As much as 338 players went under the hammer at the auction table in Kolkata. Out of those, 62 were bought in total by all the eight franchises who together spent ₹140.3 crore. The Australian cricketers attracted big bids and stood out in the auctions. As usual, pacers had a command in the 13th Indian Premier League Players auctions.
Pat Cummins was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for a whopping price of ₹15.50 crore. It is the most expensive buy of the season. Also, Pat Cummins joined the club of most expensive players in the IPL history next to only Yuvraj Singh (₹16 crore in 2015 by DD). The bidding war went on among three teams – Kolkata, Bangalore and Delhi. Kolkata outbid its competitors to buy one of the best players at the auction.
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Piyush Chawla became the most expensive capped Indian to be bought at this year’s IPL auctions. He was a surprise buy by the three-time champions Chennai Super Kings. CSK fought off KXIP and bought the fourth highest wicket taker in IPL for ₹6.75 crore.
Chennai Super Kings :
CSK has already retained its core team. It went on to add four more players to their bowling unit.
Purse – 14.60 crore
Spent – 14.45 crore
Remaining – 1.5 lakhs
Players Bought:
Sam Curran | 5.50 crore |
Piyush Chawla | 6.75 crore |
R Sai Kishore | 20 lakhs |
Josh Hazlewood | 2 crore |
It has a squad strength of 24 players which includes 16 Indians and 8 overseas cricketers.
Full Squad:
Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, N Jagadeesan, M Vijay, Rituraj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Sam Curran, Piyush Chawla, R Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood.
Mumbai Indians :
The defending champions also retained their core team. They spent hugely on Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian all-rounder.
Purse – 13.05 crore
Spent – 11.10 crore
Remaining – 1.95 crore
Players bought:
Chris Lynn | 2 crores |
Nathan Coulter-Nile | 8 crores |
Saurabh Tiwary | 50 lakhs |
Mohsin Khan | 20 lakhs |
Digvijay Deshmukh | 20 lakhs |
Price Balwant Rai Singh | 20 lakhs |
It has a squad strength of 24 players which includes 16 Indians and 8 overseas cricketers.
Full Squad:
Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aditya Tare (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Mohsin Khan.
Delhi Capitals :
Delhi picked upon big hitters aiming to reach the finale that they missed the last season.
Purse – 27.85 crore
Spent – 18.85 crore
Remaining – 9 crores
Players bought:
Jason Roy | 1.5 crore |
Chris Woakes | 1.5 crore |
Alex Carrey | 2.4 crore |
Shimron Hetmyer | 7.75 crore |
Mohit Sharma | 50 lakhs |
Tushar Deshpande | 20 lakhs |
Marcus Stoinis | 4.8 crore |
Lalit Yadav | 20 lakhs |
It has a squad strength of 22 players which includes 14 Indians and 8 overseas cricketers.
Full Squad:
Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Keemo Paul, Avesh Khan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Jason Roy, Chris Woakes, Mohit Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Lalit Yadav.
Kolkata Knight Riders :
Kolkata Knight Riders won the bidding war to get Pat Cummins. They also bought Eoin Morgan, The England captain.
Purse – 35.65 crore
Spent – 27.15 crore
Remaining – 8.50 crore
Players bought:
Eoin Morgan | 5.25 crore |
Pat Cummins | 15.50 crore |
Rahul Tripathi | 60 lakhs |
Varun Chakaravarthy | 4 crore |
M Siddharth | 20 lakhs |
Chris Green | 20 lakhs |
Nikhil Naik | 20 lakhs |
Tom Banton | 1 crore |
Pravin Tambe | 20 lakhs |
It has a squad strength of 23 players which includes 15 Indians and 8 overseas cricketers.
Full Squad:
Shubman Gill, Siddesh Lad, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurney, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakaravarthy, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, Nikhil Naik, Pravin Tambe, M Siddharth.
Sun Risers Hyderabad:
Sun Risers did not go after big shots but played smartly. They bought five all- rounders out of the seven players they bought in the auction
Purse – 17 crores
Spent – 6.90 crore
Remaining – 10.10 crore
Players bought:
Priyam Garg | 1.90 crores |
Virat Singh | 1.90 crores |
Mitchell Marsh | 2 crores |
Sandeep Bavanaka | 20 lakhs |
Fabian Allen | 50 lakhs |
Abdul Samad | 20 lakhs |
Sanjay Yadav | 20 lakhs |
It has a squad strength of 25 players which includes 17 Indians and 8 overseas cricketers.
Full Squad:
Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Basil Thampi, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Sandeep Bavanaka.
Kings XI Punjab :
Kings XI Punjab went on to buy Glenn Maxwell strengthening their all-rounders.
Purse – 42.70 crore
Spent – 26.20 crore
Remaining – 16.50 crore
Players bought:
Glenn Maxwell | 10.75 crores |
Sheldon Cottrell | 8.50 crores |
Deepak Hooda | 50 lakhs |
Prabhsimran Singh | 55 lakhs |
Ishan Porel | 20 lakhs |
Ravi Bishnoi | 2 crore |
James Neesham | 50 lakhs |
Chris Jordan | 3 crore |
Tajinder Dhillon | 20 lakhs |
It has a squad strength of 25 players which includes 17 Indians and 8 overseas cricketers.
Full Squad:
KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Murugan Ashwin, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, K. Gowtham, J. Suchith, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Hardus Vil joen, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Jordan, Ravi Bishnoi, Prabhsimran Singh, Deepak Hooda, Jimmy Neesham, Tajinder Dhillon, Ishan Porel.
Royal Challengers Bangalore :
Royal Challengers Squad looks all ready to play bold. They mainly bought Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Kane Richardson and Dale Steyn.
Purse – 27.90 crore
Spent – 21.50 crore
Remaining – 6.40 crore
Players bought:
Aaron Finch | 4.40 crore |
Chris Morris | 10 crore |
Dale Steyn | 2 crore |
Pavan Deshpande | 20 lakhs |
Shahbaz Ahamad | 20 lakhs |
Isuru Udana | 50 lakhs |
Kane Richardson | 4 crore |
It has a squad strength of 21 players which includes 13 Indians and 8 overseas cricketers.
Full Squad:
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Parthiv Patel (wk), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Kane Richardson, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Shahbaz Ahamad, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande.
Rajasthan Royals :
The Royals picked up Indian youngsters as usual. They bought Jaydev Unadkat and Robin Uthappa.
Purse – 28.90 crore
Spent – 14.15 crore
Remaining – 14.75 crore
Players bought:
Robin Uthappa | 3 crore |
Andrew Tye | 1 crore |
Jaydev Unadkat | 3 crore |
Yashasvi Jaiswal | 2.40 crore |
Anuj Rawat | 80 lakhs |
Akash Singh | 20 lakhs |
Kartik Tyagi | 1.30 crore |
David Miller | 75 lakhs |
Tom Curran | 1 crore |
Oshane Thomas | 50 lakhs |
Anirudha Joshi | 20 lakhs |
It has a squad strength of 25 players which includes 17 Indians and 8 overseas cricketers.
Full Squad:
Jos Buttler (wk), Steve Smith, Sanju Samson (wk), Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Ben Stokes, Mahipal Lomror, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot, Varun Aaron, Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kartik Tyagi, Tom Curran, Andrew Tye, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Oshane Thomas, Anirudha Joshi, Akash Singh.
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