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