IPL Auction 2018 Live Updates: Rajasthan Buy Ben Stokes For Rs 12.5 Crore; Chris Gayle, Joe Root Unsold
All of the cricket fraternity will come to a standstill when some of the world cricket's biggest names go under the hammer during the two-day IPL auction today with the likes of Ben Stokes and R Ashwin expected to be among the most sought after. This year's IPL Auction will feature 580 players in all with 361 of them being Indians. There are 16 top players awarded marquee status and a base price of Rs 2 crore with notable among them being Stokes, Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Mitchell Starc, Chris Gayle, and Dwayne Bravo to name a few. There hasn't been an IPL auction of this magnitude since its inception in 2008.
A total of 26 players from England, 58 from Australia, 30 from New Zealand and 57 from South Africa have registered for the auction, taking the tally of overseas players to 282. Afghanistan too will see 13 players in the list while there are 39 from Sri Lanka and an equal number from the West Indies. Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have 8 and 7 players hoping to go under the hammer. Again hoping to show his full range of strokes in this edition's IPL will be Glenn Maxwell along with Mitchell Johnson, who bowled Mumbai Indians to their third title last season with his final over heroics.
Catch all the live action of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Players Auction 2018 straight from Bengaluru
11:41 IST: KL Rahul will be a happy man today. Sold for Rs 11.00 crore to Kings XI Punjab.
11:38 IST: A lot of interest for KL Rahul at the moment. Remember Bangalore can always use the RTM card for Rahul.
11:35 IST: Nair sold for Rs 5.60 crore to Kings XI Punjab as Delhi Daredevils decided against using the RTM.
11:30 IST: Karun Nair is the next player. Punjab and Rajasthan are the ones bidding for Nair.
11:27 IST: End of the second round of bidding. Here's how things stand.
11:20 IST: Only one bid for Yuvraj Singh. Sold for Rs 2.00 crore to Kings XI Punjab. Bit of a surprise but Yuvraj has not been in great form recently. That might be one of the reasons why he only attracted one bid and was sold at his base price.
11:17 IST: Kane Williamson sold for Rs 3.00 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Joe Root is the next player in line.
11:15 IST: King XI Punjab wanted to get Dwayne Bravo but Chennai Super Kings used the RTM to retain Bravo for Rs 6.40 crore.
11:09 IST: Glenn Maxwell sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 9.00 crore. Punjab thought of using the RTM but decided against it at the last moment
10:41 IST: Australian pacer Mitchell Starc sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.40 crore
10:15 IST: Ravichandran Ashwin goes for Rs 7.60 crore to Kings XI Punjab.
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All of the cricket fraternity will come to a standstill when some of the world cricket's biggest names go under the hammer during the two-day IPL auction today with the likes of Ben Stokes and R Ashwin expected to be among the most sought after. This year's IPL Auction will feature 580 players in all with 361 of them being Indians. There are 16 top players awarded marquee status and a base price of Rs 2 crore with notable among them being Stokes, Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Mitchell Starc, Chris Gayle, and Dwayne Bravo to name a few. There hasn't been an IPL auction of this magnitude since its inception in 2008.
A total of 26 players from England, 58 from Australia, 30 from New Zealand and 57 from South Africa have registered for the auction, taking the tally of overseas players to 282. Afghanistan too will see 13 players in the list while there are 39 from Sri Lanka and an equal number from the West Indies. Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have 8 and 7 players hoping to go under the hammer. Again hoping to show his full range of strokes in this edition's IPL will be Glenn Maxwell along with Mitchell Johnson, who bowled Mumbai Indians to their third title last season with his final over heroics.
Catch all the live action of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Players Auction 2018 straight from Bengaluru
11:41 IST: KL Rahul will be a happy man today. Sold for Rs 11.00 crore to Kings XI Punjab.
11:38 IST: A lot of interest for KL Rahul at the moment. Remember Bangalore can always use the RTM card for Rahul.
11:35 IST: Nair sold for Rs 5.60 crore to Kings XI Punjab as Delhi Daredevils decided against using the RTM.
11:30 IST: Karun Nair is the next player. Punjab and Rajasthan are the ones bidding for Nair.
11:27 IST: End of the second round of bidding. Here's how things stand.
11:20 IST: Only one bid for Yuvraj Singh. Sold for Rs 2.00 crore to Kings XI Punjab. Bit of a surprise but Yuvraj has not been in great form recently. That might be one of the reasons why he only attracted one bid and was sold at his base price.
11:17 IST: Kane Williamson sold for Rs 3.00 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Joe Root is the next player in line.
11:15 IST: King XI Punjab wanted to get Dwayne Bravo but Chennai Super Kings used the RTM to retain Bravo for Rs 6.40 crore.
11:09 IST: Glenn Maxwell sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 9.00 crore. Punjab thought of using the RTM but decided against it at the last moment
10:41 IST: Australian pacer Mitchell Starc sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.40 crore
10:15 IST: Ravichandran Ashwin goes for Rs 7.60 crore to Kings XI Punjab.
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