An intense day of bidding came to end with Ben Stokes making history by becoming the most expensive player in the Indian Premier League ever. The all-rounder was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants for a whopping Rs. 14 crore while Royal Challengers Bangalore shelled out Rs. 12 crore to buy England’s pace sensation Tymal Mills. Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan were the two Afghan players to be bought in the auction.
There were a few shocks as well along the way. There were no takers for Ishant Sharma and Irfan Pathan while world’s No.1 T20 bowler Imran Tahir also went unsold.Tymal Mills will be part of an RCB line-up which will include Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers. For India, Karn Sharma was the biggest buy with Rs 3.2 crore.
Delhi Daredevils
Angelo Mathews, Corey Anderson, Kagiso Rabada, Pat Cummins, Ankit Bawne, Aditya Tare, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Shashank Singh
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Tanmay Agarwal, Mohammad Nabi, Ekalavya Dwivedi, Rashid Khan, Pravin Tambe, Chris Jordan, Ben Laughlin, Mohammed Siraj
Rising Pune Supergiants
Ben Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Dan Christian, Milind Tandon, R Tripathi, Manoj Tiwary, Lockie Ferguson
Mumbai Indians
Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Johnson, K Gowtham, Karn Sharma, Saurabh Tiwary, A Gunarathna, K Khejroliya
Kings XI Punjab
Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Matt Henry, Varun Aaron, Martin Guptill, Darren Sammy, Rinku Singh
Kolkata Knight Riders
Trent Boult, Chris Woakes, Rishi Dhawan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rovman Powell, R Sanjay Yadav, Ishank Jaggi, Darren Bravo, Sayan Ghosh
Top 10 Players of IPL Auction 2017
| 1. | Ben Stokes | England | Rs 14.5 crore | RPS |
| 2. | Tymal Mills | England | Rs 12 crore | RCB |
| 3. | Trent Boult | New Zealand | Rs 5 crore | KKR |
| 4. | Kagiso Rabada | South Africa | Rs 5 crore | DD |
| 5. | Pat Cummins | Australia | Rs 4.5 crore | DD |
| 6. | Chris Woakes | England | Rs 4.2 crore | KKR |
| 7. | Rashid Khan Arman | Afghanistan | Rs 4 crore | SRH |
| 8. | Nathan Coulter Nile | Australia | Rs 3.5 crore | KKR |
| 9. | Karn Sharma | India | Rs 3.2 crore | MI |
| 10. | Thangarasu Natarajan | India | Rs 3 crore | KXIP |
