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Dubai, Dec 19: The IPL 2024 Player Auction, being held overseas for the first time, is seeing 332 hopeful cricketers attracting bids for a maximum of 77 slots at the Coca Cola Arena in Dubai. Additionally, this is the first time that fans are watching the event live from the stands, reports Sportstar.thehindu.com.
Australia’s Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player ever to be sold at the IPL Auction when the Kolkata Knight Riders acquired the pacer’s services for 24.75 crore.
World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins fetched the second-best bid, going to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 20.50 crore. Archrivals Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians initially got into a tussle for Cummins before the Royal Challengers Bangalore and SRH swooped in with their respective bids.
SRH also got Cummins’ compatriot and Player of the Match of the 2023 World Cup final, Travis Head, for 6.80 crore. The side also sensationally bagged Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga for his base price of 1.50 crore.
On Wednesday, Rovman Powell was the first player to go up for sale from the capped batters’ set. After an intense bidding war between the Rajasthan Royals and KKR, the Sanju Samson-led side got the West Indies batter for 7.40 crore.
Chennai Super Kings’ first buy came in the shape of Rachin Ravindra for 1.80 crore rupees. Also, Shardul Thakur’s homecoming to Chepauk was greeted with loud cheers.
BATTERS
Rovman Powell – 1 crore – 7.40 crore – Rajasthan Royals
Harry Brook – 2 crore – 4 crore – Delhi Capitals
Travis Head – 2 crore – 6.80 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shubham Dubey – 20 lakh – 5.80 crore – Rajasthan Royals
Sameer Rizvi – 20 lakh – 8.40 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Angkrish Raghuvanshi – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Kolkata Knight Riders
Sherfane Rutherford – 1.50 crore – 1.50 crore – Kolkata Knight Riders
Ashton Turner – 1 crore – 1 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
BOWLERS
Chetan Sakariya – 50 lakh – 50 lakh – Kolkata Knight Riders
Alzarri Joseph – 1 crore – 11.50 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore
Umesh Yadav – 2 crore – 5.80 crore – Gujarat Titans
Shivam Mavi – 50 lakh – 6.40 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
Mitchell Starc – 2 crore – 24.75 crore – Kolkata Knight Riders
Jaydev Unadkat – 50 lakh – 1.60 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Dilshan Madushanka – 50 lakh – 4.60 crore – Mumbai Indians
Yash Dayal – 20 lakh – 5 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore
Sushant Mishra – 20 lakh – 2.20 crore – Gujarat Titans
Akash Singh – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kartik Tyagi – 20 lakh – 60 lakh – Gujarat Titans
Rasikh Dar – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Delhi Capitals
Manav Suthar – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Gujarat Titans
M. Siddharth – 20 lakh – 2.40 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
Shreyas Gopal – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Mumbai Indians
Spencer Johnson – 50 lakh – 10 crore – Gujarat Titans
Mustafizur Rahman – 2 crore – 2 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Jhye Richardson – 1.50 crore – 5 crore – Delhi Capitals
Nuwan Thushara – 50 lakh – 4.80 crore – Mumbai Indians
ALL-ROUNDERS
Wanindu Hasaranga – 1.50 crore – 1.50 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rachin Ravindra – 50 lakh – 1.80 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Shardul Thakur – 2 crore – 4 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Azmatullah Omarzai – 50 lakh – 50 lakh – Gujarat Titans
Pat Cummins – 2 crore – 20.50 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Gerald Coetzee – 2 crore – 5 crore – Mumbai Indians
Harshal Patel – 2 crore – 11.75 crore – Punjab Kings
Daryl Mitchell – 1 crore – 14 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Chris Woakes – 2 crore – 4.20 crore – Punjab Kings
Arshin Kulkarni – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Lucknow Super Giants
Shahrukh Khan – 40 lakh – 7.40 crore – Gujarat Titans
Ramandeep Singh – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Kolkata Knight Riders
Tom Curran – 1.50 crore – 1.50 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore
David Willey – 2 crore – 2 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
Naman Dhir – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Mumbai Indians
Anshul Kamboj – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Mumbai Indians
Sumit Kumar – 20 lakh – 1 crore – Delhi Capitals
Ashutosh Sharma – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Punjab Kings
Vishwanath Pratap Singh – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Punjab Kings
Shashank Singh – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Punjab Kings
Tanay Thyagarajann – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Punjab Kings
WICKETKEEPERS
Tristan Stubbs – 50 lakh – 50 lakh – Delhi Capitals
KS Bharat – 50 lakh – 50 lakh – Kolkata Knight Riders
Tom Kohler-Cadmore – 40 lakh – 40 lakh -Rajasthan Royals
Ricky Bhui – 20 lakh – 20 lakh – Delhi Capitals
Kumar Kushagra – 20 lakh – 7.20 crore – Delhi Capitals
Robin Minz – 20 lakh – 3.60 crore – Gujarat Titans
(Courtesy: Sportstar.thehindu.com)
