Manoj Tiwary (Base Price – 50 lacs):
Compared with England’s Kevin Pieterson for knocking the bowlers off with his impressive front-foot play, Manoj Tiwary is the aggressive right-handed batsman. However, the cricketer was unable to leave his mark in international cricket as he did in the domestic games.
Tiwary played for Delhi Capitals during the early editions of the IPL before DC traded him to Kolkata Knight Riders in exchange for Moises Henriques for the IPL 2010 season. There he stayed for four seasons from 2010 to 2013 and posted above 1000 runs from 54 matches he played. In the final of IPL 2012, Manoj Tiwary hit the winning runs off the bowling of Dwayne Bravo to help Kolkata Knight Riders win the title.
Later, Tiwary was picked by Rising Pune Supergiant ahead of the IPL 2017 season, and the following season he was roped in by Kings XI Punjab.
However, in the IPL 2020 auction, Tiwary was not picked up by any of the IPL franchisees during the bidding war.