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BENGALURU: England all-rounder Ben Stokes was the costliest buy after the first round of IPL players’ auction on Monday, going to Rising Pune Supergiants for a whopping Rs 14.50 crore (USD 2.16 million) after an intense bidding war.
Pune Supergiants, who removed Mahendra Singh Dhoni from captaincy on Sunday, entered late into the bidding at Rs 13 crore and clinched the deal at Rs 14.50 crore defeating bids from Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Interestingly, Stokes’ limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan was taken at a base price of Rs 2 crore (USD 298,000) by Kings XI Punjab.
With capable seam bowling all-rounders at a premium, Stokes was in the wish-list of five franchises, who engaged in tough bidding. The newly appointed England Test vice-captain thus became the first million dollar buy of the 10th edition auctions.
“He is a form all-rounder. We wanted to bolster on that front. It’s a gamble, we have got good young Indian players. We are going to put youngsters under big players and keep our fingers crossed. It’s a risk but we are ready to take it. We have got all-round options and gives us more options down the order,” Pune Supergiants coach Stephen Fleming reasoned the big buy. The first round of bidding for Stokes saw Mumbai, Delhi and RCB match each other till it reached Rs 10.50 crore after which the Reliance-owned franchise pulled out.
Delhi and Bangalore continued before Sunrisers entered the fray. But just when it looked that Stokes would go for around Rs 12.5 crore, Pune entered the fray.
For left-arm spinner Pawan Negi, it was another hefty pay day as he bagged a ? 1 crore deal from RCB starting at a base price of Rs 30 lakh.
It was definitely much less than last year when Negi’s Rs 8.5 crore deal with Delhi Daredevils had surprised one and all. But being an Indian player was his advantage.
New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson went to Delhi Daredevils at his base price of Rs 1 crore.
One of the notable names that went unsold was former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan, whose base price was Rs 50 lakh.
Players sold at IPL auction
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BANGALORE: The list of players who were sold in the IPL auction here today.
Players sold in first round: Eoin Morgan Kings XI Punjab Rs 2 crores; Pawan Negi Royal Challengers Bangalore Rs 1 crore; Angelo Mathews Delhi Daredevils Rs 2 crores; Ben Stokes Rising Pune Supergiants Rs 14.5 crores; Corey Anderson Delhi Daredevils Rs 1 crore; Nicholas Pooran Mumbai Indians Rs 30 lakhs; Kagiso Rabada Delhi Daredevils Rs 5 crores; Trent Boult Kolkata Knight Riders Rs 5 crores; Tymal Mills Royal Challengers Bangalore Rs 12 crores; Pat Cummins Delhi Daredevils Rs 4.5 crores; Mitchell Johnson Mumbai Indians Rs 2 crores; Ankit Bawne Delhi Daredevils Rs 10 lakhs; Tanmay Agarwal Sunrisers Hyderabad Rs 10 lakhs; Mohammad Nabi Sunrisers Hyderabad Rs 30 lakhs; K Gowtham Mumbai Indians Rs 2 crores; Rahul Tewatia Kings XI Punjab Rs 25 lakhs; Aditya Tare Delhi Daredevils Rs 25 lakhs; Eklavya Dwivedi Sunrisers Hyderabad Rs 75 lakhs; Aniket Choudhary Royal Challengers Bangalore Rs 2 crores; T Natarajan Kings XI Punjab Rs 3 crores; Nathu Singh Gujarat Lions Rs 50 lakhs; Basil Thampi Gujarat Lions Rs 85 lakhs; M Ashwin Delhi Daredevils Rs 1 crore; Tejas Baroka Gujarat Lions Rs 10 lakhs; Rashid Khan Sunrisers Hyderabad Rs 4 crores; Pravin Tambe Sunrisers Hyderabad Rs 10 lakhs; Chris Woakes Kolkata Knight Riders Rs 4.2 crores; Karn Sharma Mumbai Indians Rs 3.2 crores; Rishi Dhawan Kolkata
Knight Riders Rs 55 lakhs; Matt
Henry Kings XI Punjab Rs 50 lakhs; Jaydev Unadkat Rising Pune Supergiants Rs 30 lakhs; Varun Aaron Kings XI Punjab Rs 2.8 crores; Manpreet Gony Gujarat Lions Rs 60 lakhs;
Players sold in second round: Martin Guptill Kings XI Punjab Rs 50 lakhs; Jason Roy Gujarat Lions Rs 1 crore; Saurabh Tiwary Mumbai Indians Rs 30 lakhs; Chris Jordan Sunrisers Hyderabad Rs 50 lakhs; Nathan Coulter-Nile Kolkata Knight Riders Rs 3.5 crores; Praveen Dubey Royal Challengers Bangalore Rs 10 lakhs; Navdeep Saini Delhi Daredevils Rs 10 lakhs; Ben Laughlin Sunrisers Hyderabad Rs 30 lakhs; Billy Stanlake Royal Challengers Bangalore Rs 30 lakhs; Mohammed Siraj Sunrisers Hyderabad Rs 2.6 crores; Rahul Chahar Rising Pune Supergiants Rs 10 lakhs; Saurabh Kumar Rising Pune Supergiants Rs 10 lakhs; Asela Gunaratne Mumbai Indians Rs 30 lakhs; Daniel Christian Rising Pune Supergiants Rs 1 crore; Rovman Powell Kolkata Knight Riders Rs 30 lakhs; Darren Sammy Kings XI Punjab Rs 30 lakhs; Munaf Patel Gujarat Lions Rs 30 lakhs; Rinku Singh Kings XI Punjab Rs 10 lakhs; Shashank Singh Delhi Daredevils Rs 10 lakhs; Milind Tandon Rising Pune Supergiants Rs 10 lakhs; Kulwant Khejroliya Mumbai Indians Rs 10 lakhs; Chirag Suri Gujarat Lions Rs 10 lakhs; R Sanjay Yadav Kolkata Knight Riders Rs 10 lakhs; Shelley Shaurya Gujarat Lions Rs 10 lakhs; Shubham Agarwal Gujarat Lions Rs 10 lakhs; Ishank Jaggi Kolkata Knight Riders Rs 10 lakhs; Rahul Tripathi Rising Pune Supergiants Rs 10 lakhs and Pratham Singh Gujarat Lions Rs 10 lakhs.
