Indian Premier League 2016 - Full squads February 06 2016

Rising Pune SuperGiants
Players acquired in draft: Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Faf du Plessis, Steven Smith
Acquired in auction: Kevin Pietersen (3.5 Crore), Ishant Sharma (3.8 Crore), Irfan Pathan (1 Crore), Mitchell Marsh (4.8 Crore), RP Singh (30 Lakhs), Ankit Sharma (10 Lakhs), Rajat Bhatia (60 Lakhs), Ishwar Pandey (20 Lakhs), Murugan Ashwin (4.5 Crore), Ankush Bains (10 Lakhs), Peter Handscomb (30 Lakhs), Baba Aparajith (10 Lakhs), Deepak Chahar (10 Lakhs), Thisara Perera (1 Crore), Ashok Dinda (50 Lakhs), Scott Boland (50 Lakhs), Adam Zampa (30 Lakhs), Jaskaran Singh (10 Lakhs)
From their approach, it appeared that Pune were keen to recreate the Chennai Super Kings magic with MS Dhoni and Stephen Fleming at the helm of the affairs. The managed the big names, roped in Indian seamers and also got hold of a couple of quality overseas all-rounders. Pune also chose not to bid too big, with their biggest buy being just under the 5 crore mark, proving that they are not amateurs despite this being their first auction.
Gujarat Lions
Players acquired in draft: Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner
Acquired in auction: Dwayne Smith (2.3 Crore), Dale Steyn (2.3 Crore), Dinesh Karthik (2.3 Crore), Dhawal Kulkarni (2 Crore), Praveen Kumar (3.5 Crore), Paras Dogra (10 Lakhs), Ishan Kishan (35 Lakhs), Ekalavya Dwivedi (1 Crore), Pradeep Sangwan (20 Lakhs), Pravin Tambe (20 Lakhs), Shivil Kaushik (10 Lakhs), Sarbajeet Ladda (10 Lakhs), Aaron Finch (1 Crore), Umang Sharma (10 Lakhs), Jaydev Shah (20 Lakhs), Andrew Tye (50 Lakhs), Shadab Jakati (20 Lakhs), Amit Mishra (10 Lakhs), Akshdeep Nath (10 Lakhs)
With Suresh Raina leading Gujarat, the squad is filled with players from Uttar Pradesh, the winners of the recently-concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. Like Pune, Gujarat too did not spend a lot, considering that their IPL stay is only for two years. They went about smartly, with their biggest buy coming at under 4 crore.
Delhi Daredevils
Retention and transfers: Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Shami, Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreyas Iyer, Zaheer Khan, Albie Morkel, Imran Tahir, Jean-Paul Duminy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Quinton de Kock
Acquired in auction: Sanju Samson (4.2 Crore), Chris Morris (7 Crore), Carlos Brathwaite (4.2 Crore), Karun Nair (4 Crore), Rishabh Pant (1.9 Crore), Pawan Negi (8.5 Crore), Sam Billings (30 Lakhs), Joel Paris (30 Lakhs) Chama Milind (10 Lakhs), Pratyush Singh (10 Lakhs), Syed Khaleel Ahmed (10 Lakhs), Pawan Suyal (10 Lakhs), Akhil Herwadkar (10 Lakhs), Mahipal Lomror (10 Lakhs)
Youngsters were their focus in this auction and they pulled off a few surprises, buying the likes of Negi, Morris, Nair and Brathwaite for big sums. But at the end of it, Delhi Daredevils ensured that they finished with a settled squad. A couple of surprising aspects of Delhi's strategy were that they did not go for the big guns at the start and they also ended up with three wicket-keepers.
Kings XI Punjab
Retention and transfers: Axar Patel, Anureet Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manan Vohra, Murali Vijay, Nikhil Shankar Naik, Rishi Dhawan, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Wriddhiman Saha, David Miller, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh
Acquired in auction: Mohit Sharma (6.5 Crore), Marcus Stoinis (55 Lakhs), Kyle Abbott (2.1 Crore), KC Cariappa (80 Lakhs), Pardeep Sahu (10 Lakhs), Armaan Jaffer, (10 Lakhs), Swapnil Singh (10 Lakhs), Farhaan Behardien (30 Lakhs)
Like Delhi, KXIP also did not register any bids for the marque players. They instead chose to go for domestic names, while Mohit and Abbott were their biggest buys. However KXIP failed to address certain issues. They lack of a power-hitter at the top of the order in the absence of Virender Sehwag, they do not have adequate strength in the spin department while they also failed to get hold of a back-up wicketkeeper.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retention and transfers: Gautam Gambhir, Kuldeep Yadav,