The IPL 2017 auction once again witnessed a few amazing bid wars teams aggressively went behind a player which resulted in the price shooting up and in the end the players were the real gainers. Teams like they always do came out with specifics in mind, they knew exactly what they were looking for, picked only those players if he was going out of their range didn’t hesitate in pulling off from the bid either. Four England players aggregated a sum of INR 32.70 crores.

English players were the center of attraction – Ben Stokes like expected fetched the highest contract sum of INR 14.5 crores. There was an intense bid war between Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad for him before Rising Pune Supergiants entered escalated it to 14.5 and stole the player. Tymal Mills was the next best Royal Challengers Bangalore have agreed to pay INR 12 crores to pay for him to be a part of their team in the upcoming season of the IPL.

Siraj has climbed a few steps in the season, he played 11 first-class matches this season and picked 44 wickets, in the T20s he has 4 scalps after featuring in 10 matches. His exploits for Hyderabad earned him a spot in the India A team as well.

<strong>Here are the 8 Teams and their picks in IPL 2017 Auction</strong>

<strong> </strong><strong>1. Sunrisers Hyderabad</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2016/12/Rashid-Khan.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-96959 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Rashid-Khan.jpg" alt="Rashid Khan" width="600" height="374" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-96959" class="wp-caption-text">Rashid Khan. (Photo Source: BPL)</figcaption>

The champions of the previous season Sunrisers Hyderabad were pretty sorted when they walked in for the auction.  They picked a total of 8 players spending 8 crores 65 lakhs rupees. Sunrisers having released Karn Sharma from the team ahead of the auction were looking to add another quality leg-spinner into the team and that is what saw them persist to buy Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan who has been the most impressive limited-overs spinner in the international season.

SRH also picked another Afghan player allrounder Mohammad Nabi who has been one of the most consistent performers for the Associate team. Nabi became the first player from Afghanistan and the entire Associate circle to be picked by a team. He was picked for his base price of INR 30 lakh. Another expensive yet impressive pick from the Hyderabad-based team was local talent Mohammed Siraj.

<strong>Here is the full list of players SRH bought in the auction:</strong>

<table class="table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-condensed "><thead></thead><tbody><tr><td width="123"><strong>Player</strong></td><td width="89"><strong>Class</strong></td><td width="83"><strong>Price</strong></td></tr><tr><td width="123">Rashid Khan Arman</td><td width="89">Bowler</td><td width="83">4,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="123">Mohammed Siraj</td><td width="89">Bowler</td><td width="83">2,60,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="123">Eklavya Dwivedi</td><td width="89">Wicket Keeper</td><td width="83">75,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="123">Chris Jordan</td><td width="89">All-Rounder</td><td width="83">50,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="123">Mohammad Nabi</td><td width="89">All-Rounder</td><td width="83">30,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="123">Ben Laughlin</td><td width="89">Bowler</td><td width="83">30,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="123">Pravin Tambe</td><td width="89">Bowler</td><td width="83">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="123">Tanmay Agarwal</td><td width="89">Batsman</td><td width="83">10,00,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

<strong>2. Royal Challengers Bangalore</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/01/Tymal-Mills.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-106566" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Tymal-Mills.jpg" alt="Tymal Mills England" width="594" height="402" sizes="(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-106566" class="wp-caption-text">England&#8217;s Tymal Mills. (Photo by IAN KINGTON/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption>

With the likes of Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers already in their ranks, Royal Challengers Bangalore didn’t really need to add another player to the department and they didn’t. For most part of the auction, the RCB table was silent and let others enjoy the bidding. But as soon as England pacer Tymal Mills was introduced they were suddenly active and aggressive.

RCB raised the bid to 24 times his base price of 50 lacs and signed the pacer for 12 crores. Mills recently featured in the England squad that toured India and displayed exceptional fast and death bowling skills. He racked up some serious pace clocking over 90 miles an hour and stunned the batsmen with well controlled and disguised slower balls that were around the 100 kmph range. The team needed Mills to make up for the loss of Mitchell Starc who pulled out of the season and was later relieved of duty by the team.

Left-arm pacer Aniket Choudhary came into the limelight when the Indian team management flew him at the training camp to help the Indian batsmen in getting used to the angles left-arm pacers create in their bid to prepare against Australia’s Mitchell Starc. He was rewarded for his hard work and RCB awarded him a contract worth INR 2 crores. Surprisingly Pawan Negi once again managed to take away 1 crore from the auction.

<table class="table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-condensed "><thead></thead><tbody><tr><td width="119"><strong>Player</strong></td><td width="99"><strong>Class</strong></td><td width="83"><strong>Price</strong></td></tr><tr><td width="119">Tymal Mills</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="83">12,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="119">Aniket Choudhary</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="83">2,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="119">Pawan Negi</td><td width="99">All-Rounder</td><td width="83">1,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="119">Billy Stanlake</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="83">30,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="119">Praveen Dubey</td><td width="99">All-Rounder</td><td width="83">10,00,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/02/Jason-Roy.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-111377" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Jason-Roy.jpg" alt="Jason Roy" width="600" height="419" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-111377" class="wp-caption-text">Jason Roy. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

The Rajkot-based team had a pretty decent season making their debut in 2016. They made it to the knock-outs but couldn’t advance any further. With a strong batting line-up Gujarat felt a need to add bowlers in the team and thus they picked as many as 6 bowlers and three allrounders while just two batsmen in England opener Jason Roy and UAE batsman Chirag Suri were offered contracts at their base price.

They were the most economical team and the highest they spent was 1 crore on Roy. He was the only high profile player. 23-year-old right-arm medium Basil Thampi from Kerala who was a part of the South Zone squad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Zonal T20 tournament is known for bowling accurate Yorkers. Thampi was bought for INR 85 lakhs. Punjab pacer Manpreet Gony was amongst wickets in the Zonal T20s and it landed him a 60 lakh contract with the Lions.

A surprise pick by the team was Baroda medium pacer Munaf Patel who played just two matches for the domestic team in the T20 tournament and went wicketless. He last featured in the Mumbai Indians during the 2013 season and played just 4 matches.

<strong>Here is the full list of players GL bought in the auction:</strong>

<table class="table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-condensed "><thead></thead><tbody><tr><td width="103"><strong>Player</strong></td><td width="90"><strong>Class</strong></td><td width="84"><strong>Price</strong></td></tr><tr><td width="103"> Jason Roy</td><td width="90">Batsman</td><td width="84">1,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="103">Basil Thampy</td><td width="90">Bowler</td><td width="84">85,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="103">Manpreet Gony</td><td width="90">Bowler</td><td width="84">60,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="103">Nathu Singh</td><td width="90">Bowler</td><td width="84">50,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="103">Munaf Patel</td><td width="90">Bowler</td><td width="84">30,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="103">Akshdeep Nath</td><td width="90">All-Rounder</td><td width="84">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="103">Shubam Agrawal</td><td width="90">All-Rounder</td><td width="84">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="103">Tejas Singh Baroka</td><td width="90">Bowler</td><td width="84">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="103">Chirag Suri</td><td width="90">Batsman</td><td width="84">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="103">Pratham Singh</td><td width="90">All-Rounder</td><td width="84">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="103">Shelly Shaurya</td><td width="90">Bowler</td><td width="84">10,00,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

<strong>4. Kolkata Knight Riders</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/02/Trent-Boult-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-112948" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Trent-Boult-1.jpg" alt="Trent Boult of New Zealand" width="600" height="449" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-112948" class="wp-caption-text">Trent Boult of New Zealand. (Photo by Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Kolkata Knight Riders were hit by a major blow ahead of the season, they unexpectedly lost allrounder Andre Russell who so successfully opened the bowling and managed the pinch-hitting role for the team last season. Having already released their other new ball bowler Morne Morkel they had to now look out for two opening bowlers as well as allrounders. The KKR management willingly shelled out INR 5 crore for New Zealand pacer Trent Boult who is a magician with the new ball when there is swing on offer.

England allrounder Chris Woakes was their second best pick for INR 4.2 crore and the third was Nathan Coulter-Nile who earned a contract worth 3.5 crore. Beefing up the bowling department further they signed uncapped Bengal player Sayan Ghosh and in the allround department picked Himachal Pradesh’s Rishi Dhawan, West Indian Rovman Powell and uncapped Sanjay Yadav.

A steal deal for them was 28-year-old Jharkhand batsman Ishank Jaggi who was in red hot form in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Zonal Trophy. KKR was the only team to bid for him at his base price of INR 10 lakh.

<strong>Here is the full list of players KKR bought in the auction:</strong>

<table class="table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-condensed "><thead></thead><tbody><tr><td width="109"><strong>Player</strong></td><td width="90"><strong>Class</strong></td><td width="84"><strong>Price</strong></td></tr><tr><td width="109">Trent Boult</td><td width="90">Bowler</td><td width="84">5,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Chris Woakes</td><td width="90">All-Rounder</td><td width="84">4,20,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Nathan Coulter-Nile</td><td width="90">Bowler</td><td width="84">3,50,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Rishi Dhawan</td><td width="90">All-Rounder</td><td width="84">55,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Darren Bravo</td><td width="90">Batsman</td><td width="84">50,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Rovman Powell</td><td width="90">All-Rounder</td><td width="84">30,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Sayan Ghosh</td><td width="90">Bowler</td><td width="84">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">R. Sanjay Yadav</td><td width="90">All-Rounder</td><td width="84">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Ishank Jaggi</td><td width="90">Batsman</td><td width="84">10,00,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2016/04/Karn-Sharma-in-IPL-e1460274681250.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-62137" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Karn-Sharma-in-IPL-e1460274681250.jpg" alt="Karn Sharma in IPL" width="600" height="399" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-62137" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo Source: BCCI)</figcaption>

Mumbai effectively didn’t release a single player from among those who regularly featured for them in the IPL last season. They have always focused on retaining the core of their squad and so weren’t really desperate to get players. The team did bid for the likes of Ben Stokes but having walked in with a purse of 11.5 crores they couldn’t bid beyond a point

MI shell out the most INR 3.2 crores for leg-spinner Karn Sharma since they don’t have a leggie in the line-up and he will prove to be an asset to partner Harbhajan Singh. Karnataka allrounder Krishnappa Gowtham appeared to be high on their priority list as they picked him for 2 crores another very good signing for them at the same price was former Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson who had been in some form during the BBL.

They also rather lucky to get two steal deals buying Sri Lankan allrounder Asela Gunaratne for his base price of INR 30 lakhs and West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran for the same amount.

<strong>Here is the full list of players MI bought in the auction:</strong>

<table class="table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-condensed "><thead></thead><tbody><tr><td width="135"><strong>Player</strong></td><td width="89"><strong>Class</strong></td><td width="91"><strong>Price</strong></td></tr><tr><td width="135">Karn Sharma</td><td width="89">All-Rounder</td><td width="91">3,20,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="135">Krishnappa Gowtham</td><td width="89">All-Rounder</td><td width="91">2,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="135">Mitchell Johnson</td><td width="89">Bowler</td><td width="91">2,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="135">Asela Gunarathna</td><td width="89">Batsman</td><td width="91">30,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="135">Saurabh Tiwary</td><td width="89">Batsman</td><td width="91">30,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="135">Nicolas Pooran</td><td width="89">Wicket Keeper</td><td width="91">30,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="135">Kulwant Khejroliya</td><td width="89">Bowler</td><td width="91">10,00,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2016/09/South-Africas-Kagiso-Rabada.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-84273" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/South-Africas-Kagiso-Rabada.jpg" alt="Kagiso Rabada" width="600" height="407" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-84273" class="wp-caption-text">South Africa&#8217;s Kagiso Rabada. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Last season under the leadership of Rahul Dravid Delhi Daredevils was a youth-driven team and the focus was to churn out the best out of the inexperienced youngsters they had signed up. The results didn’t really go their way and this year they have made amends to a certain extent. In the IPL 2017 auction, they bought two frontline fast bowlers who are genuine wicket-takers and will bolster their bowling department. Kagiso Rabada and Pat Cummins at 5 and 4.5 crore respectively definitely are value for money players.

Their approach was as calculated as one would expect Dravid to be. After two pacers they bid for Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews, were able to get him at his base price, then once again made a single bid for New Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson at 1 crore to add two experienced international seam bowling allrounders  to the team. In Murugan Ashwin they have a good leg-spinner, Aditya Tare will be their backup wicketkeeper.

Navdeep Saini who made his India A debut last week impressed with his bowling and won a contract from the Delhi team.

<strong>Here is the full list of players DD bought in the auction:</strong>

<table class="table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-condensed "><thead></thead><tbody><tr><td width="112"><strong>Player</strong></td><td width="99"><strong>Class</strong></td><td width="83"><strong>Price</strong></td></tr><tr><td width="112">Kagiso Rabada</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="83">5,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="112">Patrick Cummins</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="83">4,50,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="112">Angelo Mathews</td><td width="99">All-Rounder</td><td width="83">2,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="112">Corey Anderson</td><td width="99">All-Rounder</td><td width="83">1,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="112">M. Ashwin</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="83">1,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="112">Aditya Tare</td><td width="99">Wicket Keeper</td><td width="83">25,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="112">Ankeet Bawane</td><td width="99">Batsman</td><td width="83">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="112">Navdeep Saini</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="83">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="112">Shasank Singh</td><td width="99">All-Rounder</td><td width="83">10,00,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

<strong>7. Rising Pune Supergiant</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/02/Ben-Stokes-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-112565" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ben-Stokes-1.jpg" alt="Ben Stokes" width="600" height="447" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-112565" class="wp-caption-text">Ben Stokes of England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Having released most number of players ahead of the season and changed leadership appointing Steve Smith as the captain over former Indian captain MS Dhoni, Pune definitely seem eager to overturn the outcome this season. Team owner Sanjeev Goenka was pretty happy to buy England allrounder Ben Stokes for a whopping 14.5 crores which is 2.16 million USD. That made Stokes the most expensive England player in IPL history ahead of Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen who earned 1.55 million in 2009.

Their focus clearly was on signing as many utility players as possible and thus among the 9 players that they bought 4 were allrounder, RPS didn’t seem to see the need of adding any firepower in their batting line-up that already has the likes of Smith, Dhoni, Faf du Plessis, Ajinkya Rahane along with others; though towards the end they picked Manoj Tiwary for his base price of 50 lakh.

<strong>Here is the full list of players RPS bought in the auction:</strong>

<table class="table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-condensed "><thead></thead><tbody><tr><td width="109"><strong>Player</strong></td><td width="99"><strong>Class</strong></td><td width="92"><strong>Price</strong></td></tr><tr><td width="109">Ben Stokes</td><td width="99">All-Rounder</td><td width="92">14,50,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Daniel Christian</td><td width="99">All-Rounder</td><td width="92">1,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Manoj Tiwary</td><td width="99">Batsman</td><td width="92">50,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Lockie Ferguson</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="92">50,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Jaydev Unadkat</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="92">30,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Rahul Chahar</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="92">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Saurabh Kumar</td><td width="99">Bowler</td><td width="92">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Milind Tandon</td><td width="99">All-Rounder</td><td width="92">10,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="109">Rahul Tripathi</td><td width="99">All-Rounder</td><td width="92">10,00,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2017/02/T.-Natarajan-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-113229" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/T.-Natarajan-1.jpg" alt="T. Natarajan" width="600" height="408" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-113229" class="wp-caption-text">T. Natarajan. (Photo Source: Sportstarlive)</figcaption>

Kings XI Punjab have to really turn things around this season having ended with the wooden spoon in the last two seasons the owners decided to completely revamp the coaching squad. Virender Sehwag has been appointed the director of cricket and a new set of coaches have been brought in as well.

In the auction they were the first and only to go for English skipper Eoin Morgan; he cost them 2 crores. KXIP added three fast bowlers to the line-up in the form of Indian pacer Varun Aaron, New Zealand quick Matt Henry and young Thangarasu Natrajan from Tamil Nadu who is termed a Mushfiqur Rahim-esque bowler who bowls some mean cutters and was very effective in the Tamil Nadu Premier League.

Martin Guptill at his base price of 50 lakh and Darren Sammy for the opening bid of 30 lakh were again two really good picks for the team that has traditionally relied on overseas recruits to power the team.

<strong>Here is the full list of players KXIP bought in the auction:</strong>

<table class="table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-condensed "><thead></thead><tbody><tr><td width="99"><strong>Player</strong></td><td width="83"><strong>Class</strong></td><td width="83"><strong>Price</strong></td></tr><tr><td width="99">T Natarajan</td><td width="83">Bowler</td><td width="83">3,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="99">Varun Aaron</td><td width="83">Bowler</td><td width="83">2,80,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="99">Eoin Morgan</td><td width="83">Batsman</td><td width="83">2,00,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="99">Matt Henry</td><td width="83">Bowler</td><td width="83">50,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="99">Martin Guptill</td><td width="83">Batsman</td><td width="83">50,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="99">Darren Sammy</td><td width="83">All-Rounder</td><td width="83">30,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="99">Rahul Tewatia</td><td width="83">All-Rounder</td><td width="83">25,00,000</td></tr><tr><td width="99">Rinku Singh</td><td width="83">Batsman</td><td width="83">10,00,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

8 Teams and their picks in IPL 2017 Auction

The IPL 2017 auction once again witnessed a few amazing bid wars teams aggressively went behind a player which resulted in the price shooting up and in the

Player	Class	Price
Trent Boult	Bowler	5,00,00,000
Chris Woakes	All-Rounder	4,20,00,000
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Bowler	3,50,00,000
Rishi Dhawan	All-Rounder	55,00,000
Darren Bravo	Batsman	50,00,000
Rovman Powell	All-Rounder	30,00,000
Sayan Ghosh	Bowler	10,00,000
R. Sanjay Yadav	All-Rounder	10,00,000
Ishank Jaggi	Batsman	10,00,000