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.
The Bengaluru franchise has opted for him, probably citing small boundaries at Chinnaswamy which can be cleared at will.
As soon as Ben Stokes became the most expensive player in IPL 2017, reactions erupted on twitter!
The entire 'Ben Stokes' episode took about ten-long minutes before the hammer was clamped for the final time at Rs 14.5 cr.
Despite having international stars like Faf DuPlessis, Steve Smith, Dhoni himself, Kevin Pietersen, they finished a sad seventh in the table standings.
With this he becomes the first sportsperson to sign a Rs 100-crore endorsement deal with a single brand.
IPL Auction 2017 live: Ben Stokes sold for a whopping 14.5 crores to Rising Pune Supergiants whereas Afghanistan player Rashid Khan was a surprise deal for INR 4 crores to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Pakistan's all-rounder cricketer Shahid Afridi has announced his retirement from the international cricket ending his 21 year career.