Here’s a look at the 10 most expensive players picked up at the 2018 IPL auction.
Virat Kholi, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are the most expensive players to be retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, respectively, for the 2018 IPL season. While RCB retained the Indian skipper for a whopping Rs 17 crore, CSK got his predecessor Dhoni and Mumbai Indians retained Rohit Sharma for Rs 15 crore each. Here’s a look at the 10 most expensive players picked up at the 2018 auction
Full name Virat Kohli
Born November 5, 1988, Delhi
Current age 29 years 154 days
Major teams India, Delhi, India Red, India Under-19s, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests Insights on test 66 112 8 5554 243 53.40 9532 58.26 21 16 618 17 63 0
ODIs Insights on odi 208 200 35 9588 183 58.10 10405 92.14 35 46 893 104 100 0
T20Is Insights on t20i 57 53 14 1983 90* 50.84 1444 137.32 0 18 210 41 27 0
First-class 98 160 15 7803 243 53.81 13435 58.07 28 24 931 32 94 0
List A 242 233 38 11030 183 56.56 11941 92.37 39 54 1057 128 118 0
T20s Insights on t20 228 215 40 7095 113 40.54 5328 133.16 4 52 662 220 101 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests Insights on test 66 9 163 76 0 - - - 2.79 - 0 0 0
ODIs Insights on odi 208 48 641 665 4 1/15 1/15 166.25 6.22 160.2 0 0 0
T20Is Insights on t20i 57 12 146 198 4 1/13 1/13 49.50 8.13 36.5 0 0 0
First-class 98 23 631 330 3 1/19 2/42 110.00 3.13 210.3 0 0 0
List A 242 55 705 726 4 1/15 1/15 181.50 6.17 176.2 0 0 0
T20s Insights on t20 228 44 454 661 8 2/25 2/25 82.62 8.73 56.7 0 0 0