Hard-hitting Australian batsman Chris Lynn recently resigned a two-year deal with the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League, is being tipped to bag all the limelight next year in the IPL auctions. Former Australian cricketers have already put their bets on Lynn to be the most expensive player in the IPL 2018 auctions.

The IPL 2018 auctions are set to be the biggest auctions ever in the history of the game. Considering this purse increase of 20 percent, expect the teams to be shelling out bigger bucks for the power hitters. Lynn played 7 matches for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the previous edition of the IPL. He batted with an average of almost 50 and hit the balls with a strike rate close to 180.

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting feels Chris Lynn will get a million dollar deal. “Either way I think he (Lynn) will become a million-dollar player. To hit one out of the guts first ball was a nice feeling, it shook off a lot of nerves early. (But) because I started in fifth gear, I found it hard to go down the gears and that is something I will work on. I always want to dominate any bowler in any situation of the game. I felt like I was in control. It would’ve been nice to have faced a few more balls, but it wasn’t to be. I’m pretty confident I can build on that.”