Shane Watson fetched the highest bid in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction 2016 held in Bengaluru on Saturday. The Australian all-rounder was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs. 9.5 cr.
Watson going for a huge price is not surprising considering he is the only player who has been named the Player of the Tournament twice (2008, 2013) in the IPL. The RCB top four will most likely look like – Chris Gayle, Watson, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers – which could rank as one of the most destructive batting line-ups ever seen in T20 cricket.
Pawan Negi was one of the biggest gainers from this auction. Just a day after getting selected in India’s squad for the World T20, he was bought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 8.5 cr. and ended as the most expensive Indian player.
Yuvraj Singh, who was the most expensive player in the previous two IPL auctions, went for Rs. 7 cr. to SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH). The Hyderabad-based franchise also spent Rs. 5.5 cr. to rope in left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra.
Two of the bigger surprises were Delhi Daredevils buying Chris Morris and Carlos Brathwaite for Rs. 7 cr. and Rs. 4.2 cr. respectively. The West Indian even expressed his surprise on Twitter.
Mohit Sharma was another player who went for a big amount – the former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fast bowler was bought by Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) for 6.5 cr. The 24-year-old picked up 57 wickets in 47 matches for the Super Kings.
Mitchell Marsh, who previously played for Pune Warriors India, was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 4.8 cr.
International stars like Martin Guptill and Hashim Amla found no takers and remained unsold.
Here is a full list of players bought:
Delhi Daredevils
Pawan Negi: 8,50,00,000Christopher Morris: 7,00,00,000Sanju Samson: 4,20,00,000Carlos Brathwaite: 4,20,00,000Karun Nair: 4,00,00,000Rishabh Pant: 1,90,00,000Joel Paris : 30,00,000Sam Billings: 30,00,000Chama Milind: 10,00,000Pratyush Singh: 10,00,000Mahipal Lomror: 10,00,000Syed Khaleel Ahmed: 10,00,000Akhil Herwadkar: 10,00,000Pawan Suyal: 10,00,000
Gujarat Lions
Praveen Kumar: 3,50,00,000Dale Steyn: 2,30,00,000Dinesh Karthik: 2,30,00,000Dwayne Smith : 2,30,00,000Dhawal Kulkarni: 2,00,00,000Aaron Finch: 1,00,00,000Eklavya Dwivedi: 1,00,00,000Andrew Tye: 50,00,000Ishan Kishan: 35,00,000Jaydev Shah: 20,00,000Shadab Jakati: 20,00,000Pravin Tambe: 20,00,000Pradeep Sangwan: 20,00,000Amit Mishra: 10,00,000Shivil Kaushik : 10,00,000Akshdeep Nath: 10,00,000Sarabjit Ladda: 10,00,000Umang Sharma: 10,00,000Paras Dogra: 10,00,000
Kings XI Punjab
Mohit Sharma: 6,50,00,000Kyle Abbott: 2,10,00,000K.C. Cariappa: 80,00,000Marcus Stoinis: 55,00,000Farhaan Behardien: 30,00,000Pardeep Sahu: 10,00,000Armaan Jaffer: 10,00,000Swapnil Singh: 10,00,000
Kolkata Knight Riders
Jaydev Unadkat: 1,60,00,000Ankit Rajpoot: 1,50,00,000John Hastings: 1,30,00,000Jason Holder: 70,00,000Colin Munro: 30,00,000Rajagopal Sathish: 20,00,000Manan Sharma: 10,00,000
Mumbai Indians
Jos Buttler: 3,80,00,000Nathu Singh: 3,20,00,000Tim Southee: 2,50,00,000Krunal Pandya: 2,00,00,000KP Kamath: 1,40,00,000Deepak Punia: 10,00,000Jitesh Sharma: 10,00,000
Rising Pune Supergiants
Mitchell Marsh: 4,80,00,000M. Ashwin: 4,50,00,000Ishant Sharma: 3,80,00,000Kevin Pietersen: 3,50,00,000Irfan Pathan: 1,00,00,000Thisara Perera: 1,00,00,000Rajat Bhatia: 60,00,000Ashok Dinda: 50,00,000Scott Boland: 50,00,000Peter Handscomb: 30,00,000RP Singh: 30,00,000Adam Zampa: 30,00,000Ishwar Pandey: 20,00,000Deepak Chahar: 10,00,000Jaskaran Singh: 10,00,000Baba Aparajith: 10,00,000Ankush Bains: 10,00,000Ankit Sharma: 10,00,000
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Shane Watson: 9,50,00,000Stuart Binny: 2,00,00,000Kane Richardson: 2,00,00,000Samuel Badree: 50,00,000Travis Head: 50,00,000Praveen Dubey: 35,00,000Vikramjeet Malik: 20,00,000Akshay Karnewar: 10,00,000Iqbal Abdullah: 10,00,000Sachin Baby: 10,00,000Vikas Tokas: 10,00,000
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Yuvraj Singh: 7,00,00,000Ashish Nehra: 5,50,00,000Deepak Hooda: 4,20,00,000Mustafizur Rahman: 1,40,00,000Aditya Tare: 1,20,00,000Barinder Singh Sran: 1,20,00,000Ben Cutting: 50,00,000Vijay Shankar: 35,00,000Abhimanyu Mithun: 30,00,000T. Suman: 10,00,000
Brand-new app in a brand-new avatar! Download CricRocket for fast cricket scores, rocket flicks, super notifications and much more! 🚀☄️
