Bhuvneshwar Kumar emerged as the most expensive player sold in the early bidding on day two of the IPL auction in Jeddah, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) buying him for INR 10.75 crore (US$ 1.28 million approx.).
Fast bowlers were in high demand with Deepak Chahar going to Mumbai Indians (MI) for INR 9.25 crore ($1.10 million approx.), Akash Deep to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for INR 8 crore, Mukesh Kumar to Delhi Capitals (DC) for INR 8 crore, pace-bowling allrounder Marco Jansen to Punjab Kings (PBKS) for INR 7 crore, and Tushar Deshpande to Rajasthan Royals (RR) for INR 6.50 crore.
RCB and RR also went up against each other for Indian spin allrounders, with RCB snapping up Krunal Pandya for INR 5.75 crore and RR getting Nitish Rana for INR 4.20 crore.
A large number of players were unsold in the early bidding, including established IPL names like Shardul Thakur, Kane Williamson and Ajinkya Rahane. There were no takers for Prithvi Shaw either, despite his base price being only INR 75 lakh. On day one, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow were among the high-profile players to go unsold.
