While Unadkat and Tye enjoyed big pay day, 17-year-old Sandeep Lamichhane made history by becoming the first cricketer from Nepal to be bought in the auction.
Gayle has the fastest T20 century to his name, off 30 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) versus Pune Warriors in 2013.
The 20-year old cricketer who played for Madhya Pradesh in Ranji Trophy last season was bought by Rajasthan Royals during the accelerated session for 30 Lakh.
Sandeep has represented Nepal in the U-19 tournaments and has a knack for collecting wickets in high-pressure games.
The Rajasthan Royals now own the two most expensive players in the IPL 2018 after winning the bidding war against Kings XI Punjab to claim Unadkat for 11.50 crores.
Gowtham's bowling figures is one of the reasons why he was the most-sought after as he was sold to Rajasthan Royals for a whopping price of 6.20 crore.
Delhi Daredevils coach Ricky Ponting said he was not surprised that Kolkata Knight Riders did not try to get Gautam Gambhir back.
Jaydev Unadkat became the most expensive Indian at this year's IPL after he was bought by RR at a whopping Rs 11.50 crore while West Indian Chris Gayle - unsold twice - was picked up by KXIP at his base price of Rs 2 crore.
Here is the complete list of sold and unsold players from the first day of Indian Premier League auction at the Ritz-Carlton in Bengaluru.
Krunal going to Mumbai Indians was expected but not the astronomical figure he went for, surpassing Pawan Negi who was bought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 8.5 crore in the 2016 auction.
Some of the proven T20 specialists like Sanju Samson also earned big bucks as Rajasthan Royals bought him back for Rs 8 crore while Robin Uthappa's pyrotechnics earned him a callback from KKR at Rs 6.4 crore.
Archer was one of the most sought after besides Pandya as the all-rounder has been highly impressive in England's county cricket.
The spinner had a base price of 2 crore but no one expected that the bidding war would rise, only for the Hyderabad franchise to use the Right to Match card in the end to bag him for 9 crore.
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