It was two busy days for the 10 IPL teams as a lot of planning and strategy went into the auction.
At the end of all the efforts, all the franchises must have been satisfied with their work over the last two days of grueling auction. In fact, it is well said that half of the IPL is won or lost at the auction table and as it was a mega auction, the statement made more sense.
We take a look at full squads of Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals, and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Rajasthan Royals were able to get players like Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Nathan Coulter Nile, and Rassie van der Dussen.
RR squad: Batters: Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Rasse van der Dussen.
Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel
Allrounders: Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Anunay Singh, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell
Bowlers: Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, KC Cariappa, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy, Kuldeep Sen, Tejas Baroka, Kudip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, Nathan Coulter-Nile.
Delhi Capitals have been consistent in the last few seasons and they were able to make a solid team in the auction. The Capitals were able to make a steal for David Warner as they got him for INR 6.25 crores. They were also able to get Tim Seifert, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Marsh, Mustafizur Rahman.
DC Squad: Batters: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mandeep Singh, Ashwin Hebbar, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull
Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, KS Bharat, Tim Seifert
Allrounders: Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Ripal Patel, Mitchell Marsh
Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Chetan Sakariya, Praveen Dubey, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman.
Royal Challengers Bangalore were able to get Faf du Plessis for INR 7 crores, which is a fantastic deal. RCB was able to rope in Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, David Willey, Sherfane Rutherford, Harshal Patel, and Wanindu Hasaranga.
RCB squad: Batters: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mandeep Singh, Ashwin Hebbar, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull
Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, KS Bharat, Tim Seifert
Allrounders: Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Ripal Patel, Mitchell Marsh
Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Chetan Sakariya, Praveen Dubey, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman.
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