Indian Premier League Auction 2018, Day 2: Gayle returns after Unadkat steals the show

PTI

The auction concluded at 4.15 pm IST. The highlights of Day 2 were the return of Chris Gayle and Jaydav Unadkat becoming the second most expensive player at this year's event.  Check out all squads here. 

28 January 2018

16:04 IST

That concludes the auction, informs auctioneer Richard Madley. Now get ready for the league which starts on April 7. Goodbye from us and we hope you enjoyed the auction as much as we did. 

Last player from this set,  Javon Searless from the West Indies. He joins KKR for Rs 30 lakh. 

Nidheesh Dinesan gets Rs 20 lakh from Mumbai Indians. Indrajith Baba goes unsold. Jack Wildermuth goes unsold. Manzoor Dar joins Kings XI Punjab. 

Dushmantha Chameera fetches Rs 50 lakh from Rajasthan Royals. Pratyush Singh unsold. 

Martin Guptill, Varun Aaron, Baba Aparajith, Vikas Tokas, Najibullah Zadran, Ashoke Dinda all go unsold. 

16:00 IST

Proceedings resume and first up is the dangerous Chris Gayle. This is the third time he is under the hammer and he finds suitors in Kings XI Punjab. Preity Zinta is happy, so is everyone else in the room. There a thunderous applause to greet Gayle to yet another edition of the Indian Premier League. He gets sold for his base price of Rs 2 crore.