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Surprise sales and no-sales
As always, the auction offered quite a few surprises this year as well. Many prominent names of the shortest format went unsold. Players like Eoin Morgan, Ish Sodhi, Lendl Simmons, Lasith Malinga and Alex Hales did not find any buyers.
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Even the mighty Chris Gayle remained unsold for a substantial part of the auctions, until he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab in the final stages. Age was a crucial factor for many of those went unsold.
Young Indian batsmen KL Rahul and Manish Pandey fetched a staggering Rs.11 crores each, which was quite unexpected. They were bought by the Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively. CSK’s bid for Kedhar Jadhav raised many eyebrows as he was bought for Rs.7.8 crores.
Another surprising fact is that, after playing 10 seasons for the Mumbai Indians Harbhajan Singh will head towards the south. The Jalandhar born spinner will dance to the tunes of ‘Lungi dance’ this season after being bought by the Super Kings for Rs.2 crores.
Meanwhile, Chennai boy Ravichandran Ashwin was bought by the Kings XI Punjab for Rs.7.6 crores. Coincidence?
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