IPL Auction 2023: Sam Curran tops the bidding in the IPL History

IPL Auction 2023:  In the Mini-auction, all-rounders cost teams big money. Sam Curran became the most expensive player in league history after signed by Punjab Kings for 18.5 crores. Mumbai Indians signed Australian all-rounder Cameron Green for 17.5 crores. A further all-rounder in high trend, Chennai Super Kings paid 16.25 crore for Ben Stokes.

In the meantime, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals made a last-minute acquisition. By signing Shakib Al Hasan for 1.5 crores and Joe Root for 1 crore respectively. Harry Brook bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for 13.5 crores. Despite a relatively uneventful World Cup. Nicholas Pooran’s acquisition by Lucknow Super Giants for 16 million rupees was the greatest astonishment.

IPL Auction 2023: Chennai Super Kings

CSK Players Retained: MS Dhoni (Captain), Devon Conway; Ruturaj Gaikwad; Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube; Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, and Maheesh Theekshana.

CSK Auction Buys in IPL Auction 2023: Ben Stokes (16.25 crore), Ajinkya Rahane (50 Lakh),  Shaik Rasheed (20 lakh), Nishant Sandhu (60 lakh), Kyle Jamieson (1 crore), Ajay Mandal (20 lakh), Bhagath Varma (20 lakh).

IPL Auction 2023: Delhi Capitals

DC Retained Players: Rishabh Pant (Captain), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, and Vicky Ostwal, Aman Khan (Trade In).

DC Buys in IPL Auction 2023: Phil Salt (2 crore), Ishant Sharma (50 lakh), Mukesh Kumar (5.5 crore), Manish Pandey (2.4 crore), Rilee Rossouw (4.6 crore).

IPL Auction 2023: Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar.

Punjab Kings Auction Buys in IPL Auction 2023: Sam Curran (INR 18.50 crore), Sikandar Raza (INR 50 lakh), Harpreet Bhatia (INR 40 lakh), Vidwath Kaverappa (INR 20 lakh), Mohit Rathee (INR 20 lakh), Shivam Singh (INR 20 lakh).

IPL Auction 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, and Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (Traded in), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Traded in), Lockie Ferguson (Traded in).

KKR Auction Buys in IPL Auction 2023: Narayan Jagdeesan (90 lakh), Vaibhav Arora (60 lakh), Suyash Sharma (20 lakh), David Wiese (1 crore), Kulwant Khejroliya (20 lakh), Litton Das (50 lakh), Mandeep Singh (50 lakhs), Shakib Al Hasan (1.5 crore).

IPL Auction 2023: Mumbai Indians

MI Retained Players: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, and Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff (traded In). 

MI Auction Buys in IPL Auction 2023: Cameron Green (17.50 crore), Jhye Richardson (1.50 crore), Piyush Chawla (50 lakh), Duan Jenson (20 lakh), Vishnu Vinod (20 lakh), Shams Mulani (20 lakh), Nehal Wadhera (20 lakh), Raghav Goyal (20 lakh).

IPL Auction 2023: Royal Challenger’s Bangalore

RCB Retained Players: Faf du Plessis (Captain), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, and Akash Deep

RCB Auction Buys in IPL Auction 2023: Reece Topley (1.9 crore), Will Jacks (3.2 crore), Manoj Bhandage (20 lakh), Rajan Kumar (70 lakh), Avinash Singh (60 lakh), Sonu Yadav (20 lakh), Himanshu Sharma (20 lakh).

Sunrisers Hyderabad

IPL Auction 2023: SRH Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, and Umran Malik

SRH Auction Buys in IPL Auction 2023: Harry Brook (13.25 crore), Mayank Agarwal (8.25 crore), Heinrich Klassen (5.25), Adil Rashid (2 crore), Mayank Markande (50 lakh), Vivrant Sharma (2.6 crore), Samarth Vyas (20 lakh), Sanvir Singh (20 lakh), Upendra Singh Yadav (25 lakh), Mayank Dagar (1.8 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (20 lakh), Akeal Hosein (1 crore), Anmolpreet Singh (50 lakh).

Gujarat Titans

GT Players Retained: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, and Noor Ahmad.

Gujarat Titans’ Buys in IPL Auction 2023: Kane Williamson (2 crore), Odean Smith (50 lakh), K.S. Bharat (1.2 crore), Shivam Mavi (6 crore), Urvil Patel (20 lakh), Joshua Little (4.4 crore), Mohit Sharma (50 lakh).

Lucknow Super Giants

LSG Retained Players: KL Rahul (Captain), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi.

Lucknow Super Giants Buys: Nicholas Pooran (Rs 16 Cr), Jaydev Unadkat (Rs 50 lakh), Yash Thakur (Rs 45 lakh), Romario Shepherd (Rs 50 lakh), Daniel Sams (Rs 75 lakh), Amit Mishra (Rs 50 lakh), Prerak Mankad (Rs 20 lakh), Swapnil Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Naveen UL Haq (Rs 50 lakh), Yudhvir Charak (Rs 20 lakh).

Rajasthan Royals

RR Retained Players: Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa.

RR Auction Buys in IPL Auction 2023: Jason Holder (INR 5.75 crore), Donovan Ferreira (INR 50 lakh), Kunal Rathore (INR 20 lakh), Adam Zampa (INR 1.5 crore), KM Asif (INR 30 lakh), Murugan Ashwin (INR 20 lakh), Akash Vashisht (INR 20 lakh), Abdul P. A (INR 20 lakh), Joe Root (INR 1 crore).

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