The 2018 IPL auction has been full of surprises with players like Ben Stokes and Krunal Pandya earning big others like Chris Gayle and Lasith Malinga who are IPL legends for their respective teams went unsold in the ongoing IPL auction. Another surprising bid came of left arm Indian seamer Jaydev Unadkat who was sold to Rajasthan Royal for a whooping 11.5 crores.
Unadkat became the highest earning Indian player in the 2018 IPL and just behind English all rounder Ben Stokes who was also bought by Rajasthan Royals for 12.5 crores. Royals have been a major spenders in this year’s auction till now.
Rajasthan have now bought the services of some of the biggest names in world cricket right now, buying Jos Buttler (4.4 Crores), Jofra Archer (7.2 Crores), D’Arcy Short (4 Crores), Ajinkya Rahane (4 Crores) and retained the Australian skipper Steven Smith earlier.
Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat became the most expensive Indian player in the 2018 Indian Premier League Auction after he attracted a bid of Rs 11.50 crore from the Rajasthan Royals. Unadkat beat KL Rahul and Manish Pandey who bagged Rs 11 crore contracts on the opening day of the auction on Saturday.
Twitter went crazy after the fast bowler was bought for such a hefty amount. Have a look.
Big day for @JUnadkat will be playing for India against South Africa in T 20 and became most expensive Indian Player in IPL . Wah !! God bless you. @rajasthanroyals #IPLAuction #JaydevUnadkat
— Harshil (@RjHarshil) January 28, 2018
Expecting another bidding war between @ChennaiIPL and @lionsdenkxip but probably on a smaller scale than #Jaydevunadkat #IPLAuction #IPLAuction2018
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) January 28, 2018
Jaydev Unadkat sold for 11.5 crores in IPL.
IPL is full of entertainment, joke mast martein Hain.#IPLAuction #JaydevUnadkat— Gulshan Laassi (@gulshanlassi) January 28, 2018
Whooping price for #JaydevUnadkat Last time he was sold for 30L only by #RPS
— Nisar Ahmad Wanie (@NisarWanie) January 28, 2018
Jaydev Unadkat got 11.50 Crore in ipl auction. Just unbelievable #JaydevUnadkat #IPLAuction @IPL
— Aniket Patil Welgude (@welgudeAniket94) January 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/anantsinghal97/status/957503166987325444
#JaydevUnadkat became the most expensive Indian player at #IPLAuction. He was bought for Rs 11.5 cr by @rajasthanroyals
— puja menon (@khabarwali) January 28, 2018
#JaydevUnadkat must feel that My life & generation is settled for the top #IPLAuction2018 , Happy for you ???? Best wishes
— ManojPrabakaran p (@manojprabakaran) January 28, 2018
Royal Buy? #IPLAuction #Jaydevunadkat #RajsthanRoyals
— King_Sandip (@King27495) January 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/mankabir8/status/957499431955279872
Overnight millionaire #JaydevUnadkat ?, most expensive Indian at #IPLAuction
Congrats #RajasthanRoyals & @JUnadkat ?— Jaishree Jaiswal (@kuch_creativity) January 28, 2018
Wow, Jaydev Unadkat sold for @rajasthanroyals in 11.5 Crore..??
Kudos, and power to @JaydevUnadkat ??#JaydevUnadkat #IPLAuction #IPL2018Auction #IPLAuction2018 #IPL2018 #IPL11 #RajasthanRoyals
— Dhruv Kumar (@TweetingKumar) January 28, 2018