Karnataka Premier League 2017 Auction: K Gautham, Amit Verma invite top bids

Bengaluru: The auction for sixth edition of the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) Twenty20 tournament was held on Sunday (August 6).

K Gautam and Amit Verma emerged as the costliest players in the bid as seven teams entered the fray to build the best possible side from the 215 Karnataka players.

The auction will featured the players divided into two pools. Pool A will featured the 35 marquee players with a minimum bid amount of Rs 50,000 while the remaining players were kept in Pool B, where the minimum bid amount was Rs 20,000.

Each team had a maximum purse of Rs 30 lakh, of which Rs 18 lakh was reserved for Pool A, and the remaining Rs 12 lakh for Pool B players.

Each team can retain four senior players and have 18 players in all.

Here is a list of the best selling players (all sums read in Indian Rupees):

KL Rahul - Ballary Tuskers - Rs 500000

Pawan KB - Ballary Tuskers - Rs 3 lakh

Anirudha Joshi - Namma Shivamogga - Rs 5.8 Lakh

Amit Verma - Bellary Tuskers - Rs 7.20 lakh

K Gautham - Belgaum Panthers - Rs 7.2 lakh

Mayank Agarwal - Bangalore Blasters - Rs 7 lakh

R. Sarath - Bangalore Blasters - Rs 5.9 lakh

Anirudh Joshi - Belgaum Panthers - Rs 5.8 lakh

Sunil Raju - Mysore Warriors - Rs 5 lakh