The IPL 2024 auction saw the Australian skipper Pat Cummins becoming the first player to breach the 20 Crore mark in IPL history, as he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for a huge price of 20.5 crores. Pat Cummins in the earlier seasons was also being picked by KKR for a price of 15.5 crores in IPL 2020 auction as well.
Here, in this article we will have look on most expensive buys by each franchise in the IPL auction.
Most expensive buys in each IPL auction:
2008 - MS Dhoni (1.5$ million)
2009 - Andrew Flintoff / Kevin Pietersen (1.55$ million)
2010 - Shane Bond / Kieron Pollard (0.75$ million)
2011 - Gautam Gambhir (2.4$ million)
2012 - Ravindra Jadeja (2$ million)
2013 - Glenn Maxwell (1$ million)
2014 - Yuvraj Singh (14 Crores)
2015 - Yuvraj Singh (16 Crores)
2016 - Shane Watson (9.5 Crores)
2017 - Ben Stokes (14.5 Crores)
2018 - Ben Stokes (12.5 Crores)
2019 - Jaydev Unadkat / Varun Chakravarthy (8.4 Crs)
2020 - Pat Cummins (15.5 Crores)
2021 - Chris Morris (16.25 Crores)
2022 - Ishan Kishan (15.25 Crores)
2023 - Sam Curran (18.5 Crores)
2024 - Pat Cummins (20.5 Crores)