Bengaluru: Australian Shane Watson was the biggest buy at the IPL player autcions for the ninth season of the Indian Premier League held in Bengaluru today. Royal Challengers Bangalore bagged Watson for Rs 9.5 crore.
Among the Indian players, Pawan Negi emerged as the costliest buy at Rs 8.5 crore by the Delhi Daredevils, toppling Yuvraj Singh -- Rs 7 crore for Sunrise Hyderabad -- and South African allrounder Chris Morris -- Rs. 7 crore for Delhi Daredevils.
Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma and Kevin Pietersen were among the eight marquee players that went under the hammer for the IPL 2016 auction.
India TV brings you the highlights of the IPL auction held today:
* Ankit Rajpoot sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 1.5 crore
* Nathu Singh sold to mipaltan for Rs 3.2 crore
* Pradeep Sangwan sold The Gujarat Lions for Rs 20 lakh
* Rajat Bhatia sold to R P Supergiants for Rs 60 lakh
* Pawan Negi sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 8.5 crore
* Ankit Sharma sold to R P Supergiants for Rs. 10 lakh
* Deepak Hooda - big, big money. From Rs 10 lakh base price to Rs 4.2 crore! Sunrisers Hyderabad get their man.
* Deepak Hooda sold to Sun Risers for Rs 4.2 crore
* Iqbal Abdulla is sold to RCB for Rs 10 lakh
* Mumbai Ranji captain Aditya Tare goes to SRH for Rs 1.2 crore. Mumbai Indians were bidding for him too, after releasing him.
* Pinal Shah remains unsold
* Eklavya Dwivedi sold to The Gujarat Lions for Rs 1 crore
* Rishabh Pant goes to DelhiDaredevils for Rs 1.9 crore
* Ishan Kishan, the Under 19 World Cup captain goes to Gujarat Lions for Rs 35 lakh.
* Mithun Manhas, Himanshu Rana, Ankeet Bawane: UNSOLD
* Karun Nair sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4 cr from base price of 10 lakh
* Unsold: Soumya Sarkar, Dilruwan Perera, Deonarine, Henry Davids, Milinda S, Christopher Barnwell, S Prasanna, Munaweera, George Worker
* Paras Dogra goes to The Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakh
* Bowlers unsold: Udana, Pankaj Singh, Laughlin, Kulasekara, Santokie & Shaun Tait
* Travis Head sold to RCB for Rs 50 lakh
* Munaf Patel remains unsold
* R P Singh sold to R P Supergiants for Rs 30 lakh
* A Mithun sold to Sun Risers Hyderabad for Rs 30 lakh
* Barinder Sran is sold to Sun Risers Hyderabad for Rs 1.2 crore
* Kyle Abbott sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2.10 crore
* J Unadkat sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.6 crore
* Mustafizur Rahman sold to Sun Risers for Rs 1.4 crore
* Marcus Stoinis sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 55 lakh
* Carlos Brathwaite sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4.2 crore
* Pragyan Ojha, Rahul Sharma, Cameron Boyce, Benn, Mendis, Bishoo, Beer, Lyon, Permaul, Senanayake : All unsold
* Mohit Sharma sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 6.5 crore
* Tim Southee sold Mumbai Indians for Rs 2.5 crore
* Praveen Kumar sold to The Gujarat Lions for Rs 3.5 crore
* John Hastings sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.3 crore
* Dhawal Kulkarni sold to The Gujarat Lions for Rs 2 crore
* Mitch Marsh sold to R P Supergiants for Rs 4.8 crore
* Stuart Binny sold to RCB for Rs 2 crore
* Colin Munro sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 30 lakh
* Tipo Morris sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 7 crore
* Irfan Pathan sold to R P Supergiants for Rs 1 crore
* Manoj Tiwary remains unsold
* Wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik sold to The Gujarat Lions for Rs 2.3 crore
* Jos Buttler sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.8 crore
* Sanju Samson sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4.2 crore
* Kevin Pietersen (Base price Rs 2 crore) - sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 3.5 crore
* Dwayne Smith (Base price Rs 50 lakh) - sold to Gujarat Lions Rs 2.3 crore
* Dale Steyn sold to The Gujarat Lions for Rs 2.3 crore
* Yuvraj Signh sold to Sun Risers Hyderabad for Rs 7 crore
* Ashish Nehra sold to Sun Risers Hyderabad for Rs 5.5 crore
* Shane R Watson sold to RCB for Rs 9.5 crore
