IPL 2018 Auction: 5 most expensive players

#4 Manish Pandey to Sunrisers Hyderabad (Rs. 11 crores)

Manish Pandey turned a new leaf in his career with the Kolkata Knight Riders

For quite a few years, it felt that the 19-year-old, who had scored a thundering unbeaten century in South Africa during the second IPL, was not able to translate his talent into success. It took him seven years to break into the national side, and he is still not a permanent member of it, but Pandey has proved that his versatile batting can be more than useful in T20s.

After plying his trade with the Royal Challengers Bangalore until 2011 and later with the Pune Warriors India, Pandey was picked up by the Kolkata Knight Riders the subsequent year. The move worked wonders for him, as crucial knocks from him helped the side win their second IPL title, and also helped him gain his maiden India call-up.

He will now change ships and move to the Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he could get a much more prominent role in the top-half of the batting order.

IPL career stats: Matches - 103, Runs - 2215, Average - 28.39, Strike-rate - 120.11