Chris Woakes bought by KKR for Rs 4.2 crore

England cricketers were high on demand at the IPL auction on Monday as Chris Woakes was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 4,20,00,000.

Published : Feb 20, 2017 12:18 IST

Chris Woakes comes in handy as a batsman too.
Chris Woakes comes in handy as a batsman too.
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Chris Woakes comes in handy as a batsman too.

England cricketers were high on demand at the IPL auction on Monday as Chris Woakes was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 4,20,00,000.

He had a base price of Rs. 2,00,00,000.

Nathan Coulter-Nile, who went unsold in the morning, was bought by KKR for Rs. 3,50,00,000.

Read: >Smith and Fleming part of decision to buy Stokes

Earlier Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes and Tymal Mills were bought at high prices.

Read: >RCB buys Tymal Mills for Rs. 12 crore, Ishant Sharma goes unsold

Morgan was bought by Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 2,00,00,000. Stokes was the buy of the day as he was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 14,50,00,000.

Read: >RCB on Tymal Mills: We really needed bowlers with Starc not available

Tymal Mills was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 12,00,00,000.

KKR also bought Rishi Dhawan for Rs. 55,00,000. Mumbai Indians bought Karn Sharma for Rs. 3,20,00,000.

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