Once again the most popular T20 league in the world the TataIPL2023 has garnered attention for all the right reasons . And taking the spotlight at the mini auction at Kochi was the young English all-rounder Sam Curran became the highest ever IPL buy when Punjab Kings broke the bank and brought him for Rs 18.50 crore.
Australian Cameron Green followed suit to Mumbai Indians after he was sold for Rs 17.5 crore and Chennai Super Kings pulled off the Ben Stokes deal for Rs 16.25 crore. Nicholas Pooran also commanded big bucks as Lucknow bought him for Rs 16 crore after a bidding war with Delhi Capitals.
Former England Test skipper Joe makes his much awaited IPL debut as he was bought by Rajasthan Royals for INR 1 crore.
There were others too who made heads turn – West Indian wicket- Keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran (Base price Rs. 2 crore) was sold to LSG for Rs. 16 crore. His fellow West Indian Jason Holder (Base price Rs. 2 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs. 5.75 crore. Sunrisers Hyderabad will have new Skipper as Kane Williamson (Base price Rs. 2 crore) was sold to Gujarat Titans for Rs. 2 crore. Harry Brook (Base price Rs. 1.5 crore) sold to SRH for Rs. 13.25 crore.
Here is the Full List of Sold Players in IPL Auction:
- Kane Williamson – sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 2 crore
- Harry Brook – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 13.25 crore
- Mayank Agarwal – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 8.25 crore
- Ajinkya Rahane -sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 50 lakh
- Sam Curran – sold to Punjab Kings for INR 18.50 crore
- Odean Smith – sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 50 lakh
- Sikandar Raza – sold to Punjab Kings for INR 50 lakh
- Jason Holder – sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 5.75 crore
- Cameron Green – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 17.5 crore
- Ben Stokes – sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 16.25 crore
- Nicholas Pooran -sold to Lucknow Supergiants for INR 16 crore
- Heinrich Klaasen – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 5.25 crore
- Phil Salt – sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore
- Reece Topley – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 1.9 crore
- Jaydev Unadkat – sold to Lucknow Supergiants for INR 50 lakh
- Jhye Richardson – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 1.5 crore
- Ishant Sharma – sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 50 lakh
- Adil Rashid – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2 crore
- Mayank Markande – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 50 lakh
- Shaik Rasheed – sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 20 lakh
- Vivrant Sharma – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2.6 crore
- Samarth Vyas – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakh
- Sanvir Singh – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakh
- Nishant Sindhu – sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 60 lakh
- N Jagadeesan – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 90 lakh
- KS Bharat – sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 1.2 crore
- Upendra Yadav – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 25 lakh
- Vaibhav Arora – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 60 lakh
- Yash Thakur – sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 45 lakh
- Shivam Mavi – sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 6 crore
- Mukesh Kumar – sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 5.5 crore
- Himanshu Sharma – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 20 lakh
- Manish Pandey – sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2.4 crore
- Will Jacks – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 3.2 crore
- Romario Shepherd – sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 50 lakh
- Daniel Sams – sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 75 lakh
- Kyle Jamieson- sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 1 crore
- Piyush Chawla – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 50 lakh
- Amit Mishra – sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 50 lakh
- Harpreet Singh Bhatia – sold to Punjab Kings for INR 40 lakh
- Manoj Bhandage – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 20 lakh
- Mayank Dagar – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1.8 crore
- Dusan Jansen – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh
- Prerak Mankad – sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 50 lakh
- Donovan Ferreira – sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 50 lakh
- Urvil Patel – sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 20 lakh
- Vishnu Vinod – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh
- Vidwath Kaverappa – sold to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh
- Rajan Kumar – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 70 lakh
- Suyash Sharma – sold to Kolkata Knight Rider Indians for INR 20 lakh
- Joshua Little – sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 4.4 crore
- Mohit Sharma – sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 50 lakh
- Shams Mulani – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh
- Swapnil Singh – sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 20 lakh
- David Wiese – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 1 crore
- Nitish Reddy – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakh
- Avinash Singh – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 50 lakh
- Kunal Rathore – sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakh
- Sonu Yadav – sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 20 lakh
- Kulwant Khejroliya – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 20 lakh
- Ajay Mandal – sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 20 lakh
- Mohit Rathee – sold to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh
- Nehal Wadhera – sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh
- Bhagath Varma – sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 20 lakh
- Shivam Singh – sold to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh
- Rilee Rossouw – sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 1 crore
- Litton Das – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 50 lakh
- Akeal Hosein – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1 crore
- Adam Zampa – sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1.5 crore
- Anmolpreet Singh – sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakh
- KM Asif – sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 30 lakh
- Murugan Ashwin – sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakh
- Mandeep Singh – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 50 lakh
- Akash Vashist – sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakh
- Naveen-ul-Haq – sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 50 lakh
- Yudhvir Singh Charak – sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 20 lakh
- Raghav Goyal – sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakh
- Abdul Basith – – sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakh
- Joe Root – sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1 crore
- Shakib Al Hasan – sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 1.5 crore