So it is the Karnataka batting group of Manish Pandey, KL Rahul and Karun Nair, who have a ball at the IPL Auctions.

Pandey went to Sunrisers for a huge Rs. 11 crore, while KL Rahul was bought by Kings XI Punjab for the same amount, who also purchased Karun Nair for Rs. 5.6 crore and Aaron Finch for 6.2 crore.

Another player who attracted the big bids was Australian Chris Lynn, who was retained by KKR for 9.6 crore without using the RTM option.

Brendon McCullum was sold to RCB for Rs. 3.6 crore while David Miller was retained by Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 3 crore using the RTM option.

But South Africa's run machine Hashim Amla went unsold along with Jason Roy and Murali Vijay.