IPL Auction 2018: Top 5 most expensive players

Ex-Rising Pune Supergiants' Ben Stokes became the most expensive players of IPL 2018 while Jaydev Unadkat became the most expensive Indian of 2018 Indian Premier League.

Ex-Rising Pune Supergiants all-rounder and Englishman Ben Stokes became the most expensive player of IPL auction 2018 after Rajasthan Royals grabbed him for a whopping Rs 12.5 crores. | PTI 

Jaydev Unadkat became the most expensive Indian of IPL auction 2018 after Rajasthan bought him for an enormous Rs 11.5 crores. He previously played for Rising Pune Supergiants. | PTI

Kolkata Knight Riders' Manish Pandey surprisingly became the third most expensive player after Sunrisers Hyderabad got him for Rs 11 crores. (File photo | PTI)

KL Rahul's recent form made him the fourth most expensive player after he was grabbed by Kings XI Punjab for a massive Rs 11 crores.| Vinod Kumar T

Kolkata Knight Riders got Australian Chris Lynn for Rs 9.5 crores, making him the fifth most expensive player of IPL 2018. (File|PTI)