Even before the start of the 2016 vivo IPL draft, there was much noise
about the players to be picked by the two new franchises. Without a
doubt, MS Dhoni topped the list and was the first one to be picked by
the Pune based franchise owned by Sanjiv Goenka. Here is the complete
list of players who were the top picks in the player draft.
|
Player
|
Franchise
|
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MS Dhoni
|
Team Pune
|
|
Suresh Raina
|
Team Rajkot
|
|
Ajinkya Rahane
|
Team Pune
|
|
Ravindra Jadeja
|
Team Rajkot
|
|
Ravichandran Ashwin
|
Team Pune
|
|
Brendon McCullum
|
Team Rajkot
|
|
Steven Smith
|
Team Pune
|
|
James Faulkner
|
Team Rajkot
|
|
Faf du Plessis
|
Team Pune
|
|
Dwayne Bravo
|
Team Rajkot
|