IPL auctions. Incredible numbers.
Cummins 3.17 million.
Maxy 2.18 mill.
Finch $900K
Huge IPL contracts for Cummins, Maxwell.
"... Cummins has become the most expensive overseas buy ever in the Indian Premier League...
The 26-year-old... attracted an intense bidding war between the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Delhi Capitals ... before Kolkata joined in to bag his services...
... Ben Stokes was the most expensive overseas buy before Cummins when Pune paid 145 million rupees ($3 million) in 2017 while Yuvraj Singh, the hero of India’s 2011 World Cup triumph, got the highest bid for a home-based player of 160 million ($3.26 million) in 2015 from Delhi.
A total of 62 players were sold at the auction for the 13th edition with the eight franchises spending a total of 1.403 billion rupees ($28.6 million)."
(Reuters)
The 26-year-old... attracted an intense bidding war between the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Delhi Capitals ... before Kolkata joined in to bag his services...
... Ben Stokes was the most expensive overseas buy before Cummins when Pune paid 145 million rupees ($3 million) in 2017 while Yuvraj Singh, the hero of India’s 2011 World Cup triumph, got the highest bid for a home-based player of 160 million ($3.26 million) in 2015 from Delhi.
A total of 62 players were sold at the auction for the 13th edition with the eight franchises spending a total of 1.403 billion rupees ($28.6 million)."
(Reuters)