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IPL 2017 auction: Ben Stokes, Tymal Mills top overseas buys, Karn Sharma biggest Indian buy
MUMBAI: England’s all rounder Ben Stokes at Rs. 145 million (RPS) followed by compatriot Tymal Mills at Rs. 120 million (RCB) were amongst the top foreign buys, while Indians player Karn Sharma was picked by MI for Rs. 35 million at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 auction that began in Bengaluru Monday morning.
The auctions are on for the tenth season of the IPL, which will run from 5 April – 21 May, 2017. At the auctions in Bangalore, 351 cricketers are under the hammer. The eight franchisees will bag players with an aim to balance their sides.
The spotlight was on English players Ben Stokes, Tymal Mills and Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy, South Africans Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan and Kiwis Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Corey Anderson and Colin de Grandhomme.
A total of 66 players were sold, including 27 overseas players in the IPL auction 2017. Here is the list of the players bought by the teams.
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Players sold: Angelo Mathews (Rs. 20 million), Corey Anderson (Rs. 10 million), Kagiso Rabada (Rs. 50 million), Pat Cummins (Rs. 45 million ), Ankit Bawne (Rs. 10,00000), Aditya Tare (Rs. 25,00000), Murugan Ashwin (Rs.10 million), Navdeep Saini (Rs. 10,00000), Shashank Singh (Rs. 10,00000) Players retained: JP Duminy, Mohammed Shami, Quinton de Kock, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Shreyas Iyer, Zaheer Khan, Sam Billings, Sanju Samson, Chris Morris, Carlos Brathwaite, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, CV Milind, Syed Ahmed, Pratyush Singh. Total players in the squad: 26. Total slots left: 1. Overseas slots left: 0. Unspent Purse: Rs. 90.5 million. |
Delhi Daredevils
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Players sold: Nathu Singh (Rs. 50 lakh), Basil Thampy (Rs. 85 lakh), Tejas Singh Baroka (Rs. 10 lakh), Manpreet Gony (Rs. 60 lakh), Jason Roy (Rs. 1 Crore), Munaf Patel (Rs. 30 Lakh), Chirag Suri (Rs. 10 Lakh), Shelly Shaurya (Rs. 10 Lakh), Shubham Agrawal (10 Lakh), Pratham Singh (10 Lakh), Aksh Deep Nath (10 Lakh) Players retained: Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, James Faulkner, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, Aaron Finch, Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Andrew Tye, Ishan Kishan, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivil Kaushik, Shadab Jakati, Jaydev Shah. Total players in the squad: 27. Total slots left: 0. Overseas slots left: 1. Unspent Purse: INR 10.50 Croreore |
Gujarat Lions
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Players sold: Eoin Morgan (Rs. 2 Crore), Rahul Tewatia (25 Lakh), T Natarajan (3 Crore), Matt Henry (50 Lakh), Varun Aaron (2.80 Crore), Martin Guptill (50 Lakh), Darren Sammy (30 Lakh), Rinku Singh (10 Lakh) Players retained: David Miller, Manan Vohra, Axar Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Shaun Marsh, Wriddhiman Saha, M Vijay, Nikhil Naik, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Hashim Amla. Total players in the squad: 27. Total slots left: 0. Overseas slots left: 0. Unspent Purse: INR 13.90 crore. |
Kings XI Punjab
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Players sold: Trent Boult (5 Crore), Chris Woakes (4.20 Crore), Rishi Dhawan (55 Lakh), Nathan Coulter-Nile (3.5 Crore), Rovman Powell (30 Lakh), R Sanjay Yadav (10 Lakh), Ishank Jaggi (10 Lakh), Darren Bravo (50 Lakh), Sayan Ghosh (10 Lakh). Players retained: Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Lynn, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Sheldon Jackson, Ankit Singh Rajput, Andre Russell. Total players in the squad: 23. Total slots left: 4. Overseas slots left: 0. Unspent Purse: Rs.5.40 crore. |
Kolkata Knight Riders
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Players sold: Nicholas Pooran (30 Lakh), Mitchell Johnson (2 crore), K Gowtham (2 crore), Karn Sharma (3.2 Ccore), Saurabh Tiwary (30 Lakh), A Gunarathna (30 Lakh), K Khejroliya (10 Lakh). Players retained: Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Gopal, Lendl Simmons, Vinay Kumar, Parthiv Patel, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nitish Rana, Siddhesh Lad, J Suchith, Hardik Pandya, Jos Buttler, Tim Southee, Jithesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Punia. Total players in the squad: 27. Total slots left: 0. Overseas slots left: 0. Unspent purse: Rs. 3.35 crore. |
Mumbai Indians
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Players sold: Ben Stokes (14.50 Crore), Jaydev Unadkat (30 Lakh), Rahul Chahar (10 Lakh), Saurabh Kumar (10 Lakh), Dan Christian (1 Crore), Milind Tandon (10 Lakh), R Tripathi (10 Lakh), Manoj Tiwary (50 Lakh), Lockie Ferguson (50 Lakh) Players retained: MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Steven Smith, Faf du Plessis, Mitchell Marsh, Ashok Dinda, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Ankit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Adam Zampa, Jaskaran Singh, Baba Aparajith, Deepak Chahar, Usman Khawaja, Mayank Agarwal. Total players in the squad: 26. Total slots left: 1. Overseas slots left: 1. Unspent purse: Rs. 30 lakh. |
Rising Pune Supergiants
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Players sold: Pawan Negi (1 Crore), Tymal Mills (12 Crore), Aniket Choudhary (INR 2 Crore), Praveen Dubey (10 Lakh), Billy Stanlake (30 Lakh) Players retained: Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Sarfaraz Khan, S Aravind, Kedar Jadhav, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Samuel Badree, Iqbal Abdulla, Travis Head, Sachin Baby, Avesh Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi Total players in the squad: 24. Total slots left: 3. Overseas slots left: 0. Unspent purse: Rs. 2.42 crore. |
Royal Challengers Bangalore
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Player sold: Tanmay Agarwal (10 Lakh), Mohammad Nabi (30 Lakh), Ekalavya Dwivedi (75 Lakh), Rashid Khan (4 Crore), Pravin Tambe (10 Lakh), Chris Jordan (50 Lakh), Ben Laughlin (30 Lakh), Mohammed Siraj (2.60 crore) Players retained: Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, David Warner, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, Ricky Bhui, Kane Williamson, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Cutting, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mustafizur Rahman, Barinder Sran, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar. Total players in the squad: 25. Total slots left: 2. Overseas slots left:0. Unspent purse: Rs. 12.25 crore. |
Sunrisers Hyderabad
NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul Hameed Excellence Awards to figures who have left their mark across healthcare, education, sport, public service and the arts.
The ceremony, attended by minister of state for defence Sanjay Seth and senior officials from the ministry of Ayush, celebrated individuals whose work blends professional success with a sense of public purpose. It was as much a roll call of achievement as it was a reminder that influence is not measured only in profits or podiums, but in people reached and lives improved.
Among the headline awardees was Alakh Pandey, founder and chief executive of PhysicsWallah, recognised for turning affordable digital learning into a mass movement. On the sporting front, Arjuna Awardee and kabaddi player Sakshi Puniya was honoured for her contribution to the game and for pushing women’s participation onto bigger stages.
The cultural spotlight fell on veteran lyricist and poet Santosh Anand, whose songs have echoed across generations of Hindi cinema. At 97, Anand accepted the honour with characteristic humility, reflecting on a life shaped by perseverance and hope.
Healthcare honours spanned both modern and traditional systems. Manoj N. Nesari was recognised for strengthening Ayurveda’s place in national and global health frameworks. Padma shri Mohammed Abdul Waheed was honoured for his research-backed work in Unani medicine, while padma shri Mohsin Wali received recognition for his long-standing contribution to patient-centred care.
Education and social development also featured prominently. Padma shri Zahir Ishaq Kazi was honoured for decades of work in education, while former Meghalaya superintendent of Police T. C. Chacko was recognised for public service. Goonj founder Anshu Gupta received an award for his dignity-centred rural development initiatives, and the Hunar Shakti Foundation was honoured for empowering women and young girls through skill development.
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to former IAS officer Shailaja Chandra for her long career in public healthcare and governance, particularly in the traditional systems under Ayush.
Speaking at the event, Hamdard chairman Abdul Majeed said the awards were a tribute to those who combine excellence with empathy. “These awardees reflect Hakeem Sahib’s belief that healthcare, education and public service must ultimately serve humanity,” he said.
Minister Seth struck a forward-looking note, saying India’s young population gives the country a unique opportunity to become a global destination for learning, health and wellness by 2047.
The ceremony also featured the trailer launch of Unani Ki Kahaani, an upcoming documentary starring actor Jim Sarbh, set to premiere on Discovery on 11 February.
Instituted in memory of Unani scholar and educationist Hakeem Abdul Hameed, the awards have grown into a national platform that celebrates those building a more inclusive and resilient India. For one evening at least, the spotlight was not just on success, but on service with substance.
