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Chris Lynn sold for massive price at IPL auction

January 28, 2018 12:16·
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Theirs was the least spent after Kings XI Punjab's Rs 21.9 crore.

And, Sandeep Lamichhane became the first player from Nepal to be bought by an IPL side as he joined Delhi for £21,900. Wriddhiman Saha was bought by SRH for Rs. 5 Crores. Ambati Rayudu was purchased by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 2.20 crore.

Brisbane Heat power hitter Chris Lynn earned a rich reward for his Big Bash dominance last summer with the Knight Riders shelling out roughly A$1.9m (N$Z2.1m) to land the burly Queenslander. Sanju Samson was sold to Rajasthan Royals for a price of Rs 8 crore. The franchise also has Brendon McCullum, the powerful New Zealand batsmen. Rajasthan Royals, for instance, preferred to let Ajinkya Rahane be in the auction rather than sign him for a higher sum and losing the auction purse.

There are more than 750 Indian players, capped and uncapped in the auction pool. Four other England players, all on duty in the ODI series in Australia which concludes in Perth today, were also picked up, but Test captain Joe Root went unsold. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and KKR, both champion teams, as usual, went after strategic picks. Even Royal Challengers Bangalore, for whom he has played many match-winning knocks, didn't raise a paddle for the batsman.

Gautam Gambhir went to Delhi for Rs 2.8 crore.

First introduced at the 2014 full auction as a Joker card, IPL authorities had amended the RTM card rules to help all the eight franchises.

CSK replaced Ashwin with veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who was not retained by Mumbai Indians.

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Umesh is among the fastest pacer to have produced by India. As it stands, they don't have a quality spinner, but that could well change on Sunday, and they still have Rs 23.5 crore left in their purse.

The biggest surprise was Ishan Kishan. Piyush Chawla was retained by Kolkata Knight Riders via RTM for Rs 4.20 crore.

Former Bangladesh captain and all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan was sold to 2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad.

RCB, as usual, has a star-studded lineup, with Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali as all-rounders. While, Dinesh Karthik was bought by KKR for Rs 7.4 Crores.

"It was [Rs 4 crore ceiling]". And (he) requested if we would refrain from bidding from him or using Right To Match. Mumbai Indians, too, went after the best batsmen. Owner of a record 20 centuries in the shortest format but battling indifferent from off late, the towering West Indian stunningly saw no takers at all for him. Rahul Tewatia was bought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 3 crore.

The IPL players were separated into different categories with "marquee" list consisting of 16 players up for bid in two batches. While a few will definitely be recalled by teams at the end of the auction, it definitely is an indication of the priorities of the franchises.

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