Thangarasu Natarajan was roped in by Kings XI Punjab for a whopping ₹ 3 crore. Krishnappa Gowtham was roped in by Mumbai Indians for ₹ 2 crore.
IPL 2017 auction was an accelerated process, unlike the previous years. The IPL franchises made their respective think tanks work hard and who, in return, helped the teams to get the players who they wanted in their sides.,
A total of 66 players were bought in total among the pool of 351. There were a number of surprises among the uncapped player's category who turned millionaires after they were roped in by several teams at the auction on Monday.
We have experienced in the previous editions that the teams have spent big money on these uncapped players and they hardly let these boys go out and prove their mettle on the ground and then they let go off these players before the start of the next season. Hopefully, this will not happen with these young Indian blokes.
Here are the top 5 uncapped players who became millionaires overnight as they bagged big-money deals from the IPL franchises:
Thangarasu Natarajan – The left-arm Tamil Nadu seamer was roped in by Kings XI Punjab for a whopping ₹ 3 crore. His base price was just ₹ 10 lakh and he just became the highest paid Indian cricketer for the upcoming edition of the IPL.
Krishnappa Gowtham – The Karnataka off-break bowler was roped in by Mumbai Indians for ₹ 2 crore. He has the experience of 20 T20 matches and has also impressed in the Karnataka Premier League.
Aniket Choudhury – The left-armer will get to brush his shoulders with the big daddies of world cricket – Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson, Chris Gayle and more. Royal Challengers Bangalore cashed in on the opportunity and splurged a whopping ₹ 2 crore for the Rajasthan player.
