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All the IPL 2018 auction buys as Ben Stokes joins Rajasthan Royals for £1.4m

Thursday 22 March 2018 14:06, UK

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Chris Woakes of England celebrates with Ben Stokes after dismissing Chris Gayle of the West Indies during the 1st Roya
Image: Ben Stokes will play for Rajasthan Royals, while England team-mate Chris Woakes was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore

Eight England players will feature in the 2018 Indian Premier League with Ben Stokes signed by the Rajasthan Royals for £1.4m, where he will be joined by England team-mate Jos Buttler who was acquired for £490,000.

There were also big deals for England all-rounder Chris Woakes (£821,500) and Moeen Ali (£188,700) who were both bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore.

England fast bowler Mark Wood (£167,000) and wicketkeeper Sam Billings (£110,100) were signed by Chennai Super Kings, with Jason Roy (£167,000) acquired by Delhi Daredevils and Chris Jordan (£110,100) re-joining Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Sussex bowler Jofra Archer (£793,200), who is not eligible to play for England until the winter of 2022, will join Stokes and Buttler at the Royals.

Jaydev Unadket, Manish Pandey, Lokesh Rahul, Chris Lynn and Mitchell Starc were the other players to be bought for over £1m.

Below Sky Sports lists all the purchases the eight IPL teams made ahead of the start of the tournament on April 7, which will be shown like on Sky Sports Cricket.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

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RCB purchases

Player Price (£)
Chris Woakes 821,500
Yuzvendra Chahal 661,200
Umesh Yadav 463,000
Brendon McCullum 396,600
Washington Sundar 352,900
Navdeep Saini 330,300
Quinton de Kock 308,400
Mohammed Siraj 286,500
Colin de Grandhomme 242,100
Nathan Coulter-Nile 242,100
Murugan Ashwin 242,100
Moeen Ali 188,700
Parthiv Patel 187,000
Mandeep Singh 153,800
Manan Vohra 120,700
Pawan Negi 110,100
Tim Southee 110,100
Kulwant Khekroliya 93,200
Aniket Choudhary 32,500
Aniruddha Joshi 21,900
Pavan Deshpande 21,900

Team: Kohli*, De Villiers*, Sarfaraz*, McCullum, Woakes, Ali, Saini, De Grandhomme, Vohra, Choudhary, Coulter-Nile, Chahal, De Kock, Yadav, Khejroliya, M Singh, A Joshi, M Ashwin, Negi, Sundar, Siraj, Southee, P Patel, Deshpande

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* - retained players

Chennai Super Kings

CSK purchases

Player Price (£)
Kedar Jadhav 860,000
Dwayne Bravo 705,700
Karn Sharma 550,000
Shane Watson 441,000
Shardul Thakur 286,500
Ambati Rayudu 240,000
Harbhajan Singh 220,200
M Vijay 220,200
Faf du Plessis 176,400
Mark Wood 165,500
Sam Billings 110,100
Imran Tahir 110,100
Deepak Charar 88,200
Mitchell Santner 55,000
Lungi Ngidi 55,000
KM Asif 43,800
Jagadeesan Narayan 21,900
Dhruv Shorey 21,900
Kshitiz sharma 21,900
Chaitanya Bishnoi 21,900
Monu Kumar 21,900
Kanish Seth 21,900

Team: Raina*, Dhoni*, Jadeja*, Watson, Bravo, Du Plessis, Tahir, Rayudu, Karn Sharma, Harbhajan, Jadhav, Asif, M Vijay, Billings, Wood, Narayan, Chahar, Thakur, Santner, Ngidi, Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Bishnoi, M Kumar, Seth

Delhi Daredevils

England batsman Jason Roy celebrates after scoring his century against Australia during their one-day international cricket match played at the MCG in Melb
Image: Jason Roy was bought by the Delhi Daredevils

DD purchases

Player Price (£)
Glenn Maxwell 992,200
Kagiso Rabada 463,000
Amit Mishra 441,000
Vijay Shankar 352,900
Shahbaz Nadeem 352,900
Mohammed Shami 330,300
Rahul Tewatia 330,300
Gautam Gambhir 308,400
Trent Boult 242,100
Colin Munro 209,000
Jason Roy 166,500
Dan Christian 165,500
Naman Ojha 153,800
Prithvi Shaw 132,000
Gurkeerat Singh 82,600
Avesh Khan 76,900
Abhishek Sharma 60,000
Jayant Yadav 55,000
Harshal Patel 21,900
Manjot Kalra 21,900
Sayan Ghosh 21,900
Sundeep Lamichhane 21,900

Team: Morris*, Pant*, Iyer*, Rabada, Maxwell, Munro, Gambhir, Roy, Mishra, Shaw, H Patel, Tewtia, Shankar, Shami, Avesh Khan, A Sharma, Kalra, Boult, Nadeem, Ojha, J Yadav, Christian, G Singh, Ghosh, Lamichhane

Mumbai Indians

MI purchases

Player Price (£)
Krunal Pandya 970,300
Ishan Kishan 683,100
Pat Cummins 595,000
Kieron Pollard 595,000
Evin Lewis 418,500
Suryakumar Yadav 352,900
Mustafizur Rahman 242,100
Ben Cutting 242,100
Rahul Chahar 208,900
Pradeep Sangwan 165,100
Jason Behrendroff 165,100
JP Duminy 110,100
Saurabh Tiwary 88,200
Tajinder Singh 60,000
Akila Dananjaya 55,000
Siddhesh Lad 21,900
Mayank Markande 21,900
Mohsin Khan 21,900
Sharad Lumba 21,900
Ankul Roy 21,900
Aditya Tare 21,900
MD Nidheesh 21,900

Team: Bumrah*, H Pandya*, Sharma*, Cummins, Pollard, K Pandya, Mustafizur, Yadav, Kishan, Chahar, A Roy, T Singh, Markande, M Khan, Cutting, Pollard, Behrendorff, Sangwan, Tare, Tiwary, Lad, Lewis, Dananjaya, Lumba, Nidheesh

Sunrisers Hyderabad

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 31: Rashid Khan of the Adelaide Strikers celebrates after taking a wicket during the Big Bash League match between the Adel
Image: Rashid Khan, 19, was the youngest player to be bought for over a million dollars

SH purchases

Player Price (£)
Manish Pandey 1,200,000
Rashid Khan 992,200
Shikhar Dhawan 573,000
Wriddhiman Saha 551,200
Siddarth Kaul 418,500
Deepak Hooda 396,600
Syed Khaleel Ahmed 330,300
Kane Williamson 330,300
Sundeep Sharma 330,300
Carlos Brathwaite 220,200
Shakib Al Hasan 220,200
Yusuf Pathan 208,900
Mohammad Nabi 110,100
Chris Jordan 110,100
Shreevats Goswami 110,100
Basil Thampi 104,400
Billy Stanlake 55,000
Thangarasu Natarajan 43,800
Ricky Bhui 21,900
Bipul Sharma 21,900
Sachin Baby 21,900
Medhi Hasan 21,900
Tammy Agarwal 21,900

Team: Warner*, Kumar*, Williamson, Rashid Khan, Dhawan, Pandey, Brathwaite, S Ahmed, Saha, Pathan, Kaul, Hooda, Al Hasan, Bhui, Thampi, Natarajan, Nabi, Jordan, Goswami, B Sharma, Baby, S Sharma, M Hasan, Stanlake, Agarwal

Kings XI Punjab

KXIP purchases

Player Price (£)
Lokesh Rahul 1,200,000
Ravichandran Ashwin 837,700
AJ Tye 793,900
Marcus Stoinis 683,100
Aaron Finch 683,100
Karun Nair 617,500
Mujeeb Zadran 441,100
David Miller 330,300
Ankit Rajpoot 330,300
Mohit Sharma 264,600
Barinder Sran 242,100
Yuvraj Singh 220,200
Chris Gayle 220,200
Ben Dwarshuis 153,800
Mayank Agarwal 110,100
Manoj Tiwary 110,100
Akshdeep Nath 110,100
Manzoor Dar 21,900
Pardeep Sahu 21,900
Mayank Dagar 21,900

Team: Axar Patel*, Ashwin, Miller, Stoinis, Yuvraj, Agarwal, Nair, Rahul, Finch, Rajpoot, Zadran, Dar, Sahu, Tiwary, Tye, Nath, Gayle, M Sharma, Sran, Dwarshuis, Dagar

Rajasthan Royals

HOBART, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 04: Jofra Archer of the Hobart Hurricanes appeals for a run out during the Big Bash League match between the Hobart Hurricane
Image: Jofra Archer was bought for $1.125m (£793,200) following his performances in the Big Bash

RR purchases

Player Price (£)
Ben Stokes 1,400,000
Jaydev Unadket 1,267,000
Sanju Samson 882,100
Jofra Archer 793,200
Gowtham Krishnappa 683,100
Jos Buttler 485,000
Ajinkya Rahane 441,000
D'Arcy Short 441,000
Rahul Tripathi 374,800
Dhawal Kulkarni 82,600
Zahir Khan 65,600
Stuart Binny 55,000
Ben Laughlin 55,000
Dushmantha Chameera 55,000
Aryaman Birla 32,500
Anureet Singh 32,500
Sudhesan Midhun 21,900
Jatin Saxena 21,900
Shreyas Gopal 21,900
Ankit Sharma 21,900
Prashant Chopra 21,900
Mahipal Lomror 21,900

Team: Smith*, Stokes, Buttler, Archer, Rahane, Short, Tripathi, Samson, Binny, Birla, Midhun, Kulkarni, Laughlin, Saxena, Gopal, A Singh, Unadkat, A Sharma, Krishnappa, P Chopra, Chameera, Z Khan, Lomror

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR purchases

Player Price (£)
Chris Lynn 1,059,000
Mitchell Starc 1,036,000
Dinesh Karthik 821,500
Robin Uthappa 705,700
Kuldeep Yadav 639,400
Piyush Chawla 462,900
Nitish Rana 374,700
Kamlesh Nagarkoti 352,900
Shivam Mavi 330,300
Mitchell Johnson 220,200
Shubman Gill 198,300
Vijay Kumar 110,100
Rinku Singh 88,200
Cameron Delport 32,500
Javon Searles 32,500
Apoorv Wankhade 21,900
Ishank Jaggi 21,870

Team: Russell*, Narine*, Starc, Lynn, Uthappa, Chawla, Karthik, Gill, Jaggi, Yadav, Rana, Nagarkoti, Mavi, Delport, V Kumar, Wankhade, R Singh, Searles, Johnson

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