Cricket - India v England - Second T20 International - Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India - 29/01/17. England's Ben Stokes plays a shot. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
BANGALORE (Reuters) - England's Ben Stokes fetched a staggering $2.17 million (£1.7 million) in the Indian Premier League's (IPL) player auction on Monday, with the Rising Pune Supergiants splashing out in a frenzied bidding war to land the explosive all-rounder.
The Pune franchise fought off Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad to get the 25-year-old, paying 145 million Indian rupees despite his limited availability for the Twenty20 competition.
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