Toby Marshall
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) concluded the IPL mini auction for the 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League on December 23, Friday in Kochi. It was a thrilling affair, as all ten franchises fought tooth and nail to get their desired players in their squad. There were a lot of rags from riches stories as well as the team owners did not shy away from spending a truckload of money on the talented lads.
Meanwhile, the English players made the most headlines for grabbing the most lucrative deals in the mini-auction. England’s seam all-rounder Sam Curran will be the costliest player in the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League. Punjab Kings, who came with a purse of INR 32.20 crore in the auction, shelled out a whopping INR 18.50 crore for the young lad. With such a handsome amount, Curran became the most expensive player in the history of the T20 Championship.
The England all-rounder is followed by Australian stalwart Cameron Green. The spin all-rounder delivered a splendid performance during Australia’s tour to India in September 2022. He was well rewarded for his spectacular performance both with the bat and ball as three franchises, namely Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, and Royal Challengers Bangalore, went all out for him.
In the end, it was the five-time champion who gained the services of the all-rounder for a stunning among of INR 17.50 crore. After the Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings lit up the auction by paying a whopping INR 16.25 crore for Ben Stokes. This was the first time that the Yellow Army spent so much amount for a player during the auction.
Interestingly, the veteran English all-rounder caused an intense bidding war between Lucknow Super Giants, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and the Super Kings by going under the hammer. Meanwhile, it was the 2016 champion that had made the first winning bid of the IPL 2023 mini-auction.
A lot of eyes were on Hyderabad during the event as they had the highest purse of INR 42.25 crore. The team spent a good amount of INR 13.25 crore for England batter Harry Brook. Registered at a base price of INR 1.5 crore, Brook saw teams like RCB, RR, and SRH bidding for him.
Apart from Brook, it was Mayank Agarwal who excited the Orange Army. The franchise looked happy while shelling out INR 8.25 crore to acquire the services of the Indian all-rounder. Meanwhile, the Lucknow Super Giants made the most shocking bid of the entire event.
The team raised many eyebrows by picking the West Indies wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran for INR 16 crore. A lot of fans found it hard to digest the handsome amount given by the franchise for Pooran.
Coming to Rajasthan Royals, their highest pick for the 2023 season came in the form of Jason Holder. They made a bid of INR 5.75 crore to get the West Indies all-rounder to the team. Delhi Capitals also included two notable players, namely Mukesh Kumar and Rilee Rossouw, for INR 5.5 crore and INR 4.6 crore respectively.
As far as the defending champions, Gujarat Titans, are concerned, they spent the most money on Shivam Mavi. The seamer was picked for INR 6 crore while their other two significant buys included Joshua Little and Kane Williamson. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders were mostly quiet at the event. Bangalore’s highest bid of INR 3.2 crore was for Will Jacks, while the Knight Riders picked Shakib Al Hasan for INR 1.5 crore.
Players picked during the mini-auction: Ben Stokes (INR 16.25 crore), Kyle Jamieson (INR 1 crore), Nishant Sindhu (INR 60 lakh), Shaik Rasheed (INR 20 lakh), Ajinkya Rahane (INR 50 lakh), Bhagath Varma (INR 20 lakh), Ajay Mandal (INR 20 lakh)
Final Squad: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shivam Dube, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana
Players picked during the 2023 mini auction for IPL: Joshua Little (INR 4.4 crore), Mohit Sharma (INR 50 lakh), Urvil Patel (INR 20 lakh), Odean Smith (INR 50 lakh), Kane Williamson (INR 2 crore), Shivam Mavi (INR 6 crore), KS Bharat (INR 1.2 crore)
Final Squad: Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudarshan, Rahul Tewatia Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Kane Williamson, Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid, Khan
Players picked during the mini-auction: Mukesh Kumar (INR 5.5 crore), Rilee Rossouw (INR 4.6 crore), Manish Pandey (INR 2.4 crore), Phil Salt (INR 2 crore), Ishant Sharma (INR 50 lakh)
Final Squad: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Phil Salt, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw
Players picked during the mini-auction: Nicholas Pooran (INR 16 crore), Daniel Sams (INR 75 lakh), Prerak Mankad (INR 20 lakh), Amit Mishra (INR 50 lakh), Romario Shepherd (INR 50 lakh), Yash Thakur (INR 45 lakh), Jaydev Unadkat (INR 50 lakh), Yudhvir Charak (INR 20 lakh), Naveen-ul-Haq (INR 50 lakh), Swapnil Singh (INR 20 lakh)
Final Squad: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Manan Vohra, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen ul Haq, Yudhvir Charak
Players picked during the mini-auction: Shakib Al Hasan (INR 1.5 crore), Litton Das (INR 50 lakh), Kulwant Khejroliya (INR 20 lakh), Mandeep Singh (INR 50 lakh), David Wiese (INR 1 crore), Suyash Sharma (INR 20 lakh), N. Jagadeesan (INR 90 lakh), Vaibhav Arora (INR 60 lakh)
Final Squad: Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese
Players picked during 2023 IPL mini auction: Will Jacks (INR 3.2 crore), Reece Topley (INR 1.9 crore), Avinash Singh (INR 60 lakh), Rajan Kumar (INR 70 lakh), Manoj Bhandage (INR 20 lakh), Himanshu Sharma (INR 20 lakh), Sonu Yadav (INR 20 lakh)
Final Squad: Finn Allen, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Faf du Plessis, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Will Jacks, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav
Players picked during the mini-auction: Cameron Green (INR 17.5 crore), Shams Mulani (INR 20 lakh), Vishnu Vinod (INR 20 lakh), Duan Jansen (INR 20 lakh), Piyush Chawla (INR 50 lakh), Jhye Richardson (INR 1.5 crore), Raghav Goyal (INR 20 lakh), Nehal Wadhera (INR 20 lakh)
Final Squad: Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Jofra Archer, Rohit Sharma, Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Jasprit Bumrah, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Arshad Khan, Akash Madhwal, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Nehal Vadhera, Raghav Goyal, Jason Behrendorff, Kumar Kartikeya
Players picked during the mini-auction: Harpreet Bhatia (INR 40 lakh), Sam Curran (INR 18.5 crore), Sikandar Raza (INR 50 lakh), Shivam Singh (INR 20 lakh), Mohit Rathee (INR 20 lakh), Vidwath Kaverappa (INR 20 lakh)
Final Squad: Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Sikandar Raza, Atharva Taide, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Baltej Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan
Players picked during the 2023 IPL mini auction: Jason Holder (INR 5.75 crore), Joe Root (INR 1 crore), Murugan Ashwin (INR 20 lakh), KM Asif (INR 30 lakh), Adam Zampa (INR 1.5 crore), Kunal Rathore (INR 20 lakh), Donovan Ferreira (INR 50 lakh), Abdul P A (INR 20 lakh), Akash Vashisht (INR 20 lakh)
Final Squad: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Abdul PA, Joe Root, Donovan Ferriera, Adam Zampa, Kunal Rathore, KM Asif, Murugan Ashwin
Players picked during mini-auction: Heinrich Klaasen (INR 5.25 crore), Mayank Agarwal (INR 8.25 crore), Harry Brook (INR 13.25 crore), Anmolpreet Singh (INR 20 lakh), Akeal Hosein (INR 1 crore), Upendra Yadav (INR 25 lakh), Sanvir Singh (INR 20 lakh), Samarth Vyas (INR 20 lakh), Vivrant Sharma (INR 2.6 crore), Mayank Markande (INR 50 lakh), Adil Rashid (INR 2 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (INR 20 lakh), Mayank Dagar (INR 1.8 crore)
Final Squad: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Upendra Singh Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Karthik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal
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