IPL 2018 Auction: Best buys by each IPL team
There is a part of us that perhaps enjoys the thrill of the auction more than the game itself. When Richard Madley scans the room like a lion hunting for its prey, the hype surrounding the gaze and the gavel hanging in the air with the force of his hand is quite breathtaking to say the least.
‘I am going to sell the player,’ ‘oh, we have a new bidder altogether...’ The words that come out from his mouth is paid more attention to by the viewers than students do while sitting for their exams. In the auction room, he is the king and the rest are just his subjects.
Nothing was different in this year’s auction as Madley beautifully conducted it for two days. One could feel a sense of sadness washing over them when he hit the gavel for the last time this year.
However, there was also a sense of excitement as the teams are ready to go. Almost every team fulfilled their quota of 25 players and each of them have some great players. So here are the best players of each teams, respectively…
Note: RTM buys have not been counted
#1 Mustafizur Rahman (2.2 crores) – Mumbai Indians
Well, well, it is almost surprising that Sunrisers Hyderabad let go of Mustafizur Rahman. Here is a little bit of a fact for the readers: the season in which the young Bangladeshi spearheaded the bowling attack of David Warner’s team, they won the competition.
Yes, that was in 2016. In 2017, the supremely talented Rashid Khan was picked over him as the foreign bowler. And the Sunrisers fell short in the end.
He joins Mumbai with a great reputation. With 17 IPL games under his belt, he has taken 17 wickets at an average of 26.76, but that is not the best part about him. It is his ability to stop the flow of the runs that makes him a special player.
His economy in the IPL is 7.15, which is just a run higher than his economy of 6.17 in T20Is. Only recently, he took his 50th ODI wicket in his 26th innings—that, too, at an average of 19.2. In short, at 2.2 crores, Mumbai have a bowler on who they can rely upon at any moment.
That’s a steal!