New Delhi: The 2016 Indian Premier League was held in Bengaluru on Saturday with Australian all-rounder Shane Watson being the buy of the day for a whooping Rs 9.5 crore by the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Watson who played seven season for the suspended Rajasthan Royals, had a fantastic Big Bash League campaign followed by impressive performances against India in the Twenty20 series last month. That helped him being the million-dollar man.
Youngster Pawan Negi and veteran Yuvraj Singh followed suit with the second and third highest value.
Eight marquee players got the action underway in Bengaluru, and out of them, New Zealand's Martin Guptill and Aaron Finch found no takers so far.
The player pool at the auctions on Saturday was huge with 351. Out of those 230 are Indians.
Interestingly several high-profile players were bought respectively by the eight franchises. The two new teams Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions who had drafted five players each in December 2015, were also seen in action.
The first half of the auctions were over and there will be more action to be followed as the day progresses.
Here are the list of players who were brought by the eight franchises.
Delhi Daredevils
Christopher Morris (RSA): Rs 7,00,00,000
Sanju Samson (IND): Rs 4,20,00,000
Carlos Brathwaite (WI): Rs 4,20,00,000
Pawan Negi (IND): Rs 8,50,00,000
Karun Nair (IND): Rs 4,00,00,000
Rishabh Pant (IND): Rs 1,90,00,000
Joel Paris (AUS): Rs 30,00,000
Sam Billings(ENG): Rs 30,00,000
Chama Milind (IND): Rs10,00,000
Pratyush Singh”(IND): Rs 10,00,000
Mahipal Lomror (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Syed Khaleel Ahmed (IND): Rs10,00,000
Akhil Arvind Herwadkar (IND): Rs10,00,000
Pawan Suyal (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Gujarat Lions
Praveen Kumar (IND): Rs 3,50,00,000
Dale Steyn (RSA): Rs 2,30,00,000
Dinesh Karthik (IND): Rs 2,30,00,000
Dwayne Smith (WI): Rs 2,30,00,000
Dhawal Kulkarni (WI): Rs 2,00,00,000
Eklavya Dwivedi (IND): Rs 1,00,00,000
Andrew Tye (AUS): Rs 50,00,000
Ishan Kishan (IND): Rs 35,00,000
Pravin Tambe (IND): Rs 20,00,000
Pradeep Sangwan (IND): Rs 20,00,000
Jaydev Shah (IND): Rs 20,00,000
Shivil Kaushik (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Sarabjit Ladda (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Paras Dogra (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Amit Mishra (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Shivil Kaushik (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Akshdeep Nath (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Umang Sharma (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Kings XI Punjab
Mohit Sharma (IND): Rs 6,50,00,000
Kyle Abbott (RSA): Rs 2,10,00,000
Marcus Stoinis (AUS): Rs 55,00,000
Farhaan Behardien (RSA): Rs 30,00,000
K.C. Cariappa (IND): Rs 80,00,000
Pardeep Sahu (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Armaan Jaffer (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Swapnil Singh (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Kolkata Knight Riders
Jaydev Unadkat (IND): Rs 1,60,00,000
Ankit Singh Rajpoot (IND): Rs 1,50,00,000
John Hastings (AUS): Rs 1,30,00,000
Jason Holder (WI): Rs 70,00,000
Colin Munro (NZ): Rs 30,00,000
Rajagopal Sathish (IND): Rs 20,00,000
Manan Ajay Sharma (IND): Rs 20,00,000
Mumbai Indians
Jos Buttler (ENG): Rs 3,80,00,000
Nathu Singh (IND): Rs 3,20,00,000
Tim Southee (NZ): Rs 2,50,00,000
Krunal Pandya (IND): Rs 2,00,00,000
Kishore Pramod Kamath (IND): Rs 1,40,00,000
Deepak Punia (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Jitesh Sharma (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Rising Pune Supergiants
Mitchell Marsh (AUS): Rs 4,80,00,000
M. Ashwin (IND): Rs 4,50,00,000
Ishant Sharma (IND): Rs 3,80,00,000
Kevin Pietersen (ENG): Rs 3,50,00,000
Rajat Bhatia (IND): Rs 60,00,000
Irfan Pathan (IND): Rs 1,00,00,000
Thisara Perera (SL): Rs 1,00,00,000
Rajat Bhatia (IND): Rs 60,00,000
Ashok Dinda (IND): Rs 50,00,000
Scott Boland (AUS): Rs 50,00,000
Rudra Pratap Singh (IND): Rs 30,00,000
Peter Handscomb (AUS): Rs 30,00,000
Adam Zampa (AUS): Rs 30,00,000
Ishwar Chandra Pandey (IND): Rs 20,00,000
Deepak Chahar (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Jaskaran Singh (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Baba Aparajith (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Ankush Bains (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Ankit Sharma (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Shane Watson (AUS): Rs 9,50,00,000
Stuart Binny (IND): Rs 2,00,00,000
Travis Head (AUS): Rs 50,00,000
Praveen Dubey (IND): Rs 35,00,000
Vikramjeet Malik (IND): Rs 20,00,000
Akshay Karnewar (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Iqbal Abdullah (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Sachin Baby (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Vikas Tokas (IND): Rs 10,00,000
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Yuvraj Singh (IND): Rs 7,00,00,000
Ashish Nehra (IND): Rs 5,50,00,000
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN): Rs 1,40,00,000
Barinder Singh Sran (IND): Rs 1,20,00,000
Abhimanyu Mithun (IND): Rs 30,00,000
Aditya Tare (IND): Rs 1,20,00,000
Barinder Singh Sran: Rs 1,20,00,000
Ben Cutting (AUS): Rs 50,00,000
Vijay Shankar (IND): Rs 35,00,000
Abhimanyu Mithun: (IND): Rs 30,00,000
Tirumalasetti Suman (IND): Rs 10,00,000
