IPL auction 2018 Sunrisers Hyderabad: Full list of players bought by SRH
2016 IPL champions Sunrisers Hyderabad went into the auction after having retained David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. With three RTM options in their kitty, SRH chose to use them on Shikhar Dhawan, Deepak Hooda and Rashid Khan.
They bought 23 players in the auction, completing their squad of 25, with eight overseas players. They ended the auction with 65 lakhs left in their purse.
List of players bought by the SRH at the IPL 2018 auction –
Manish Pandey - INR 11 crores
Rashid Khan - INR 9 crores
Shikhar Dhawan - INR 5.2 crores
Wriddhiman Saha - INR 5 crores
Siddarth Kaul - INR 3.8 crores
Deepak Hooda - INR 3.6 crores
Syed Khaleel Ahmed - INR 3 crores
Sandeep Sharma - INR 3 crores
Kane Williamson - INR 3 crores
Carlos Brathwaite - INR 2 crores
Shakib Al Hasan - INR 2 crores
Yusuf Pathan - INR 1.9 crores
Shreevats Goswami - INR 1 crores
Mohammad Nabi - INR 1 crores
Chris Jordan - INR 1 crores
Basil Thampi - INR 95 lakhs
Billy Stanlake - INR 50 lakhs
T Natarajan - INR 40 lakhs
Sachin Baby - INR 20 lakhs
Bipul Sharma - INR 20 lakhs
Syed Mehdi Hasan - INR 20 lakhs
Ricky Bhui - INR 20 lakhs
Tanmay Agarwal - INR 20 lakhs
At the auction
Sunrisers went into the auction with an eye on most of their former players who helped them win the IPL a couple of years ago. In Dhawan, Hooda and Rashid Khan, they used their RTMs on the best possible options and on top of that they bought back Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan, Siddarth Kaul and Bipul Sharma.
Moreover, in Manish Pandey, they have bought one of the best Indian batsmen and someone who is a proven IPL commodity. Shakib Al Hasan, world's best all-rounder, is also a very important addition along with the hard-hitting duo Carlos Brathwaite and Yusuf Pathan.
Wriddhiman Saha and Shreevats Goswami are the two wicket-keeping options now while Sandeep Sharma and Basil Thampi have been added to make their already lethal bowling attack even more potent. Their most surprising pick was 20-year-old left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed, who they bought for a hefty sum of INR 3 crores.
Full Squad for 2018 IPL
David Warner (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Kane Williamson, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan, Basil Thampi, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan, Ricky Bhui, Tanmay Agarwal