New Delhi [India], Jan 28: 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. Overall 152 player sold and 52 were overseas players. History is made by Nepal cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane, who is the only player from Nepal in the IPL auction sold for Rs 20 lakh to Double D’s. 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. Yes it is craziest day when it come to the youngest player.
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. On the other hand young Indian cricketers Murugan Ashwin who plays for Tamil Nadu and also part of recent IPL. He made his List A debut on 11 December 2015 in the 2015–16. After RCB pick Murugan Ashwin for Rs 2.2 Crores. Another shocking biding was of Gowtham Krishnappa was sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 6.20 crores. In October 2017, he scored his maiden first-class century, batting for Karnataka against Assam in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy. Day one of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 auction in Bengaluru sprung many surprises for the eight franchises taking part in the cash-rich league. Shahbaz Nadeem is sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 3.20 Crores.
