IPL Auction 2018 Live: Chris Gayle was unsold on day one of the player auction. (BCCI Photo)
IPL Auction 2018 Live: Day two of IPL player auction will see the eight franchise fight for the domestic talent. After the day one of IPL player auction belonged to international stars and the teams shelling out a lot of money for the cricketers. Ben Stokes remained the top buy with Rajasthan Royals buying him for Rs 12.50 crore and keeping him with his Pune teammates Steve Smith, Ajinkya Rahane and Rahul Tripathi. Chennai Super Kings core team similar to what it was before the ban. The only missing part in R Ashwin as he moves to Kings XI Punjab. Costliest Indian players in the auction were KL Rahul and Manish Pandey, the two were bought for Rs 11 crore each by Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively. There was some big money for India’s U19 cricketers as Kamlesh Nagarkoti was bought for Rs 3.20 crore by Kolkata Knight Riders. There were some big names that went unsold like Chris Gayle, Lasith Malinga, Ishant Sharma, Martin Guptill and others. These are expected to be recalled into the auction on day two. Catch IPL Auction 2018 Live here.
IPL Auction 2018 Live: 09:00 am IST: Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Manoj Tiwary are some of the Indian players that are still unsold at the IPL auction. The Chahar brothers are also on that list. Time for franchise to bring in some Indian players to their team
A host of domestic players are up for grabs on day two of the auctions and the franchises will be keen to tap that area. Some teams still have less than 10 players in their squad and will be eyeing the domestic talent pool on Sunday.
Welcome to the coverage of the second day of the IPL player auction from Bangalore. There are more players up for bidding and the franchises will leave no stone unturned to accuquire the best cricketers for their teams.