The IPL Mega Auction took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25, from 3:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Players like Shardul Thakur, Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal remained unsold. Bhuvneshwar Kumar became a member of Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10.75 crore.
10 teams spent Rs 639.15 crore on 182 players in 2 days. 8 RTM cards used. 120 Indian players were sold, while 62 foreign players were included in the squad. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer were the 2 most expensive players. Pant was bought by Lucknow for Rs 27 crore and Shreyas was bought by Punjab for Rs 26.75 crore. The 5 most expensive players in the auction were Indians.
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1. Chennai Super Kings: Ashwin and Sam Curran bought back
Noor Ahmed (₹10 crore), Ravichandran Ashwin (₹9.75 crore), Devon Conway (₹6.25 crore), Khaleel Ahmed (₹4.80 crore), Rachin Ravindra (₹4 crore), Rahul Tripathi (3 .40 crores), Anshul Kamboj (₹3.40 crores), Sam Curran (2.40 ₹crores), Gurjanpreet Singh (₹2.20 crores), Nathan Ellis (₹2.20 crores). crore), Jamie Overton (₹1.50 crore), Deepak Hooda (₹1.70 crore), Nathan Ellis (₹1.40 crore), Vijay Shankar (₹1.20 crore), Vansh Bedi (₹55 lakh) , Ramakrishna Ghosh (₹30 lakh), Sheikh Rashid (₹30 lakh), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (₹30 lakh) lakh), Swastik Chikara (₹30 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (₹30 lakh), Mukesh Choudhary (₹30 lakh) Lakh), Andre Siddharth (₹30 lakh).
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2. Mumbai Indians: Bolt and Bumrah to play together
Trent Boult (₹12.50 crore), Deepak Chahar (₹9.25 crore), Will Jacques (₹5.25 crore), Naman Dheer (₹5.25 crore), Allah Ghazanfar (₹4.80 crore), Mitchell Santner (₹2 crore), Ryan Rickelton (₹1 crore), Reece Topley (₹75) lakh), Lizard Williams (₹75 lakh), Robin Minz (₹65 lakh), Karn Sharma (₹50 lakh), Bevan Jacobs (₹50 lakh), Tripurna Vijay (₹50 lakh), Raj Angad Bawa (₹30 lakh) ), V Satyanarayan (₹30 lakh), Ashwani Kumar (₹30 lakh), Arjun Tendulkar (30 lakh ₹), KL Sreejith (₹30 lakh).
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3. Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahane can become captain
Venkatesh Iyer (₹23.75 crore), Anrique Nortya (₹6.50 crore), Quinton de Kock (₹3.60 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (₹3 crore), Spencer Johnson (₹2.80 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (₹2 crore), Moeen Ali (₹2 crore), Vaibhav Arora (₹1.80 crore), Rovman Powell (₹1.50 crore), Ajinkya Rahane (₹1.50 crore), Manish Pandey (₹75 lakh), Umran Malik (₹75 lakh), Anukul Roy (₹40 lakh) ), Mayank Markande (₹30 lakh), Lavneeth Sisodia (₹30 lakh).
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4. Sunrisers Hyderabad: Bought Shami, Harshal and Zampa
Ishan Kishan (₹11.25 crore), Mohammed Shami (₹10 crore), Harshal Patel (₹8 crore), Abhinav Manohar (₹3.20 crore), Rahul Chahar (₹3.20 crore), Adam Zampa (2 .40 crore), Simarjeet Singh (₹1.50 crore), Ishan Malinga (1.20 ₹ crore), Brydon Carse (₹ 1 crore), Jaydev Unadkat (₹ 1 crore), Kamindu Mendis (₹ 75 lakh), Zeeshan Ansari (₹ 40 lakh), Aniket Verma (₹ 30 lakh), Atharva Tayde (₹ 30 lakh) ), Sachin Baby (₹30 lakh), Nishant Sindhu (₹30 lakh).
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5. Royal Challengers Bangalore: Bhuvneshwar-Krunal will now play with Kohli
Josh Hazlewood (₹12.50 crore), Phil Salt (₹11.50 crore), Jitesh Sharma (₹11 crore), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (₹10.75 crore), Liam Livingston (₹8.50 crore), Rasikh Salam (₹6 crore), Krunal Pandya (₹5.75 crore), Tim David (3 crore ₹), Suyyash Sharma (₹2.60 crore), Jacob Bethel (₹2.60 crore), Devdutt Padikkal (₹2 crore), Nuwan Ensure (₹1.60 crore), Nuwan Thurshara (₹1.60 crore) , Lungi Ngidi (₹1 crore), Romario Shepherd (₹1.50 crore), Swapnil Singh (₹1.50 crore), 50 lakh), Manoj Bhandge (₹30 lakh), Abhinandan Singh (₹30 lakh).
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6. Delhi Capitals: bought big players cheaply
KL Rahul (₹14 crore), Mitchell Starc (₹11.75 crore), Thangarasu Natarajan (₹10.75 crore), Jack Fraser-Magerk (₹9 crore), Mukesh Kumar (₹8 crore), Harry Brook (6 .25 crores), Ashutosh Sharma (₹3.80 crores), Mohit Sharma (2.20 crores ₹), Faf du Plessis (₹2 crore), Sameer Rizvi (₹95 lakh), Dushmantha Chameera (₹75 lakh), Donovan Ferreira (₹75 lakh), Karun Nair (₹50 lakh), Vipraj Nigam (₹50 lakh) ), Madhav Tiwary (₹40 lakh), Ajay Mandal (₹30 lakh) , Manvanth Kumar (₹30 lakh), Darshan Nalkande (₹30 lakh).
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7. Punjab Kings: Gave over Rs 10 crore to 4 players
Shreyas Iyer (₹26.75 crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (₹18 crore), Arshdeep Singh (₹18 crore), Marcus Stoinis (₹11 crore), Marco Jansson (₹7 crore), Glenn Maxwell (₹4.20 crore) ), Nehal Wadhera (₹4.20 crore), Priyansh Arya (₹3.80 crore ₹), Azmatullah Omarzai (₹2.40 crore), Josh Inglis (₹2.40 crore), Lockie Ferguson (₹2 crore), Vijaykumar Vyshak (₹1.80 crore), Yash Thakur (₹1.60 crore), Harpreet Brar (₹1.50 crore), Aaron Hardie (₹1.25 crore), Vishnu Vinod (₹1.25 crore). 95 lakh), Kuldeep Sen (₹80 lakh), Xavier Bartlett (₹80 lakh), Harnoor Pannu (₹30 lakh), Suryansh Shegde (₹30 lakh), Payla Avinash (₹30 lakh), Praveen Dubey (₹30 lakh) ), Musheer Khan (₹30 lakh).
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8. Lucknow Supergiants: Made history’s biggest bid for Pant
Rishabh Pant (₹27 crore), Avesh Khan (₹9.75 crore), Akash Deep (₹8 crore), David Miller (₹7.50 crore), Abdul Samad (₹4.20 crore), Mitchell Marsh (3 .40 crores), Shahbaz Ahmed (₹2.40 crores), Aiden Markram (₹2 crores), M Siddharth (₹75 lakh), Matthew Britzky (₹75 lakh), Shamar Joseph (₹75 lakh), Akash Singh (₹30 Lakh), Prince Yadav (₹30 Lakh), Aryan Juyal (₹30 Lakh), Yuvraj Chaudhary (₹30 Lakh), Himmat Singh (₹30 Lakh), Rajvardhan Hungergekar (₹30 Lakh), Arshin Kulkarni (₹30 lakh), Digvesh Singh (₹30 lakh).
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9. Gujarat Titans: Shubman will open with Butler.
Jos Buttler (₹15.75 crore), Mohammed Siraj (₹12.25 crore), Kagiso Rabada (₹10.75 crore), Prasidh Krishna (₹9.50 crore), Washington Sundar (₹3.20 crore), Sherfan Rutherford (₹2.60 crore), Gerald Coetzee (₹2.40 crore ₹), Sai Kishore (₹2 crore), Glenn Phillips (₹2 crore), Mahipal Lomror (₹1.70 crore), Arshad Khan (₹1.30 crore), Gurnoor Brar (₹1.30 crore), Ishant Sharma (₹75 lakh), Jayant Yadav (₹75 lakh), Karim Janat (₹75 lakh), Kumar Kushagra (₹75 crore), 65 lakh), Kulwant Khejroliya (₹30 lakh), Anuj Rawat (₹30 lakh), Manav Suthar (₹30 lakh).
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10. Rajasthan Royals: bowling strengthened by purchasing Archer-Hasaranga
Jofra Archer (₹12.50 crore), Tushar Deshpande (₹6.50 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (₹5.25 crore), Mahish Tikshana (₹4.40 crore), Nitish Rana (₹4.20 crore), Fazalhaq Farooqui (₹2 crore), Kwena Mafaka (₹1.50 crore ₹), Akash Madhwal (₹1.20 crore), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (₹1.10 crore), Shubham Dubey (₹80 lakh), Yudhveer Singh Charak (₹35 lakh), Kunal Rathore (₹30 lakh), Ashok Sharma (₹30 lakh), Karthikeya Singh (₹30 lakh).
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Pant has become the highest priced seller in the IPL mega auction taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The first day of the auction took place on Sunday. In this, the franchise spent Rs 467.95 crore on 72 players. During this period, IPL remained among the top trends. See Google Trends below…
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72 players sold on first day, franchise spent a total of Rs 467.95 crore
84 players were auctioned on Sunday on the first day of the IPL mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 10 teams bought 72 players and spent Rs 467.95 crore on them. The highest bid was placed on Rishabh Pant. He was bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for Rs 27 crore. Pant became the most expensive player in the history of the IPL. Coming in at second place was Shreyas Iyer, who was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore.