Punjab Kings broke the bank for English all-rounder Sam Curran, who became the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League during the 2023 mini-auction.
At the Grand Hyatt hotel in Kochi, the Shikhar Dhawan-led side shelled out INR 18.5 crore for Curran, who had a base reserve price of INR 2 crore.
Curran’s selling price surpassed the record set by Rajasthan Royals when the side had bid INR 16.25 crore for South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris ahead of the 2021 season.
Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore entered the bidding race to get the Player of the Match of the T20 World Cup final as his price quickly reached Rs 7 crore, at which point RR joined the bidding. RCB dropped out shortly after as RR and MI continued to engage in a fierce bidding war. Chennai Super Kings, PBKS and Lucknow Super Giants entered the fray too, but Punjab eventually sealed the deal.
Later, Cameron Green also crossed the mark with MI agreeing to a INR 17.5 crore deal with the Aussie.
Ben Stokes, meanwhile, equalled Morris’ mark as CSK roped him in. He will be seen as a potential successor to skipper MS Dhoni, who could be playing his last season in front of the Chepauk crowd.
West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran became the most expensive wicketkeeper ever, going for eight times his base price to LSG at INR 16 crore.
SOLD PLAYERS
BATTERS
READ AS --> Player Name - Base Price (in ₹) - Selling Price (in ₹) - Team
Kane Williamson - 2 crore - 2 crore - Gujarat Titans
Harry Brook - 1.5 crore - 13.25 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mayank Agarwal - 1 crore - 8.25 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Ajinkya Rahane - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
Shaik Rasheed - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
Manish Pandey - 1 crore - 2.4 crore - Delhi Capitals
Will Jacks - 1.5 crore - 3.2 crore - Royal Challengers Bangalore
Harpreet Bhatia - 20 lakh - 40 lakh - Punjab Kings
Rilee Rossouw - 2 crore - 4.6 crore - Delhi Capitals
Anmolpreet Singh - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mandeep Singh - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Kolkata Knight RIders
Joe Root - 1 crore - 1 crore - Rajasthan Royals
BOWLERS
READ AS --> Player Name - Base Price (in ₹) - Selling Price (in ₹) - Team
Reece Topley - 75 lakh - 1.9 crore - Royal Challengers Bangalore
Jaydev Unadkat - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
Jhye Richardson - 1.5 crore - 1.5 crore - Mumbai Indians
Ishant Sharma - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Delhi Capitals
Adil Rashid - 2 crore - 2 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mayank Markande - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Vaibhav Arora - 20 lakh - 60 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
Yash Thakur - 20 lakh - 45 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
Shivam Mavi - 40 lakh - 6 crore - Gujarat Titans
Mukesh Kumar - 20 lakh - 5.5 crore - Delhi Capitals
Himanshu Sharma - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore
Kyle Jamieson - 1 crore - 1 crore - Chennai Super Kings
Piyush Chawla - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Mumbai Indians
Amit Mishra - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
Vidwath Kaverappa - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Punjab Kings
Rajan Kumar - 20 lakh - 70 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore
Suyash Sharma - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
Joshua Little - 50 lakh - 4.4 crore - Gujarat Titans
Mohit Sharma - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Gujarat Titans
Avinash Singh - 20 lakh - 60 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore
Kulwant Khejroliya - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
Akeal Hosein - 1 crore - 1 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Adam Zampa - 1.5 crore - 1.5 crore - Rajasthan Royals
KM Asif - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Murugan Ashwin - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Naveen Ul Haq - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
Raghav Goyal - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Mumbai Indians
ALL-ROUNDERS
READ AS --> Player Name - Base Price (in ₹) - Selling Price (in ₹) - Team
Sam Curran - 2 crore - 18.5 crore - Punjab Kings
Odean Smith - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Gujarat Titans
Sikandar Raza - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Punjab Kings
Jason Holder - 2 crore - 5.75 crore - Rajasthan Royals
Cameron Green - 2 crore - 17.50 crore - Mumbai Indians
Ben Stokes - 2 crore - 16.25 crore - Chennai Super Kings
Vivrant Sharma - 20 lakh - 2.6 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Samarth Vyas - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sanvir Singh - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Nishant Sindhu - 20 lakh - 60 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
Romario Shepherd - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
Daniel Sams - 75 lakh - 75 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
Manoj Bhandage - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore
Mayank Dagar - 20 lakh - 1.8 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Duan Jansen - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Mumbai Indians
Prerak Mankad - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
Shams Mulani - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Mumbai Indians
Swapnil Singh - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
David Wiese - 1 crore - 1 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
Sonu Yadav - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore
Ajay Mandal - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
Mohit Rathee - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Punjab Kings
Nehal Wadhera - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Mumbai Indians
Bhagath Varma - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
Shivam Singh - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Punjab Kings
Akash Vashisht - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Yudhvir Charak - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
Abdul PA - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Shakib Al Hasan - 1.5 crore - 1.5 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
WICKETKEEPERS
READ AS --> Player Name - Base Price (in ₹) - Selling Price (in ₹) - Team
Nicholas Pooran - 2 crore - 16 crore - Lucknow Super Giants
Heinrich Klaasen - 1 crore - 5.25 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Phil Salt - 2 crore - 2 crore - Delhi Capitals
N. Jagadeesan - 20 lakh - 90 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
KS Bharat - 20 lakh - 1.2 crore - Gujarat Titans
Upendra Singh Yadav - 20 lakh - 25 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Donovan Ferreira - 20 lakh - 50 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Urvil Patel - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Gujarat Titans
Vishnu Vinod - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Mumbai Indians
Nitish Kumar Reddy - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kunal Rathore - 20 lakh - 20 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Litton Das - 50 lakh - 50 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
UNSOLD PLAYERS
BATTERS
READ AS --> Player Name - Base Price (in ₹)
Chethan LR - 20 lakh
Shubham Khajuria - 20 lakh
Rohan Kunnummal - 20 lakh
Himmat Singh - 20 lakh
Paul Stirling - 50 lakh
Rassie van der Dussen - 2 crore
Sherfane Rutherford - 1.5 crore
Travis Head - 2 crore
Dawid Malan - 1.5 crore
Will Smeed - 40 lakh
Priyank Panchal - 20 lakh
Sanjay Ramaswamy - 20 lakh
Prashant Chopra - 20 lakh
Ekant Sen - 20 lakh
BOWLERS
READ AS --> Player Name - Base Price (in ₹)
Chris Jordan - 2 crore
Adam Milne - 2 crore
Tabraiz Shamsi - 1 crore
Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 1 crore
Mujtaba Yousuf - 20 lakh
Lance Morris - 30 lakh
Chintal Gandhi - 20 lakh
Izharulhuq Naveed - 20 lakh
Shreyas Gopal - 20 lakh
S Midhun - 20 lakh
Riley Meredith - 1.5 crore
Sandeep Sharma - 50 lakh
Taskin Ahmed - 50 lakh
Dushmantha Chameera - 50 lakh
Blessing Muzarabani - 50 lakh
Akash Singh - 20 lakh
Paul van Meekeren - 20 lakh
Tejas Baroka - 20 lakh
Yuvraj Chudasama - 20 lakh
Richard Gleeson - 50 lakh
Dilshan Madushanka - 50 lakh
Varun Aaron - 50 lakh
Shubham Kapse - 20 lakh
Trilok Nag - 20 lakh
ALL-ROUNDERS
READ AS --> Player Name - Base Price (in ₹)
Priyam Garg - 20 lakh
Saurabh Kumar - 20 lakh
Corbin Bosch - 20 lakh
Abhimanyu Easwaran - 20 lakh
Shashank Singh - 20 lakh
Daryl Mitchell - 1 crore
Mohammad Nabi - 1 crore
Wayne Parnell - 75 lakh
Jimmy Neesham - 2 crore
Dasun Shanaka - 50 lakh
Suryansh Shedge - 20 lakh
Jagadeesha Suchith - 20 lakh
Jamie Overton - 2 crore
Himanshu Bisht - 20 lakh
Sumit Verma - 20 lakh
Sanjay Yadav - 20 lakh
Rehan Ahmed - 50 lakh
Tom Curran - 75 lakh
B. Surya - 20 lakh
Jitender Pal - 20 lakh
Utkarsh Singh - 20 lakh
Deepesh Nailwal - 20 lakh
Shubhang Hegde - 20 lakh
WICKETKEEPERS
READ AS --> Player Name - Base Price (in ₹)
Kusal Mendis - 50 lakh
Tom Banton - 2 crore
Sumit Kumar - 20 lakh
Dinesh Bana - 20 lakh
Mohammed Azharuddeen - 20 lakh
Baba Indrajith - 20 lakh
Kirant Shinde - 20 lakh
Ajitesh Guruswamy - 20 lakh
FULL SQUADS UPDATED AFTER AUCTION
The IPL 2023 auction took place on Friday, December 23. It started at 2:30PM IST and was live telecast on the Star Sports Network on TV. It was available for digital live streaming on the Jio Cinema app.
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