Delivering his maiden address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament, Kovind also made it clear that the Narendra Modi government will do everything to empower the minorities.
With auction of the uncapped players looking a tad stretched and uni-dimensional, the IPL Governing Council is thinking about reducing the length of the auction.
The Durban-born pacer has been bought for 50 lakhs by two-time champions Chennai Super Kings on the day 2 of IPL Player Auction at Ritz-Carlon hotel in Bengaluru on Sunday.
The Rajasthan Royals now own the two most expensive players in the IPL 2018 after winning the bidding war against Kings XI Punjab to claim Unadkat for 11.50 crores.
Gowtham's bowling figures is one of the reasons why he was the most-sought after as he was sold to Rajasthan Royals for a whopping price of 6.20 crore.
Sandeep has represented Nepal in the U-19 tournaments and has a knack for collecting wickets in high-pressure games.
Gayle has the fastest T20 century to his name, off 30 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) versus Pune Warriors in 2013.
While Unadkat and Tye enjoyed big pay day, 17-year-old Sandeep Lamichhane made history by becoming the first cricketer from Nepal to be bought in the auction.
The youngster, who was picked up by RPS last year as a replacement for his illustrious state-mate Ravichandran Ashwin, impressed in IPL-10 and has since graduated to the national team in the ODI and T20 format.
Unadkat has played a Test, seven ODIs and four T20 Internationals for India but in the last one year he has emerged as a parsimonious bowler in the shortest format.
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