The Indian Premier League Auction 2018 saw a lot of new records were created. It was also surprising in a way to see Chris Gayle and Martin Guptill go unsold. It truly showed that reputations do not matter and it is quality and form franchises will vote for. But for Krunal Pandya and Jayadev Unadkat, it was an auction to remember. Apart from the Indians, Sandeep Lamichhane entered the record books becoming the first Nepalese cricketer to feature in the IPL.
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Even the U-19 youngsters from India who are currently featuring in the U-19 Cricket World Cup got good deals. Four U-19 cricketers from India bagged deals in excess of a crore. It also was an auction to remember for Ben Stokes, who bagged a whopping Rs 12.5 Cr, despite having a police case against him.
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In this list, we will enlighten you of the records that were created during IPL Auction 2018 and also firsts that occurred.
Jayadev Unadkat became the highest ever Indian bowler to fetch Rs 11.5 Cr.
Ben Stokes became the highest overseas paid player in this year’s auction with Rs 12.5 Cr.
Highest overseas paid player in this year’s auction – Ben Stokes (12.5 crs)
Highest Indian paid player in this year’s auction – Jaydev Unadkat (11.5 crs)
Both will play for Rajasthan Royals. #IPLAuction
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) January 28, 2018
Sandeep Lamichhane became the first Nepalese cricketer to play in the IPL from his country. He fetched Rs 20 lakh for Delhi Daredevils.
The first Nepali player in the history of the Vivo IPL! It gives us great pleasure to welcome the 17-year-old leg-spinner @IamSandeep25 into the #DDSquad!#IPLAuction #DilDilli
— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) January 28, 2018
Krunal Pandya became the highest paid uncapped player ever, he pipped Pawan Negi to this feat.
Krunal Pandya (8.8 crores to MI) is now the highest paid uncapped player in the history of IPL going past Pawan Negi (8.5 crore to DD) in 2016.#IPLAuction
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) January 27, 2018
This has been an auction to remember for various reasons. Teams were looking to build a brand new side from scratch and that made it really intriguing to see the combinations and permutations that were doing the rounds.
