Hardik Pandya will captain the Ahmedabad franchise and KL Rahul will captain the Lucknow staff, the 2 new IPL groups confirmed on Friday whereas asserting their three draft picks forward of the mega public sale.
CVC-owned Ahmedabad has picked Hardik and Afghanistan star spinner Rashid Khan for Rs 15 crore every, whereas spending Rs 7 crore for batsman Shubman Gill, their director of cricket Vikram Solanki introduced on Star Sports.
The Lucknow franchise, owned by the RPSG Group, signed Rahul for Rs 17 crore, Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis for Rs 9.2 crore and uncapped leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi for Rs 4 crore.
He will kind the remainder of his staff within the mega public sale to be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
