England's wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith with a base price of Rs 2 crore goes unsold as Gujarat Titans complete a bid but decide against it.
India pacer Akash Deep is sold to KKR for his base price of Rs 1 crore.
New Zealand's Matt Henry is bought by CSK for his base price of Rs 2 crore.
Pacer Shivam Mavi is sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 75 lakh.
Leg-spinner Rahul Chahar gets the opening bid of Rs 1 crore from CSK followed by Punjab Kings.
The price doubles to Rs 2 crore soon before the two teams take it past Rs 3 crore.
Both teams keen on getting a wrist spinner in their squad as they swell the bid past Rs 4 crore mark.
Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia has a phone conversation possibly with coach Ricky Ponting before they decide to raise the bid to Rs 4.6 crore.
CSK respond quickly as Chahar's price cross the Rs 5 crore mark.
Punjab pull out of the race as CSK buy Chahar for Rs 5.2 crore.
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