A five-star hotel in Bengaluru also witnessed a few tricky moments when it came to picking players for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The other key point of the first part of the auctions was the costliest buy, Ben Stokes. But one the biggest stories of the day came from little-known Archer. Holder of the most sixes feat in IPL with many other batting records, Gayle was given a miss by everyone in the hall. KL Rahul became the joint-most expensive India player of the day, going for Rs 11 crore to Kings XI.

Source: dna January 28, 2018 00:33 UTC