IPL Auction 2018: 5 Indian players with low base prices who fetched big money

#4 Ishan Kishan (INR 6.2 crore)

In a surprising move, Mumbai Indians engaged in a fierce bidding war with Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings for Ishan Kishan and finally bought him for a hefty price of INR 6.2 crore.

Mumbai were the only team without a wicket-keeper and had run out of other Indian options.

Therefore, they went after the Jharkhand wicket-keeper batsman, who is well-known in the domestic circuit for his six-hitting prowess and is often compared with MS Dhoni.

A wicket-keeper who can slot in anywhere in the batting order! We have the young Ishan Kishan in our squad. 👍#IPLAuction #MISquad2018 #CricketMeriJaan pic.twitter.com/wwxZzDZuHB

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) January 27, 2018

The 19-year-old, for whom Mumbai paid 15 times his base price of INR 40 lakh, played for Gujarat Lions in IPL 2017, scoring 319 runs at an average of 21.

The former India Under-19 captain had a strike-rate of 145.98 in his eight innings during the recently concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.