England all-rounder Ben Stokes became the most expensive overseas player ever bought at an IPL auction, going for INR 14.5 crores to Rising Pune Supergiants.
RPS has strengthened its batch strength for the upcoming season by also picking up the Australian all-rounder Daniel Christian.
Here’s the complete list of players bought by RPS at the IPL 2017 auction:
| Player | Type | Base price (Rs. Lakhs) | Bought for (Rs. Lakhs) |
| Ben Stokes | All-rounder | 200 | 1450 |
| Daniel Christian | All-rounder | 100 | 100 |
| Manoj Tiwary | Batsman | 50 | 50 |
| Lockie Ferguson | Bowler | 50 | 50 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | Bowler | 30 | 30 |
| Rahul Chahar | Bowler | 10 | 10 ` |
| Milind Tandon | All-rounder | 10 | 10 |
| Rahul Tripathi | All-rounder | 10 | 10 |
| Saurabh Kumar | All-rounder | 10 | 10 |
Final squad of RPS for IPL 2017: MS Dhoni (wk), Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Steven Smith (c), Faf du Plessis, Mitchell Marsh, Ashok Dinda, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Ankit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Adam Zampa, Jaskaran Singh, Baba Aparajith, Deepak Chahar, Usman Khawaja, Mayank Agarwal, Ben Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Dan Christian, Milind Tandon, R Tripathi, Manoj Tiwary, Lockie Ferguson
