Chennai Super Kings, captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, bought seven players in the IPL mini auction on Friday (December 23) in Kochi. He added England Test captain Ben Stokes as well as India batsman Ajinkya Rahane and New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson. The Chennai team had 18 players before the auction. Rs 20.45 crore was left in his purse.
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After the retirement of Dwayne Bravo, Chennai needed a player who could bowl in the death overs and make useful contributions with the bat as well. Chennai has tried to make up for this shortcoming by buying star all-rounder Ben Stokes. Stokes’ base price was Rs 2 crore. The team bought him for Rs 16.25 crore.
This is how Ben Stokes bid
Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) initially bid for Stokes. When the bid reached Rs 7 crore, Lucknow Supergiants entered. RCB left here. Bidding went on between Rajasthan and Lucknow for some time. Then the Sunrisers Hyderabad team joined the bid with Rs 7.75 crore. Sunrisers distanced themselves when Lucknow made a bid of Rs 15 crore. Here is the entry of Chennai. He then defeated Lucknow and bought Ben Stokes.
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Bought at the base price of five players
Chennai bought Kyle Jameson for a base price of Rs 1 crore and Ajinkya Rahane for a base price of Rs 50 lakhs. The team added Sheikh Rashid, Bhagat Verma and Ajay Mandal to their base price of Rs 20 lakh each. For Nishant Sindhu, he had a clash with Kolkata. In the end, Chennai bought Nishant for Rs 60 lakhs with a base price of Rs 20 lakhs.
old chennai team
MS Dhoni (Captain), Devon Conway, Rituraj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hungergekar, Dwayne Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Mathisha Pathirana, Simar Deshpande, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Mahesh Tikshna.
Bought these players in the auction
Ben Stokes, Kyle Jamieson, Nishant Sindhu, Ajinkya Rahane, Sheikh Rashid, Bhagat Verma and Ajay Mondal.
Full Chennai team:
batsman:
Rituraj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Subhransu Senapati, Sheikh Rashid.
wicket keeper:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Ambati Rayudu, Devon Conway.
Allrounder:
Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Mitchell Santner, Rajvardhan Hungergekar, Nishant Sindhu, Dwayne Pretorius, Ajay Mondal, Bhagat Verma.
Bowler:
Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Kyle Jamieson, Mahish Teekshana, Simarjeet Singh, Mathisha Pathirana, Mukesh Chowdhary, Tushar Deshpande.
