The Indian Premier League mini auction saw crores of rupees being spent in mere hours as franchises broke the bank for several big guns like Sam Curran, Ben Stokes, Cameron Green and Nicholas Pooran.
Sam Curran became the most expensive player in IPL auction history as he as bought by Punjab Kings for a record-breaking Rs 18.5 crore. Mumbai Indians paid a whopping INR 17.5 crore for Kieron Pollard replacement in Cameron Green. Chennai Super Kings roped in England all-rounder Ben Stokes for Rs 16.25 crore. Nicholas Pooran got big attraction from the franchises and eventually, Lucknow Super Giants signed him for Rs 16 crore.
Total Money Spent by 10 franchises: Rs 1,67,00,00,000
Total players sold: 80 (Overseas 29)
Most expensive player: Sam Curran (England, Punjab Kings) Rs 18.5 crore
Most expensive Indian player: Mayank Agarwal (Sunrisers Hyderabad) Rs 8.25 crore
Most expensive uncapped Indian player: Shivam Mavi (Gujarat Titans) Rs 6 crore.
Here is a Team-wise breakdown of the auction
Chennai Super Kings:
Funds Spent: Rs 18,95,00,000; Funds Available: Rs 1,50,00,000
Total Players: 25 (Overseas: 8); Buys: 7, Retained: 18
Ben Stokes (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 16,25,00,000
Kyle Jamieson (Overseas Bowler) Rs 1,00,00,000
Nishant Sindhu (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 60,00,000
Ajinkya Rahane (Indian Batter) Rs 50,00,000
Bhagath Varma (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Ajay Mandal (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Shaik Rasheed (Indian Batter) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati , Tushar Deshpande.
Delhi Capitals:
Funds Spent: Rs 15,00,00,000; Funds Available: Rs 4,45,00,000
Total Players: 25 (Overseas: 8); Buys: 5, Retained: 20
Mukesh Kumar (Indian Bowler) Rs 5,50,00,000
Rilee Rossouw (Overseas Batter) Rs 4,60,00,000
Manish Pandey (Indian Batter) Rs 2,40,00,000
Phil Salt (Overseas Wicket-Keeper) Rs 2,00,00,000
Ishant Sharma (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000
Retained Players: Aman Khan, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, Chetan Sakariya, David Warner, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mustafizur Rahman, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rishabh Pant, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan , Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull.
Gujarat Titans
Funds Spent: Rs 14,80,00,000; Funds Available: Rs 4,45,00,000
Total Players: 25 (Overseas 8); Buys: 7, Retained: 18
Shivam Mavi (Indian Bowler) Rs 6,00,00,000
Joshua Little (Overseas Bowler) Rs 4,40,00,000
Kane Williamson (Overseas Batter) Rs 2,00,00,000
KS Bharat (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 1,20,00,000
Mohit Sharma (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000
Odean Smith (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 50,00,000
Urvil Patel (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Hardik Pandya, Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan*, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Funds Spent: Rs 5,40,00,000; Funds Available: Rs 1,65,00,000
Total Players: 22 (Overseas 8); Buys 8, Retained: 14
Shakib Al Hasan (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 1,50,00,000
David Wiese (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 1,00,00,000
N Jagadeesan (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 90,00,000
Vaibhav Arora (Indian Bowler) Rs 60,00,000
Mandeep Singh (Indian Batter) Rs 50,00,000
Litton Das (Overseas Wicket-Keeper) Rs 50,00,000
Kulwant Khejroliya (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000
Suyash Sharma (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer
Lucknow Super Giants:
Funds Spent: Rs 19,80,00,000; Funds Available: Rs 3,55,00,000
Total Players: 25 (Overseas 8); Buys: 10, Retained: 15
Nicholas Pooran (Overseas Wicket-Keeper) Rs 16,00,00,000
Daniel Sams (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 75,00,000
Amit Mishra (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000
Romario Shepherd (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 50,00,000
Naveen Ul Haq (Overseas Bowler) Rs 50,00,000
Jaydev Unadkat (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000
Yash Thakur (Indian Bowler) Rs 45,00,000
Swapnil Singh (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Yudhvir Charak (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Prerak Mankad (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: KL Rahul, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi
Mumbai Indians:
Funds Spent: Rs 20,50,00,000; Funds Available: Rs 5,00,000
Total Players: 24 (Overseas 8); Buys: 8, Retained: 16
Cameron Green (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 17,50,00,000
Jhye Richardson (Overseas Bowler) Rs 1,50,00,000
Piyush Chawla (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000
Nehal Wadhera (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Raghav Goyal (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000
Vishnu Vinod (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 20,00,000
Duan Jansen (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Shams Mulani (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Hrithik Shokeen, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs
Punjab Kings:
Funds Spent: Rs 20,00,00,000; Funds Available: Rs 12,20,00,000
Total Players: 22 (Overseas 7); Buys: 6, Retained: 16
Sam Curran (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 18,50,00,000
Sikandar Raza (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 50,00,000
Harpreet Bhatia (Indian Batter) Rs 40,00,000
Shivam Singh (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Vidwath Kaverappa (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000
Mohit Rathee (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Raj Angad Bawa, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Baltej Singh Dhanda, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Nathan Ellis, Bhanuka Rajapakse
Rajasthan Royals:
Funds Spent: Rs 9,85,00,000; Funds Available: Rs 3,35,00,000
Total Players: 25 (Overseas 8); Buys: 9, Retained: 16
Jason Holder (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 5,75,00,000
Adam Zampa (Overseas Bowler) Rs 1,50,00,000
Joe Root (Overseas Batter) Rs 1,00,00,000
Donovan Ferreira (Overseas Wicket-Keeper) Rs 50,00,000
KM Asif (Indian Bowler) Rs 30,00,000
Abdul PA (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Akash Vashisht (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Kunal Rathore (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 20,00,000
Murugan Ashwin (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Jos Buttler, KC Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Funds Spent: Rs 7,00,00,000, Funds Available: Rs 1,75,00,000
Total Players: 25 (Overseas 8), Buys: 7, Retained: 18
Will Jacks (Overseas Batter) Rs 3,20,00,000
Reece Topley (Overseas Bowler) Rs 1,90,00,000
Rajan Kumar (Indian Bowler) Rs 70,00,000
Avinash Singh (Indian Bowler) Rs 60,00,000
Sonu Yadav (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Himanshu Sharma (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000
Manoj Bhandage (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Wanindu Hasaranga.
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Funds Spent: Rs 35,70,00,000, Funds Available: Rs 6,55,00,000
Total Players: 25 (Overseas 8), Buys: 13, Retained: 12
Harry Brook (Overseas Batter) Rs 13,25,00,000
Mayank Agarwal (Indian Batter) Rs 8,25,00,000
Heinrich Klaasen (Overseas Wicket-Keeper) Rs 5,25,00,000
Vivrant Sharma (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 2,60,00,000
Adil Rashid (Overseas Bowler) Rs 2,00,00,000
Mayank Dagar (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 1,80,00,000
Akeal Hosein (Overseas Bowler) Rs 1,00,00,000
Mayank Markande (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000
Upendra Singh Yadav (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 25,00,000
Sanvir Singh (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Anmolpreet Singh (Indian Batter) Rs 20,00,000
Samarth Vyas (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Nitish Kumar Reddy (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Glenn Phillips, Kartik Tyagi, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar.
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