Kolkata Knight Riders snapped up England's World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan for Rs 5.25 crore at the Indian Premier League 2020 auction at Kolkata on Thursday.
Delhi Capitals and KKR went hard for Morgan, whose base price was Rs 1.5 crore. But KKR coach had the last laugh, as he managed to rope the English cricketer who might also end up captaining the side.
Earlier, Australian big-hitting opener Chris Lynn was sold to Mumbai Indians for his base price of Rs 2 crore.
As many as 332 cricketers will go under the hammer at the IPL auction, with Australia's Glenn Maxwell and South African Dale Steyn among those opting for the highest base price of Rs 2 crore.
This year's auction is a small one with only 73 slots are there to be filled in the eight franchises and only 29 of them can be foreign buys.
