Are the owners wary to getting Muslims onboard, considering they could for no reason stir a controversy. At the auction the two big Muslim players we are focusing on are Pervez Rasool and old warhorse Irfan Pathan.
Despite the presence of big names on the list, there were few Indians who are either uncapped or couldn't be there in Team India for long but came up with flying colours in IPL 2017 auctions.
Besides Mohammad Nabi, another Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan too was sold in this year's IPL auction. Rashid was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad at a whopping price of Rs 4 crore.
Daredevils is one of those franchises who has always had a problem with death bowling; Zaheer Khan was their best available option.
Following Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan becomes the second Afghani to get sold for Rs 4 Crores.
Gowtham's world has come the full circle in the last two days. With his backs to the wall and a set Shreyas Iyer to support him, then he stepped it up and counter-attacked the mighty Australians scoring an invaluable 74.
In the IPL 2017 auctions, many players like Ben Stokes, Tymal Mills, Eoin Morgan, Pawan Negi were sold for a hefty amount while several big names like Imran Tahir, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan went unsold.
The Bengaluru franchise has opted for him, probably citing small boundaries at Chinnaswamy which can be cleared at will.