England all-rounder Sam Curran on Friday became the most expensive signing in history of Indian Premier League (IPL) with Punjab Kings shelling out a whopping Rs 18.50cr at the IPL 2023 mini player auction.
Curran’s signing amount surpassed the Rs 16.25cr that Rajasthan Royals paid for all-rounder Chris Morris at the 2021 player auction. At Punjab, he will now join his England compatriots Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone.
IPL 2023: Sam Curran becomes costliest player in auction history, bought for 18.50 crore by Punjab Kings.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians got Australia all- rounder Cameron Green for Rs 17.5cr after a fierce battle with Delhi Capitals, making him the second most expensive player in the history of the tournament.
IPL 2023 Auction: Cameron Green becomes second most expensive player, bought for 17.5 crore by MI
England Test skipper Ben Stokes, who played with MS Dhoni at now-defunct Rising Pune Super Giants in 2017, will join the former India skipper at CSK with a signing amount of Rs 16.25cr the joint-third most expensive player in the ongoing auction. Here’s the full list of all the sold players in the IPL mini auction.
Chennai Super Kings
Ben Stokes ₹16,25cr
Kyle Jamieson *1cr
Nishant Sindhu 6 lakhs
Ajinkya Rahane ₹50 lakhs
Ajay Mandal 20 lakhs
Shaik Rasheed 20 lakhs
Bhagath Varma 20 lakhs Delhi Capitals
Mukesh Kumar ₹5,5cr
Manish Pandey ₹2,4cr
Phil Salt 2cr
Ishant Sharma ₹50 lakhs
Gujarat Titans
Shivam Mavi *6cr
Joshua Little 4,4cr
Kane Williamson *2cr
KS Bharat ₹1,2cr
Odean Smith 50 lakhs
Mohit Sharma ₹50 lakhs
Urvil Patel 20 lakhs
Kolkata Knight Riders
David Wiese *1cr
N Jagadeesan ₹90 lakhs
Vaibhav Arora ₹60lakhs
Suyash Sharma 20 lakhs Kulwant Khejroliya 20 lakhs
Lucknow Super Giants
Nicholas Pooran 16cr
Daniel Sams 75 lakhs
Romario Shepherd *50 lakhs
Amit Mishra 50 lakhs
Jaydev Unadkat 50 lakhs
Yash Thakur 45 lakhs
Swapnil Singh 20 lakhs
Prerak Mankad ₹20 lakhs
Mumbai Indians
Cameron Green *17,5cr
Jhye Richardson ₹1,5cr
Piyush Chawla ₹50 lakhs
Shams Mulani 20 lakhs Duan Jansen ₹20 lakhs
Vishnu Vinod 20 lakhs
Nehal Wadhera 20 lakhs
Punjab Kings
Sam Curran 18,5cr
Sikandar Raza 50 lakhs
Harpreet 40 lakhs
Vidwath Kaverappa 20 lakhs
Shivam Singh *20 lakhs
Mohit Rathee 20 lakhs
Rajasthan Royals
Jason Holder ₹5,75cr
Donovan Ferreira 50 lakhs
Kunal Rathore 20 lakhs
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Will Jacks 3,2 cr
Reece Topley ₹1,9cr
Rajan Kumar ₹70 lakhs
Reece Topley ₹1,9cr
Rajan Kumar *70 lakhs
Avinash Singh 60 lakhs
Manoj Bhandage *20 lakhs
Sonu Yadav 20 lakhs
Himanshu Sharma 20 lakhs
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Harry Brook 13,25cr
Mayank Agarwal ₹8,25cr
Heinrich Klaasen ₹5,25cr
Vivrant Sharma *2,6cr
Adil Rashid 2cr
Mayank Dagar *1,8cr
Mayank Markande 50 lakhs
Upendra Singh Yadav 25 lakhs
Nitish Kumar Reddy *20 lakhs
Sanvir Singh 20 lakhs
Samarth Vyas 20 lakhs
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