IPL Auction 2017 : Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi first Afghanistan cricketers to play in IPL

Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi were bought by defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Author: Sattwik Biswal

Updated: February 20, 2017, 1:44 PM IST

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अफगानिस्तान क्रिकेट टीम के गेंदबाज राशिद खान (फाइल फोटो)

Spinner Rashid Khan and allrounder Mohammad Nabi created history at the auction by becoming first cricketers from Afghanistan to play in the Indian Premier League. Both the players were bought by defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Rashid was bought for Rs 4 crore and Nabi bagged Rs 30 lakh. However, their team-mate Asghar Stanikzai joined the likes of Ishant Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and Imran Tahir remaining unsold.

Earlier, Ben Stokes was bought for Rs 14.5 crore by Rising Pune Supergiants and his England team-mate Chris Woakes went to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 4 crore. Also read: IPL Auction 2017: Key highlights

In the uncapped players’ set, T Natarajan emerged as the biggest gainer after getting bought by Rs 3 crore from his base price of Rs 20 lakh by Kings XI Punjab. While spinner K Gowtham and seamer Aniket Choudhary were sold for Rs 2 crore to Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore respectively. Also read: IPL 2017 auction: Rising Pune Supergiants get Ben Stokes for whopping Rs 14.5 crore