MUMBAI: Yuvraj Singh is a name that makes headlines every time the player auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) takes place. He has established himself as a marquee asset and expectations are always soaring. However, the 2016 IPL auction saw a new Indian player emerging as the most sought after.
Youngster Pawan Negi went to Delhi Daredevils and became the most expensive Indian player to go under the hammer at the recent auction fetching a price of Rs 8.5 crore, while the Australian cricketer Shane Watson emerged as the most expensive player of the IPL auction with Royal Challengers Bangalore bagging him for a mammoth Rs 9.5 crore.
The left arm orthodox all rounder Negi’s base price was Rs 30 lakh. What a day for the young man, who has just been named in the India squad for the Asia Cup and ICC World T20!
Yuvraj Singh, whose performance last year failed to make any headlines, too garnered great attention. Sunrisers Hyderabad dished out Rs 7 crore for him. Last year Singh’s was won for a whopping Rs 14 crore by Delhi Daredevils.
“Yuvraj will help Sunrisers rake in more money and fans. It’s a franchise that has not had the stardom yet, no big Indian brand has played for the team and now that they have Yuvraj, they can certainly generate higher sponsorship revenue. Fans will also be very happy with the move,” said a sports media planning expert.
Sony Six aired the entire auction live on 6 February and the telecast had a good traction on social media too with #IPLAuction trending the entire day.
The entire list of players who went under the hammer and were bought by the various teams are as follows:
Rising Pune Supergiants
Mitchell Marsh – Rs.4.8 crore
M Ashwin – Rs 4.5 crore
Ishant Sharma – Rs 3.8 crore
Kevin Pietersen – Rs. 3.5 crore
Irfan Pathan – Rs 1 crore
Thisara Perera – Rs 1 crore
Rajat Bhatia – Rs 60 lakh
Ashok Dinda – Rs 50 lakh
Scott Boland – Rs 50 lakh
Rudra Pratap Singh – Rs 30 lakh
Peter Handscomb – Rs 30 lakh
Adam Zampa – Rs 30 lakh
Ankit Sharma – Rs 10 lakh
Ankush Bains – Rs 10 lakh
Baba Aparajith – Rs 10 lakh
Deepak Chahar – Rs 10 lakh
Jaskaran Singh – Rs 10 lakh
Gujarat Lions
Praveen Kumar – Rs 3.50 crore
Dwayne Smith – Rs.2.3 crore
Dale Steyn – Rs 2.3 crore
Dinesh Karthik – Rs.2.3 crore
Dhawal Kulkarni – Rs 2 crore
Eklavya Dwivedi – Rs 1 crore
Aaron Finch – Rs 1 crore
Andrew Tye – Rs 50 lakh
Ishan Kishan – Rs 35 lakh
Pradeep Sangwan – Rs 20 lakh
Praveen Tambe – Rs 20 lakh
S. Jakati – Rs 20 lakh
Jaydev Shah – Rs 20 lakh
Shivil Kaushik – Rs 10 lakh
Paras Dogra – Rs 10 lakh
Sarabjeet Ladda – 10 lakh
Umang Sharma – Rs 10 lakh
Amit Mishra – Rs 10 lakh
Aksh Deep Nath – Rs 10 lakh
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Shane Watson – Rs.9.5 crore
Stuart Binny – Rs 2 crore
Kane Richardson – Rs 2 crore
Travis Head – Rs 50 lakh
Samuel Badree – Rs 50 lakh
Praveen Dubey – Rs 35 lakh
Vikramjeet Malik – Rs 20 lakh
Sachin Baby – Rs 10 lakh
Iqbal Abdullah – Rs 10 lakh
Akshay Karnewar – Rs 10 lakh
Vikas Tokas – Rs 10 lakh
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Yuvraj Singh – Rs 7 crore
Ashish Nehra – Rs.5.5 crore
Deepak Hooda – Rs 4.2 crore
Mustafizur Rahman – Rs 1.40 crore
Aditya Tare – Rs 1.20 crore
Barinder Singh Sran – Rs.1.20 crore
Ben Cutting – Rs 50 lakh
Vijay Shankar – Rs 35 lakh
Abhimanyu Mithun – Rs 30 lakh
T Suman – Rs 10 lakh
Delhi Daredevils
Pawan Negi – Rs 8.50 crore
Chris Morris – Rs 7 crore
Sanju Samson – Rs 4.2 crore
Carlos Brathwaite – Rs 4.2 crore
Karun Nair – Rs 4 crore
Rishabh Pant – Rs 1.90 crore
Sam Billings – Rs 30 lakh
Joel Paris – Rs 30 lakh
Akhil Arvind Herwadkar – Rs 10 lakh
CV Millind – Rs 10 lakh
Pawan Suyal – Rs 10 lakh
Pratyush Singh – Rs 10 lakh
SK Ahmed – Rs 10 lakh
Mumbai Indians
Jos Buttler – Rs 3.8 crore
Nathu Singh – Rs 3.20 crore
Tim Southee – Rs 2.50 crore
Krunal Pandya – Rs 2 crore
KP Kamath – Rs 1.40 crore
Jitesh Sharma – Rs 10 lakh
Deepak Puniya – Rs 10 lakh
Jitesh Sharma – Rs 10 lakh
Kolkata Knight Riders
Jaydev Unadkat – Rs 1.6 crore
Ankit Singh Rajpoot – Rs 1.5 crore
John Hastings – Rs 1.3 crore
Jason Holder – Rs 70 lakh
Colin Munro – Rs 30 lakh
R. Satish – Rs 20 lakh
Manan Sharma – Rs 10 lakh
Kings XI Punjab
Mohit Sharma – Rs 6.50 crore
Marcus Stoinis – Rs 5.50 crore
Kyle Abbott – Rs 2.10 crore
KC Cariappa – Rs 80 lakh
Armaan Jaffer – Rs 10 lakh
Pradeep Sahu – Rs 10 lakh
Swapnil Singh – Rs 10 lakh