IPL 2018 Auction: Full list of sold players on Day 1

The much-awaited mega auctions of the Indian Premier League (IPL) commenced in Bengaluru as the franchises looked set to overhaul their squads. All the eight teams were keen to bag the T20 specialists and they went all out to procure the services of a particular player. While there were some surprises dished out by the owners of the teams, some buys or Right to Match  (RTM) cards used by them were on the obvious notes. However, Ben Stokes once again proved to be the most expensive player of the auction and is likely to take the honours this year as well.

England all-rounder bagged an enormous amounth of Rs. 12.5 Crores and was snapped up by Rajasthan Royals who replicated the squad similar to what Rising Pune Supergiant possessed last year. Amongst the Indian cricketers, KL Rahul and Manish Pandey were in the business as Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab bought them for Rs. 11 Crores which is staggering. Australian trio of Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell also grabbed the eyeballs of everyone as they were one of the top buys on the first day of the auctions.

Even Kedar Jadhav was one of the hot picks by Chennai Super Kings who looted a gigantic amount of Rs 7.8 Crores for him. While they managed to secure the services the Harbhajan Singh, it was tough for them to go for R Ashwin who attracted a lot of bids.

Use of RTM cards

All the franchises made the use of Right to Match cards exceptionally well and secured their favourite players whom they were not able to retain. While it was obvious that SRH were going to use the card for Rashid Khan, Delhi Daredevils caught everyone off-guard by retaining Mohammed Shami who took the sensational five-wicket haul against South Africa later in the day probably celebrating the retention by his franchise.

However, the most surprising buy of the day using RTM card was Piyush Chawla. Kolkata Knight Riders stunningly decided not let him go off, the possibility no cricket pundit or analyst had seen coming. They bought him for a decent amount of Rs. 4.2 Crores and would expect him to make a difference in the upcoming season.

The most talked about were the uncapped Indian players for whom the teams were eager to pick in their side. Amongst them, it was Krunal Pandya who shone and Mumbai Indians undoubtedly were going to use RTM for him who also retained Kieron Pollard using the same facility.

In the end, a total of 78 players were sold on the first day of the auction out of which 29 were the overseas cricketers. The second day is expected to bring more surprises as the unsold players will also come into the picture with their base price cut to half.

Here is the full list of sold players on Day 1:

Chennai Super Kings

Kedar Jadhav – All-Rounder – INR 7,80,00,000
Dwayne Bravo – All-Rounder – INR 6,40,00,000
Karn Sharma – Bowler – INR 5,00,00,000
Shane Watson – All-Rounder – INR 4,00,00,000
Ambati Rayudu – Wicket Keeper – INR 2,20,00,000
Harbhajan Singh – Bowler – INR 2,00,00,000
Faf Du Plessis – Batsman – INR 1,60,00,000
Imran Tahir – Bowler – INR 1,00,00,000

Delhi Daredevils

Glenn Maxwell – All-Rounder – INR 9,00,00,000
Kagiso Rabada – Bowler – INR 4,20,00,000
Amit Mishra – Bowler – INR 4,00,00,000
Vijay Shankar – All-Rounder – INR 3,20,00,000
Rahul Tewatia – All-Rounder – INR 3,00,00,000
Mohammad Shami – Bowler – INR 3,00,00,000
Gautam Gambhir – Batsman – INR 2,80,00,000
Colin Munro – All-Rounder – INR 1,90,00,000
Jason Roy – Batsman – INR 1,50,00,000
Prithvi Shaw – Batsman – INR1,20,00,000
Avesh Khan – Bowler – INR 70,00,000
Harshal Patel – All-Rounder – INR20,00,000

Kings XI Punjab

KL Rahul – Batsman – INR 11,00,00,000
R Ashwin – All-Rounder – INR 7,60,00,000
Aaron Finch – Batsman – INR 6,20,00,000
Marcus Stoinis – All-Rounder – INR 6,20,00,000
Karun Nair – Batsman – INR 5,60,00,000
Ankit Rajpoot – Bowler – INR 3,00,00,000
David Miller – Batsman – INR 3,00,00,000
Yuvraj Singh – All-Rounder – INR 2,00,00,000
Mayank Agarwal – Batsman – INR 1,00,00,000

Kolkata Knight Riders

Chris Lynn – Batsman – INR 9,60,00,000
Mitchell Starc – Bowler – INR 9,40,00,000
Dinesh Karthik – Wicket Keeper – INR 7,40,00,000
Robin Uthappa – Wicket Keeper – INR 6,40,00,000
Kuldeep Yadav – Bowler – INR 5,80,00,000
Piyush Chawla – Bowler – INR 4,20,00,000
Nitish Rana – All-Rounder – INR 3,40,00,000
Kamlesh Nagarkoti – All-Rounder – INR 3,20,00,000
Shubman Gill – Batsman – INR 1,80,00,000
Ishank Jaggi – Batsman – INR 20,00,000

Mumbai Indians

Krunal Pandya – All-Rounder – INR 8,80,00,000
Ishan Kishan – Wicket Keeper – INR 6,20,00,000
Kieron Pollard – All-Rounder – INR 5,40,00,000
Pat Cummins – Bowler – INR 5,40,00,000
Suryakumar Yadav – Batsman – INR 3,20,00,000
Mustafizur Rahman – Bowler – INR 2,20,00,000

Rajasthan Royals

Benjamin Stokes All-Rounder INR 12,50,00,000
Sanju Samson – Wicket Keeper – INR 8,00,00,000
Jofra Archer – All-Rounder – INR 7,20,00,000
Jos Buttler – Wicket Keeper – INR 4,40,00,000
Ajinkya Rahane – Batsman – INR 4,00,00,000
Darcy Short – All-Rounder – INR 4,00,00,000
Rahul Tripathi – Batsman – INR 3,40,00,000
Stuart Binny – All-Rounder – INR 50,00,000

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Chris Woakes All-Rounder INR 7,40,00,000
Yuzvendra Singh Chahal – Bowler – INR 6,00,00,000
Umesh Yadav – Bowler – INR 4,20,00,000
Brendon McCullum – Batsman – INR 3,60,00,000
Navdeep Saini – Bowler – INR 3,00,00,000
Quinton De Kock – Wicket Keeper – INR 2,80,00,000
Colin De Grandhomme – All-Rounder – INR 2,20,00,000
Moeen Ali – All-Rounder – INR 1,70,00,000
Manan Vohra – Batsman – INR 1,10,00,000
Kulwant Khejroliya – Bowler – INR 85,00,000
Aniket Choudhary – Bowler – INR 30,00,000

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Manish Pandey – Batsman – INR 11,00,00,000
Rashid Khan Arman – Bowler – INR 9,00,00,000
Shikhar Dhawan – Batsman – INR 5,20,00,000
Wriddhiman Saha – Wicket Keeper – INR 5,00,00,000
Siddarth Kaul – Bowler – INR 3,80,00,000
Deepak Hooda – All-Rounder – INR 3,60,00,000
Syed Khaleel Ahmed – Bowler – INR 3,00,00,000
Kane Williamson – Batsman – INR 3,00,00,000
Carlos Brathwaite – All-Rounder – INR 2,00,00,000
Shakib Al Hasan – All-Rounder – INR 2,00,00,000
Yusuf Pathan – All-Rounder – INR 1,90,00,000
Basil Thampi – Bowler – INR 95,00,000
T Natarajan – Bowler – INR 40,00,000
Ricky Bhui – Batsman – INR 20,00,000