IPL Auction 2024 is being organized in Dubai. This is the first time that the auction is being organized outside India. During this period, bids were placed on a total of 333 players, of which 213 are Indian and 116 are foreign players.
The 10 IPL teams had a total of 77 slots. In this, 30 foreign players got a chance to choose.
Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player in IPL history, leaving even Cummins behind. Mitchell Starc has become the most expensive player in IPL history. Starc has been bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹24.75 crore. Australian captain Pat Cummins was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20.50 crore. The base price of Cummins was Rs 2 crore. New Zealand cricket team all-rounder Daryl Mitchell, the third most expensive player in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction, has been bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 14 crore. He had kept his base price at Rs 1 crore.
There were so many bids from important players
- Mitchell Starc- ₹24.75 crore-Kolkata Knight Riders
- Pat Cummins – ₹20.50 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Daryl Mitchell – ₹14 crore – Chennai Super Kings
- Rovman Powell- 7.40 crores – Rajasthan
- Harry Brook – ₹4 crore – Delhi Capitals
- Travis Head – ₹6.8 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Wanindu Hasaranga – ₹1.5 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Rachin Ravindra – ₹1.8 crore – Chennai Super Kings
- Azmatullah Omarzai – 50 Lakh – Gujarat Titans
- Shardul Thakur – ₹4 crore – Chennai Super Kings
- Gerald Coetzee – ₹5 crore – Mumbai Indians
- Chris Woakes – ₹4.20 crore – Punjab Kings
- Harshal Patel – ₹11.75 crore – Punjab Kings
- KS Bharat-50 Lakh- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Tristan Stubbs-50 Lakh-Delhi Capitals
- Chetan Sakariya – 50 lakhs – Kolkata Knight Riders
- Alzarri Joseph- ₹11.5O Crore- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Umesh Yadav – ₹5 crore-Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Shivam Mavi – ₹6.40 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
- Jaydev Unadkat – ₹1.60 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Nobody bought these players
- Riley Rossow (South Africa) – Base price Rs 2 crore
- Karun Nair (India) – Base price Rs 50 lakh
- Steve Smith (Australia) – Base price Rs 2 crore
- Manish Pandey (India) – Base price Rs 50 lakh
- Phil Salt- Base price Rs 1.5 crore
- Kushal Mendis- Base price Rs 50 lakh
- Lockie Ferguson- Base price Rs 2 crore
- Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – Base price Rs 2 crore
- Waqar Salamkhil (Afghanistan) – Base price Rs 50 lakh
- Adil Rashid (England) – Base price Rs 2 crore
- Akil Hussain (West Indies) – Base price Rs 50 lakh
- Ish Sodhi (New Zealand) – Base price Rs 50 lakh
- Tabraiz Shamsi (South Africa) – Base price Rs 50 lakh
- Mujeeb Ur Rehman (Afghanistan) – Base price Rs 2 crore
Price Bracket
As far as price brackets are concerned, these are ₹2 crore, ₹1 crore, ₹75 lakh, ₹50 lakh and ₹20 lakh. This time the names of 23 players were in the draft with a base price of Rs 2 crore. The names of Harshal Patel, Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav are also included in this.
Apart from this, 13 players have drafted their names with Rs 1 crore. But, the name of not a single Indian player is included in it. At the same time, with the base price of Rs 1 crore and Rs 75 lakh, not a single Indian player got his name drafted. But, 11 players have drafted their names with a base price of Rs 50 lakh. It includes many big names including Karun Nair, Manish Pandey, KS Bharat.
How much budget did the franchise have?
- Gujarat Titans (GT): Rs 38.15 crore
- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): ₹34 crore
- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): ₹32.7 crore
- Chennai Super Kings (CSK): ₹31.4 crore
- Punjab Kings (PBKS): ₹29.1 crore
- Delhi Capitals (DC): ₹28.95 crore
- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): ₹23.25 crore
- Mumbai Indians (MI): ₹17.75 crore
- Rajasthan Royals (RR): ₹14.5 crore
- Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): ₹13.15 crore
