Surprises and Losers at the IPL Auction 2018

thuppahi

9 years ago

IPL Auction 2018 saw some of cricket’s biggest name go for auction in Bangalore. The first surprise of the day was R Ashwin. Coming in at number two in the auction, Ashwin was sold to Kings XI Punjab after Chennai Super Kings decided to pull out of the bidding war. He will join Yuvraj Singh at KXIP for a price of Rs 7.60 crore. This auction has not been the best for Indian veteran players as their prices have plummeted. A couple of big names also went unsold on the first day of the auction.

2 / 13: Brendon McCullum, who played for the Gujarat Lions last season, will play for Royal Challengers Bangalore who bought him for Rs 3.6 crore. (Source: BCC

3 / 13: Kuldeep Yadav has been retained via RTM by KKR for Rs 5.8 crore. (Source: BCCI)

4 / 13: Chris Lynn will play for KKR again this season. Kolkata could not use the RTM but still managed to buy him for Rs 9.6 crore.

5 / 13: CSK did not have a right-to-match card to retain Ashwin. He hence goes to Kings XI Punjab

6 / 13: Shane Watson has been sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 4 crore. (Source: PTI)

8 / 13: IPL Auction 2018 saw the price drop of Yuvraj Singh as well. He has been one of the stars of IPL since the beginning and has had price of Rs 14 and 16 crore. But he was sold Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2 crore.

9 / 13: IPL Auction 2018 saw another mega price drop. Gautam Gambhir moved back from Kolkata Knight Riders to his home Delhi Daredevils but his price saw a major drop. Delhi got Gautam for Rs 2.8 crore.

10 / 13: IPL Auction 2018’s first player was Shikhar Dhawan. He was sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 5.2 crore but Sunrisers Hyderabad used their right-to-match card to retain him.

11 / 13: IPL Auction 2018 major surprise was Chris Gayle. The West Indies batsman went unsold on the first day of auction but he can be bought on the second day.

12 / 13: Lasith Malinga is another heavyweight that has gone unsold. If things remain this way, the IPL 2018 will be the first time a Mumbai Indians squad play without Malinga in their ranks.

13 / 13: Harbhajan Singh has been with the Mumbai Indians since the inaugural season and his association with the reigning champions finally comes to an end. He goes to CSK for Rs 2 crore.