IPL 2019 | CHECK OUT CHENNAI SUPER KINGS' FINAL SQUAD AFTER THE PLAYER AUCTION

351 players were in contention for 70 possible vacant spots at the IPL 2019 Auctions in Jaipur yesterday. When the process was completed, a total of 60 were sold, including 40 Indians and 20 overseas players.

Pacer Jaydev Unadkat and mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy were the costliest buys, both going for Rs 8.4 crore each to the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab respectively.

Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have retained most of their squad, having a limit of only 2 domestic buys. Mohit Sharma, who had represented the franchise from 2013-15, was brought back. He went for INR 5 crores from a base price of INR 50 lakhs and was amongst the ten most expensive purchases in the auction.

CSK needed a batsman at the top of the order and not surprisingly, they went for Ruturaj Gaikwad for Rs 20 lakh. With no major changes, CSK will look to score big in the tournament yet again. Overall, they have a very experienced unit with the likes of Dhoni, Jadeja, Watson, Du Plessis, Raina and Harbhajan amongst their ranks and there wasn’t much for them to do at this auction.

This is how the final CSK squad looks like

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— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) December 18, 2018