Stokes, Rahul and Pandey get huge bids
January 27, 2018  13:08
image
And that concludes the morning session on Day 1 of the IPL Players' Auction.

Ben Stokes commanded the highest price of the IPL Auction so far with a massive bid of Rs. 12 crore, bought by Rajasthan Royals, who are back in the IPL after serving a two-year suspension.

Karnataka's young batting duo of KL Rahul and Manish Pandey earned a mammoth Rs. 11 crore each, bought by Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively.

Australia's hard-hitting batsman Chris Lynn was retained by Kolkata Knight Riders through the auction for Rs. 9.6 crore.

His Australian team mate Mitchell Starc also joined him at KKR for Rs. 9.4 crore.

Ravichandran Ashwin went to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 7.6 crore, while Sunrisers Hyderabad retained Shikhar Dhawan using the RTM for 5.2 crore and Mumbai Indians used the RTM to retain Kieron Pollard for 5.4 crore.

Surprisingly, Chris Gayle went UNSOLD along with Joe Root and Hashim Amla among others.

The action will resume after the lunch break at 1400 hours IST.
« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2024

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2024