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IPL Auction 2018: 14 out of 16 marquee players sold, Gambhir goes to Delhi; no buyers for Gayle & Joe Root

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan-co-owned refused to use their RTM card for Gautam Gambhir

Fourteen out of  sixteen marquee players have been sold on Day 1 of Indian Premier League auction held at Bengaluru on January 27. England’s Ben Stoke sold for whopping Rs 12.5 crore, the highest bid in marquee players list, to Rajasthan Royals.

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan-co-owned refused to use their RTM card for Gautam Gambhir as he was sold Delhi Daredevils for Rs 2.8 crore to Delhi Daredevils.

Meanwhile, Yuvraj Singh’s stocks dip as he sold to Kings XI Punjab for just Rs 2 crore.

Here’s the list

PLAYERS

SOLD FOR

TEAM

Shikhar Dhawan

Rs 5. 2 crore (Retained)

SRH

R Ashwin

Rs 7.6 crore

KXIP

Kieron Pollard

Rs 5.4 crore

MI

Ben Stokes

Rs 12.5 crore

RR

Faf du Plessis

Rs 1.6 crore

CSK

Ajinkya Rahane

Rs 4 crore

RR

Mitchell Starc

Rs 9.4 crore

KKR

Harbhajan Singh

Rs 2 crore

CSK

Shakib-al-Hasan

Rs 2 crore

SRH

Glenn Maxwell

Rs 9 crore

DD

Gautam Gambhir

Rs 2.8 crore

DD

DJ Bravo

Rs 6.4 crore (Retained)

CSK

Kane Williamson

Rs 3 crore

SRH

Yuvraj Singh

Rs 2 crore

KXIP

Joe Root

Chris Gayle

 

The 11th season of the Indian Premier League will start 7 April in Mumbai.