The IPL auctions have started and all the marquee players have been sold out. The auction started with Kevin Pietersen and following is the list
Kevin Pietersen (Base price INR Rs 2 crore) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 3.5 crore
Dwayne Smith (Base price INR 50 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions INR 2.3 crore
Ishant Sharma (Base price INR 2 crore) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 3.8 crore
Shane Watson (Base price INR 2 crore) – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 9.5 crore
Ashish Nehra (Base price INR 2 crore) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 5.5 crore
Yuvraj Singh (Base price INR 2 crore) – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 7 crore
Dale Steyn (Base price INR 1. 5 crore) – sold to Gujarat Lions INR 2.3 crore
Martin Guptill and Aaron Finch remained unsold
Here are the twitter reactions
Reactions from a part of the World during #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/6jyAfHAqv0
— CRICKBC (@crickBC) February 6, 2016
SRH fans welcoming Ashish Nehra #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/lfQjmd5Pl1
— CRICKBC (@crickBC) February 6, 2016
Delhi daredevil sale ka wait kar rae hai. 40% flat #IPLAuction
— Pawan SinghA (@urbanpendu00) February 6, 2016
Delhi Daredevils saving money for MCD salaries #IPLAuction
— Faking News (@fakingnews) February 6, 2016
RCB’s remaining team after spending half their amount on Watson !!#IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/iQoWpSvprr
— Abhijeet Jha. (@DarrKeAage) February 6, 2016
Wow!!! SRH has a bargain for @YUVSTRONG12 … 7 crores. The perils perhaps of purse running out for some teams? #IPLAuction
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) February 6, 2016
Strong message. Unidimensional players not valuable. Especially batsmen
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 6, 2016
Other players during Yuvraj’s auction in the IPL #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/B5trIzLJuH
— CRICKBC (@crickBC) February 6, 2016
Lagta hai Kejriwal ne Delhi Daredevils ke Bidding wale Paise Atka rakhe hai !!#IPLAuction
— Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) February 6, 2016
KKR management chai pine aye hain #IPLAuction me
— Abhishek (@ImAbhishek_) February 6, 2016
Even Nehra ji’s price has gone up during the NDA rule. Will somebody do something about the inflation? Would Modi resign? #IPLAuction
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) February 6, 2016
Release him. Get him back. Release him. Get him back.
RCB treats Yuvraj Singh the way Yerwada Jail treated Sunjay Dutt.#IPLAuction— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) February 6, 2016
Hashim Amla goes unsold because he would not have given an interview to Mayanti Langer. #IPLAuction
— CRICKBC (@crickBC) February 6, 2016
UNSOLD at the #IPLAuction! https://t.co/7AZxsRQFYD
— Dan Liebke (@LiebCricket) February 6, 2016
Lol they deleted the tweet! Watto trolled yet again! #IPLAuction I https://t.co/wUEgwj16Go
— Deep Mehta (@mehtadeep) February 6, 2016
#IPLAuction all the unsold players will now be available at a 40% discount on OLX….
— Rashi Kakkar (@rashi_kakkar) February 6, 2016