Woah, Maxwell sold for whopping 14.25 crores despite of his poor form in the previous IPL. I think punjab would have thought for once that they could Buy Maxwell for something less than 10.75 crores but RCB and CSk were too excited for him. I think his form post IPL against India is the main reason why every franchise was so excited about him. I am surprised to see Steve Smith sold for so low at just 2.2 crore. I think bowlers will once again be more valuable than batsmen.
Maxwell remains one of the legends in T20 cricket, despite his poor record so far with the IPL. So that price tag is rather justified. But imagine this - 2.20 crore for Steve Smith, who is one of the legends in cricket and almost double that amount for the relatively unknown Shivam Dube. And some of the very good players have gone unsold till now - Karun Nair, Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Evin Lewis and Aaron Finch. BTW, I am not much surprised with the lack of interest for Hanuma Vihari and Kedar Jadhav.
Bidding war initiated for Chris Morris right now.. teams are going all out to purchase the player whom they have targeted. First the bidding war was between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, but later other teams also joined in later. Finally he was sold to Rajasthan Royals for a massive 16.25 crore.