Bengaluru, Feb 6: The Players Auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 was held today (February 6) and all 8 teams have finalised their squads for the tournament. (Full schedule)
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Australian all-rounder Shane Watson attracted the highest bid with Rs 9.5 crore from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The next best was a surprise - uncapped Indian all-rounder Pawan Negi (Rs 8.5 crore from Delhi Daredevils). (Full list of players retained)
Here are the final squads of all 8 teams after the Players Auction
IPL 2016 will begin on April 9 and conclude on May 29
Salary details of Dhoni, Kohli
Gujarat Lions (24 players - 17 Indians, 7 overseas)
Retained Players - 5 (Picked through a draft)
Indians: Suresh Raina (Captain) (Batsman), Ravindra Jadeja (All-rounder)
Overseas: Brendon McCullum (Batsman, Wicketkeeper) (New Zealand), Dwayne Bravo (All-rounder) (West Indies), James Faulkner (Australia).
Delhi Daredevils (27 players - 18 Indians, 9 overseas)
Retained Players - 14 (8 Indians, 6 overseas)
Indians: Amit Mishra (Bowler), Jayant Yadav (All-rounder), Mayank Agarwal (Batsman), Mohammad Shami (Bowler), Shahbaz Nadeem (Bowler), Shreyas Iyer (Batsman), Zaheer Khan (Bowler).
Overseas: Imran Tahir (Bowler), JP Duminy (Captain) (All-rounder), Quinton de Kock (Wicketkeeper) (all 4 from South Africa), Nathan Coulter-Nile (Bowler) (Australia).
Kings XI Punjab (22 players - 15 Indians, 7 overseas)
Retained Players - 14 (10 Indians, 4 overseas)
Indians: Axar Patel (All-rounder), Anureet Singh (Bowler), Gurkeerat Singh (All-rounder), Manan Vohra (Batsman), Murali Vijay (Batsman), Nikhil Naik (Batsman), Rishi Dhawan (All-rounder), Sandeep Sharma (Bowler), Shardul Thakur (Bowler), Wriddhiman Saha (Wicketkeeper).
Overseas: David Miller (Captain) (Batsman) (South Africa), Glenn Maxwell (All-rounder), Mitchell Johnson (Bowler), Shaun Marsh (Batsman) (all 3 from Australia).
Kolkata Knight Riders (22 players - 13 Indians, 9 overseas)
Retained Players - 15 (9 Indians, 6 overseas)
Indians: Gautam Gambhir (Captain) (Batsman), Kuldeep Yadav (Bowler), Manish Pandey (Batsman), Piyush Chawla (All-rounder), Robin Uthappa (Batsman, Wicketkeeper), Sheldon Jackson (Batsman, Wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav (Batsman), Umesh Yadav (Bowler), Yusuf Pathan (All-rounder).
Overseas: Andre Russell (All-rounder), Sunil Narine (Bowler) (both from West Indies), Brad Hogg (Bowler), Chris Lynn (Batsman) (both from Australia), Shakib Al Hasan (All-rounder) (Bangladesh), Morne Morkel (Bowler) (South Africa).
Mumbai Indians (26 players - 18 Indians, 8 overseas)
Retained Players - 19 (13 Indians, 6 overseas)
Indians: Akshay Wakhare (Bowler), Ambati Rayudu (Batsman), Harbhajan Singh (Bowler), Hardik Pandya (All-rounder), J Suchith (Bowler), Jasprit Bumrah (Bowler), Nitish Rana (All-rounder), Parthiv Patel (Wicketkeeper), R Vinay Kumar (Bowler), Rohit Sharma (Captain) (Batsman), Shreyas Gopal (All-rounder), Siddhesh Lad (Batsman), Unmukt Chand (Batsman).
Overseas: Corey Anderson (All-rounder), Mitchell McClenaghan (Bowler) (both from New Zealand), Kieron Pollard (All-rounder), Lendl Simmons (Batsman) (both from West Indies), Lasith Malinga (Bowler) (Sri Lanka), Marchant de Lange (Bowler) (South Africa).
Rising Pune Supergiants (23 players - 16 Indians, 7 overseas)
Retained Players - 5 (Picked through a draft)
Indians: MS Dhoni (Captain) (Wicketkeeper), R Ashwin (Bowler), Ajinkya Rahane (Batsman).
Overseas: Steve Smith (Batsman) (Australia), Faf du Plessis (Batsman) (South Africa).
Royal Challengers Bangalore (25 - 16 Indians, 9 overseas)
Retained Players - 14 (9 Indians, 5 overseas)
Indians: Abu Nechim (Bowler), Harshal Patel (Bowler), Kedar Jadhav (Batsman), Mandeep Singh (Batsman), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Batsman), Sreenath Aravind (Bowler), Varun Aaron (Bowler), Virat Kohli (Captain) (Batsman), Yuzvendra Chahal (Bowler).
Overseas: AB de Villiers (Batsman, Wicketkeeper), David Wiese (All-rounder) (both from South Africa), Adam Milne (Bowler) (New Zealand), Chris Gayle (Batsman) (West Indies), Mitchell Starc (Bowler) (Australia).
Sunrisers Hyderabad (25 players - 18 Indians, 7 overseas )
Retained Players - 15 (10 Indians, 5 overseas)
Indians: Ashish Reddy (Batsman), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Bowler), Bipul Sharma (Bowler), Karn Sharma (Bowler), Naman Ojha (Wicketkeeper), Ricky Bhui (Batsman), Shikhar Dhawan (Batsman), Siddharth Kaul (Bowler).
Overseas: David Warner (Captain) (Batsman), Moises Henriques (All-rounder) (both from Australia), Eoin Morgan (Batsman) (England), Kane Williamson (Batsman), Trent Boult (Bowler) (both from New Zealand).
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