A total of 94 players sold at the VIVO IPL Player Auction


Out of the 351 cricketers to be included in the 2016 VIVO IPL Player Auction in Bengaluru, 94 were sold. The sold players featured 66 Indians and 28 overseas cricketers.

On the conclusion of the auction, Kings XI Punjab walked away with most amount of surplus in their purse (INR 12.45 crores) while Mumbai Indians had the least (INR 1,30,50,000) amount remaining in their purse.

Here is the segregation of Indian and overseas, and capped and uncapped players bought in the auction.

Country
Total No. of Players
India (Capped)
15
India (Uncapped)
51
Australia
13
South Africa
4
West Indies
4
England
3
New Zealand
2
Sri Lanka
1
Bangladesh
1

Shane Watson, was the most expensive player to be sold with the Royal Challengers Bangalore shelling out INR 9.5 crores for the Australian all-rounder.

Pawan Negi, acquired by Delhi Daredevils by INR 8.5 crores, was the most expensive Indian buy, ahead of Yuvraj Singh (INR 7 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad) and Mohit Sharma (INR 6.5 crores to Kings XI Punjab). South African all-rounder, Chris Morris, was another one of DD’s big buys, worth INR 7 crores.

Some of the other major buys from the pool of uncapped Indian players were Deepak Hooda (4.2 crores to SRH), Karun Nair (INR 4 crores to DD), Nathu Singh (INR 3.2 crores to MI), M Ashwin (INR 4.5 crore to Rising Pune Supergiants) and Rishabh Pant for (INR 1.9 crore to DD).
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