Sri Lanka’s hero in the first two T20I matches against Australia, Asela Gunarathne and regular national team skipper Angelo Mathews have been bought by Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils respectively for the upcoming Indian Premier League 2017.
Mathews attracted INR 2 crore (USD 300,000 approx) from Delhi Daredevils while Gunarathne was pouched by Mahela Jayawardene’s Mumbai Indians for a base price of INR 30 lakh (USD 44,000 approx).
Gunarathne will join Lasith Malinga in the strong Mumbai Indians squad as the IPL 2017 starts 5th April and will go on till 21st May.
Ben Stokes became the most expensive overseas acquisition in the history of the Indian Premier League as Rising Pune Supergiants purchased him away for a massive INR 14.5 Crore following an intensely-contested bidding war, which was kick-started by two heavyweights Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
England’s left-arm fast bowler Tymal Mills was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 12 crore (USD 1.8 million approx) while Chris Woakes was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 4.2 crore (USD 625,000 approx).
All the buys from the IPL 2017 Auction
Ben Stokes – Rising Pune Supergiants – INR 14.50 Crore
Tymal Mills – Royal Challengers Bangalore – INR 12 Crore
Kagiso Rabada – Delhi Daredevils – INR 5 Crore
Trent Boult – Kolkata Knight Riders – INR 5 Crore
Pat Cummins – Delhi Daredevils – INR 4.5 Crore
Chris Woakes – Kolkata Knight Riders – INR 4.2 Crore
Rashid Khan – Sunrisers Hyderabad – INR 4 Crore
Nathan Coulter-Nile – Kolkata Knight Riders – INR 3.5 Crore
Karn Sharma – Mumbai Indians – INR 3.2 Crore
T Natarajan – Kings XI Punjab – INR 3 Crore
Varun Aaron – Kings XI Punjab – INR 2.80 Crore
Mohammed Siraj – Sunrisers Hyderabad – INR 2.60 Cr
Eoin Morgan – Kings XI Punjab – INR 2 Crore
Angelo Mathews – Delhi Daredevils – INR 2 Crore
K Gowtham – Mumbai Indians – INR 2 Crore
Mitchell Johnson – Mumbai Indians – INR 2 Crore
Aniket Choudhary – Royal Challengers Bangalore – INR 2 Crore
Jason Roy – Gujarat Lions – INR 1 Crore
Corey Anderson – Delhi Daredevils – INR 1 Crore
Murugan Ashwin – Delhi Daredevils – INR 1 Crore
Pawan Negi – Royal Challengers Bangalore – INR 1 Crore
Dan Christian – Rising Pune Supergiants – INR 1 Crore
Basil Thampy – Gujarat Lions – INR 85 Lakh
Ekalavya Dwivedi – Sunrisers Hyderabad – INR 75 Lakh
Manpreet Gony – Gujarat Lions – INR 60 Lakh
Rishi Dhawan – Kolkata Knight Riders – INR 55 Lakh
Martin Guptill – Kings XI Punjab – INR 50 Lakh
Nathu Singh – Gujarat Lions – INR 50 Lakh
Matt Henry – Kings XI Punjab – INR 50 Lakh
Chris Jordan – Sunrisers Hyderabad – INR 50 Lakh
Darren Bravo – KKR – INR 50 Lakh
Manoj Tiwary – RPS – INR 50 Lakh
Lockie Ferguson – RPS – INR 50 Lakh
Nicholas Pooran – Mumbai Indians – INR 30 Lakh
Jaydev Unadkat – Rising Pune Supergiants – INR 30 Lakh
Mohammad Nabi – Sunrisers Hyderabad – INR 30 Lakh
Saurabh Tiwary – Mumbai Indians – INR 30 Lakh
Ben Laughlin – Sunrisers Hyderabad – INR 30 Lakh
Billy Stanlake – Royal Challengers Bangalore – INR 30 Lakh
Rovman Powell – Kolkata Knight Riders – INR 30 Lakh
Darren Sammy – Kings XI Punjab – INR 30 Lakh
Munaf Patel – Gujarat Lions – INR 30 Lakh
Asela Gunarathna – Mumbai Indians – INR 30 Lakh
Rahul Tewatia – Kings XI Punjab – INR 25 Lakh
Aditya Tare – Delhi Daredevils – INR 25 Lakh
Ankit Bawne – Delhi Daredevils – INR 10 Lakh
Rinku Singh – Kings XI Punjab – INR 10 Lakh
Milind Tandon – Rising Pune Supergiants – 10 Lakh
Shashank Singh – Delhi Daredevils – INR 10 Lakh
Tejas Singh Baroka – Gujarat Lions – INR 10 Lakh
Tanmay Agarwal – Sunrisers Hyderabad – INR 10 Lakh
Pravin Tambe – Sunrisers Hyderabad – INR 10 Lakh
Praveen Dubey – Royal Challengers Bangalore – INR 10 Lakh
Navdeep Saini – Delhi Daredevils – INR 10 Lakh
Rahul Chahar – Rising Pune Supergiants – INR 10 Lakh
K Khejroliya – Mumbai Indians – 10 Lakh
Saurabh Kumar – Rising Pune Supergiants – INR 10 Lakh
Chirag Suri – Gujarat Lions – INR 10 Lakh
Shelly Shaurya – Gujarat Lions – INR 10 Lakh
Shubham Agrawal – Gujart LIons – INR 10 Lakh
Sanjay Yadav – Kolkata Knight Riders – INR 10 Lakh
Ishank Jaggi – Kolkata Knight Riders – INR 10 Lakh
R Tripathi – Rising Pune Supergiants – INR 10 Lakh
Pratham Singh – Gujarat Lions – INR 10 Lakh
Aksh Deep Nath – GL – INR 10 Lakh
Sayan Ghosh – KKR – INR 10 Lakh