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IPL Auction 2023 Highlights: Sam Curran Sold For Record Rs 18.50 Crore, Cameron Green Bags Rs 17.5 Crore

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IPL Auction 2023 Highlights: Sam Curran Sold For Record Rs 18.50 Crore, Cameron Green Bags Rs 17.5 Crore
(Source: Indian Premier League)
3 years ago
The 10 teams in the tournament will start bidding soon to fill 87 available slots between them.
Dec 23, 2022 21:49 (IST)
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The IPL auction saw teams shelling out Rs 167 crore to onboard 80 players for the upcoming edition of the coveted T20 tournament. Of the players bought on Friday, 29 are foreigners.

Of the players that went on the block, 71 remained unsold. From the 405 players shortlisted for the auction, 254 were not put up for bidding.

Together with the Rs 743.5 crore spent by teams as retention cost, the overall expenditure on players this year stands at Rs 910.50 crore.

The mini auction in Kochi made a new record for the highest paycheck in IPL yet, with Punjab Kings paying Rs 18.50 crore for English all-rounder Sam Curran. Cameron Green (Rs 17.50 crore), Ben Stokes (Rs 16.25 crore), Nicholas Pooran (Rs 16 crore) and Harry Brook (Rs 13.25 crore) follow Curran on the list of top buys.

A total of seven players went unsold in the highest reserve price category of Rs 2 crore, including Jimmy Neesham, Tom Banton, Travis Head, Chris Jordan and others.

Among Indian players batsman Mayank Agarwal got the biggest price tag of Rs 8.25 crore. The other two Indians on the list of top 10 purchases are uncapped bowlers Shivam Mavi and Mukesh Kumar, with winning bids of Rs 6 crore and Rs 5.5 crore, respectively.

Dec 23, 2022 20:44 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 20:16 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 19:39 (IST)
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Rajasthan Royals took Kunal Rathore, while all-rounder Sonu Yadav went to RCB. Pacer Kulwant Khejroliya was picked by KKR, and CSK got Ajay Mandal. Mohit Rathee was sold to Punjab Kings, all-rounder Nehal Wadhera went to MI, and Bhagath Varma was picked by CSK. Shivam Singh was the last name to be picked in the first leg of accelerated auction, and was sold to Punjab Kings.

All these players attracted bids of Rs 20 lakh.

Dec 23, 2022 19:31 (IST)
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SRH buys Nitish Kumar Reddy for Rs 20 lakh. Fast bowler Avinash Singh was sold to RCB after its bidding war with KKR.

Dec 23, 2022 19:27 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 19:18 (IST)
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The Rajasthan squad clinched the South African player for Rs 50 lakh.

Gujarat Titans takes wicketkeeper Urvil Patel for Rs 20 lakh.

Mumbai Indians place the winning bid of Rs 20 lakh for Vishnu Vinod.

Punjab Kings take pacer Vidwath Kaverappa for Rs 20 lakh. RCB takes fast bowler Rajan Kumar for Rs 70 lakh.

Dec 23, 2022 19:10 (IST)
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Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals went toe-to-toe for left-arm orthodox spinner Mayank Dagar, with the former taking him for Rs 1.8 crore. His base price was Rs 20 lakh.

MI picks Duan Jansen for Rs 20 lakh, while Prerak Mankad is sold to LSG for Rs 20 lakh.

Dec 23, 2022 19:03 (IST)
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Mumbai Indians bought Piyush Chawla in for Rs 50 lakh.

Amit Mishra goes to LSG for Rs 50 lakh, while Punjab Kings picks Harpreet Bhatia for Rs 40 lakh.

Manoj Bhandage is sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

Dec 23, 2022 18:07 (IST)
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Chennai Super Kings paid Rs 1 crore for Kyle Jamieson, the base price for the player.

Dec 23, 2022 17:57 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 17:51 (IST)
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The brief bidding war between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals ended with Manish Pandey going to the latter for Rs 2.4 crore. Pandey, who played the last IPL with LSG, is the first Indian player to hit a century in the tournament.

Dec 23, 2022 17:46 (IST)
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The teams have so far spent Rs 132.05 crore so far, picking 32 players for the 87 slots available at the beginning of the IPL auction. Of these 14 are overseas players.

Names like Jimmy Neesham, Chris Lynn, Jason Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Manish Pandey, Carlos Braithwaite are still among the players waiting in the wings.

Here's what teams are left with to spend now:

Chennai Super Kings: Rs 2.90 crore

Delhi Capitals:Rs 11.45 crore

Gujarat Titans: Rs 9.55 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 5.55 crore

Lucknow Super Giants: Rs 6.40 crore

Mumbai Indians: Rs 1.55 crore

Punjab Kings: Rs 13.20 crore

Rajasthan Royals: Rs 7.45 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rs 6.65 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 9.75 crore

Dec 23, 2022 17:23 (IST)
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Delhi Capitals bought the medium pacer from Gopalganj, Bihar for Rs 5.5 crore after beating Punjab Kings in a bidding war.

The last name on the lot Himanshu Sharma went to Royal Challengers Bangalore for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

Dec 23, 2022 17:20 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 17:14 (IST)
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Against a base price of Rs 40 lakh, the bid for Mavi now stands at Rs 2.2 crore. The Noida based bowling all-rounder has played 32 matches in IPL, taking 30 wickets and scoring 51 runs.

Dec 23, 2022 17:06 (IST)
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While CSK picked Nishant Sindhu for Rs 60 lakh, Sanvir Singh went to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh. Gujarat paid Rs 1.2 crore for wicketkeeper batsman Srikar Bharat, who has a high score of 78 in IPL.

KKR bought Vaibhav Sharma for Rs 60 lakh, whereas Upendra Singh Yadav was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 25 lakh.

Dec 23, 2022 16:53 (IST)
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The Jammu-born left-handed batsman was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2.6 crore. His base price was Rs 20 lakh.

The team picks Samarth Vyas for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

Dec 23, 2022 16:50 (IST)
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Shaik Rasheed was sold to CSK for his base price of Rs 20 lakh. The right-handed batsman from Guntur has been part of the India U-19 team as its vice captain.

Dec 23, 2022 16:23 (IST)
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Delhi picked the Indian pacer for Rs 50 lakh. Sunrisers Hyderabad picks leg spinner Adil Rashid for Rs 2 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 16:21 (IST)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore picks Topley for Rs 1.9 crore. Lucknow Super Giants buys Jaydev Unadkat for Rs 50 lakh.

Pacer Adam Milne is unsold. Jhye Richardson goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.5 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 16:17 (IST)
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Delhi Capital picked wicket-keeper Phil Salt for Rs 2 crore.

Chris Jordan goes unsold at base price of Rs 2 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 16:15 (IST)
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Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad go back and forth for the South African wicketkeeper, with the latter picking him for Rs 5.25 crore.

Kushal Mendis and Tom Banton go unsold.

Dec 23, 2022 16:12 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 16:08 (IST)
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The West Indies wicketkeeper has also piqued LSG's interest as the bid for him now stands at Rs 9.5 crore against a base price of Rs 2 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 16:05 (IST)
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Litton Das, the first player as the bidding continued, went unsold at a base price of Rs 50 lakh.

Dec 23, 2022 15:54 (IST)
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Sam Curran became the most expensive player ever to be bought in the IPL with the Rs 18.50 crore bid placed by Punjab Kings. Ben Stokes and Cameron Green were picked by Chennai Super Kings at Rs 16.25 crore and Mumbai Indians for Rs 17.5 crore, respectively.

Ten players have been sold so far, with four going for their respective base prices. Eight of these are overseas players.

Three players—Rilee Rossouw, Shakib Al Hassan and Joe Root—went unsold

Dec 23, 2022 15:43 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 15:40 (IST)
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The bid for Ben Stokes has crossed Rs 13 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 15:38 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 15:36 (IST)
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The current bid for the Australian now stands at Rs 17 crore against a base price of Rs 2 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 15:32 (IST)
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The West Indian fetched a price of Rs 5.75 crore after a bidding war between CSK and RR.

Dec 23, 2022 15:29 (IST)
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The West Indian all-rounder has a base price of Rs 2 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 15:26 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 15:15 (IST)
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No bids for the Bangladesh legend at the base price of Rs 1.5 crore. The all-rounder was part of the both winning squads for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012 and 2014.

Sam Curran is next on the block.

Dec 23, 2022 15:15 (IST)
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Shakib Al Hassan is the first name out of the hat.

Dec 23, 2022 15:04 (IST)
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The in-form Proteas batsman went unsold at a base price of Rs 2 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 15:03 (IST)
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Rahane's base price for the auction was Rs 50 lakh. Joe Root goes unsold for now.

Dec 23, 2022 15:03 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 14:54 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 14:46 (IST)
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Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabd kick off the first bidding war of the day. English batsman Harry Brook is in the player on the block. Bids have crossed Rs 10 crore against a base price of Rs 1.50 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 14:43 (IST)
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Williamson was purchased for his base price of Rs 2 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 14:40 (IST)
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Hugh Edmeades takes the stage in Kochi to open IPL auction 2023. Kane Williamson is the first player on the block.

Dec 23, 2022 14:30 (IST)
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Dec 23, 2022 12:47 (IST)
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Teams are expected to get into bidding wars for Ben Stokes, Kane Williamson, Sam Curran, Shakil Al Hassan, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran and Riley Rossouw.

Dec 23, 2022 12:44 (IST)
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Among the players available for bidding, these three Indian batsmen are expected to draw big numbers from teams. Agarwal and Pandey have a base price of Rs 1 crore each, whereas Rahane has a base price of Rs 50 lakh.

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Chennai Super Kings: Rs 20.5 crore.

Delhi Capitals: Rs 19.5 crore.

Gujarat Titans: Rs 19.3 crore.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 7.05 crore.

Lucknow Super Giant: Rs 23.4 crore.

Mumbai Indians: Rs 20.6 crore.

Punjab Kings: Rs 32.2 crore.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rs 8.75 crore.

Rajasthan Royals: Rs 13.2 crore.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 42.3 crore.

Dec 23, 2022 12:34 (IST)
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Sunrisers Hyderabad will have the fattest purse at its disposal at Rs 42.25 crore. Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians have the next three highest purses at Rs 32.20 crore, Rs 23.35 crore, and Rs 20.55 crore, respectively.

The teams have 87 slots available between them, 30 of which can be filled with overseas players.

Dec 23, 2022 12:34 (IST)
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Of the 405 players available for the auction, 273 are Indian and 132 are overseas players. The shortlisted players, picked from an initial list of 991, include 119 capped and 282 uncapped players, along with four from associate nations.

Dec 23, 2022 12:34 (IST)
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The stage is set. Bidding by team managements of the 10 squads in the Indian Premier League to fill the available slots in their squads is set to begin soon in Kochi.

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