The sold, unsold players at the IPL season 8 Auction
The sold, unsold players at the IPL season 8 Auction: The Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction for the season 8 of the tournament was undertaken today in Bangalore. In a legend filled banquet sat franchise owners with mentor, coaches associated with the team. One could see Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Ricky Ponting, Muthaiya Murlitharan all under one but on different tables. As the auction went underway a few player surprised everyone for the attention they attracted from teams, while others who were the big fishes only had those with big purse size interested in them.
Yuvraj Singh was the top buy at this years IPL Auction, as he was sold for INR 16Cr to DD. (Photo Source : BCCI )
Star of the IPL 7 auction Yuvraj Singh who was picked by the RCB for 14 crores then was the pick of the auction this time around as well, even the RCB went on to the extent of bidding 15.5Cr for the player they had released for 14Cr though the Delhi Daredevils bought Yuvraj Singh for another IPL record of 16 Crores. Dinesh Karthik was the next big name as he was sold to the Royal Challengers Bangalore for 10.5Cr.
Apart from this there were a few domestic players, who have shown promise in the current Ranji Trophy season and overall who were picked up by the big IPL franchises. A few shocking things that also occurred were Sri Lankan legends Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakara remaining unsold, New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor also found no takers for himself. (Top 10 most expensive players bought in IPL auction 2015)
Due to the rules that have been framed, teams did not look very keen on adding big overseas names into the squads instead local and uncapped players were well received. Indian pacers Munaf Patel and RP Singh even after three rounds of bid appeal for their names had no bidders. Back in action Pragyan Ojha was bought again at base price by Mumbai Indians. The other two big names which took time to get picked were Zaheer Khan, who was bought by the Delhi Daredevils for 4Cr in the second round of auction and Irfan Pathan who got included into the Chennai Super Kings at his base price of 1.5Cr. (Top 10 Unsold players in IPL Auction 2015)
Here is the list of players who got sold and those who remained unsold in the IPL Auction:
Sold:
TEAM
PLAYER
ROLE
PRICE PAID
CSK
Michael Hussey
Batsman
1,50,00,000
CSK
Irfan Pathan
All-Rounder
1,50,00,000
CSK
Rahul Sharma
Bowler
30,00,000
CSK
Kyle Abbott
Bowler
30,00,000
CSK
Andrew Tye
Bowler
20,00,000
CSK
Pratyush Singh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
CSK
Ankush Bains
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
CSK
Eklavya Dwivedi
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Yuvraj Singh
Batsman
16,00,00,000
DD
Angelo Mathews
All-Rounder
7,50,00,000
DD
Zaheer Khan
Bowler
4,00,00,000
DD
Amit Mishra
Bowler
3,50,00,000
DD
Shreyas Iyer
Batsman
2,60,00,000
DD
Gurinder Sandhu
Bowler
1,70,00,000
DD
Jaydev Unadkat
Bowler
1,10,00,000
DD
Domnic Joseph Muthuswamy
Bowler
75,00,000
DD
Albie Morkel
All-Rounder
30,00,000
DD
Travis Head
Batsman
30,00,000
DD
Marcus Stoinis
All-Rounder
25,00,000
DD
C.M. Gautam
Wicket Keeper
20,00,000
DD
Kona Srikar Bharat
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
K.K. Jiyaz
Bowler
10,00,000
KXIP
Murali Vijay
Batsman
3,00,00,000
KXIP
Nikhil Shankar Naik
Wicket Keeper
30,00,000
Yogesh Gowalkar
All-Rounder
10,00,000
KKR
K.C. Cariappa
Bowler
2,40,00,000
KKR
James Neesham
All-Rounder
50,00,000
KKR
Brad Hogg
Bowler
50,00,000
KKR
Aditya Garhwal
All-Rounder
25,00,000
KKR
Sheldon Jackson
Batsman
15,00,000
KKR
Sumit Narwal
All-Rounder
10,00,000
KKR
Vaibhav Rawal
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Aaron Finch
Batsman
3,20,00,000
MI
Pragyan Ojha
Bowler
50,00,000
MI
Abhimanyu Mithun
Bowler
30,00,000
MI
Mitchell McClenaghan
Bowler
30,00,000
MI
Aiden Blizzard
Batsman
30,00,000
MI
Hardik Pandya
All-Rounder
10,00,000
MI
Akshay Wakhare
Bowler
10,00,000
MI
Nitish Rana
All-Rounder
10,00,000
MI
Siddhesh Dinesh Lad
All-Rounder
10,00,000
J. Suchitch
All-Rounder
10,00,000
RR
Christopher Morris
All-Rounder
1,40,00,000
RR
Juan Theron
Bowler
30,00,000
RR
Barinder Singh Saran
Bowler
10,00,000
RR
Dinesh Salunkhe
All-Rounder
10,00,000
RR
Sagar Trivedi
All-Rounder
10,00,000
RR
Pardeep Sahu
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Dinesh Karthik
Wicket Keeper
10,50,00,000
RCB
Darren Sammy
All-Rounder
2,80,00,000
RCB
David Wiese
All-Rounder
2,80,00,000
RCB
Sean Abbott
Bowler
1,00,00,000
RCB
Adam Milne
Bowler
70,00,000
RCB
Sarfaraz Naushad Khan
Batsman
50,00,000
RCB
Subramaniam Badrinath
Batsman
30,00,000
RCB
Jalaj Saxena
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Shshir Bhavane
Batsman
10,00,000
SRH
Trent Boult
Bowler
3,80,00,000
SRH
Praveen Kumar
Bowler
2,20,00,000
SRH
Kevin Pietersen
Batsman
2,00,00,000
SRH
Eoin Morgan
Batsman
1,50,00,000
SRH
Ravi Bopara
All-Rounder
1,00,00,000
SRH
Kane Williamson
All-Rounder
60,00,000
SRH
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
All-Rounder
30,00,000
SRH
Prasanth Padmanabhan
All-Rounder
10,00,000
SRH
Hanuma Vihari
Batsman
10,00,000
SRH
Siddarth Kaul
Bowler
10,00,000
Unsold:
Player
Role
Base Price
Hashim Amla
Batsman
2,00,00,000
Cameron White
Batsman
1,50,00,000
Tillakaratne Dilshan
All-Rounder
1,50,00,000
Marlon Samuels
All-Rounder
1,50,00,000
Kumar Sangakkara
Wicket Keeper
1,00,00,000
Mahela Jayawardena
Batsman
1,00,00,000
Alex Hales
Batsman
1,00,00,000
Brad Hodge
Batsman
1,00,00,000
Cheteshwar Pujara
Batsman
1,00,00,000
Ross Taylor
Batsman
1,00,00,000
Matthew Wade
Wicket Keeper
1,00,00,000
Ben Hilfenhaus
Bowler
1,00,00,000
Michael Beer
Bowler
1,00,00,000
Nathan Lyon
Bowler
1,00,00,000
Johan Botha
All-Rounder
1,00,00,000
David Hussey
All-Rounder
1,00,00,000
Robin Peterson
All-Rounder
1,00,00,000
Sachithra Senanayaka
All-Rounder
1,00,00,000
Doug Bollinger
Bowler
1,00,00,000
Michael Carberry
Batsman
50,00,000
Denesh Ramdin
Wicket Keeper
50,00,000
Munaf Patel
Bowler
50,00,000
Cameron Boyce
Bowler
50,00,000
Ajantha Mendis
Bowler
50,00,000
Darren Bravo
Batsman
50,00,000
Richard Levi
Batsman
50,00,000
Lahiru Thirimanna
Batsman
50,00,000
Azhar Mahmood
All-Rounder
50,00,000
Nathan McCullum
All-Rounder
50,00,000
Nathan McCullum
All-Rounder
50,00,000
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Bowler
50,00,000
Ravi Rampaul
Bowler
50,00,000
Doug Bracewell
All-Rounder
50,00,000
Nathan Reardon
All-Rounder
50,00,000
Nuwan Kulasekara
Bowler
50,00,000
Suranga Lakmal
Bowler
50,00,000
Dhammika Prasad
Bowler
50,00,000
Jeevan Mendis
n/a
50,00,000
Peter Siddle
Bowler
50,00,000
Shaun Tait
Bowler
50,00,000
Ashton Agar
All-Rounder
50,00,000
Justin Ontong
All-Rounder
50,00,000
Gary Putland
Bowler
30,00,000
Jonathan Dean
Batsman
30,00,000
Nayan Doshi
Batsman
30,00,000
Kusal Janith Perera
Wicket Keeper
30,00,000
Luke Ronchi
Wicket Keeper
30,00,000
Brendan Taylor
Wicket Keeper
30,00,000
Morne van Wyk
Wicket Keeper
30,00,000
Wayne Parnell
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Pankaj Singh
Bowler
30,00,000
Akila Dananjaya
Bowler
30,00,000
Dean Elgar
Batsman
30,00,000
Callum Ferguson
Batsman
30,00,000
Abhinav Mukund
Batsman
30,00,000
Venugopal Rao
Batsman
30,00,000
Hamish Rutherford
Batsman
30,00,000
Sheldon Cottrell
Bowler
30,00,000
Ben Laughlin
Bowler
30,00,000
Rudra Pratap Singh
Bowler
30,00,000
Farhaan Behardien
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Jonathan Carter
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Anton Devcich
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Grant Elliott
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Farveez Maharoof
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Suraj Randiv
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Joel Paris
Bowler
30,00,000
Joginder Sharma
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Hamish Bennett
Bowler
30,00,000
Dirk Nannes
Bowler
30,00,000
Krismar Santokie
Bowler
30,00,000
RP Singh
Bowler
30,00,000
Thilan Thusara
Bowler
30,00,000
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Bowler
30,00,000
Sudeep Tyagi
Bowler
30,00,000
Christopher Barnwell
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Carlos Brathwaite
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Elton Chigumbura
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Seekkuge Prasanna
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Roelof van de Merwe
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Vaughn Van Jaarsveld
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Ben Dunk
Wicket Keeper
30,00,000
Shreevats Goswami
Wicket Keeper
30,00,000
Sushant Marathe
Wicket Keeper
30,00,000
Kevon Cooper
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Kevin O’Brien
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Michael Klinger
Batsman
30,00,000
Tim Ludeman
Wicket Keeper
30,00,000
Adam Zampa
All-Rounder
30,00,000
Nicholas Winter
Bowler
20,00,000
Marcus Harris
Batsman
20,00,000
Craig Simmons
Batsman
20,00,000
Ronsford Beaton
Bowler
20,00,000
Dwaine Pretorius
All-Rounder
20,00,000
Debabrata Das
Batsman
20,00,000
Amit Paunikar
Wicket Keeper
20,00,000
Pradeep Sangwan
Bowler
20,00,000
Krishnakant Upadhyay
Bowler
20,00,000
Shadab Jakati
Bowler
20,00,000
James Perison
Wicket Keeper
20,00,000
Rajagopal Sathish
All-Rounder
20,00,000
Ashish Hooda
Bowler
10,00,000
Pankaj Jaswal
Bowler
10,00,000
Baltej Singh
Bowler
10,00,000
Jaskaran Singh
Bowler
10,00,000
Jaydev Gokul Bista
Batsman
10,00,000
Sudip Chatterjee
Batsman
10,00,000
Prashant Chopra
Batsman
10,00,000
Mukul Dagar
Batsman
10,00,000
Nikhil Gangta
Batsman
10,00,000
Hendrick Van der Dussen
Batsman
10,00,000
Jagrit Anand
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Rohit Dahiya
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Cameron Delport
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Swarupam Purkaystha
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Vijay Shankar
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Bipul Sharma
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Kshitiz Sharma
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Swapnil Singh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Ishwar Chaudhary
Bowler
10,00,000
Arup Das
Bowler
10,00,000
Shahnawaz Hussain
Bowler
10,00,000
Javed Khan
Bowler
10,00,000
Sagar Mangalorkar
Bowler
10,00,000
Babashafi Khan Pathan
Bowler
10,00,000
Shelly Shaurya
Bowler
10,00,000
Maninder Singh
Bowler
10,00,000
Siddarth Trivedi
Bowler
10,00,000
Arjit Gupta
Batsman
10,00,000
Sagan Kamat
Batsman
10,00,000
Bhargav Merai
Batsman
10,00,000
K. Bharath Shankar
Batsman
10,00,000
Rinku Singh
Batsman
10,00,000
Robin Singh Bist
Batsman
10,00,000
Praful Waghela
Batsman
10,00,000
Saurabh Pradeep Wawaskar
Batsman
10,00,000
Tanmay Agarwal
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Amogh Sunil Desai
All-Rounder
10,00,000
B Indrajith
All-Rounder
10,00,000
David Keelan Mathias
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Abhishek Raut
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Rituraj Singh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Varun Sood
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Paul Valthaty
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Amit Verma
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Manjeet Kumar Chaudhary
Bowler
10,00,000
Puneed Datey
Bowler
10,00,000
Gauresh Gawas
Bowler
10,00,000
Avesh Khan
Bowler
10,00,000
M. Ravi Kiran
Bowler
10,00,000
Mohammed Mudhasir
Bowler
10,00,000
Saurabh Naresh Netravalkar
Bowler
10,00,000
Anupam Amrut Sanklecha
Bowler
10,00,000
Mehjoor Sofi
Bowler
10,00,000
Kshemal Waingankar
Bowler
10,00,000
Sandipan Das
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Dheeraj Goswami
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Vishal Kushwah
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Anustup Majumdar
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Wilkin Mota
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Krunal Pandya
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Raiphi Vincent Gomez
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Shreekant Wagh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Imtiyaz Ahmed
Bowler
10,00,000
Palani Amarnath
Bowler
10,00,000
Jagjot Gill
Bowler
10,00,000
Poonam Poonia
Bowler
10,00,000
Pratik Sinha
Bowler
10,00,000
Cheepurupalli Stephen
Bowler
10,00,000
Saurabh Bandekar
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Samiullah Beigh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Kumar Deobrat
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Rahul Dewan
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Raghav Dhawan
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Abhimanyu Khod
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Chirag Khurana
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Priyank Panchal
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Rohan Prem
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Samarth Singh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Saly Vishwanadh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Jaskarandeep Singh Buttar
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Shasikant Kadam
All-Rounder
10,00,000
M. Shahruk Khan
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Ankit Kushwah
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Pradeep Sachan
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Jatin Saxena
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Shubham Sharma
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Ankit Shastri
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Rohan Shrivastava
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Vinay Choudary
All-Rounder
10,00,000
CHathuranga De Silva
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Swapnil Gugale
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Chirag Jani
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Karan Kalia
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Melu Kranthi Kumar
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Selvam Suresh Kumar
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Arib Nandi
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Akash Parkar
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Ankit Soni
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Avinash Yadav
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Sachin Rana
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Akshath Reddy
Batsman
10,00,000
Rajesh Bishnoi
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Paras Dogra
Batsman
10,00,000
Mohnish Mishra
Batsman
10,00,000
Yogesh Nagar
Batsman
10,00,000
Tirumalasetti Suman
Batsman
10,00,000
Davy Jacobs
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
K.B Arun Karthik
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Smit Patel
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Robbie Frylinck
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Jesal Karia
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Ashok Menaria
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Shrikant Mundhe
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Ram Dayal Punia
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Amit Mishra
Bowler
10,00,000
HS Sharath
Bowler
10,00,000
Rahul Shukla
Bowler
10,00,000
Aravind Sreenath
Bowler
10,00,000
Basil Thamhy
Bowler
10,00,000
Bhargav Bhatt
Bowler
10,00,000
Mihir HIrwani
Bowler
10,00,000
Sarabjit Ladda
Bowler
10,00,000
Ali Murtaza
Bowler
10,00,000
Rahil S Shah
Bowler
10,00,000
Swapnil Asnodkar
Batsman
10,00,000
Sachin Baby
Batsman
10,00,000
Udit Birla
Batsman
10,00,000
Arindam Ghosh
Batsman
10,00,000
Ishank Jaggi
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Manprit Juneja
Batsman
10,00,000
Abrar Anjum Kazi
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Taruwar Kohli
Batsman
10,00,000
Milind Kumar
Batsman
10,00,000
Avi Barot
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Ian Coster
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Gitansh Khera
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Abdul Ahad Malek
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Dhwanil Patel
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Mahesh Rawat
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Jitesh Sharma
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Umang Sharma
Wicket Keeper
10,00,000
Rush Kalaria
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Darshan Misal
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Biplab Samantray
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Manan Ajay Sharma
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Harmeet Singh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Harpreet Singh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Amit Yadav
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Harmeet Singh Bansal
Bowler
10,00,000
Deepak Chahar
Bowler
10,00,000
Aniket Choudhary
Bowler
10,00,000
Lukman Iqbal Meriwala
Bowler
10,00,000
Umar Nazir
Bowler
10,00,000
Prasanth Parameswaran
Bowler
10,00,000
Anand Rajan
Bowler
10,00,000
Ankit Singh Rajpoot
Bowler
10,00,000
Navdeep Saini
Bowler
10,00,000
Vikas Tokas
Bowler
10,00,000
Yuvraj Chudasama
Bowler
10,00,000
Udit Patel
Bowler
10,00,000
Samar Quadri
Bowler
10,00,000
Lakshan Sandakan
Bowler
10,00,000
Gurvinder Singh
Bowler
10,00,000
Rajwinder Singh
Bowler
10,00,000
Bharat Solanki
Bowler
10,00,000
Ankeet Bawane
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Akhil Arvind Herwadkar
Batsman
10,00,000
Shubham Khajuria
Batsman
10,00,000
Evin Lewis
Batsman
10,00,000
Prashant Naik
Batsman
10,00,000
Sujit Nayak
Batsman
10,00,000
R Samarth
Batsman
10,00,000
Virat Singh
Batsman
10,00,000
Akash Bhandari
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Kuldeep Hooda
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Sunil N Raju
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Amitoze Singh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Gurinder Singh
All-Rounder
10,00,000
Prathamesh Ganesh Dake
Bowler
10,00,000
Ryan Duffield
Bowler
10,00,000
Samad Fallah
Bowler
10,00,000