Delhi Daredevils went into the auction after having retained three players namely Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Chris Morris. They used both their RTM options on world-class pacers – Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Shami.
Daredevils even managed to get back Gautam Gambhir for the upcoming IPL season. Along with Gambhir, DD bought a total of 22 players to complete their 25-man squad with eight overseas players.
List of players bought by Delhi Daredevils at the IPL 2018 auction:
- Glenn Maxwell – INR 9 crores
 - Kagiso Rabada – INR 4.2 crores
 - Amit Mishra – INR 4 crores
 - Shahbaz Nadeem – INR 3.2 crores
 - Vijay Shankar – INR 3.2 crores
 - Rahul Tewatia – INR 3 crores
 - Mohammad Shami – INR 3 crores
 - Gautam Gambhir – INR 2.8 crores
 - Trent Boult – INR 2.2 crores
 - Colin Munro – INR 1.9 crores
 - Daniel Christian – INR 1.5 crores
 - Jason Roy – INR 1.5 crores
 - Naman Ojha – INR 1.4 crores
 - Prithvi Shaw – INR 1.2 crores
 - Gurkeerat Singh Mann – INR 75 lakhs
 - Avesh Khan – INR 70 lakhs
 - Abhishek Sharma – INR 55 lakhs
 - Jayant Yadav – INR 50 lakhs
 - Harshal Patel – INR 20 lakhs
 - Manjot Kalra – INR 20 lakhs
 - Sandeep Lamichhane – INR 20 lakhs
 - Sayan Ghosh – INR 20 lakhs
 
The 17-year-old Sandeep Lamichhane bought by Daredevils is the first ever Nepali player to be picked in the IPL auction.
