Marcus Stoinis (Kings XI Punjab) – INR 55 lakh
26-years old Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis was bought by Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) for INR 55 lakh from IPL Auction 2016. Stoinis played 7 matches for KXIP in IPL 2016 before leaving India in the middle of IPL 2016 for personal reason. In IPL 2016, Stoinis scored 146 runs with the average of 36.50 and also grabbed 8 wickets. Stoinis received twice man of the match awards in IPL 2016.
Stoinis served very well for KXIP in IPL 2016. His best performance came against Delhi Daredevils at Mohali where he scored 52 runs as an opener and also picked up 3 wickets. KXIP won the match by 9 runs while Stoinis was selected for “Player of the Match Award”. Stoinis received other “Player of the Match Award” against Mumbai Indians which was played at Visakhapatnam for his great bowling effort. In that match he took 4 wickets after conceding just 15 runs in his 4 overs as KXIP won the match easily by 7 wickets.