T Natarajan, Karn Sharma make moolah
The pacer attracted bids from Pune, KKR and Hyderabad which took his price into the eight-figure mark from a lowly Rs 10 lakh.
By : Sandeep Menon
Update: 2017-02-20 19:55 GMT
Among the Indians, Karn Sharma was the big winner as Mumbai battled Gujarat to pick up the spinner, base price Rs 30 lakhs, for Rs 3.2 crores. Tamil Nadu pacer T Natarajan came a close second, going to Kings XI Punjab for '3 crore.
The pacer attracted bids from Pune, KKR and Hyderabad which took his price into the eight-figure mark from a lowly Rs 10 lakh. The big money for domestic players leaned towards the bowling ability as Karnataka all-rounder K. Gowtham ('2 cr, MI), Hyderabad’s Mohammad Siraj (Rs 2.6 cr, SRH), Ankit Chaudhary (Rs 2 cr, to RCB), M. Aswin (Rs 1 cr, to DD) and Varun Aaron ('2.8 cr, to KXIP) all fetched massive bids.