IPL Auction Highlights: CSK buys Woakes, lets go of Ashwin; RCB shows faith in McCullum

The IPL auction for the 11th IPL season took place earlier today in Bengaluru. This has been the much awaited auction since the reyurn of CSK and RR.

This was believed to be the the biggest IPL auction ever. With new broadcast deal with Star and the value of the ground sponsors like Vivo, every team is already looking at a financial bonanza. Big names like Chris Gayle, James Faulkner remained unsold till now. The auction will resume again at 2pm. All prices mentioned here are in Rupees.


Here are the list of players bought till now.

CSK: Chennai Superkings
1. MS Dhoni- 15 cr (Retained)
2.Suresh Raina -11 cr (Retained)
3.Ravindra Jadeja- 7 cr(Retained)
4.Faf du Plessis- 1.6 cr (Right to Match)
5.Shane Watson- 4 cr
5.Kedar Jadav- 7.8 cr
6. Ambati Rayudu- 2.2 cr

RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore
1.Virat Kohli- 17 cr (Retained)
2.AB de Villiers- 11 cr (Retained)
3. Sarfaraz Khan- 1.75 cr (Retained)
4.Brendon McCullum- 3.6 cr
5.Chris Woakes- 7.4 cr
6.Colin de Grandhomme- 2.3 cr
7. Moeen Ali- 1.7 cr
8. Quinton De Kock- 2.8 cr

KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders
1. Sunil Naraine- 8.5 cr (Retained)
2. Andre Russell- 7 cr (Retained)
3. Mitchell Starc- 9.4 cr
4. Chris Lyn- 9.6 cr
5. Dinesh Karthik- 7.4 cr
6. Robin Uthappa- 6.4 cr ( Right to match)

KXIP: Kings XI Punjab
1.Axar Patel- 6.75 cr ( Retained)
2.Ravichandran Ashwin- 7.6 cr
3.Yuvraj Singh- 2cr
4.Karun Nair- 5.6 cr
5.KL Rahul-11 cr
6.David Miller-3 cr( Right to Match)
7.Aaron Finch- 6.2 cr
8. Marcus Stoinis - 6.2 cr (Right to match)

RR: Rajasthan Royals
1.Steve Smith- 12 cr( Retained)
2. Ajinka Rahane- 4 cr(Right to match)
3. Ben Stokes- 12.5 cr
4. Stuart Binny- 50 lakhs
5. Sanju Samson- 8 cr
6. Jos Buttler- 4.4 cr


SRH: Sunrisers Hyderabad
1. David Warner-12 crore( Retained)
2. Bhuvneshwar Kumar-8.5 cr( Retained)
3. Shikhar Dhawan- 5.2 cr (Right to Match)
4 .Shakib Al Hasan- 2 cr
5. Manish Pandey-11 cr
6. Carlos Brathwaite- 2 cr
7. Yusuf Pathan- 1.9 cr
8. Wriddhiman Saha- 5 cr

DD: Delhi Daredevils
1. Rishabh Pant- 8 cr ( Retained)
2. Chris Morris- 7.1 cr ( Retained)
3. Shreyas Iyer- 7cr ( Retained)
4. Gautam Gambhir- 2.8 cr
5. Glenn Maxwell- 9 cr
6. Jason Roy- 1.5 cr
7. Colin Munro- 1.9 cr

MI: Mumbai Indians
1. Rohit Sharma- 15 cr ( Retained
2. Hardik Pamdya- 11 cr (Retained)
3. Jasprit Bumrah- 7 cr (Retained)
4. Kieron Pollard- 5.4 cr ( Retained)
5. Mustafizur Rahman- 2.2 cr

List of unsold players
1. Chris Gayle
2. Joe Root
3. Murli Vijay
4. Hashim Amla
5. Martin Guptil
6. James Faulkner
7. Parthiv Patel
8. Jonny Bairstow
9. Naman Ojha
10. Sam Billings
11. Mitchell Johnson
12. Josh Hazlewood