IPL auction records tumble as Rishabh Pant and Jofra Archer snapped up

  • Shreyas Iyer sets new bidding mark before being eclipsed
  • England captain Jos Buttler snapped up by Gujarat Titans

Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history when he sold for a record $3.2m (£2.54m) on Sunday, as teams splashed out on world-class players for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.

A total of 577 players are up for grabs at the two-day auction in Jeddah, with Pant, the England veteran Jimmy Anderson and the New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra among the top names.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian