Yuzvendra Chahal entered the IPL auction with ₹2 crore base price. GT and CSK started the bidding war. GT have the bid at ₹5.75 crore, but PBKS entered at ₹6 crore. After LSG entered wth ₹7.25 crore bid, Titans pulled out, but Punjab kept the bid going. With SRH entering the battle, the bid raised to a whopping ₹17.75 crore. At the end, Punjab raised the bid to ₹18 crore.