IPL Auction 2018: Rashid Khan retained Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for INR 9 crores
On day 1, Englishman Ben Stokes and Steve Smith became the most expensive players whereas Indian batsmen KL Rahul and Manish Pandey followed closely behind.
Victor of the inaugural season in 2008, Rajasthan Royals have returned to the Indian Premier League fold after a two-year suspension. Stokes, who was charged with affray over brawl outside a Bristol nightclub, earlier in January, was on the marquee list with a base price of Rs 2 crore. Jaydev Unadkat had played for Rising Pune Supergiant in the previous season of IPL.
- Four Afghan cricketers created history and made huge strides, this year.
Mohammad Nabi (Rs.1 crore), Sandeep Sharma (Rs.3 crore), Sachin Baby (Rs.20 lakh), Chris Jordon (Rs.1 crore), Billy Stanlake (Rs.50 lakh), Tanmay Agarwal (Rs.20 lakh), Shreevats Goswami (Rs.1 crore). Mujeeb Zadran is the 16 year old teenager who come from Afghanistan.
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Pardeep Sahu who plays for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League. He also has five hundreds, the most by any batsman, in nine seasons of the T20 competiton. While most players were sold for the max of Rs 3 crore, Kings XI Punjab raised the bar for Australia's Andrew Tye and bought him for Rs 7.2 crore. They spent Rs 65.85 crore to buy 22 players. He was part of under 19 world cup.
Mumbai too picked up a few quality players on the day with Evin Lewis (Rs 3.8 crore) the highlight, but their strategy hinged on hiking the price of a number of players before pulling out at the last moment, leaving the opposite bidder with a smaller purse in the end. MI exercised the Right to Match card for Krunal after a bidding war broke out between RR, RCB and SRH. Double R's bought Jaydev Unadkat for Rs 11.5 Crores. They both went into the auction with a Rs 2 crore base price. Maxwell, on the other hand, went to DD for Rs. 9 crore.
Murali Vijay ($310k to Chennai Super Kings), Parthiv Patel ($265k to RCB) and Mitchell Johnson ($310k to Kolkata Knight Riders) were big names to get a deal after being overlooked on day one, although there were surprise snubs for Martin Guptill, Dale Steyn, England ODI captain Eoin Morgan and Malinga.
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