Karnataka batsman Manish Pandey was the biggest buy for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the IPL 2018 Players Auction in Bengaluru on January 27. SRH bought 23 players.
David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were retained by the franchise with the Australian getting Rs 12.5 cr while the bowler was signed up for Rs 8.5 crore.
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Afghan legspinner Rashid Khan will again play for SRH. He earned a bid of Rs 9 crore but the fanchise used Right to Match (RTM) card to bring back to Hyderabad.
Full list of players sold at IPL auction
Here is the complete squad of SRH for IPL 2018
Total squad members - 25; Batsmen - 7; Bowlers - 8; Wicketkeepers - 2; All-rounders - 8; Overseas players - 8
Players retained - 2; Players bought at auction - 23
Costliest player - David Warner (Rs 12.5 crore). Top buy at auction - Manish Pandey - Rs 11 crore
Money spent - Rs 79.35 crore. Funds remaining - Rs 65 lakh
- David Warner (Batsman) (Australia) - Rs 12.5 cr (Retained) - Overseas
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Fast bowler) - Rs 8.5 cr (Retained)
- Manish Pandey (Batsman) - Rs 11 cr
- Rashid Khan Arman (Legspinner) (Afghanistan) - Rs 9 cr - Overseas
- Shikhar Dhawan (Batsman) - Rs 5.2 cr
- Wriddhiman Saha (Wicketkeeper) - Rs 5 cr
- Siddarth Kaul (Fast bowler) - Rs 3.8 cr
- Deepak Hooda (All-rounder) - Rs 3.6 cr
- Syed Khaleel Ahmed (Fast bowler) - Rs 3 cr
- Sandeep Sharma (Fast bowler) - Rs 3 cr
- Kane Williamson (Batsman) (New Zealand) - Rs 3 cr - Overseas
- Carlos Brathwaite (All-rounder) (West Indies) - Rs 2 cr - Overseas
- Shakib Al Hasan (All-rounder) (Bangladesh) - Rs 2 cr - Overseas
- Yusuf Pathan (All-rounder) - Rs 1.9 cr
- Shreevats Goswami (Wicketkeeper) - Rs 1 cr
- Mohammad Nabi (All-rounder) (Afghanistan) - Rs 1 cr - Overseas
- Chris Jordan (All-rounder) (England) - Rs 1 cr - Overseas
- Basil Thampi (Fast bowler) - Rs 95 lakh
- Billy Stanlake (Fast bowler) (Australia) - Rs 50 lakh - Overseas
- T Natarajan (Fast bowler) - Rs 40 lakh
- Sachin Baby (Batsman) - Rs 20 lakh
- Bipul Sharma (All-rounder) - Rs 20 lakh
- Syed Mehdi Hasan (All-rounder) - Rs 20 lakh
- Ricky Bhui (Batsman) - Rs 20 lakh
- Tanmay Agarwal (Batsman) - Rs 20 lakh
It’s not always easy to get the players you wish to target, but really glad to have got most players we had in mind. @Sunrisers have the potential to really do well. Over to the boys for some brilliant performances. #OrangeArmy pic.twitter.com/MogSLizQAy
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 28, 2018