IPL Auction 2018: Here's the complete list of cricketers sold and unsold

Indian players like Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh were picked up at base price

As the first session of the Vivo Indian Premier League 2018 player auction drew to a close, Ben Stokes held on to his title as the costliest player for the second year running. Sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 125 million, Stokes was aggressively bid by multiple teams. Last year, he was picked up by Rising Pune Supergiant (no longer in the IPL) for Rs 145 million).

Teams seemed to favour all-rounders as four of the top eights buys came in the category. Glenn Maxwell cost Delhi Daredevils Rs 90 million while CSK forked out Rs 78 million for Kedar Jadhav and Kings XI Punjab shelled out Rs 76 million for R Ashwin.

While Stokes was the costliest player of the inaugural session, KL Rahul and Manish Pandey followed close in second place, both attracting bids worth Rs 110 million each. Rahul will play for the KXIP while Pandey will don the colours of Surisers Hyderabad. Kolkata Knight Riders picked up only two players in the first session, but bid aggressively in both cases. The Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla owned team picked up Chris Lynn for Rs 96 million along with Mitchell Starc for Rs 94 million.

There were some surprises in terms of the players that went unsold. West Indies heavyweight Chris Gayle, South African batsman Hashim Amla, England team captain Joe Root (for whom it was the first time being in the IPL auction), New Zealander Martin Guptill, Australian all-rounder James Faulkner and India’s Murali Vijay remained unsold in the first session of this year’s auction.

Indian wicketkeepers Sanju Samson, Dinesh Karthik, and Wriddhiman Saha had the teams in a bidding war. While Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians were involved in an interesting duel for Sanju Samson, the former prevailed and picked him up for Rs 80 million.

Dinesh Karthik found suitors in Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians but finally went to the Kinght Riders for Rs 74 million. Saha was sold to Rs 50 million to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Robin Uthappa was retained by the Knight Riders for Rs 64 million after they used the right to match card against Rajasthan’s winning bid. Ambati rayadu went to the Chennai Super Kings for Rs 22 million.

 

FUNDS TALLY AT END OF FIRST SESSION

Team	Funds remaining (Rs million)	Players bought
Chennai Super Kings	252	5
Delhi Daredevils	381	4
Kings XI Punjab	259	7
Kolkata Knight Riders	400	2
Mumbai Indians	416	1
Rajasthan Royals	505	3
Royal Challengers Bangalore	341	4
Sunrisers Hyderabad	339	6

TOP BUYS IN FIRST SESSION 

Team	Player	Speciality	Winning bid (Rs million)
Rajasthan Royals	Benjamin Stokes	All-Rounder	125
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Manish Pandey	Batsman	110
Kings XI Punjab	KL Rahul	Batsman	110
Kolkata Knight Riders	Chris Lynn	Batsman	96
Kolkata Knight Riders	Mitchell Starc	Bowler	94
Delhi Daredevils	Glenn Maxwell	All-Rounder	90
Chennai Super Kings	Kedar Jadhav	All-Rounder	78
Kings XI Punjab	Ravichandran Ashwin	All-Rounder	76

 

Cricketers		Base price	Auction price
KL Rahul	Batsman	Rs 20 mn	Rs 110 mn	KXIP
Murali Vijay	Batsman	Rs 20 mn		Unsold for now
Brendon McCullum	Batsman	Rs 20 mn	Rs 36 mn	RCB
Chris Lynn	Batsman	Rs 20 mn	Rs 96 mn	KKR
Aaron Finch	Batsman	Rs 15 mn	Rs 62 mn	KXIP
Jason Roy	Batsman	Rs 15 mn	Rs 15 mn	DD
Hashim Amla	Batsman	Rs 15 mn		Unsold for now
David Miller	Batsman	Rs 15 mn	Rs 30 mn	KXIP retain using RTM against MI
Manish Pandey	Batsman	Rs 10 mn	Rs 110 mn	SRH
Martin Guptill	Batsman	Rs 7.5 mn		Unsold for now
Karun Nair	Batsman	Rs 5 mn	Rs 56 mn	KXIP

 

Glenn Maxwell	All-Rounder	Rs 20 mn	Rs 90 mn	DD
Benjamin Stokes	All-Rounder	Rs 20 mn	Rs 125 mn	RR
Yuvraj Singh	All-Rounder	Rs 20 mn	Rs 20 mn	KXIP
Mitchell Starc	Bowler	Rs 20 mn	Rs 94 mn	KKR
Ravichandran Ashwin	All-Rounder	Rs 20 mn	Rs 76 mn	KXIP
Shikhar Dhawan	Batsman	Rs 20 mn	Rs 52 mn	SRH, using RTM against KXIP.
Christopher Gayle	Batsman	Rs 20 mn		Unsold for now
Kieron Pollard	All-Rounder	Rs 20 mn	Rs 54 mn	MI retains using RTM against DD
Ajinkya Rahane	Batsman	Rs 20 mn	Rs 40 mn	RR retain through RTM against KXIP
Dwayne Bravo	All-Rounder	Rs 20 mn	Rs 64 mn	CSK use RTM against KXIP
Gautam Gambhir	Batsman	Rs 20 mn	Rs 28 mn	DD
Harbhajan Singh	Bowler	Rs 20 mn	Rs 20 mn	CSK
Kane Williamson	Batsman	Rs 15 mn	Rs 30 mn	SRH
Faf Du Plessis	Batsman	Rs 15 mn	Rs 16 mn	CSK retain using RTM against KXIP
Joe Root	Batsman	Rs 15 mn		Unsold for now
Shakib Al Hasan	All-Rounder	Rs 10 mn	Rs 20 mn	SRH