Mumbai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction is here with eight franchises spending big bucks for T20 cricket superstars from around the world. Ben Stokes has gone to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 12.5 crore highest price till now. Manish Pandey and KL Rahul sold for whopping 11 crores each. Pandey was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad and KL Rahul goes to Kings XI Punjab. while Mitchell Starc has gone to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.4 crore. Chris Gayle, maybe not surprisingly, has gone unsold. .Chris Lynn goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.6 crore. Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum will play for Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.6 crore. Aaron Finch will play for Kings XI Punjab for Rs 6.2 crore. Karun Nair has been sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 5.6 crore.
Gautam Gambhir returns to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 2.8 crore. Dwayne Bravo retained by CSK for Rs 6.4 crore by using right to match. Glenn Maxwell will play for Delhi Daredevils for Rs 9 crore. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2 crore. Harbhajan Singh will play for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2018. Sold for his base price of Rs 2 crore. Ravichandran Ashwin will play for Kings XI Punjab sold for a price of Rs 7.6 crore.
