Sri Lanka’s hero in the first two T20I matches against Australia, Asela Gunarathne and regular national team skipper Angelo Mathews have been bought by Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils respectively for the upcoming Indian Premier League 2017.
Mathews attracted INR 2 crore (USD 300,000 approx) from Delhi Daredevils while Gunarathne was pouched by Mahela Jayawardene’s Mumbai Indians for a base price of INR 30 lakh (USD 44,000 approx).
Gunarathne will join Lasith Malinga in the strong Mumbai Indians squad as the IPL 2017 starts 5th April and will go on till 21st May.
Ben Stokes became the most expensive overseas acquisition in the history of the Indian Premier League as Rising Pune Supergiants purchased him away for a massive INR 14.5 Crore following an intensely-contested bidding war, which was kick-started by two heavyweights Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
England’s left-arm fast bowler Tymal Mills was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 12 crore (USD 1.8 million approx) while Chris Woakes was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 4.2 crore (USD 625,000 approx).
In a hotly-contested period of bidding, Pat Cummins ($875k to Delhi), Nathan Coulter-Nile ($680k to Kolkata), Mitchell Johnson ($390k to Mumbai) and Dan Christian ($194k to Rising Pune Supergiants) were the Australians who found themselves with a six-figure payday, before Billy Stanlake was picked up for $58k by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Ben Laughlin was a late addition to the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad for $58k.
List of players sold at IPL auction 2017
INR 1 crore = INR 100 lakh = INR 10000000 = USD 149254 approx
INR 1 lakh = INR 100 thousand = INR 100000 = USD 1493 approx
Eoin Morgan (Base price INR 2 crore) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 2 crore
Pawan Negi (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 1 crore
Angelo Mathews (Base price INR 2 crore) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 2 crore
Ben Stokes (Base price INR 2 crore) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 14.5 crore
Corey Anderson (Base price INR 1 crore) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 1 crore
Nicholas Pooran (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakh
Kagiso Rabada (Base price INR 1 crore) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 5 crore
Trent Boult (Base price INR 1.5 crore) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 5 crore
Tymal Mills (Base price INR 50 lakhs) - Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 12 crore
Pat Cummins (Base price INR 2 crore) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 4.5 crore
Mitchell Johnson (Base price INR 2 crore) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2 crore
Ankit Bawne (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakh
Tanmay Agarwal (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 10 lakh
Mohammad Nabi (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 30 lakh
K Gowtham (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2 crore
Rahul Tewatia (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 25 lakh
Aditya Tare (Base price INR 20 lakh) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 25 lakh
Eklavya Dwivedi (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 75 lakh
Aniket Choudhary (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 2 crore
T Natarajan (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 3 crore
Nathu Singh (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 50 lakh
Basil Thampi (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 85 lakh
M Ashwin (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 1 crore
Tejas Baroka (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh
Rashid Khan (Base price INR 50 lakh) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 4 crore
Pravin Tambe (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 10 lakh
Chris Woakes (Base price INR 2 crore) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 4.2 crore
Karn Sharma (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 3.2 crore
Rishi Dhawan (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 55 lakh
Matt Henry (Base price INR 50 lakh) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 50 lakh
Jaydev Unadkat (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 30 lakh
Varun Aaron (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 2.8 crore
Manpreet Gony (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 60 lakh
Martin Guptill (Base price INR 50 lakh) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 50 lakh (second round)
Jason Roy (Base price INR 1 crore) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 1 crore (second round)
Saurabh Tiwary (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakh (second round)
Chris Jordan (Base price INR 50 lakh) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 50 lakh (second round)
Nathan Coulter-Nile (Base price INR 100 lakh) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 3.5 crore (second round)
Praveen Dubey (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 lakh (second round)
Navdeep Saini (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakh (second round)
Ben Laughlin (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 30 lakh (second round)
Billy Stanlake (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 30 lakh (second round)
Mohammed Siraj (Base price INR 20 lakh) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2.6 crore
Rahul Chahar (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 10 lakh
Saurabh Kumar (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 10 lakh
Asela Gunaratne (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakh
Daniel Christian (Base price INR 1 crore) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 1 crore
Rovman Powell (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 lakhs
Darren Sammy (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 30 lakh
Munaf Patel (Base price INR 30 lakh) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 30 lakh
Rinku Singh (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 10 lakh
Shashank Singh (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakh
Milind Tandon (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 10 lakh
Kulwant Khejroliya (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 10 lakh
Chirag Suri (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh
R Sanjay Yadav (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 10 lakh
Shelley Shaurya (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh
Shubham Agarwal (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh
Ishank Jaggi (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 10 lakh
Rahul Tripathi (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 10 lakh
Pratham Singh (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh
Akshdeep Nath (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakh (third round)
Lockie Ferguson (Base price INR 50 lakh) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 50 lakh (third round)
Manoj Tiwary (Base price INR 50 lakh) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 50 lakh (third round)
Darren Bravo (Base price INR 50 lakh) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 50 lakh (third round)
Sayan Ghosh (Base price INR 10 lakh) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 10 lakh (third round)
