New Delhi [India], Jan 28: Chris Gayle finally sold after third round of biding. West Indies storm Chris Gayle comes up for the third time. Punjab open the bid for Gayle. Gayle sold for Rs 2.00 crore for Punjab. Pardeep Sahu who plays for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League. Kings XI Punjab bought him with cost of his base price Rs. 20 Lacs. On the other hand Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat became the most expensive Indian player in the 2018 Indian Premier League Auction after he attracted a bid of Rs 11.50 crore from the Double R’s aka Rajasthan Royals. Unadkat also beats KL Rahul and Manish Pandey who bagged Rs 11 crore contracts on the opening day of the auction on Saturday. Over 137 Player sold in which 47 are overseas player and 90 are Indian after spending of Rs 413 Crores. Rahul was sold to Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), while SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) picked up Pandey. Unadkat is the second most expensive buy this year after England all-rounder Ben Stokes, who was also bought by Rajasthan for Rs 12.50 crore. While it appeared to be a battle between KXIP and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for Unadkat, Rajasthan made a quiet entry towards the end to win the bid for him.
Shivam Mavi sold to KKR for Rs 3 Crores. Mujeeb Zadran becomes the youngest player to enter in the auction. Mujeeb Zadran is the 16th year old teenager who come from Afghanistan. He was part of under 19 world cup. Mujeeb was bought by King XI Punjab for Rs. 4 Crores. He was the youngest player and now he is million dollar man. Jaydev Unadkat become the most expensive Indian cricketer. Double R’s bought Jaydev Unadkat for Rs 11.5 Crores. Jaydev Unadkat had played for Rising Pune Supergiant in the previous season of IPL.
