IPL: Year-wise best signing in the auctions
Over the years, the think tanks of each franchise have done a tremendous job in picking up one or two brilliant players every season.
2017 edition – Ben Stokes, Rising Pune Supergiant (INR 14.5 crore)
The 2017 auction was lit off by the presence of Ben Stokes in it and was signed up for a massive INR 14.5 Crore by the Rising Pune Supergiant. The English all-rounder entered the tournament with tremendous pressure on him to perform well and he made the price-tag pressure look like a mere myth from the past.
With the bat and ball, he was at it for the RPS side and performed well pretty much every game. Due to international commitments, he couldn’t continue after the league stages were done and had flown back to England. Nevertheless, he was named the Most Valuable Player that season, the only time in history that the costliest player of the tournament had won it.
He scored 316 runs with the bat and also chipped in with a handy 12 wickets. He scored a fabulous hundred against Gujarat Lions as well, which happens to be his only 100 in T20 cricket. He also bowled at an economy under 7.5 and was crucial in the death overs for them.
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