An intense day of the Indian Premiere League came to an end and as expected, England all-rounder Ben Stokes turned to be the most expensive player in the 2017 IPL auction. The all-rounder was bought by the Rising Pune Supergiants for whooping Rs 14 crore while Royal Challengers Bangalore shelled out Rs 12 crore to but England pacer Tymal Mills.
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Tymal Mills was expected to land a lucrative deal but unexpected to be singed for Rs 12 crore. The other two star signings were of Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult who were signed for Rs 5 crore each. Afghanistan players Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan created historic moment as they become the only Afghanistan players to bag IPL deals. At the auction which was held at Bangalore, total 351 players went under the hammer.
There were disappointment for experienced Indian fast bowlers Ishant Sharma, RP Singh and Irfan Pathan who went unsold. World number 1 T20 and ODI bowler, Imran Tahir also failed to get any bidders. However the owners will submit a list of unsold players they are interested in and will be brought back into the auction. Among the other Indian players, Karn Sharma was picked up by Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.2 crores while Varun Aaron bagged a deal of Rs 2.8 crores.
Here is the following list of players sold:
Ben Stokes Rising Pune Supergiants
Tymal Mills Royal Challengers Bangalore
Trent Boult Kolkata Knight Riders
Kagiso Rabada Delhi Daredevils
Pat Cummins Delhi Daredevils
Chris Woakes Kolkata Knight Riders
Rashid Khan Sunrisers Hyderabad
Nathan Coulter-Nile Kolkata Knight Riders
Karn Sharma Mumbai Indians
T Natarajan Kings XI Punjab
Varun Aaron Kings XI Punjab
Mohammed Siraj Sunrisers Hyderabad
Eoin Morgan Kings XI Punjab
Angelo Mathews Delhi Daredevils
Mitchell Johnson Mumbai Indians
Aniket Choudhary Royal Challengers Bangalore
Krishnappa Gowtham Mumbai Indians
Jason Roy Gujarat Lions
Corey Anderson Delhi Daredevils
Pawan Negi Royal Challengers Bangalore
Daniel Christian Rising Pune Supergiants
Murugan Ashwin Delhi Daredevils
Basil Thampi Gujarat Lions
Eklavya Dwivedi Sunrisers Hyderabad
Manpreet Gony Gujarat Lions
Rishi Dhawan Kolkata Knight Riders
Martin Guptill Kings XI Punjab
Chris Jordan Sunrisers Hyderabad
Nathu Singh Gujarat Lions
Darren Bravo Kolkata Knight Riders
Manoj Tiwary Rising Pune Supergiants
Matt Henry Kings XI Punjab
Lockie Ferguson Rising Pune Supergiants
Saurabh Tiwary Mumbai Indians
Nicolas Pooran Mumbai Indians
Mohammad Nabi Sunrisers Hyderabad
Ben Laughlin Sunrisers Hyderabad
Billy Stanlake Royal Challengers Bangalore
Jaydev Unadkat Rising Pune Supergiants
Darren Sammy Kings XI Punjab
Munaf Patel Gujarat Lions
Rovman Powell Kolkata Knight Riders
Aditya Tare Delhi Daredevils
Rahul Tewatia Kings XI Punjab
Tanmay Agarwal Sunrisers Hyderabad
Praveen Dubey Royal Challengers Bangalore
Pravin Tambe Sunrisers Hyderabad
Akshdeep Nath Gujarat Lions
Chirag Suri Gujarat Lions
R Sanjay Yadav Kolkata Knight Riders
Rahul Chahar Rising Pune Supergiants
Saurabh Kumar Rising Pune Supergiants
Sayan Ghosh Kolkata Knight Riders
Shashank Singh Delhi Daredevils
Shelley Shaurya Gujarat Lions
Ankit Bawne Delhi Daredevils
Navdeep Saini Delhi Daredevils
Tejas Baroka Gujarat Lions
Rinku Singh Kings XI Punjab
Shubham Agarwal Gujarat Lions
Kulwant Khejroliya Mumbai Indians
Ishank Jaggi Kolkata Knight Riders
Pratham Singh Gujarat Lions