IPL 2016 auction sure served some surprises. Veteran Yuvraj Singh and young all-rounder Pawan Negi were expected to be among those who would cause a bidding war when 351 cricketers get auctioned in the Indian Premier League (IPL) players' auction on Saturday.
This year's auction will include two new franchises -- RPG owned Rising Pune Supergiants steered by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Intex mobiles' Rajkot based team Gujarat Lions steered by Suresh Raina.
Delhi Daredevils have the maximum amount of Rs 37.15 crore to shop from while defending champions Mumbai Indians only have Rs 14.40 crore.
Sunrisers Hyderabad have Rs 30.15 crore to shop while KKR will be able to spend only Rs 17.95 crore. Kings XI Punjab have Rs 23 crore while Royal Challengers Bangalore have Rs 21.625 crore.
According to latest updates, Delhi bagged Chris Morris for Rs 7 crores and Sanju Samson. Gujarat lions made a debut in the auction and acquired Praveen Kumar, Dale Steyn, D Karthik, Dwayne Smith and Dhawal Kulkarni.
Mitch Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Kevin Pietersen and Irfan Pathan went to Dhoni's Rising Pune Suprgaints. RCB bagged Shane Watson and Stuart Binny. Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra went to Sunrisers Hyderabad. MI had little to do and bought just 2 players -Jos Butler & Tim Southee.
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