IPL 2017 Auction Over
That’s it folks, the 2017 IPL player auction is all wrapped up. A total of 66 players were bought on the day with English all-rounder Ben Stokes and pacer Tymal Mills sweeping up a majority of the teams’ spendings.
Rising Pune Supergiants (RPSG), who removed Mahendra Singh Dhoni from captaincy on Sunday, bought Stokes for Rs 14.50 crore and owner Sanjeev Goenka said, "This is a conscious strategy, we wanted an all-rounder on the team. (Read here: Ben Stokes Becomes Most Expensive Foreign Player in IPL History)
For a lowdown on the rest of the auction scroll through the rest of our auction menu:
World’s No 1 Bowler in T20s, Imran Tahir Goes Unsold
Afghan Player Mohammad Nabi Tweets After Making IPL History
Sunrisers Hyderabad Script History, Buy 2 Afghan Cricketers
Wicketkeeper-Batsmen, MI Snap Up Nicholas Pooran
3 Years Away, K Gowtham’s Return Marked by Major IPL Bidding War
After Major Bidding War, RCB Picks Up Pawan Negi for Rs 1 Crore
Stokes, Mills, Boult, Rabada Steal the Show at IPL Auction 2017
Final Session Underway
8 players have been picked for the final session of the IPL 10 auction.
Aksh Deep Nath starts things off. Base price Rs 10 lakh and Gujarat Lions snap him up.
Darren Bravo bought by KKR for his Rs 50 lakh base price
Manoj Tiwary bought by RSP for Rs 50 lakh
David Weise for Rs 30 lakh
Sayan Ghosh bought by KKR for Rs 10 lakh
Kanishk Seth unsold for Rs10 lakh
Lockie Ferguson bought by RPS for Rs 10 lakh
Shubham Agarwal - Rs 10 lakh
Only their 6th buy this auction, Gujarat Lions get Shubham Agarwal for Rs 10 lakh.
Darren Sammy - Rs 30 lakh
The former West Indians skipper is snapped up by KXIP for his base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Mohammed Siraj - Rs 2.60 crore
Having helped Hyderabad reach the Ranji trophy knockouts in his first full domestic season, Mohammed Siraj was picked up by his local franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad.
From a base price of Rs20 lakh, SRH has to fend off RCB’s bidding to finally get their man.