Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales go unsold at IPL auction
Written by News on 28/01/2018
Eoin Morgan, Alex Hales and Mark Wood became the latest England players to go unsold at the 2018 IPL auction.
England limited-overs captain Morgan has previously played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab but failed to attract any bids on Sunday.
Hales also received no bids, despite being the eighth-ranked T20 batsman by the ICC’s, while fast bowler Tymal Mills, the second most expensive but in 2017, was unsold along with all-rounder David Willey, Middlesex bowler Tom Helm and Wood.
It followed Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Sami Billings all going unsold on the first day of the auction on Saturday – although they could garner fresh interest later on Sunday.
But there was better news for Chris Jordan as he was re-signed by the Sunrisers for £110,100.
Ben Stokes had been the biggest buy on day one of the auction as Rajasthan Royals paid £1.4m for the all-rounder, and the Royals spent big again to sign Indian fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat for £1.27m.
Stokes and Unadkat played alongside each other in last year’s competition as they helped Rising Pune Supergiant reach the final, where they were runners-up to Mumbai Indians.
Australian bowler AJ Tye, who took a five-wicket haul in Sunday’s fifth One-Day International against England, earned a million dollar contract as Kings XI Punjab picked him up.
Afghanistan’s 17-year-old spinner Mujeeb Zadran – who has starred in the Under-19 World Cup – was bought by KXIP for close to £441,000, while Sandeep Lamichhane became the first player from Nepal to be bought by an IPL side, as he joined Delhi for £21,900.
Lungi Ngidi, who took 6-39 against India in his first ever Test and claimed 4-19 against Sri Lanka in only his second T20I, was bought by Chennai Super Kings for £55,000.
Sky Sports has signed a new multi-year deal to broadcast 60 live IPL matches each year and this year’s tournament gets underway on April 7.
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