The second day of IPL 2018 auction witnessed Indian fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat being bought by Rajasthan Royals for 11.5 Crores. It was a great event with Afghanistan 16-year-old Mujeeb Zadran was purchased by Kings XI Punjab for Rs 4 Crore.
Kings XI Punjab bought dangerous Chris Gayle for RS 2 Crores. Young bowler Sandeep Lamichanne became the first Nepal player to play in the IPL. He was bought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 20 Lakhs.
Here we look at the squads during IPL 2018 auction:-
Chennai Super Kings
After picking an experienced side on day 1, Chennai Super Kings picked few uncapped Indian players who performed well in the domestic circuit. Dhurv Shorey, Sam Billings, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Naryan Jagadeesan, Mitchell Santer, Shardul Thakur.
Squad: MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Faf du Plessis, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayadu, Kanishk Sharma, Karn Sharma, Shane Watson, Naryan Jagadeesan, Sam Billings, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santer, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaityana Bishnoi, Kshitiz Sharma, Mark Wood, Dhurv Shorey.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
After picking top players on day 1, Royal Challengers picked Pavan Deshpande, Mohammad Siraj, Washington Sundar, Murugan Ashwin, Pawan Negi in their squad.
Squad: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Collin de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Mandeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Tim Southee, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Siraj, Anirudha Joshi, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Navdeep Saini, Aniket Chaudhary, Manan Vohra, Kulwant Khejorliya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Quinton de Kock, Chris Woakes, Brendon McCullum, Murugan Ashwin, Nathan Coulter Nile.
Mumbai Indians
They picked uncapped Indian players including Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba. Apart from that Mumbai Indians picked Jason Behrendoff for 1.50 Crore, Jean-Paul Duminy for 1 Crore, Evin Lewis for 3.80 Crores
Squad: Rohit Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahaman, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Surya Kumar Yadav, MD Nidheesh, Mohsin Khan, Anukul Roy, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad, Akila Dananjaya, Sharad Lumba, TN Dhillon, Jason Behrendoff, JP Duminy, Pradeep Sangwan, Ben Cutting, Saurabh Tiwary, Evin Lewis, Rahul Chahar, Mayank Markande.
Delhi Daredevils
After selecting Jason Roy, Maxwell, Munro, Prithvi Shaw and many other good players, today Delhi Daredevils bought Abishek Sharma, Manjot Kalra, Daniel Christian, Shahbaz Nadeem for good price.
Squad: Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris, Shreyas Iyer, Gautam Gambhir, Collin Munro, Glenn Maxwell, Jason Roy, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Shami, Prithvi Shaw, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Sayan Ghosh, Naman Ojha, Sandeep Lamichhane, Abhishek Sharma, Manjot Kalra, Trent Boult, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Jayant Yadav, Daniel Christian, Shabaz Nadeem.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
It was a great day for SRH franchise. They bought Sandeep Sharma for Rs 3 Crore. Bipul Sharma, Mehedi Hasan, Sachin Baby were bought on day 2.
Squad: David Warner, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shikhar Dhawan, W Saha, S Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Kane Williamson, Syed Ahmed, Shakib- AL- Hasan, Carlos Braithwaite, Yusuf Pathan, Basil Thampi, T Natrajan, Ricky Bhui, Mehedi Hasan, Sandeep Sharma, Bipul Sharma, Tanmay Agarwal, Shreevats Goswami, Billy Stanlake, Chris Jordan, Sachin Baby, Mohammad Nabi.
Rajasthan Royals
Apart from Ben Stokes, Rajasthan Royals have picked Jaydev Unadkat for RS 11.5 Crores. They brought young Indian players in the form of Mahipal Lomror, Prashant Chopra, Aryman Birla, Jatin Saxena.
Squad: Ben Stokes, Jofa Archer, Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Rahane, D’Arcy Short, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Jatin Saxena, Aryaman Birla, Dushmantha Chameera, Mahipal Lomror, Ben Laughlin, S Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Shreyas Gopal, Zahir Khan, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Jaydev Undakat, Dhawal Kulkarni, K Gowtham.
Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab looks a strong unit. They finally bought explosive West Indies opener, Chris Gayle. Also, they bought Australian Andrew Tye in their squad for RS 7.2 Crore.
Squad: Chris Gayle, Mayank Dagar, Pradeep Sahu, Manzoor Dar, Akshdeep Nath, Ben Dwarshusis, Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Mujeeb Zadran, Mohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Ankit Rajpoot, Mayank Agarwal, Aaron Finch, David Miller, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Yuvraj Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders bought young Under 19 bowler Shivam Mavi for RS 3 Crore, Aproov Wankhade for RS 20 Lakhs, Vinay Kumar for 1 Crore, Cameron Delport, Mitchell Johnson.
Squad: Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Ishank Jaggi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Nitish Rana, Shivam Mavi, Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Aproov Wankhade, Cameron Delport, Mitchell Johnson, Javon Searles.
Unsold players in IPL 11 auction:
James Faulkner, Eoin Morgan, Moises Henriques, Hashim Amla, Lendl Simmons, Shaun Marsh, Lasith Malinga, Ishant Sharma, Samuel Badree, Ish Sodhi, Baba Indrajith, Corey Anderson, Mitchell McClenaghan, Ashok Dinda, Varun Aaron, Martin Guptill, Jack Wildermuth, Pratyush Singh, Baba Aparjith, Vikas Tokas, Najibullah Zadran were the unsold players in IPL 11 auction on day 2 .
