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 4.2 crores 28. Karn Sharma sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 3.2 crores 29. Rishi Dhawan sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 55 lakhs 30. Matt Henry sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 50 lakhs 31. Jaydev Unadkat sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 30 lakhs 32. Varun Aaron sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 2.8 crores 33. Manpreet Gony sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 60 lakhs 34. Martin Guptill sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 50 lakhs 35. Jason Roy sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 1 crore 36. Saurabh Tiwary sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 30 lakhs 37. Chris Jordan sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 50 lakhs 38. Nathan Coulter-Nile sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 3.5 crores 39. Praveen Dubey sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 lakhs 40. Navdeep Saini sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 lakhs 41. Ben Laughlin sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 30 lakhs 42. Billy Stanlake sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 30 lakhs 43. Mohammed Siraj sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 2.6 crores 44. Rahul Chahar sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 lakhs 45. Saurabh Kumar sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 lakhs 46. Asela Gunaratne sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 30 lakhs 47. Daniel Christian sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 1 crore 48. Rovman Powell sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 30 lakhs 49. Darren Sammy sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 30 lakhs 50. Munaf Patel sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 30 lakhs 51. Rinku Singh sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 10 lakhs 52. Shashank Singh sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 lakhs 53. Milind Tandon sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 lakhs 54. Kulwant Khejroliya sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 10 lakhs 55. Chirag Suri sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 lakhs 56. R Sanjay Yadav sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 10 lakhs 57. Shelley Shaurya sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 lakhs 58. Shubham Agarwal sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 lakhs 59. Ishank Jaggi sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 10 lakhs 60. Rahul Tripathi sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 lakhs 61. Pratham Singh sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 lakhs 62. Akshdeep Nath sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 lakhs 63. Lockie Ferguson sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 50 lakhs 64. Manoj Tiwary sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 50 lakhs 65. Darren Bravo sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 50 lakhs 66. Sayan Ghosh sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 10 lakhs Unsold players--- Faiz Fazal, Alex Hales, Ross Taylor, Irfan Pathan, Sean Abbott, Ben Dunk, Jonny Bairstow, Andre Fletcher, Johnson Charles, Dinesh Chandimal, Kyle Abbott, Ishant Sharma, Lakshan Sandakan, Ish Sodhi, Brad Hogg, Pragyan Ojha, Imran Tahir, Umang Sharma, Prithvi Shaw, Unmukt Chand, Asghar Stanikzai, Mahipal Lomror, Shivam Dubey, Manan Sharma, Rush Kalaria, Priyank Kirit Panchal, Vishnu Vinod, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammad Shahzad, Mohit Ahlawat, Manvinder Bisla, Abu Nechim, Umar Nazir Mir, Pawan Suyal, Mayank Dagar, Sarabjit Ladda, Mitchell Swepson, Akshay Wakhare, Cheteshwar Pujara, Abhinav Mukund, Michael Klinger, S Badrinath, Marlon Samuels, Evin Lewis, Nic Maddinson, Parvez Rasool, Jason Holder, David Wiese, Thisara Perera, Farhaan Behardien, Anamul Haque, Shane Dowrich, Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella, Brad Haddin, Glenn Phillips, RP Singh, Pankaj Singh, Fawad Ahmed, Michael Beer, Akila Dananjaya, Nathan Lyon, Rahul Sharma, Himanshu Rana, Apoorv Wankhade, Akash Bhandari, Akhil Herwadkar, Pankaj Jaiswal, Dishant Yagnik, Rishi Arothe, Ronsford Beaton, Kanishk Seth, Joe Burns, Colin Munro, James Neesham, Wayne Parnell, Mitchell Santner, Harpreet Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Ben Wheeler, Kesrick Williams, Tejendra Singh, Virat Singh, Manjeet Singh, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, B Indrajith, Amit Verma, Himmat Singh, Ashton Turner and Chaitanya Bishnoi.
A total of 351 players were up for grabs in the auction out of an original pool of 799. Of these, 226 were Indian players and 122 were players with international caps. Six players were from Associate ICC nations. This is the last auction of the 10-year cycle after which all players are set to go back into the auction pool.
The season 10 of the IPL begins on April 5 and runs until May 21..
Source: ANI
