Stokes rakes it in! He has been bought for INR 14.5 crore (USD 2.16 million approx) by Rising Pune Supergiants. Tymal Mills was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 12 crore (USD 1.8 million approx), Morgan was bought at base price of INR 2 crore (USD 300,000 approx) by Kings XI Punjab, Angelo Mathews went to Delhi Daredevils for his base price of INR 2 crore (USD 300,000 approx). And Corey Anderson was also brought by Delhi Daredevils at his base price of INR 1 crore (USD 150,000 approx).
Delhi swooped for Kagiso Rabada (INR 5 crore, USD 750,000 approx) and Pat Cummins (INR 4.5 crore, USD 670,000 approx), KKR bagged Boult, Mumbai Indians claimed Mitchell Johnson and Nicholas Pooran, and Sunrisers got Rashid Khan, making it likely an Afghan will feature prominently.
Some of the prominent players that went unsold in the early bidding were Ishant Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Imran Tahir, Martin Guptill, Jason Roy, Ross Taylor, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan and Irfan Pathan. Tahir and Roy are perhaps the biggest surprises there.