1. Benjamin Stokes
The England all-rounder was the biggest purchase of the 2018 IPL auction held in Bengaluru, He finds his second Indian franchise Rajasthan Royals who spent a huge amount of Rs 14.5 crore for his services. In his last IPL season, Stokes went to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.14.5 crores to make him the costliest overseas player in IPL history and the second most overall.
2. Jaidev Unadkat
Jaidev Unadkat becomes the 2nd most expensive player in this IPL season 2018. A huge amount of Rs. 11.5 crore auction went for this young and talented fast bowler from India., In today's time, he is one of the most skilled Indian fast bowlers when it comes to Twenty20 cricket. He would have looked at the IPL auction with renewed energy having been named Man of the Series in India's 3-0 T20I sweep of Sri Lanka last year, Also the franchises would have kept in mind the fact that he finished second on the bowling table with 24 wickets in 12 games in IPL 2017, having that kind of accuracy and potency has been rewarded, and Rajasthan has in their squad a very fine bowler.
3. KL Rahul
KL Rahul fortunes have turned in this IPL 2018, he was bought by KXIP for a bulk amount of Rs. 11 Crore as he finds a new IPL home in Mohali, having played for Royal Challengers Bangalore before this. He also left behind KXIP's earlier acquisition of R Ashwin for Rs 7.6 crore. In 2016, Rahul became the third Indian to score international centuries in all three formats and last year and was India's third-highest run-getter in T20Is with 279 at a strike-rate of 140.90, with three half-centuries. He can open or bat at any top 4 slots, you can say that it was a key purchase by KXIP, who had retained only Axar Patel ahead of the auction.
4. Manish Pandey
Manish Pandey now also joins the league of most expensive players in IPL 2018. He was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad for a sum of 11 crores, Pandey has also played for Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in the previous seasons of the IPL.
5. Chris Lynn
This Australian batsman Chris Lynn was bagged by Kolkata Knight Riders for a huge amount of Rs. 9.6 crore. He played for KKR in the last edition of IPL as well. In four Big Bash League matches this season, the Lynn scored 127 runs at a blistering strike-rate of 162.82. KKR will hope that Lynn remains free from injury this season, being in previous IPL season he smashed 295 runs at a thundering strike-rate of 180.98 in just seven innings.
6. Mitchell Starc
The Australian left-arm quick fast bowler Mitchell Starc was a staggered purchase for the KKR. As he went for Rs 9.4 crore to Kolkata Knight Riders. From a base price of Rs. 2 crores his auction raised drastically to Rs. 9.4 crore in a little span of time. He finds his new home in Kolkata as previously he was playing for RCB. This season this fast bowler looks like injury free and fully fit for IPL 2018.
7. Galen Maxwell
This IPL 2018 Auction proved to be lucky for another Australian batsman Mr Glenn Maxwell who was picked up by Delhi Daredevils for the healthy amount of Rs 9 crore. In this auction, there were many teams who were looking to recruit Maxwell for their squad – SRH and Rajasthan Royals being the foremost. But it is Delhi who finally has Maxwell in their kitty.
8. Rashid Khan
The leg spin bowler from Afganistan was bagged by Sunrisers Hyderabad for a whopping amount of Rs. 9 crores. During last year's player auction, Rashid had seen his value soar from a base price of Rs 30 lakh to Rs 4 crore. The teenager repaid the faith by delivering 17 wickets for SRH at an economy of 6.62. As a frenzy ensued for Rashid's services, the SRH table sat silently watching RCB and KXIP raise the stakes. As soon as the hammer went down at Rs 9 crore, SRH used one of their Right-to-Match (RTM) cards to buy him back. The much sought after Afghan player was a part of the same team in the previous edition of the Indian Premier League.
9. Krunal Pandya
The most profitable uncapped allrounder was, not surprisingly, Baroda's Pandya who had smartly set his base price at Rs 40 lakh. Pandya, who was Man of the Match in last season's semi-final and final as Mumbai Indians surged to the IPL title. Mumbai Indians parted with 8.8 crores to have Krunal Pandya in the side. With this, both Krunal and Hardik Pandya will play for Mumbai Indians in this edition of IPL. At 8.8 crore, RCB won the bid for the allrounder but Mumbai, with glee on their faces, immediately used an RTM card.
10. Sanju Samson
Last but not the least in the list is Sanju Samson who was bought by Rajasthan Royals for a massive 8 crore for the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League. Sanju Samson is stocked as a wicket-keeper batsman by Rajasthan Royals and it is a homecoming for the young player!
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