IPL - Indian Premier League is pronominal
event will be started on coming 5th of April this year.
A
round-up of the work done by the eight IPL franchises at the auction in 2017
Whom they
bought Rashid Khan (INR 4 crore, USD 597,000 approx),
Chris Jordan (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000 approx), Mohammad Nabi (INR 30 lakh, USD
44,000 approx), Ben Laughlin (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Mohammed Siraj
(INR 2.6 crore, USD 388,000 approx), Eklavya Dwivedi (INR 75 lakh, USD 111,000
approx), Pravin Tambe (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Tanmay Agarwal (INR 10
lakh, USD 14,000 approx)
Total cost of squad INR 53.75 crore (USD 8.02 million approx)
What
they needed
An overseas quick as
back-up for Mustafizur Rahman - bought Chris Jordan.
An Indian or overseas
spinner, because there are no specialists in the squad - bought Pravin Tambe
and Rashid Khan.
An overseas allrounder as
back-up in case Moises Henriques or Ben Cutting lose form - bought Mohammad
Nabi.
A wicketkeeper as back-up
for Ojha - bought Eklavya Dwivedi.
Unsuccessful
bids Pawan
Negi, Ben Stokes, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, K Gowtham, T Natarajan,
Chris Woakes
Auction
performance rank #1
Whom
they bought Trent
Boult (INR 5 crore, USD 746,000 approx), Chris Woakes (INR 4.2 crore, USD
626,000 approx), Nathan Coulter-Nile (INR 3.5 crore, USD 522,000 approx),
Darren Bravo (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000 approx), Rovman Powell (INR 30 lakh, USD
44,000 approx), Rishi Dhawan (INR 55 lakh, USD 82,000 approx), Ishank Jaggi
(INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Sanjay Yadav (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000
approx), Sayan Ghosh (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)
Total
cost of squad INR
60.6 crore (USD 9.05 million approx)
What
they needed
Overseas players: two
allrounders, a batsman, two fast bowlers, and a spinner - they bought Chris
Woakes, Rovman Powell, Darren Bravo, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Trent Boult, but
no spinner.
Indian players: two fast
bowlers and one spinner - they bought Rishi Dhawan and Sayan Ghosh, both
medium-pacers, and left-arm spinner Sanjay Yadav.
Unsuccessful
bids Tymal
Mills, K Gowtham, Manpreet Gony, T Natarajan
Auction
performance rank #2
Whom
they bought Tymal
Mills (INR 12 crore, USD 1.791 million approx), Billy Stanlake (INR 30 lakh,
USD 44,000 approx), Aniket Choudhary (INR 2 crore, USD 298,000 approx), Pawan
Negi (INR 1 crore, USD 149,000 approx), Praveen Dubey (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000
approx)
Total
cost of squad INR
63.58 crore (USD 9.49 million approx.)
What
they needed
An overseas allrounder as
back-up for Watson, and a fast bowler to replace Starc - bought fast bowlers
Tymal Mills and Billy Stanlake, and Indian allrounder Pawan Negi.
An Indian offspinner, a
back-up seamer - bought legspinner Praveen Dubey and seamer Aniket Choudhary
Unsuccessful
bids Ben
Stokes, Mohammed Siraj
Auction
performance rank #3
Whom
they bought Mitchell
Johnson (INR 2 crore, USD 298,000 approx), Asela Gunaratne (INR 30 lakh, USD
44,000 approx), Nicholas Pooran (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Karn Sharma
(INR 3.2 crore, USD 477,000 approx), K Gowtham (INR 2 crore, USD 298,000
approx), Saurabh Tiwary (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Kulwant Khejroliya
(INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)
Total
cost of squad INR
62.645 crore (USD 9.350 million approx)
What
they needed
An overseas batsman,
preferably an opener, as back-up for when Buttler leaves - bought Nicholas
Pooran.
An overseas allrounder to
cover for Pollard - bought Asela Gunaratne.
A couple of fast bowlers
as back-up for Malinga and McClenaghan - bought Mitchell Johnson.
Unsuccessful
bids Ben
Stokes, Trent Boult, Tymal Mills, Rashid Khan
Auction
performance rank #4
Whom
they bought Kagiso
Rabada (INR 5 crore, USD 746,000 approx), Pat Cummins (INR 4.5 crore, USD
671,000 approx), Angelo Mathews (INR 2 crore, USD 298,000 approx), Corey
Anderson (INR 1 crore, USD 149,000 approx), M Ashwin (INR 1 crore, USD 149
approx), Aditya Tare (INR 25 lakh, USD 37,000 approx), Shashank Singh (INR 10
lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Navdeep Saini (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Ankit
Bawne (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)
Total
cost of squad INR
56.95 crore (USD 8.50 million)
What
they needed
Overseas replacements for
JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock and Chris Morris, who are likely to leave the IPL in
early May - bought Corey Anderson, Angelo Mathews and Pat Cummins.
An overseas allrounder -
bought Anderson and Mathews.
Fast bowlers to back up
Mohammed Shami and Zaheer Khan - bought Kagiso Rabada and Cummins.
An overseas and domestic
batsman each to strengthen middle order - bought Anderson and Ankit Bawne.
Unsuccessful
bids Ben
Stokes, T Natarajan, Varun Aaron.
Auction
performance rank #5
Whom
they bought Jason
Roy (INR 1 crore, USD 149,000 approx), Chirag Suri (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000
approx), Basil Thampi (INR 85 lakh, USD 126,000 approx), Manpreet Gony (INR 60
lakh, USD 89,000 approx), Nathu Singh (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000 approx), Munaf
Patel (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Shubham Agarwal (INR 10 lakh, USD
14,000 approx), Tejas Baroka (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Pratham Singh
(INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Akshdeep Nath (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000
approx), Shelley Shaurya (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)
Total
cost of squad INR
55.5 crore (USD 8.284 million approx)
What
they needed
A legspinner to replace
Pravin Tambe and an offspinner for variety - bought a little-known spinner in
Tejas Baroka.
An Indian fast bowler
because Lions have only three in their squad - bought Basil Thampi, Nathu
Singh, Manpreet Gony and Munaf Patel.
A not-so-expensive
overseas allrounder as back-up for Dwayne Bravo, who is presently injured, and
James Faulkner - bought no one. An overseas fast bowler because they have only
one specialist in Andrew Tye - bought no one.
Unsuccessful
bids Pawan
Negi, Eklavya Dwivedi, Aniket Choudhary, Karn Sharma, Varun Aaron.
Auction
performance rank #6
Whom
they bought Ben
Stokes (INR 14.5 crore, USD 2.164 million approx), Dan Christian (INR 1 crore,
USD 149,000 approx), Lockie Ferguson (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000 approx), Manoj
Tiwary (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000 approx), Jaydev Unadkat (INR 30 lakh, USD
44,000 approx), Milind Tandon (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Rahul Chahar
(INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Rahul Tripathi (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000
approx), Saurabh Kumar (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)
Total
cost of squad INR
65.7 crore, the most expensive squad (USD 9.806 million approx.)
What
they needed
A couple of overseas
allrounders as back up for the injury-prone Mitchell Marsh - bought Ben Stokes
and Dan Christian. At least two fast bowlers - one Indian, one overseas -
because they released six - bought Lockie Ferguson and Jaydev Unadkat.
A quality Indian spinner
to support R Ashwin - bought 17-year-old legspinner Rahul Chahar and left-arm
spinner Saurabh Kumar.
Unsuccessful
bids Pawan
Negi, Rahul Tewatia, Aditya Tare, T Natarajan, Nathu Singh, Basil Thampi, M
Ashwin, Rishi Dhawan.
Auction
performance rank #7
Whom they bought Eoin Morgan (INR 2 crore, USD 298,000 approx), Martin
Guptill (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000), Matt Henry (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000), Darren
Sammy (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), T Natarajan (INR 3 crore, USD 447,000
approx), Varun Aaron (INR 2.8 crore, USD 417,000 approx), Rahul Tewatia (INR 25
lakh, USD 37,000 approx), Rinku Singh (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)
Total
cost of squad INR
52.1 crore, the least expensive squad (USD 7.776 million approx.)
What
they needed
An overseas allrounder
(they have only one at present) and fast bowler (none in the squad) - bought
Darren Sammy and Matt Henry.
An Indian batsman to back
up M Vijay and Manan Vohra, and a domestic allrounder (none in the squad) -
bought Rinku Singh and Rahul Tewatia.
Unsuccessful
bids Kagiso
Rabada, Tymal Mills
Auction
performance rank #8
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