Delhi Capitals have splurged on Caribbean star Shimron Hetmyer, buying him for Rs 7.75 crore after RCB released him in the off season. Based on his recent form in the tour of India, Hetmyer was expected to make a big jump from his base price of Rs 50 lakh and Delhi came out on top.
Hetmyer had smashed a match-winning hundred against India in the first ODI in Chennai.
The Delhi Capitals came into the 2020 IPL auction needing to fill up 11 slots and with Rs 27.85 crore to spend.
While they did get into the bidding war for Pat Cummins, their limited budget didn't allow the franchise to outbid the other teams as Cummins was ultimately bout for Rs 15.50 crore.
They were busy in the off season as well, brining in the captains of two franchises - R Ashwin from Kings XI Punjab and Ajinkya Rahane from Rajasthan Royals, both in trades.
IPL Auction 2020 - Delhi Capitals’ Players
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Amit Mishra
- Avesh Khan
- Axar Patel
- Harshal Patel
- Ishant Sharma
- Kagiso Rabada
- Keemo Paul
- Prithvi Shaw
- R Ashwin
- Rishabh Pant
- Sandeep Lamichhane
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Shreyas Iyer
- Shimron Hetmyer - Rs 7.75 crore
- Marcus Stoinis - Rs 4.8 crore
- Alex Carey - Rs 2.40 crore
- Jason Roy - Rs 1.50 crore
- Chris Woakes - Rs 1.50 crore
- Mohit Sharma - Rs 50 lakh
- Tushar Deshpande - Rs 20 lakh
(Players bought in 2020 IPL auction in bold)
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