Bengaluru, Karnataka [India], January 27 (ANI): Day 1 of the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction at the ITC Gardenia in Bengaluru on Saturday was full of surprises. Also Read - Ajinkya Rahane on IPL After Dale Steyn's Comments - 'It Gave us Platform to Express'
India opener K L Rahul and middle-order batsman Manish Pandey became the most expensive buys of the ongoing 11th edition, bagging bumper deals of Rs 11 crore each. Also Read - IPL vs PSL: Dale Steyn Underlines Drawback of Playing in Indian Premier League, Says Money is Given More Importance, Cricket Takes Back Seat
Pandey, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) last season, was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad while Rahul was snapped up by Kings XI Punjab. Also Read - Prashant Kishor Appointed as Political Analyst of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh
Meanwhile, Australian middle-order batsman Chris Lynn stayed with KKR for Rs 9.60 crore.
Also, players from the marquee list went for bidding where England’s Ben Stokes was sold for a whopping Rs 12.5 crore to Rajasthan Royals (RR), while Glenn Maxwell was taken by Delhi Daredevils (DD) for Rs 9 crore.
Chris Gayle, Lasith Malinga, Ishant Sharma, Joe Root, Mitchell Johnson, among others went unsold in the first round
In total, 109 players went under the hammer, 78 were sold and 31 remained unsold.
Here’s a list of sold players-
1. Shikhar Dhawan sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 5.2 crores
2. R Ashwin sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 7.6 crores
3. Kieron Pollard sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 5.4 crores
4. Ajinkya Rahane sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 4 crores
5. Faf du Plessis sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 1.6 crores
6. Ben Stokes sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 12.5 crores
7. Harbhajan Singh sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 2 crores
8. Mitchell Starc sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.4 crores
9. Glenn Maxwell sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 9 crores
10. Shakib Al Hasan sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2 crores
11. Gautam Gambhir sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 2.8 crores
12. Yuvraj Singh sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2 crores
13. Kane Williamson sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 3 crores
14. Dwayne Bravo sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 6.4 crores
15. KL Rahul sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 11 crores
16. Karun Nair sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 5.6 crores
17. Brendon McCullum sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.6 crores
18. Aaron Finch sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 6.2 crores
19. David Miller sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3 crores
20. Manish Pandey sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 11 crores
21. Chris Lynn sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.6 crores
22. Jason Roy sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1.5 crores
23. Shane Watson sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 4 crores
24. Carlos Brathwaite sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2 crores
25. Chris Woakes sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 7.4 crores
26. Yusuf Pathan sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.9 crores
27. Colin de Grandhomme sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 2.2 crores
28. Kedar Jadhav sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 7.8 crores
29. Stuart Binny sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 50 lakhs
30. Colin Munro sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1.9 crores
31. Wriddhiman Saha sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 5 crores
32. Marcus Stoinis sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 6.2 crores
33. Quinton de Kock sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 2.8 crores
34. Moeen Ali sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1.7 crores
35. Robin Uthappa sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 6.4 crores
36. Dinesh Karthik sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 7.4 crores
37. Ambati Rayudu sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 2.2 crores
38. Sanju Samson sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 8 crores
39. Jos Buttler sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 4.4 crores
40. Mohammed Shami sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 3 crores
41. Umesh Yadav sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 4.2 crores
42. Pat Cummins sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 5.4 crores
43. Mustafizur Rahman sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2.2 crores
44. Kagiso Rabada sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4.2 crores
45. Karn Sharma sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 5 crores
46. Imran Tahir sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 1 crore
47. Piyush Chawla sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 4.2 crores
48. Amit Mishra sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4 crores
49. Rashid Khan sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 9 crores
50. Yuzvendra Chahal sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 6 crores
51. Kuldeep Yadav sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5.8 crores
52. Prithvi Shaw sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1.2 crores
53. Ishank Jaggi sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakhs
54. Shubman Gill sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.8 crores
55. Suryakumar Yadav sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.2 crores
56. Manan Vohra sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1.1 crores
57. Rahul Tripathi sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 3.4 crores
58. Mayank Agarwal sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 1 crore
59. Ricky Bhui sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakhs
60. Vijay Shankar sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 3.2 crores
61. Deepak Hooda sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 3.6 crores
62. Rahul Tewatia sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 3 crores
63. Krunal Pandya sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 8.8 crores
64. Kamlesh Nagarkoti sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3.2 crores
65. Harshal Patel sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 20 lakhs
66. Jofra Archer sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 7.2 crores
67. D’Arcy Short sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 4 crores
68. Nitish Rana sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3.4 crores
69. Ishan Kishan sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 6.2 crores
70. T Natarajan sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 40 lakhs
71. Siddarth Kaul sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 3.8 crores
72. Kulwant Khejroliya sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 85 lakhs
73. Aniket Choudhary sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 30 lakhs
74. Basil Thampi sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 95 lakhs
75. Navdeep Saini sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3 crores
76. Khaleel Ahmed sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 3 crores
77. Ankit Rajpoot sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3 crores
78. Avesh Khan sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 70 lakhs
Unsold players-
Chris Gayle, Joe Root, Hashim Amla, Murali Vijay, Martin Guptill, James Faulkner, Parthiv Patel, Ishant Sharma, Tim Southee, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Jonny Bairstow, Naman Ojha, Sam Billings, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Zampa, Ish Sodhi, Samuel Badree, Himanshu Rana, Siddhesh Lad, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma, Nikhil Naik, Ben McDermott, Aditya Tare, Ankush Bains, Vishnu Vinod, Sheldon Jackson, Prashant Chopra, Rajneesh Gurbani
Up to 578 players, out of the 1,122 players, have been kept for the final two-day auction, which includes 244 capped players (62 from India), 332 uncapped players (34 from overseas), and two players from Associate countries.
The 2018 edition of the T20 lucrative tournament is slated to be held from April 7 to May 27. (ANI)
This is published unedited from the ANI feed.
