IPL 2018: Full list of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) squad after the auction

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) were one of the biggest spenders at the recently-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, which was held in Bengaluru. The Preity Zinta co-owned franchise bought some of the biggest overseas as well as local names after retaining Axar Patel for the upcoming 11th edition of the cash-rich league.

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They made the biggest purchase of the auction (not necessarily in terms of monetary value) when they came up with a successful late bid for West Indies star Chris Gayle, who went unsold twice over the two-day process. KXIP were able to snap the T20 maverick up at his base price of just Rs 2 crore.

Also read: Full list of players sold at auction

On the other hand, they splashed out on local stars of the likes of KL Rahul (Rs 11 crore), R Ashwin (Rs 7.6 crore) and Karun Nair (Rs 5.6 crore). The Virender Sehwag-coached franchise also made some commendable overseas picks in Afghanistan mystery spinner Mujeeb Zadran (Rs 4 crore), Australia stars Aaron Finch (Rs 6.2 crore), Andrew Tye (Rs 7.2 crore) and Marcus Stoinis (Rs 6.2 crore).

World Cup-winning all-rounder Yuvraj Singh also returned to his home team as the KXIP bought him at his base price of Rs 2 crore. With lack of captaincy options, the Punjab-based franchise are likely to hand over the captaincy to the local hero, who will certainly be the crowd-favourite in Mohali.

Total squad members - 21; Batsmen - 7; Bowlers - 7; Wicketkeepers - 0; All-rounders - 6; Overseas players - 7

Players retained - 1; Players bought at auction - 20

Costliest player - Axar Patel (Rs 11 crore). Top buy at auction - KL Rahul - Rs 11 crore

Money spent - Rs 79.9 crore. Funds remaining - Rs 10 lakh

(Note: KXIP don't have a specialist wicketkeeper. However, Rahul is expected to do the job for the team.)

KXIP complete squad

1. Axar Patel (all-rounder) Rs 12.5 crore [Retained]
2. KL Rahul (Batsman) Rs 11 crore
3. Ravichandran Ashwin (all-rounder) Rs 7.6 crore
4. Andrew Tye (Bowler) Australia Rs 7.2 crore - Overseas
5. Aaron Finch (Batsman) Australia Rs 6.2 crore - Overseas
6. Marcus Stoinis (All-Rounder) Australia Rs 6.2 crore - Overseas
7. Karun Nair (Batsman) Rs 5.6 crore
8. Mujeeb Zadran (Bowler) Afghanistan Rs 4 crore - Overseas
9. Ankit Singh Rajpoot (Bowler) Rs 3 crore
10. David Miller (Batsman) South Africa Rs 3 crore - Overseas
11. Mohit Sharma (Bowler) Rs 2.4 crore
12. Barinder Singh Sran (Bowler) Rs 2.2 crore
13. Yuvraj Singh (all-rounder) Rs 2 crore
14. Christopher Gayle (Batsman) West Indies Rs 2 crore - Overseas
15. Ben Dwarshuis (Bowler) Australia Rs 1.4 crore - Overseas
16. Akshdeep Nath (all-rounder) Rs 1 crore
17. Manoj Tiwary (Batsman) Rs 1 crore
18. Mayank Agarwal (Batsman) Rs 1 crore
19. Manzoor Dar (All-Rounder) Rs 2 crore
20. Pardeep Sahu (Bowler) Rs 2 crore
21. Mayank Dagar (All-Rounder) Rs 2 crore