Ravichandran Ashwin was not retained by CSK in 2108.
The highly anticipated auctions for the 11th season of Indian Premier League will start on Saturday, with all the franchises bidding for the players they wish to bring to their team for the upcoming tournament that will start from April 1, 2018. On January 4, the teams announced the players who will be retained in their squad for the season. A total of 578 players have been finalised by the IPL Governing Council to go under the hammer on auctions which will take place on January 27 and 28 in Bangalore.
A total of 360 Indian players, including those who are currently out of the international squad such as Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh are available for the franchises. Apart from the Indian capped players, several foreign stars including the likes of Ben Stokes, Colin Munro and Aaron Finch are also in the pool. Uncapped talent, who have made names in the domestic tournament, such as Mayank Agarwal, Manan Vohra and Rajneesh Gurbani, will also go under the hammer when the auction starts.
Here is the list of players sold in the IPL 2018 Auction and where they’re headed
Allrounder Set 1:
Chris Woakes – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore at Rs 7.4 crore
Carlos Brathwaite – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rs 2 crore
Shane Watson – Sold to Chennai Super Kings at Rs 4 crore
Kedar Jadhav – Sold to Chennai Super Kings at Rs 7.8 crore
Colin de Grandhomme – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore at Rs 2.2 crore
James Faulkner – UNSOLD
Yusuf Pathan – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rs 1.9 crore
Colin Munro – Sold to Delhi Daredevils at Rs 1.9 crore
Stuart Binny – Sold to Rajasthan Royals at Rs 50 lakh
Marcus Stoinis – Retained via RTM at Rs 6.2 crore
Moeen Ali – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore at Rs 1.7 crore
Batsman Set 1:
Karun Nair – Sold to Kings XI Punjab at Rs 5.6 crore
KL Rahul – Sold to Kings XI Punjab at Rs 11 crore
Murali Vijay – UNSOLD
David Miller – Retained via RTM by Kings XI Punjab at Rs 3 crore
Aaron Finch – Sold to Kings XI Punjab at Rs 6.2 crore
Brendon McCullum – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore at Rs 3.6 crore
Jason Roy – Sold to Delhi Daredevils at Rs 1.5 crore
Chris Lynn – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders at Rs 9.6 crore
Hashim Amla – UNSOLD
Manish Pandey – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rs 11 crore
Martin Guptill – UNSOLD
Marquee Players set 2:
Harbhajan Singh – Sold to Chennai Super Kings at Rs 2 crore
Shakib Al Hasan – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rs 2 crore
Glenn Maxwell – Sold to Delhi Daredevils at Rs 9 crore
Gautam Gambhir – Sold to Delhi Daredevils at Rs 2.8 crore
Dwayne Bravo – Retained via RTM at Rs Rs 6.4 crore
Kane Williamson – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rs 3 crore
Joe Root – UNSOLD
Yuvraj Singh – Sold to Kings XI Punjab at Rs 2 crore
Marquee Players Set 1:
Shikhar Dhawan – Retained via RTM by Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rs 5.2 crore
Ravichandran Ashwin – Sold to Kings XI Punjab at Rs 7.6 crore
Kieron Pollard – Retained via RTM by Mumbai Indians at Rs 5.4 crore
Chris Gayle – UNSOLD
Ben Stokes – Sold to Rajasthan Royals at Rs 12.50 crore
Faf du Plessis – Sold to Chennai Super Kings at Rs 1.6 crore
Ajinkya Rahane – Retained via RTM by Rajasthan Royals at Rs 4 crore
Mitchell Starc – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders at Rs. 9.4 crore