IPL 2018 players auction: Uncapped players shine as bidders tussle

Uncapped players found themselves in demand during the IPL 2018 player auction. A lot of the younger players who are yet to don the Team India uniform were sold for much higher than their seniors.
Krunal Pandya was the pick of the uncapped players as Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad putting in bids. In the end, it was RCB that managed to out in the winning bid at Rs 88 million. However, no sooner did auctioneer Richard Madley ask approach them, the Mumbai Indians raised the Right To Match card, retaining the second Pandya brother in the process.
Other uncapped players to attract bids include Jofra Archer who was acquired by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 72 million and Ishan Kishan who was picked up by the Mumbai Indians for Rs 62 million.
Interestingly, teams seemed to put more might and money behind acquiring younger players, capped or uncapped. This means established players with a history of attracting the bigger bids like Yuvraj Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, and Gautam Gambhir went for less than the top uncapped players even as players like Ishant Sharma, Mitchell Johnson, Tim Southee and Lasith Malinga found no takers at all.