England batsman Liam Livingstone became the most expensive foreign player in this season’s ongoing IPL auction as the Punjab Kings snapped him up for $1.52 million on Sunday.

Livingstone stood out on a cautious final day for the 10 teams who splurged millions on Saturday, but the first session in Bangalore on Sunday witnessed England white-ball stars including Eoin Morgan and Dawid Malan going unsold.

The attacking batsman, who hit England’s fastest T20I century in 42 balls against Pakistan last year, played for the Rajasthan Royals the previous season after being bought for $100,000.

However, Jofra Archer‘s price of $1.06m remained the day’s surprise after the franchises had been warned to pick the England quick bowler at their own risk and with a view to potential participation only in 2023 and 2024 due to his elbow injury.

Livingstone stood above overseas big buys including Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga and the West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran as the two won bids for $1.42m each on day one.

Punjab, still searching for their first IPL title in 14 seasons, also bagged West Indies pace bowler Odean Smith for nearly $800,000.

Both Livingstone, who can also bowl off-spin and leg-spin, and Smith had a base price of $130,000.

Proteas fast bowler Marco Jansen jumped from his base price of $66,000 to get $558,000 from 2016 winners the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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India’s Ishan Kishan fetched $2m on day one after Mumbai bought the wicketkeeper-batsman back to their franchise that has won a record five titles.

South Africa’s Chris Morris is the most expensive IPL player ever, selling for $2.23m last year.

© Agence France-Presse