The auction for the Indian Premier League 2018 has begun and some of the top stars have already found homes for themselves in the biggest domestic T20 competition in the world. The biggest shock, however, was Chris Gayle being overlooked as none of the teams made a bid for the Calypso King.
Here is the list of players that were auctioned:
Shikhar Dhawan to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 5.2 crore rupees (RTM used to oust Kings XI Punjab)
Ravi Ashwin to Kings XI Punjab for 7.7 crore rupees
Kieron Pollard to Mumbai Indians for 5.4 crore rupees (RTM used to oust Delhi Daredevils)
Chris Gayle UNSOLD
Ben Stokes to Rajasthan Royals for 12.5 crore rupees
Faf du Plessis to Chennai Super Kings for 1.6 crore rupees (RTM used to oust Kings XI Punjab)
Ajinkya Rahane to Rajasthan Royals to 4 crore rupees (RTM used to Kings XI Punjab)
Mitchell Starc to Kolkata Knight Riders for 9.4 crore rupees (RTM used to out Kings XI Punjab)
Harbhajan Singh to Chennai Super Kings for 2 crore rupees
Shakib Al Hasan to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 2 crore rupees
Glenn Maxwell to Delhi Daredevils for 9 crore rupees
Dwayne Bravo to Chennai Super Kings 6.4 crore rupees (RTM used to Kings XI Punjab)
Gautam Gambhir to Delhi Daredevils 2.8 crore rupees
Kane Williamson to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 3 crore rupees
Joe Root UNSOLD
Yuvraj Singh to Kings XI Punjab for 2 crore rupees
Karun Nair to Kings XI Punjab for 5.6 crore rupees
Lokesh Rahul to Kings XI Punjab for 11 crore rupees
Murali Vijay UNSOLD
David Miller to Kings XI Punjab for 3 crore rupees
Aaron Finch to Kings XI Punjab for 6.2 crore rupees (RTM used)
Brendon McCullum to Royal Challengers Bangalore 3.6 crore rupees
Jason Roy to Delhi Daredevils for 1.8 crore rupees
Chris Lynn to Kolkata Knight Riders for 9.6 crore rupees
Hashim Amla UNSOLD
Manish Pandey to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 11 crore rupees
Martin Guptill UNSOLD
Chris Woakes to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 7.4 crore rupees
Carlos Brathwaite to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 2 crore rupees
Shane Watson to Chennai Super Kings for 4 crore rupees
Kedhar Jadhav to Chennai Super Kings for 7.8 crore rupees
Colin de Grandhomme to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 2.2 crore rupees
James Faulkner UNSOLD
Yusuf Pathan to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 1.9 crore rupees
Colin Munro to Delhi Daredevils for 1.9 crore rupees
Stuart Binny to Rajasthan Royals for 50 lac rupees
Marcus Stoinis to Kings XI Punjab (RTM used)
Moeen Ali to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 1.7 crore rupees
Parthiv Patel UNSOLD
Quinton De Kock to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 2.8 crore rupees
Wriddhimann Saha to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 5 crore rupees
Jonny Bairstow UNSOLD
Dinesh Karthik to Kolkata Knight Riders for 7.4 crore rupees
Naman Ojha UNSOLD
Robin Uthappa to Kolkata Knight Riders for 6.4 crore rupees (RTM used)
Sanju Samson to Rajasthan Royals for 8 crore rupees
Ambati Rayudu to Chennai Super Kings for 2.2 crore rupees
Sam Billings UNSOLD
Jos Buttler to Rajasthan Royals for 4.4 crore rupees
Mustafizur Rahman to Mumbai Indians for 2.2 crore rupees
Pat Cummins to Mumbai Indians for 5.4 crore rupees
Umesh Yadav to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 4.2 crore rupees
Tim Southee UNSOLD
Ishant Sharma UNSOLD
Mohammad Shami to Delhi Daredevils for 3 crore rupees (RTM used)
Mitchell McClenaghan UNSOLD
Kagiso Rabada to Delhi Daredevils for 4.2 crore rupees (RTM used)
Lasith Malinga UNSOLD
Piyush Chawla to Kolkata Knight Riders for 4.2 crore rupees (RTM used)
Imran Tahir to Chennai Super Kings for 1 crore rupees
Ish Sodhi UNSOLD
Karn Sharma to Chennai Super Kings for 5 crore rupees
Rashid Khan to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 9 crore rupees (RTM used)
Amit Mishra to Delhi Daredevils for 4 crore rupees
Samuel Badree UNSOLD
Yuzvendra Chahal to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 6 crore (RTM used)
Adam Zampa UNSOLD
Kuldeep Yadav to Kolkata Knight Riders for 5.8 crore rupees (RTM used)
Suryakumar Yadav to Mumbai Indians for 3.2 crore rupees
Shubhman Gill to Kolkata Knight Riders for 1.8 crore rupees
Ishank Jaggi to Kolkata Knight Riders for 20 lakh rupees
Mayank Agarwal to King XI Punjab for 1 crore rupees
Himanshu Rana UNSOLD
Rahul Tripathi to Rajasthan Royals for 3.4 crore rupees
Ricky Bhui to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 20 lakh rupees
Manan Vohra to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 1.1 crore rupees
Siddhesh Lad UNSOLD
Prithvi Shaw to Delhi Daredevils to 1.2 crore rupees
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