Bengaluru, Feb 20: Kings XI Punjab, who entered the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 Players Auction with the maximum funds (Rs 23.35 crore) among teams, bought 8 cricketers today (February 20). (Final list of all 8 squads)
Full list of players retained; Auction updates
On Monday, the IPL Auction was held in Bengaluru. England all-rounder Ben Stokes was the costliest buy attracting a bid of Rs 14.5 crore from Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS). The next most expensive buy was Tymal Mills (England) - Rs 12 crore, by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). (List of players sold)
KXIP's costliest buy at the auction was uncapped Indian fast bowler Thangarasu Natarajan. The 25-year-old left-armer from Tamil Nadu, was bought for Rs 3 crore.
Here is the final squad of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) after the auction
Squad strength - 27; Overseas players - 9; Funds remaining - Rs 13.9 crore out of Rs 66 crore
1. David Miller (South Africa) - Rs 12.5 crore
2. Glenn Maxwell (Australia) - Rs 6 crore
3. Shaun Marsh (Australia) - Rs 2.2 crore
4. Marcus Stoinis (Australia) - Rs 55 lakh
5. Hashim Amla (South Africa) - Rs 1 crore
6. Manan Vohra - Rs 4 crore
7. Akshar Rajesh Patel - Rs 75 lakh
8. Gurkeerat Mann Singh - Rs 1.3 crore
9. Anureet Singh - Rs 20 lakh
10. Sandeep Sharma - Rs 85 lakh
11. Shardul Narendra Thakur - Rs 20 lakh
12. Wriddhiman Saha - Rs 2.2 crore
13. Murali Vijay - Rs 3 crore
14. Nikhil Shankar Naik - Rs 30 lakh
15. Mohit Sharma - Rs 6.5 crore
16. KC Cariappa - Rs 80 lakh
17. Armaan Jaffer - Rs 10 lakh
18. Pardeep Sahu - Rs 10 lakh
19. Swapnil Singh - Rs 10 lakh
All the above were retained from last year
The following were bought at today's auction
20. Thangarasu Natarajan - Rs 3 crore
21. Varun Aaron - Rs 2.8 crore
22. Rahul Tewatia - Rs 25 lakh
23. Rinku Singh - Rs 10 lakh
24. Eoin Morgan (England) - Rs 2 crore
25. Matt Henry (New Zealand) - Rs 50 lakh
26. Martin Guptill (New Zealand) - Rs 50 lakh
27. Darren Sammy (West Indies) - Rs 30 lakh
28. Ishant Sharma (India) - Signed up one day before the league, on April 4, as replacement for Murali Vijay (injured). He was unsold at auction
Note: As per IPL rules, a franchise can have a maximum of 27 players in the squad with 9 overseas cricketers
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