<p>The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction ahead of the eighth season started off here Monday with a big surprise as South African opener Hashim Amla remained unsold.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Amla, with a base price of 200 lakh, was the first player to go under the hammer but remained unsold.<br /><br />Amla, who is currently on national duty with South Africa in the World Cup, averages an incredible 55.93 in 108 One-Day Internationals (ODI) played.<br /><br />He has scored 19 hundreds and 27 fifties with a highest score of 153 out. He also has 23 Test centuries to his name and averages 52.78 in the longest format of the game.<br /><br />He has played 26 Twenty20 internationals, scoring 600 runs at an average of 25.<br /></p>
<p>The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction ahead of the eighth season started off here Monday with a big surprise as South African opener Hashim Amla remained unsold.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Amla, with a base price of 200 lakh, was the first player to go under the hammer but remained unsold.<br /><br />Amla, who is currently on national duty with South Africa in the World Cup, averages an incredible 55.93 in 108 One-Day Internationals (ODI) played.<br /><br />He has scored 19 hundreds and 27 fifties with a highest score of 153 out. He also has 23 Test centuries to his name and averages 52.78 in the longest format of the game.<br /><br />He has played 26 Twenty20 internationals, scoring 600 runs at an average of 25.<br /></p>