IPL 2018 Auction: Franchises ready to spare no expense for marquee players
Cricket | January 26, 2018 14:26 ISTThere hasn't been an IPL auction of this magnitude since the inception year of 2008 where so many premier Indian stars were up for grabs.
There hasn't been an IPL auction of this magnitude since the inception year of 2008 where so many premier Indian stars were up for grabs.
Having already fallen in love with India, Rhodes has his first daughter India Jeanne Jonty Rhodes named after the country.
The Indian team skipper Kohli was retained for a whopping price of 17 crores by RCB management, making him the costliest buy ever in the cash-rich league.
In the auction pool, Harbhajan is kept among the 16 marquee players and will go under the hammer on January 27 and 28 in Bengaluru.
Ahead of the IPL Auction, which is now the talk of the town, we present you everything that you need to know.
The most important question that the KKR fans will be asking themselves is - who will lead Kolkata Knight Riders this time in this edition?
The left-hander said he can't wait to don the CSK jersey again in the upcoming season of IPL.
As per the list provided, 36 players are in all in Rs 2 crore bracket while 32 have priced themselves in the Rs 1.5 crore zone.
Sehwag pointed out that whenever a player gets dropped from the Indian team, it affects his price in the T20 League.
Dhoni said the key is to get back the core group and form a strong team around while admitting it would be a challenge as the players would have to be picked at the auction.
Chennai Super Kings tweeted a video of Dhoni signing his contract papers where he can be heard saying "back home". Dhoni's daughter Ziva was also seen in the video.
The other six Bangladesh players who will be available in the IPL 2018 auction are Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehedi Hasa Miraz, Liton Das, Sabbir Rahman and Abul Hasan.
Among other top Indian cricketers who is almost certain to be retained is in-form batsman Rohit Sharma, who led Mumbai Indians to their title triumph last season.
Stokes was also granted permission to play limited overs cricket for Canterbury in New Zealand.
Stokes secured a 1.7m-pound-deal in 2017 and went on to win the season's most valuable player award.
Under the captaincy of Gambhir, KKR have reached the playoffs on three occasions besides winning two seasons of the IPL.
This year's auction will see teams having an increased budget of Rs 80 crore from previous Rs 66 crore.
Rajasthan Royals had to shift their base to Ahmedabad in 2014 after BCCI suspended the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) for electing tainted administrator Lalit Modi as president of the state body.
The presence of local lad Sanju Samson in the Delhi Daredevils squad may attract more crowd support for the team at this venue.
Rajasthan Royals have made a suggestion to do away with retention policy as well as Right to Match (RTM) while Kings XI Punjab wanted the retention policy to stay at two players.
Top News
Latest News
