IPL Auction – Day 1, has been held on 24th December for the 2023 Season. In this auction, all IPL teams – Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants, Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians took part with the purse remaining, after announcing their retentions. Sam Curran created huge record with Rs.18.5 crores price and he is bought by Punjab Kings.
Cameron Green has been bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs.17.5 crores, Chennai Super Kings bought Ben Stokes for Rs.16.25 crores and Nicholas Pooran has been bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs.16 crores. Harry Brook went for Rs.13.25 crores to Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mayank Agarwal made Rs.8.25 crores from the same team. They made headlines for this IPL Auction.
Here is the complete list of Top International, National and Domestic Players who made big money at IPL Auction, on Day 1!
- Kane Williamson – Gujarat Titans – Rs.2 crores
Harry Brook – Sunrisers Hyderabad – Rs.13.25 crores
Mayank Agarwal – Sunrisers Hyderabad – Rs.8.25 crores
Ajinkya Rahane – Chennai Super Kings – Rs.50 lakhs
Sam Curran – Punjab Kings – Rs.18.5 crores
Odean Smith – Gujarat Titans – Rs.50 lakhs
Sikandar Raza – Punjab Kings – Rs.50 lakhs
Jason Holder – Rajasthan Royals – Rs.5.75 crores
Cameron Green – Mumbai Indians – Rs.17.5 crores
Ben Stokes – Chennai Super Kings – Rs.16.25 crores
Nicholas Pooran – Lucknow Super Giants – Rs.16 crores
Heinrich Klaasen – Sunrisers Hyderabad – Rs.5.25 crores
Phil Salt – Delhi Captails – Rs.2 crores
Kylie Jamieson – Chennai Super Kings – Rs.1 crore
Daniel Sams – Lucknow Super Giants – Rs.75 lakhs
Shivam Mavi – Gujarat Titans – Rs.6 crores
Vivrant Sharma – Sunrisers Hyderabad – Rs.2.6 crores
Adil Rashid – Sunrisers Hyderabad – Rs.2 crores
Reece Topley – Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Rs.1.9 crores
KS Bharat – Gujarat Titans – Rs.1.2 crores
Mukesh Kumar – Delhi Capitals – Rs.5.5 crores
Will Jacks – Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Rs.3.2 crores
Manish Pandey – Delhi Capitals – Rs.2.4 crores
Mayank Dagar – Sunrisers Hyderabad – Rs.1.8 crores
Sunrisers Hyderabad have made their homework and they have made good buys among the IPL teams. On the other hand, Cameron Green and Ben Stokes along with Sam Curran erased all records for the highest bid amount for a cricketer at the IPL Auction. Like those motivation quotes say, seems like these cricketers woke up and thought I am going to be a millionaire, today and that got true, in actuality.
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