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Moeen Ali fetches £700,000 but No 1 T20 batsman Dawid Malan goes for just £150,000 as England stars are among big names sold in early round of IPL auction

England all-rounder Moeen Ali was bought for nearly £700,000 by Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League auction.

Chennai were involved in a bidding battle with Punjab Kings before eventually securing the 33-year-old's services, while fellow England star and number one T20 batsman Dawid Malan sold for just under £150,000 to Punjab in the early rounds of the auctions.

The IPL is scheduled to run from April to June this year.

Moeen Ali was bought for u00a3700,000 by Chennai Super Kings
Dawid Malan went for just u00a3150,000 to Punjab Kings

The most expensive player in the 2021 auctions so far is South Africa's Chris Morris, bought for £1.