England Test captain Joe Root went unsold, as did team-mates Jonny Bairstow and Sam Billings, but they could yet be signed if franchises request they be included in a second round of bidding on Sunday.
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Gautam Gambhir went to Delhi for Rs 2.8 crore.
Players featuring in India’s domestic T20 tournament, which concluded on Friday, will doubtless have considered their IPL chances.
“The eight franchises have given us an indication of what their core would be with their player retentions”, IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said. The final will take place on 27 May in Mumbai. If you go to the IPL and play it is beneficial, but if you go and bench-warm and you’re a young lad it might be better to stay at home and play in English conditions.
Dwayne Bravo for over 6 crores and Harbhajan Singh for 2 crores have been bought by Chennai Super Kings.
How does the IPL season work?
With 18 players already retained, the teams have 62 capped Indians and 298 uncapped Indian cricketers along with 182 capped overseas cricketers, 34 uncapped overseas players and 2 cricketers from Associate Nations to chose from for filling the 182 available slots. At the end of the double round-robin group stage the top four teams will qualify for the play-offs.
All eyes of the cricketing fraternity shall be on the Indian Premier League mega auction that shall be underway in Bengaluru from.
Some of the biggest names in the sport will go under the hammer over the course of two days at the IPL auctions.
England captain Joe Root, West Indies legend Chris Gayle and Australia veteran Mitchell Johnson were three of the high-profile players to miss out.
Former Indian cricketer Krishnamachari Shrikant told Indiantelevision.com, “I’m not surprised seeing Chris Gayle not being sold”.
Sunrisers Hyderabad were the most active franchise as they bought 14 players for the day. “We did not retain a lot of players, so we had a lot of spots open”.
India’s middle-order batsman Kedar Jadhav was bought by MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings for INR 7.8 cr. He was sold for 2.2 crore ($470,000).
World number 3 bowler in T20Is, Rashid fetched a bid of Rs. 4 cr last time. His pace bowling partner Shivam Mavi and the team’s skipper Prithvi Shaw are expected to get deals.The Punjab duo of Shubhman Gill and Abhishek Sharma are also on the radar of the franchises. Wriddhiman Saha was bought by SRH for Rs. 5 Crores. Sanju Samson bought by double R’s for Rs 8 Crores.
Retained: David Warner playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Who generally does well in the IPL?
Australia’s Glenn Maxwell heads a list of 16 marquee players to be auctioned this weekend.
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Manish Pandey and KL Rahul have emerged so far as the most expensive Indian players in the ongoing auction. The 26-year-old paceman and left-hand batsman is in the top bracket, with a base price of $312,500.
