A round-up of the work done by the eight IPL franchises at the auction in 2017
ESPNcricinfo staff20-Feb-2017Whom they bought Rashid Khan (INR 4 crore, USD 597,000 approx), Chris Jordan (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000 approx), Mohammad Nabi (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Ben Laughlin (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Mohammed Siraj (INR 2.6 crore, USD 388,000 approx), Eklavya Dwivedi (INR 75 lakh, USD 111,000 approx), Pravin Tambe (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Tanmay Agarwal (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)Total cost of squad INR 53.75 crore (USD 8.02 million approx)What they neededAn overseas quick as back-up for Mustafizur Rahman – bought Chris Jordan.An Indian or overseas spinner, because there are no specialists in the squad – bought Pravin Tambe and Rashid Khan.An overseas allrounder as back-up in case Moises Henriques or Ben Cutting lose form – bought Mohammad Nabi.A wicketkeeper as back-up for Ojha – bought Eklavya Dwivedi.Unsuccessful bids Pawan Negi, Ben Stokes, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, K Gowtham, T Natarajan, Chris WoakesAuction performance rank #1ESPNcricinfo LtdWhom they bought Trent Boult (INR 5 crore, USD 746,000 approx), Chris Woakes (INR 4.2 crore, USD 626,000 approx), Nathan Coulter-Nile (INR 3.5 crore, USD 522,000 approx), Darren Bravo (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000 approx), Rovman Powell (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Rishi Dhawan (INR 55 lakh, USD 82,000 approx), Ishank Jaggi (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Sanjay Yadav (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Sayan Ghosh (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)Total cost of squad INR 60.6 crore (USD 9.05 million approx)What they neededOverseas players: two allrounders, a batsman, two fast bowlers, and a spinner – they bought Chris Woakes, Rovman Powell, Darren Bravo, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Trent Boult, but no spinner.Indian players: two fast bowlers and one spinner – they bought Rishi Dhawan and Sayan Ghosh, both medium-pacers, and left-arm spinner Sanjay Yadav.Unsuccessful bids Tymal Mills, K Gowtham, Manpreet Gony, T NatarajanAuction performance rank #2ESPNcricinfo LtdWhom they bought Tymal Mills (INR 12 crore, USD 1.791 million approx), Billy Stanlake (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Aniket Choudhary (INR 2 crore, USD 298,000 approx), Pawan Negi (INR 1 crore, USD 149,000 approx), Praveen Dubey (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)Total cost of squad INR 63.58 crore (USD 9.49 million approx.)What they neededAn overseas allrounder as back-up for Watson, and a fast bowler to replace Starc – bought fast bowlers Tymal Mills and Billy Stanlake, and Indian allrounder Pawan Negi.An Indian offspinner, a back-up seamer – bought legspinner Praveen Dubey and seamer Aniket ChoudharyUnsuccessful bids Ben Stokes, Mohammed SirajAuction performance rank #3ESPNcricinfo LtdWhom they bought Mitchell Johnson (INR 2 crore, USD 298,000 approx), Asela Gunaratne (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Nicholas Pooran (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Karn Sharma (INR 3.2 crore, USD 477,000 approx), K Gowtham (INR 2 crore, USD 298,000 approx), Saurabh Tiwary (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Kulwant Khejroliya (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)Total cost of squad INR 62.645 crore (USD 9.350 million approx)What they neededAn overseas batsman, preferably an opener, as back-up for when Buttler leaves – bought Nicholas Pooran.An overseas allrounder to cover for Pollard – bought Asela Gunaratne.A couple of fast bowlers as back-up for Malinga and McClenaghan – bought Mitchell Johnson.Unsuccessful bids Ben Stokes, Trent Boult, Tymal Mills, Rashid KhanAuction performance rank #4ESPNcricinfo LtdWhom they bought Kagiso Rabada (INR 5 crore, USD 746,000 approx), Pat Cummins (INR 4.5 crore, USD 671,000 approx), Angelo Mathews (INR 2 crore, USD 298,000 approx), Corey Anderson (INR 1 crore, USD 149,000 approx), M Ashwin (INR 1 crore, USD 149 approx), Aditya Tare (INR 25 lakh, USD 37,000 approx), Shashank Singh (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Navdeep Saini (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Ankit Bawne (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)Total cost of squad INR 56.95 crore (USD 8.50 million)What they neededOverseas replacements for JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock and Chris Morris, who are likely to leave the IPL in early May – bought Corey Anderson, Angelo Mathews and Pat Cummins.An overseas allrounder – bought Anderson and Mathews.Fast bowlers to back up Mohammed Shami and Zaheer Khan – bought Kagiso Rabada and Cummins.An overseas and domestic batsman each to strengthen middle order – bought Anderson and Ankit Bawne.Unsuccessful bids Ben Stokes, T Natarajan, Varun Aaron.Auction performance rank #5ESPNcricinfo LtdWhom they bought Jason Roy (INR 1 crore, USD 149,000 approx), Chirag Suri (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Basil Thampi (INR 85 lakh, USD 126,000 approx), Manpreet Gony (INR 60 lakh, USD 89,000 approx), Nathu Singh (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000 approx), Munaf Patel (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Shubham Agarwal (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Tejas Baroka (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Pratham Singh (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Akshdeep Nath (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Shelley Shaurya (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)Total cost of squad INR 55.5 crore (USD 8.284 million approx)What they neededA legspinner to replace Pravin Tambe and an offspinner for variety – bought a little-known spinner in Tejas Baroka.An Indian fast bowler because Lions have only three in their squad – bought Basil Thampi, Nathu Singh, Manpreet Gony and Munaf Patel.A not-so-expensive overseas allrounder as back-up for Dwayne Bravo, who is presently injured, and James Faulkner – bought no one.An overseas fast bowler because they have only one specialist in Andrew Tye – bought no one.Unsuccessful bids Pawan Negi, Eklavya Dwivedi, Aniket Choudhary, Karn Sharma, Varun Aaron.Auction performance rank #6ESPNcricinfo LtdWhom they bought Ben Stokes (INR 14.5 crore, USD 2.164 million approx), Dan Christian (INR 1 crore, USD 149,000 approx), Lockie Ferguson (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000 approx), Manoj Tiwary (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000 approx), Jaydev Unadkat (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), Milind Tandon (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Rahul Chahar (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Rahul Tripathi (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx), Saurabh Kumar (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)Total cost of squad INR 65.7 crore, the most expensive squad (USD 9.806 million approx.)What they neededA couple of overseas allrounders as back up for the injury-prone Mitchell Marsh – bought Ben Stokes and Dan Christian.At least two fast bowlers – one Indian, one overseas – because they released six – bought Lockie Ferguson and Jaydev Unadkat.A quality Indian spinner to support R Ashwin – bought 17-year-old legspinner Rahul Chahar and left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar.Unsuccessful bids Pawan Negi, Rahul Tewatia, Aditya Tare, T Natarajan, Nathu Singh, Basil Thampi, M Ashwin, Rishi Dhawan.Auction performance rank #7ESPNcricinfo LtdWhom they bought Eoin Morgan (INR 2 crore, USD 298,000 approx), Martin Guptill (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000), Matt Henry (INR 50 lakh, USD 74,000), Darren Sammy (INR 30 lakh, USD 44,000 approx), T Natarajan (INR 3 crore, USD 447,000 approx), Varun Aaron (INR 2.8 crore, USD 417,000 approx), Rahul Tewatia (INR 25 lakh, USD 37,000 approx), Rinku Singh (INR 10 lakh, USD 14,000 approx)Total cost of squad INR 52.1 crore, the least expensive squad (USD 7.776 million approx.)What they neededAn overseas allrounder (they have only one at present) and fast bowler (none in the squad) – bought Darren Sammy and Matt Henry.An Indian batsman to back up M Vijay and Manan Vohra, and a domestic allrounder (none in the squad) – bought Rinku Singh and Rahul Tewatia.Unsuccessful bids Kagiso Rabada, Tymal MillsAuction performance rank #8