IPL 2017 -- Matthews sold for Indian Rs. 20 crores and Asela for 30 lakhs!
The auction for cricketers' bid for the year 2017 for the Indian Premier League competition is underway from this morning until this moment.
By now several names of Sri Lankan players have come forward and among Sri Lankans who have
been sold in this respect are Angelo Matthews and Asela Guneratna. Matthews has been sold for a price of Indian Rs. 2 crores while Asela Guneratne has been sold for Indian Rs. 30 lakhs. Among Sri Lankans who were chosen for the auction but rejected were Dinesh Chandimal, Thisara Perera and Kusal Perera who entered the bid for Indian Rs. 50 lakhs and Lakshan Sandakan, Niroshan Dickwella and Akila Dhananjaya who were in the bid for Indian Rs. 30 lakhs. It is Ben Stokes who fetched the highest base price of 14.5 crores, the highest price. Shown below are those who were sold and those who were not
Those sold:
Angelo Mathews (Base price INR 2 crores) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 2 crores
Asela Gunaratne (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakhs
Mitchell Johnson (Base price INR 2 crores) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2 crores
Pat Cummins (Base price INR 2 crores) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 4.5 crores
Eoin Morgan (Base price INR 2 crores) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 2 crores
Ben Stokes (Base price INR 2 crores) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 14.5 crores
Chris Woakes (Base price INR 2 crores) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 4.2 crores
Trent Boult (Base price INR 1.5 crores) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 5 crores
Corey Anderson (Base price INR 1 crore) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 1 crore
Kagiso Rabada (Base price INR 1 crore) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 5 crores
Tymal Mills (Base price INR 50 lakhs) - Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 12 crores
Matt Henry (Base price INR 50 lakhs) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for 50 lakhs
Rashid Khan (Base price INR 50 lakhs) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 4 crores
Nicholas Pooran (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakhs
Pawan Negi (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 1 crore
Eklavya Dwivedi (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 75 lakhs
Mohammad Nabi (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 30 lakhs
Jaydev Unadkat (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 30 lakhs
Varun Aaron (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 2.8 crores
Manpreet Gony (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for 60 lakhs
Nathu Singh (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for 50 lakhs
Karn Sharma (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 3.2 crores
Rishi Dhawan (Base price INR 30 lakhs) - Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 55 lakhs
Aditya Tare (Base price INR 20 lakhs) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 25 lakhs
Ankit Bawne (Base price INR 10 lakhs) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakhs
Tanmay Agarwal (Base price INR 10 lakhs) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 10 lakhs
K Gowtham (Base price INR 10 lakhs) - Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2 crores
Rahul Tewatia (Base price INR 10 lakhs) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for 25 lakhs
Aniket Choudhary (Base price INR 10 lakhs) - Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 2 crores
T Natarajan (Base price INR 10 lakhs) - Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 3 crores
Basil Thampi (Base price INR 10 lakhs) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 85 lakhs
M Ashwin (Base price INR 10 lakhs) - Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 1 crore
Tejas Baroka (Base price INR 10 lakhs) - Sold to Gujarat Lions for 10 lakhs
Pravin Tambe (Base price INR 10 lakhs) - Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 10 lakhs
Those not sold:
Dinesh Chandimal (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Thisara Perera (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Kusal Perera (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Lakshan Sandakan (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Niroshan Dickwella (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Akila Dananjaya (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Martin Guptill (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Jason Roy (Base price INR 100 lakhs)
Faiz Fazal (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Alex Hales (Base price INR 100 lakhs)
Ross Taylor (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Saurabh Tiwary (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Irfan Pathan (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Sean Abbott (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Chris Jordan (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Ben Dunk (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Jonny Bairstow (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
Andre Fletcher (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Johnson Charles (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Nathan Coulter-Nile (Base price INR 100 lakhs)
Kyle Abbott (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
Ishant Sharma (Base price INR 2 crores)
Ish Sodhi (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Brad Hogg (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Pragyan Ojha (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Imran Tahir (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Umang Sharma (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Prithvi Shaw (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Unmukt Chand (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Asghar Stanikzai (Base price INR 20 lakhs)
Akshdeep Nath (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Mahipal Lomror (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Praveen Dubey (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Shivam Dubey (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Manan Sharma (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Rush Kalaria (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Priyank Kirit Panchal (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Vishnu Vinod (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Shreevats Goswami (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Mohammad Shahzad (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Mohit Ahlawat (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Manvinder Bisla (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Abu Nechim (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Umar Nazir Mir (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Navdeep Saini (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Pawan Suyal (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Mayank Dagar (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Sarabjit Ladda (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Mitchell Swepson (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Akshay Wakhare (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
Manoj Tiwary (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Cheteshwar Pujara (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Abhinav Mukund (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Michael Klinger (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
S Badrinath (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Marlon Samuels (Base price INR 100 lakhs)
Evin Lewis (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Darren Bravo (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Nic Maddinson (Base price INR 50 lakhs)
Parvez Rasool (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Jason Holder (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
David Wiese (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Farhaan Behardien (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Anamul Haque (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Shane Dowrich (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Brad Haddin (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
Glenn Phillips (Base price INR 10 lakhs)
RP Singh (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Billy Stanlake (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Pankaj Singh (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Ben Laughlin (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Fawad Ahmed (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Michael Beer (Base price INR 30 lakhs)
Nathan Lyon (Base price INR 1.5 crores)
Rahul Sharma (Base price INR 30 lakhs)