IPL Auction 2018: 14 out of 16 marquee players sold, Gambhir goes to Delhi; no buyers for Gayle & Joe Root

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan-co-owned refused to use their RTM card for Gautam Gambhir

By: Karan Nanda |
January 27, 2018 12:04 pm

Fourteen out of sixteen marquee players have been sold on Day 1 of Indian Premier League auction held at Bengaluru on January 27. England’s Ben Stoke sold for whopping Rs 12.5 crore, the highest bid in marquee players list, to Rajasthan Royals.

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan-co-owned refused to use their RTM card for Gautam Gambhir as he was sold Delhi Daredevils for Rs 2.8 crore to Delhi Daredevils.

Meanwhile, Yuvraj Singh’s stocks dip as he sold to Kings XI Punjab for just Rs 2 crore.

Here’s the list

PLAYERS	SOLD FOR	TEAM
Shikhar Dhawan	Rs 5. 2 crore (Retained)	SRH
R Ashwin	Rs 7.6 crore	KXIP
Kieron Pollard	Rs 5.4 crore	MI
Ben Stokes	Rs 12.5 crore	RR
Faf du Plessis	Rs 1.6 crore	CSK
Ajinkya Rahane	Rs 4 crore	RR
Mitchell Starc	Rs 9.4 crore	KKR
Harbhajan Singh	Rs 2 crore	CSK
Shakib-al-Hasan	Rs 2 crore	SRH
Glenn Maxwell	Rs 9 crore	DD
Gautam Gambhir	Rs 2.8 crore	DD
DJ Bravo	Rs 6.4 crore (Retained)	CSK
Kane Williamson	Rs 3 crore	SRH
Yuvraj Singh	Rs 2 crore	KXIP
Joe Root	–	–
Chris Gayle	–	–

The 11th season of the Indian Premier League will start 7 April in Mumbai.