A total of 66 players were eventually sold to the eight franchises. Out of the 66 players, 27 were overseas cricketers.
A total of Rs 91.15 crore was collectively spent by the eight franchises to buy 66 players from a pool of 350 plus that went under the hammer.
Ben Stokes, who was expected to be hot property in what is going to be his first season in the IPL was bought for a whopping Rs 14.5 crore by Rising Pune Supergiants.
This makes him the second most expensive player ever to have been bought in an IPL auction after Yuvraj Singh.
The other English player who drew a big bidding war was left-arm paceman Tymal Mills, who was finally bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 12 crore. With Mitchell Starc bailing out of this season, Virat Kohli's outfit needed an overseas paceman and they were headstrong in going all the way for Mills.
There were other pacers too who drew lot of attention, although they didn't go for such an astronomical figure.
South African Kagiso Rabada was bought for Rs 5 crore by the Delhi Daredevils who too needed reinforcements after releasing their Australian recruit Nathan Coulter-Nile after last season
New Zealand's Trent Boult was snatched by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5 Crore. Boult, who won the IPL title with the Sunrisers Hyderabad team last season was released by his franchise. The paceman was a never a straight out choice in the presence of the likes of Mustafizur Rehman and can now look forward to some regular first team action this season.
Australian duo of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Johnson also fetched a good price at the auction. Cummins, who is known for his blistering pace, was bought for Rs 4.5 crore by Delhi Daredevils while 2015 ICC World Cup winner Johnson was bought for Rs 2 crore by Mumbai Indians, a franchise the Aussie had represented earlier.
Another England player was sold for a high price. Bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes, who is known for his wicket-taking abilities in the limited-overs format, was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 4.2 crore
Among the batsmen, England's limited overs captain Eoin Morgan, who was released by Sunrisers Hyderabad, was bought by the Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2 crore. This will be Morgan's third IPL outfit having already represented Kolkata Knight Riders and the Sunrisers.
The Delhi Daredevils spent heavily on foreign talent and bought two seam bowling all-rounders in New Zealand's Corey Anderson, for Rs 1 crore, and Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews for Rs 2 crore.
The Sri Lankan captain has already played for the Daredevils earlier while Anderson, who was a star for the Mumbai Indians once, will play his maiden season for thecapital outfit.
The Sri Lankan captain has already played for the Daredevils earlier while Anderson, who was a star for the Mumbai Indians once, will play his maiden season for thecapital outfit.
Among the uncapped players, Karnataka batsman K Gowtham was bought for Rs 2 crore by the Mumbai Indians. Gowtham recently scored a half-century against Australians while playing for India A in the tour match.
Among the Indian players, leg-spinner Karn Sharma, who was for the longest time a part of the Hyderabad outfit, was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.2 crore. Paceman Varun Aaron was bought by the Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2.8 crore.
Left-arm paceman Aniket Choudhary, who has been bowling in the nets for Team India as they prepare for Mitchell Starc in the Test series against Australia, also went for Rs 2 crore. He was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
There was a windfall for an Afghan player also, leg-spinner Rashid Khan was bought for a whopping Rs 4 crore by the Sunrisers Hyderabad. The leggie with a base price of Rs 50 lacs saw an intense bidding war between SRH and the Mumbai Indians, but the defending champions sealed the deal eventually.
New Zealand opener Martin Guptill went unsold initially, but was later bought by Kings XI Punjab for his base price of Rs 50 lacs. England all-rounder Chris Jordan suffered a similar fate and was eventually picked up for his base price of Rs 50 lacs by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Surprisingly there were no takers for the world's top T20I bowler Imran Tahir, who had a base price of Rs 50 lacs. Tahir, who has been South Africa's premier wicket-taker in limited overs cricket, had earlier been an important player for Delhi Daredevils who released him after last season.
Thangarasu Natarajan , the little known 25-year-old’s life changed in a matter of few minutes as Rs. 10 lakh base price saw a quantum 30-time jump reaching Rs. 3 crore with Virender Sehwag vigorously raising the pedal for Kings XI Punjab.
Mohammed Siraj landed a whopping Rs. 2.6 crore deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad at the IPL 2017 player auction in Bengaluru. Having come from a humble economic background, the right-arm speedster aims to buy a house in a good Hyderabad locality for his parents Mohammed Ghaus and Shabana Begum.
Thangarasu Natarajan , the little known 25-year-old’s life changed in a matter of few minutes as Rs. 10 lakh base price saw a quantum 30-time jump reaching Rs. 3 crore with Virender Sehwag vigorously raising the pedal for Kings XI Punjab.
Mohammed Siraj landed a whopping Rs. 2.6 crore deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad at the IPL 2017 player auction in Bengaluru. Having come from a humble economic background, the right-arm speedster aims to buy a house in a good Hyderabad locality for his parents Mohammed Ghaus and Shabana Begum.
Delhi Daredevils (9 players for 14.05 Cr)
- Kagiso Rabada Rs 5 Cr
- Patrick Cummins Rs 4.5 Cr
- Angelo Mathews Rs 2 Cr
- Corey Anderson Rs 1 Cr
- Murugan Ashwin Rs 1 Cr
- Aditya Tare Rs 25 lakh
- Ankeet Bawane, Navdeep Saini, Shasank Singh (Rs 10 lakh each)
Gujarat Lions (11 players for Rs 3.85 Cr)
- Jason Roy Rs 1 Cr
- Basil Thampy Rs 85 lakh
- Manpreet Gony Rs 60 lakh
- Nathu Singh Rs 50 lakh
- Munaf Patel Rs 30 lakh
- Akshdeep Nath, Shubam Agrawal, Tejas Singh Baroka, Chirag Suri, Shelley Shaurya, Pratham Singh, Shelly Shaurya (Rs 10 lakh each)
Kings XI Punjab (8 players for Rs 9.45 Cr)
- T Natarajan Rs 3 Crore
- Varun Aaron Rs 2.80 Crore
- Eoin Morgan Rs 2 Crore
- Matt Henry Rs 50 lakh
- Martin Guptill Rs 50 lakh
- Darren Sammy Rs 30 lakh
- Rahul Tewatia Rs 25 lakh
- Rinku Singh Rs 10 lakh
Kolkata Knight Riders (9 players for 14.35 Cr)
- Trent Boult Rs 5 Cr
- Chris Woakes Rs 4.20 Cr
- Nathan Coulter-Nile Rs 3.50 Cr
- Rishi Dhawan Rs 55 lakh
- Darren Bravo Rs 50 lakh
- Rovman Powell Rs 30 lakh
- Sayan Ghosh, R. Sanjay Yadav , Ishank Jaggi (Rs 10 lakh each)
Mumbai Indians (7 players for Rs 8.20 Cr)
- Karn Sharma Rs 3.20 Cr
- Krishnappa Gowtham Rs 2 Cr
- Mitchell Johnson Rs 2 Cr
- Asela Gunarathna Rs 30 lakh
- Saurabh Tiwary Rs 30 lakh
- Nicolas Pooran Rs 30 lakh
- Kulwant Khejroliya Rs 10 lakh
Rising Pune Supergiants (9 players Rs 17.20 Cr)
- Ben Stokes Rs 14.50 Cr
- Dan Christian Rs 1 Cr
- Manoj Tiwary Rs 50 lakh
- Lockie Ferguson Rs 50 lakh
- Jaydev Unadkat Rs 30 lakh
- Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Milind Tandon, Rahul Ajay Tripathi (Rs 10 lakh each)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (5 players for Rs 15.40 Cr)
- Tymal Mills Rs 12 Cr
- Aniket Choudhary Rs 2 Cr
- Pawan Negi Rs 1 Cr
- Billy Stanlake Rs 30 lakh
- Praveen Dubey Rs 10 lakh
Sunrisers Hyderabad (8 players for Rs 8.65 Cr)
- Rashid Khan Arman Rs 4 Cr
- Mohammed Siraj Rs 2.60 Cr
- Eklavya Dwivedi Rs 75 lakh
- Chris Jordan Rs 50 lakh
- Mohammad Nabi Rs 30 lakh
- Ben Laughlin Rs 30 lakh
- Pravin Tambe, Tanmay Agarwal (Rs 10 lakh each
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