M Ashwin is a surprise pick for 4.5 crore by Pune Supergiants

February 06, 2016 15:31

Veteran leg-spinner Pravin Tambe, who played for Rajasthan Royals in the last few seasons, starts with an opening bid of 10 lakh from Gujarat Lions.

Just one bid from Delhi before Gujarat bag the player at 20 lakh.

Shivil Kaushik, who has not yet played first class cricket, is also sold to Gujarat for his base price of 10 lakh.

Gujarat Lions making a flurry of spinner purchases as leg-spinner Sarabjeet Ladda is sold for his base price of 10 lakh

Tamil Nadu's Murugan Ashwin with a base price of 10 lakh soon sees his base price cross the one-crore mark courtesy of RCB and Pune Supergiants with both teams not willing to relent.

Within a minute the price soars past the four-crore mark with Pune bidding a massive 4.5 crore for the little known Ashwin.

SHOCKER! Pune buy M AShwin for 4.5 crore

Adam Zampa, KK Jiyas, Pawan Suyal, Sidharth Trivedi, Hardik Patel, Rahil Shah, ... all go UNSOLD

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