As expected, pacers ruled the roost as the eight franchisees splurged a combined sum of ₹140.30 crore on 62 players who were sold during the 13th Player auction of the Indian Premier League on Thursday.
Bucking the trend of the big-hitters stealing the show at previous auctions, four of the five most expensive signing were pace bowlers.
While Australia’s Pat Cummins attracted a historic bid of ₹15.50 crore from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a fiveway battle — the highest amount ever paid for an overseas cricketer and the second-highest across IPL auctions — Chris Morris, the South African pace-bowling all-rounder, joined him in the three-member league of players with nine-digit pay packets after a successful bid of ₹10 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
Separating the duo in the list of the highest expensive signings for the day was Cummins’ compatriot Glenn Maxwell, the first big major signing of the day, with Kings XI Punjab bagging him for ₹10.75 crore.
Pacers Sheldon Cottrell (KXIP, ₹8.50 crore) and Nathan Coulter-Nile (MI, ₹8 crore) from West Indies and Australia respectively rounded up the top-five.
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