Praveen Kumar – 3.5 Crores
Former India swing bowler and Uttar Pradesh veteran Praveen Kumar ended up being the most expensive name in the ‘player bought’ column of the Gujarat Lions spreadsheet during the auction. The swing bowler’s price tag – a whopping 3.5 crores- was perhaps surprising, but maybe it was because of the ‘experience’ tag.
Praveen started his IPL career with Royal Challengers Bangalore and represented them the first three seasons of the IPL, before moving to Kings XI Punjab in 2011. After a few seasons with Punjab, he went to Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2015 before being bought by GL last year.