IPL 2018 auction: 15 Aussies to cash in
David Warner, Steve Smith to get Rs 12.5 Crore
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 auction is over. With some disappointments including the Aussie James Faulkner remaining unsold, a talent which needed a chance, and some others who were only housed very late in the piece (Chris Gayle), it has several players laughing all the way to the bank. In this cash rich theatre in the name of sport, which is definitely here to stay, there are at least 15 Aussies who will also manage to make hay while the sun is shining on this play-thing called IPL. And why not. They have what audiences want and there would be no reason not to cash in.
But it seems the fattest pay cheques of Rs 12.5 crore to foreigners will be written to David Warner (Australia), Steve Smith (Australia) and Ben Stokes (England).
Next in the headlines has been the Indian bowler – Jayadev Unadkat who will be paid Rs 11.5 crore and has been also bought by Rajasthan Royals. A list of players of all eight IPL teams and their salary:
Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni (retained Rs 15 cr), Suresh Raina (retained Rs 11 cr), Ravindra Jadeja (retained Rs 7 cr),Kedar Jadhav (Rs 7.8 crore), Dwayne Bravo (Rs 6.4 crore), Karn Sharma (Rs 5 crore), Shardul Thakur (RS 2.6 cr), Ambati Rayudu (Rs 2.2 cr), Murali Vijay (Rs 2 cr), Harbhajan Singh (Rs 2 cr), Faf Du Plessis (Rs 1.6 cr), Mark Wood (Rs 1.5 cr), Sam Billings (Rs 1 cr), Muhammad Imran Tahir (Rs 1 crore), Deepak Chahar (Rs 80 lakh), Mitchell Santner (Rs 50 lakh), Lungisani Ngidi (Rs 50 lakh), KM Asif (Rs 40 lakh), Kshitiz Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), Monu Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Jagadeesan Narayan (Rs 20 lakh), Dhruv Shorey (Rs 20 lakh), Kanishk Seth (Rs 20 lakh), Chaitanya Bishnoi (Rs 20 lakh)
Delhi Daredevils – Rishabh Pant (retained Rs 15 cr), Chris Morris (retained Rs 11 cr), Shreyas Iyer (retained Rs 7 cr), , Kagiso Rabada (Rs 4.2 cr), Amit Mishra (Rs 4 cr), Vijay Shankar(Rs 3.2 cr), Shahbaz Nadeem (Rs 3.2 cr), Rahul Tewatia (Rs 3 cr), Mohammed Shami (Rs 3 cr), Gautam Gambhir (Rs 2.8 cr), Trent Boult (Rs 2.2 cr), Colin Munro (Rs 1.9 cr), Jason Roy (Rs 1.5 cr), Naman Ojha (Rs 1.4 cr), Prithvi Shaw (Rs 1.2 cr), Gurkeerat Singh (Rs 75 lakh), Avesh Khan (Rs 70 lakh0, Abhishek Sharma (Rs 55 lakh), Jayant Yadav (Rs 50 lakh), Sandeep Lamichhane (Rs 20 lakh), Sayan Ghosh (Rs 20 lakh), Harshal Patel (Rs 20 lakh), Manjot Kalra (Rs 20 lakh).
Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma (retained Rs 15 cr), Hardik Pandya (retained Rs 11 cr), Jasprit Bumrah (retained Rs 7 cr), Krunal Pandya (Rs 8.8 cr), Ishan Kishan (Rs 6.2 cr), Kieron Pollard (Rs 5.4 cr), Evin Lewis (Rs 3.8 cr), Surya Kumar Yadav (Rs 3.2 cr), Mustafizur Rahman (Rs 2.2 cr), Ben Cutting (Rs 2.2 cr), Rahul Chahar (Rs 1.9 cr), Pradeep Sangwan (Rs 1.5 cr), Jason Behrendorff (Rs 1.5 cr), Jean-Paul Duminy (Rs 1 cr), Saurabh Tiwary (Rs 80 lakh), Tajinder Dhillon (Rs 55 lakh), Akila Dhananjaya (Rs 50 lakh), Siddhesh Lad (Rs 20 lakh), Aditya Tare (Rs 20 lakh), Mayank Markande (Rs 20 lakh), Anukul Roy (Rs 20 lakh), Sharad Lumba (Rs 20 lakh), Mohsin Khan (Rs 20 lakh), MD Nidheesh (Rs 20 lakh), MD Dinesan (Rs 20 lakh).
Kings XI Punjab – Axar Patel (retained 12.5 cr), KL Rahul (Rs 11 crore), Ravichandran Ashwin (Rs 7.6 cr), Andrew Tye (Rs 7.2 cr), , Marcus Stoinis (Rs 6.2 cr), Karun Nair (Rs 5.6 cr), Mujeeb Zadran (Rs 4 cr), David Miller (Rs 3 cr), Ankit Singh Rajpoot (Rs 3 cr), Mohit Sharma (Rs 2.4 cr), Barinder Sran (Rs 2.2 cr), Chris Gayle (Rs 2 cr), Yuvraj Singh (Rs 2 cr), Mayank Agarwal (Rs 1 cr), Manoj Tiwary (Rs 1 cr), Akshdeep Nath (Rs 1 cr), Mayank Dagar (Rs 20 lakh), Manzoor Dar (Rs 20 lakh), Pradeep Sahu (Rs 20 lakh).
Kolkata Knight Riders – Sunil Narine (retained Rs 12.5 cr), Andre Russell (retained Rs 8.5 cr) Dinesh Karthik (Rs 7.4 cr), Robin Uthappa (RS 6.4 cr), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 5.8 cr), Piyush Chawla (Rs 4.2 cr), Nitish Rana (Rs 3.4 cr), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rs 3.2 cr), Shivam Mavi (Rs 3 cr), Shubman Gill (Rs 1.8 cr), R Vinay Kumar (Rs 1 cr), Rinku Singh (Rs 80 lakh), Cameron Delport (Rs 30 lakh), Javon Searless (Rs 30 lakh), Ishank Jaggi (Rs 20 lakh), Apoorv Wankhade (Rs 20 lakh)
Rajasthan Royals – Ben Stokes (Rs 12.5 cr), Jaydev Unadkat (Rs 11.5 cr), Sanju Samson (Rs 8 cr), Jofra Archer (Rs 7.2 cr), Gowtham Krishnappa (Rs 6.2 cr), Jos Buttler (Rs 4.4 cr), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs 4 cr), Rahul Tripathi (Rs 3.4 cr), Dhawal Kulkarni (Rs 75 lakh), Zahir Khan Pakteen (Rs 60 lakh), Dushmanta Chameera (Rs 50 lakh), Stuart Binny (Rs 50 lakh), Aryaman Vikram Birla (Rs 30 lakh), Anureet Singh Kathuria (Rs 30 lakh), Prashant Chopra (Rs 20 lakh), Ankit Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), Midhun S (rs 20 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (Rs 20 lakh), Jatin Saxena (Rs 20 lakh), Mahipal Lomror (Rs 20 lakh)
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli (retained Rs 17 cr), AB de Villiers (retained Rs 11 cr), Sarfraz Khan (retained Rs 3 cr)Chris Woakes (Rs 7.4 cr), Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 6 cr), Umesh Yadav (Rs 4.2 cr), Washington Sundar (Rs 3.2 cr), Navdeep Saini (Rs 3 cr), Quinton De Kock (Rs 2.8 cr), Mohd Siraj (Rs 2.6 cr), Colin De Grandhomme (Rs 2.2 cr), Murugan Ashwin (Rs 2.2 cr), Nathan Coulter-Nile (Rs 2.2 cr), Parthiv Patel (Rs 1.7 cr), Moeen Ali (Rs 1.7 cr), Mandeep Singh (Rs 1.4 cs), Manan Vohra (Rs 1.1 cr), Tim Southee (Rs 1 cr), Pawan Negi (Rs 1 cr), Kulwant Khejroliya (Rs 85 lakh), Aniket Choudhary (Rs 30 lakh), Anirudha Joshi (Rs 20 lakh), Pavan Deshpande (Rs 20 lakh)
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (retained 8.5 c), Manish Pandey (Rs 11 cr), Rashid Khan Arman (Rs 9 cr), Shikhar Dhawan (Rs 5.2 cr), Wriddhiman Saha (Rs 5 cr), Kane Williamson (Rs 3 cr), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 3 cr), Shakib Hasan (Rs 2 crore), Carlos Brathwaite (Rs 2 crore), Yusuf Pathan (Rs 1.9 cr), Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil (Rs 1 cr), Chris Jordan (Rs 1 cr), , Siddharth Kaul (Rs 3.8 crore), Deepak Hooda (Rs 3.6 cr), Syed Khaleel Ahmed (Rs 3 cr), Shreevats Goswami (Rs 1 cr), Basil Thampi (Rs 95 lakh), T Natarajan (Rs 40 lakh), Bipul Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), Mehdi Hasan (Rs 20 lakh), Ricky Bhui (Rs 20 lakh), Sachin Baby (Rs 20 lakh), Tanmay Agarwal (Rs 20 lakh)
Aussies in IPL:
Steve Smith (retained 12.5 crore, C) – Rajasthan Royals
David Warner (retained 12.5crore, C) – Sunrisers
Hyderabad
Chris Lynn (Rs 9.6 cr) – Kolkata Knight Riders
Mitchell Starc (Rs 9.4 cr) – Kolkata Knight Riders
Glenn Maxwell (Rs 9 cr) – Delhi Daredevils
Aaron Finch (Rs 6.2 cr) – Kings XI Punjab
Pat Cummins (Rs 5.4 cr) – Mumbai Indians
D’ Arcy Short (Rs 4 cr) – Rajasthan Royals
Shane Watson (Rs 4 cr) – Chennai Super Kings
Brendon McCullum (Rs 3.6 cr) – Royal Challengers
Bangalore
Mitchell Johnson (Rs 2 cr) – Kolkata Knight Riders
Daniel Christian (Rs 1.5 cr) – Delhi Daredevils
Ben Dwarshuis (Rs 1.4 cr) – Kings XI Punjab
Ben Laughlin (Rs 50 lakh) – Rajasthan Royals
Billy Stanlake (Rs 50 lakh) – Sunrisers Hyderabad.