Blast at Kabul..........95 killed, 158 injured.
A bus fell in river at Maharashtra. 13 killed.
IPL Auction.........................Day 1-
Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan earned himself a mega Indian Premier League (IPL) contract with the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Saturday's Player Auction in Bengaluru at a bid of Rs 9 crore, Hyderabad used their Right to Match (RTM) card to retain the highly rated youngster.
A bus fell in river at Maharashtra. 13 killed.
IPL Auction.........................Day 1-
Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan earned himself a mega Indian Premier League (IPL) contract with the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Saturday's Player Auction in Bengaluru at a bid of Rs 9 crore, Hyderabad used their Right to Match (RTM) card to retain the highly rated youngster.
Rashid picked up 17 wickets in 14 matches with a strike rate
of 19.05 during the last IPL season.
Rashid has produced eye-catching performances in the world's
top T20 leagues, most recently in the seventh season of the Big Bash League for
the Adelaide Strikers.
Chris Gayle and Lasith Malinga, arguably the highest-profile
overseas batsman and bowler in seasons past, went unsold on day one of the IPL 2018 auction in Bengaluru.
England captain Joe Root, who has never been part of the IPL
previously, also went unsold .
Another England player, allrounder Ben Stokes was the
biggest buy in the first round of bidding, going from a base price of INR 2
crore to INR 12.5 crore (USD 1.95m approx) to Rajasthan Royals.
Another big buy on the day was left-arm spin-bowling
allrounder Krunal Pandya. As expected, there was fierce bidding for him,
bumping up his base price a mind-boggling 22 times from INR 40 lakh to INR 8.8
crore. That winning bid was made by Royal Challengers Bangalore, but thwarted
by Mumbai Indians and their RTM. That meant Mumbai paid more for Krunal than
they did for the third of their retained players, Jasprit Bumrah, whom they had
kept on their roster for INR 7 crore before the auction.
Jofra Archer, the man from Barbados who is awaiting
qualification for England, attracted as much attention at the auction .
Daredevils, CSK, Kings XI, Sunrisers and Royals all bid for him, meaning his
base price of INR 40 lakh ballooned 18 times to INR 7.2 crore (USD 1.13m
approx) before he was secured by Royals.
India opener Shikhar Dhawan was the first player bought at
the auction, by Sunrisers
Offspinner R Ashwin became the day's first million-dollar
player, going for INR 7.6 crore (USD 1.1875 million approx) to Kings XI - Super
Kings could not use a RTM on him given they had already retained three capped
India players in MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja before the auction.
In all 16 RTMs were used on the day*, none more emphatically
so than the one Mumbai used on left-arm spin-bowling allrounder Krunal Pandya.
As expected, there was fierce and prolonged bidding for him, bumping up his
base price a mind-boggling 22 times from INR 40 lakh to INR 8.8 crore. That
winning bid was made by Royal Challengers Bangalore, but thwarted by Mumbai and
their RTM. That meant Mumbai paid more for Krunal than they did for the third
of their retained players, Jasprit Bumrah, whom they had kept on their roster
for INR 7 crore before the auction.
For the first time in 11 seasons of the IPL, offspinner
Harbhajan Singh will not be turning out for Mumbai; he went to CSK at his base
price of INR 2 crore (USD 312,000 approx).
It was believed Daredevils and Kings XI would bid for Gautam
Gambhir, in order to give themselves a solid captaincy option, and so it was.
The two faced off before Daredevils picked him up for INR 2.8 crore (USD
437,000 approx).
KL Rahul became the most expensive India player of the day,
going for INR 11 crore (USD 1.7m approx) to - yet again - Kings XI. His opening
partner in Tests, M Vijay, did not get any bid at all.
Rahul was soon joined by his Karnataka team-mate Manish
Pandey at the top of the Indian podium; Pandey became the joint-most-expensive
Indian player as his base price of INR 1 crore swelled more than ten times,
bought by Sunrisers for INR 11 crore (USD 1.7m approx).
The afternoon session began with a big surprise, with India
wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel going unsold. Sanju Samson was a surprise topper in
the wicketkeepers bracket - and the fourth-most-expensive India player overall
behind Rahul, Pandey and Krunal - going to Royals for INR 8 crore (USD 1.25m
approx). RCB snapped up South Africa's Quinton de Kock for a relative steal:
INR 2.8 crore (USD 437,000 approx).
Malinga aside, there were several high-profile fast bowlers
who went unsold in the afternoon: Ishant Sharma, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell
McClenaghan, Josh Hazlewood and Tim Southee.
The No. 1 ranked Twenty20 bowler in the world, New Zealand
legspinner Ish Sodhi, went unsold. As expected, RCB used a RTM on legspinner
Yuzvendra Chahal - the league's top-performing spinner in 2016 - taking him off
Daredevils for INR 6 crore (USD 937,000 approx).
None of the eight players CSK bought on the day were below
30 years old.
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