1 Mayank Agarwal, 2 KL Rahul (capt. and wk), 3 Chris Gayle, 4 Nicholas Pooran, 5 Mandeep Singh, 6 Shahrukh Khan, 7 Chris Jordan/Fabian Allen, 8 Jhye Richardson, 9 M Ashwin, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Ravi Bishnoi/Arshdeep Singh

Jhye Richardson was left feeling exhausted after he earned a "life-changing" bid at the IPL auction while his Australia and now Punjab Kings team-mate Riley Meredith termed his outcome in becoming the most expensive uncapped overseas player as "pretty outrageous."

Richardson fetched AUD 2.48 million (INR 14 crore/USD 1.9 million) amid frenzied bidding for the pace bowler who was the leading wicket-taker in this season's BBL while Meredith, who plays for the Hobart Hurricanes, was also in steep demand as he earned AUD 1.42 million (INR 8 crore/USD 1 million) despite being yet to make his international debut.

"I don't really remember too much about it. It's almost a blank, I was watching it but felt like I wasn't watching it. After everything that's happened you are obviously really excited then you hit this massive wall, it was pretty late, I had all this emotion, all the adrenaline, a load of messages coming through on my phone and then completely crashed and felt exhausted. I feel like I played a game, mentally exhausted myself. Still sinking in, that's for sure.