#8 KL Rahul - ₹11 crore

The only player for whom Kings XI Punjab has spent over ₹10 crore rupees in the IPL Auction is Karnataka's right-handed batsman, KL Rahul. The Indian opener had played for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad earlier but his career reached new highs once he moved to Kings XI Punjab.
In the two seasons Rahul has played for the Mohali-based franchise, he has aggregated 1,252 runs. He owns the record for the fastest fifty by an Indian in IPL whereas he even registered his maiden IPL ton in the last season. The fans expect him to captain Kings XI Punjab in 2020.
#9 Manish Pandey - ₹11 rore

Another right-handed batsman from Karnataka to feature in this list is Manish Pandey. Sunrisers Hyderabad had entered into an intense bidding war with Kings XI Punjab to sign Pandey and eventually, they beat Punjab with a mega bid of ₹11 crore. Pandey did not impress much in his debut season for Sunrisers but, he played a lot of match-winning knocks for the 2016 champions in IPL 2019.
Pandey will don the orange jersey once again in 2020 and the fans will hope that he continues his fine form from the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019-20.
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