Day 2 Auction News Exclusively For You!

The IPL auction was eagerly anticipated by sports lovers and cricket fans alike as always. This tournament has always been the extravaganza to watch out for in the sporting world. It has dazzled spectators with its sheer excitement, exciting format and fabulous mix of on and off field entertainment. There were loads of surprises on day 1 itself as franchises totally ignored seasoned stars like Ross Taylor, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Ian Bell, Mahela Jayawardene and Murali Karthik among others. However, day 2 sprang quite a few surprises of its own too.

Here are the latest news updates from day 2 of the 2014 IPL auction:

• The highest bid for day 2 went to Karan Sharma who was retained by the Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Kedar Jadhav also drew a huge winning bid from the Delhi Daredevils as he was snapped up for INR 2 crores
• The Chennai Super Kings bought Pawan Negi for INR 10 lakhs
• Ali Murtaza went unsold at the auctions
• Shahbaz Nadeem was bought back by the Delhi Daredevils for INR 85 lakhs
• The Royal Challengers Bangalore pitched in the base price for talented spinner Shadab Jakati
• Other players like Sarabjit Ladda and Bhargav Bhatt went unsold at the auctions too 
• Kolkata Knight Riders snapped up Kuldeep Singh for a sum of INR 40 lakhs
• The much in demand Ishwar Pandey was bagged by the Chennai Super Kings for INR 1.5 crore
• Rishi Dhawan was snapped up by the Kings XI Punjab for a mindboggling INR 3 crores
• Abu Nechim was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 30 lakhs
• Harmeet Singh Bansal also went unsold at the IPL auctions 
• Kings XI Punjab bought Sandeep Sharma for INR 85 lakhs
• The Mumbai Indians bought Jasprit Bumrah for INR 1.2 crores
• Rahul Shukla was bagged by the Delhi Daredevils for INR 40 lakhs
• The Rajasthan Royals paid a handsome sum of INR 1.10 crores for Dhawal Kulkarni
• The Royals also picked up Iqbal Abdulla for INR 65 lakhs
• Kevin O’Brien, surprisingly, went unsold at the auctions
• Chennai Super Kings also paid INR 30 lakhs for Mithun Manhas
• The Kolkata Knight Riders also bought Ryan Ten Doeschate for INR 1 crore
• Rajasthan Royals also picked up Kevon Cooper for his base price of INR 30 lakhs

Among other updates, Parvez Rasool got a winning bid of INR 95 lakhs from Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Rajasthan Royals paid a princely INR 1.7 crores for all rounder Rajat Bhatia. The Mumbai Indians also paid a handsome INR 1.6 crores for Aditya Tare while Manvinder Bisla was brought back by the Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 60 lakhs.

You can now celebrate the IPL in style with fabulous team merchandise and other autographed gear online. Buy some cool stuff at extremely affordable prices and flaunt your franchise colors with elan. You can also use this as an opportunity to snap up some cool fitness and sporting equipment online.