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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 the SunRisers Hyderabad for a huge price of INR 20.5 crores. Pat Cummins in the earlier seasons was also picked by KKR for a price of INR 15.5 crores in the IPL 2020 auction. Apart from him, his compatriot Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player with an INR 24.75 crore bid by the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Here, in this article, we will have a look at the most expensive buys by each franchise in the IPL auction.
Most expensive buys in each IPL auction (in INR):
- 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 - Mitchell Starc ( 24.75 Crores )
Most expensive players in IPL history (in INR):
- Mitchell Starc for 24.75 crores to KKR in 2024
- Pat Cummins for 20.5 crores to SRH in 2024
- Sam Curran for 18.5 crores to PBKS in 2023
- Cameron Green for 17.5 crores to MI in 2023
- Chris Morris for 16.25 crores to RR in 2021
- Ben Stokes for 16.25 crores to CSK in 2023
