JAIPUR: Rajasthan Royals has splurged a whopping Rs 8.40 crore to buy back India discard left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
Purse remaining with the teams.
VIVO #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/hAG3PKPubF
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
The Royals were locked in an intense battle with Delhi Capitals and later on with Chennai Super Kings before getting back the services of the paceman, whom they released for the auction.
Unadkat grabbed the eye-balls last season when he became the highest paid Indian after being bought by the same franchise for a whopping Rs 11.5 crore.
Watch the bidding war for left-arm quick @JUnadkat. He was sold to @rajasthanroyals for a whopping INR 840 lacs.@Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/S2tx9CyMAr
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
The Royals also bought Varun Aaron for a sum of Rs 2.40 crore.
For the first time this year, Yuvraj had reduced his base price to Rs 1 crore. However, no franchise showed interest in picking the sixer king. The 37-year-old cricketer will be brought back in the auction pool later in the evening.
Another discarded India pacer Mohit Sharma went for Rs 5 crore to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) while current pace spearheads Mohammed Shami’s services were purchased for Rs 4.80 crore by Kings XI Punjab.
Mumbai Indians bought back Sri Lankan veteran Lasith Malinga for Rs 2 crore while veteran Ishant Sharma was bought for Rs 1.10 crore by Delhi Capitals.
India discard Axar Patel was on Tuesday bought for a whopping Rs five crore by Delhi Capitals.
Delhi also bought all-rounder Hanuma Vihari for Rs 2 crore while West Indians Shimron Hetmyer were bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab, respectively for Rs 4.20 crore. Another Caribbean star Carlos Brathwaite went for Rs 5 crore to the Kolkata Knight Riders.
KXIP also bagged the services of Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques for Rs 1 crore while the Sunrisers Hyderabad spent Rs 2.20 crore for English wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow and Rs 1.20 crore for India’s Test stumper Wriddhiman Saha.
Sarfraz Khan goes to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 25 lakh!
Varun Chakaravarthy is sold to @lionsdenkxip for INR 840 lacs
VIVO #IPLAuction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
Straight from the @IPL Auction!#KXIP #SaddaSquad #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/oDUjzkUPra
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) December 18, 2018
Fawad Ahmed remains unsold VIVO #IPLAuction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
Super Dencoming @imohitsharma18! PS: Thankfully our lion fulfilled the vital criteria this September! #ThirtyPlus #PrideOf19 #SuperAuction #WhistlePodu 😍🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/nQ7ZVfvwRB
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) December 18, 2018
.@ImIshant is sold to @DelhiCapitals for INR 110 lacs VIVO #IPLAuction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
Wriddhiman Saha is up next and is sold to @SunRisers for INR 120 lacs
VIVO #IPLAuction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
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All-rounder @akshar2026 is sold to @DelhiCapitals for INR 500 lacs
VIVO #IPLAuction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
Devdutt Padikkal is sold to RCB for 20 Lakh.
First player to go under the hammer is Manoj Tiwary at VIVO #IPLAuction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
351 players are all set to go under the hammer at today's VIVO #IPLAuction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
Under 2 hours until we get going and have these seats filled ⏳#CricketMeriJaan #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/awTGrCY5ne
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) December 18, 2018