Ten Costliest Players Sold in IPL 2023 Auction

This blog presents for the readers the IPL 2023 auction report, especially detailing the Ten Costliest Players Sold In IPL 2023 Auction.

TATA IPL 2023 Player Auction Brief

The TATA IPL 2023 Player Auction was held in Kochi. Total number of players sold were 80 (29 players were are from overseas cricket-playing nations). The amount spent on auctioning the players was INR 1,67,00,00,000 in buying ten teams. All-rounders were the major part of the action.

IPL 2023 Players Auction Report

Most notable figure in the auction was UK all-rounder Sam Curran, who was bought at an all-time high cost and was the most expensive player IPL auction history. He was bought for the Punjab Kings at a whopping bid of INR 18.50 Crore. Next two in line were Cameron Green and Ben Stokes, who received a big amount and were bought by Mumbai Indians for INR 17.50 Crore and Chennai Super Kings for 16.25 Crore, respectively.

Indian batsman Mayank Agarwal got his place with Sunrisers Hyderabad at a cost of INR 8.25 crore; the explosive English batter Harry Brook got the same amount as Mayank. Pacer Shivam Mavi was the most expensive bowler who was bought by defending champions Gujarat Titans; he was acquired at the cost of INR 6 crores.

IPL 2023 Players Auction: Ten Costliest Players Sold In IPL 2023 Auction

Team	Player	Role	Cost
Punjab Kings	Sam Curran	All-Rounder	₹18,50,00,000
Mumbai Indians	Cameron Green	All-Rounder	₹17,50,00,000
Chennai Super Kings	Ben Stokes	All-Rounder	₹16,25,00,000
Lucknow Super Giants	Nicholas Pooran	Wicket-Keeper	₹16,00,00,000
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Harry Brook	Batter	₹13,25,00,000
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Mayank Agarwal	Batter	₹8,25,00,000
Gujarat Titans	Shivam Mavi	Bowler	₹6,00,00,000
Rajasthan Royals	Jason Holder	All-Rounder	₹5,75,00,000
Delhi Capitals	Mukesh Kumar	Bowler	₹5,50,00,000
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Heinrich Klaasen	Wicket-Keeper	₹5,25,00,000

• As one can notice from the above table, the costliest auction was for Sam Curran won the place in the Punjab Kings, who received INR 18.5 crore (which was the highest ever auction cost in the IPL history).
• The second most costliest player was Cameron Green for Mumbai Indians. He received INR 17.5 crore.
• The Chennai Super Kings addition Ben Stokes got INR 16.25 crores.
• Nicholas Pooran costed INR 16 crores, and was bought by Lucknow Super Giants.
• Next, came two additions for Sunrisers Hyderabad: Harry Brook for INR 13.25 crores and Mayank Agarwal for INR 8.25 crores.
• Gujarat Titans bought Shivam Mavi at INR 6 crores.
• Jason Holder was added as All-rounder to the Rajasthan Royals at INR 5.75 crores.
• Mukesh Kumar got the place in Delhi Capitals as a bowler at INR 5.5 crores.
• The tenth costliest auction was Heinrich Klassen who was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad as a wicket-keeper at a cost of INR 5.25 crores.

Overall, the intense bidding demonstrated the glimpse of an action-packed TATA IPL 2023 starting from March 31, 2023.

For the details on the IPL 2023 events, please visit IPL 2023 Schedule, IPL 2023 Fixtures, IPL 2023 Venues, IPL 2023 Team-wise Captains. There were 325 cricketers who could not be bought for IPL 2023, with 232 Indian cricketers who could not clear the auction.

A total of 93 players from overseas cricket-playing nations were also in the list of players who could not be bought by any of the 10 team managements during the IPL 2023 auction. The base price for these players ranged from INR 20 Lakhs to INR 50 lakhs. The Indian players who could not mostly be bought by any teams had a base price of INR 20 lakhs. They were in a huge number of 212 who could not be part of the IPL 2023 tournament.