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IPL Auction 2024: Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins becomes the most expensive player in IPL history with 24.75 and 20.50 crore price tag respectively

Harshal Patel most expensive Indian, Sameer Rizvi most expensive uncapped player

Aditya Kaushik
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New Delhi: The auction for the 17th season of India’s biggest cricket carnival, i.e., Indian Premier League (IPL), took place in Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena, on Tuesday.

Australian players took centre stage as they broke the 20-crore mark twice, and Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player in the history of IPL with a 24.75 crore price tag after Pat Cummins held the crown first in the same day with a 20.50 crore price tag earlier.

Harshal Patel became the most expensive Indian player with 11.75 crore in his bank, while Sameer Rizvi became the most expensive uncapped player with an 8.40 crore price tag.

Check out all the details of the auction below:

S.no Teams Purse left Slots left Players Bought

 (Indian)

 Players Bought (Overseas)
1 Chennai Super Kings Rs 1.0 Cr 0 Shardul Thakur (4 cr), Sameer Rizvi (8.40 cr), Avinash Arawelli (20 L) Rachin Ravindra (1.80 cr), Daryl Mitchell (14.0 cr), Mustafizur Rehman (2.0 cr)
2 Mumbai Indians Rs 1.05 Cr 0 Shreyas Gopal (20 L), Naman Dhir (20 L), Anshul Kamboj (20 L), Shivalik Sharma (20 L) Gerald Coetzee (5.0 cr), Dilshan Madhushanka (4.6 cr), Nuwan Thusara (4.80 cr), Md Nabi (1.5 cr)
3 Kolkata Knight Riders Rs 1.35 Cr 2 KS Bharat (50 L), Chetan Sakariya (50 L), Angkarish Raghuvanshi (20 L), Ramandeep Singh (20 L), Manish Pandey (50 L), Shakib Hussain (20 L) Mitchell Starc (24.75 cr), Sherfane Rutherford (1.5 cr), Mujeeb ur Rahman (2.0 cr), Gus Atkinson ( 1 cr)
4 Sunrisers Hyderabad Rs 3.20 Cr 0 Jaydev Unadkat (1.6 cr), Akash Singh (20 L), Jhathavedh Subramanyan (20 L) Travis Head (6.80 cr), Wanindu Hasaranga ( 1.50 cr), Pat Cummins (20.50 cr)
5 Gujrat Titans Rs 7.85 Cr 0 Umesh Yadav (5.80 cr), Shahrukh Khan (7.40 cr), Sushant Mishra (2.20 cr), Kartik Tyagi (60 L), Manav Suthar (20 L), Robin Minz (3.60 cr) Azmatullah Umarzai (50 L), Spencer Jhonson (10.o cr)
6 Rajasthan Royals Rs 0.20 Cr 3 Subham Dubey (5.80 cr), Abid Mustak (20 L) Rovman Powell (7.40 Cr), Tom Kohler Cadmore (40 L), Nadre Burger (50 L)
7 Punjab Kings Rs 4.15 Cr 0 Harshal Patel (11.75 cr), Ashutosh Sharma (20 L), Vishwanath Singh (20 L), Shashank Singh (20 L), Tanay Thyagarajann(20 L), Prince Chaudhary (20 L) Chris Woakes (4.20 cr), Railee R0ssouw (8.0 cr)
8 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Rs 2.85 Cr 0 Yash Dayal (5.0 cr), Swapnil Singh (20 L), Saurav Chauhan (20 L) Alzarri Joseph (11.50 cr), Tom Curran (1.50 cr), Lockie Furguson (2.0 cr)
9 Delhi Capitals Rs 10.65 Cr 1 Ricky Bhui (20 L), Kumar Kushagra (7.20 cr), Rasikh Dar (20 L), Sumit Kumar (1.0 cr), Swastik Chikara (20 L) Harry Brook (4.0 cr), Tristen Stubbs (50 L), Jhye Richardson (5.0 cr), Shai Hope (75 cr)
10 Lucknow Supergiants Rs 0.95 Cr 0 Shivam Mavi (6.40 cr), Arshin Kulkarni (20 L), M Siddharth (2.40 cr), Arshad Khan (20 L)  Ashton Turner (1.0 cr), David Willy (2.0 cr)

Live Updates:

21:02 Saurav Chauhan sold to RCB

21:00 Shakib Hussain sold to KKR

20:59 Nadre Burger to RR

20:58 Avinash Arawelli sold to CSK

20:57 Swapnil Singh goes to RCB

20:56 Shivalik Sharma goes to MI

20:55 Abid Mustak goes to RR

20:53 Swastik Chikara goes to DC

20: 52 Gus Atkinson goes to MI

20:51 Shai Hope goes to DC

20:50 Md Nabi goes to MI

20:48 Arshad Khan sold to LSG

20:46 Mujeeb ur Rahman sold to KKR

20:43 Lockie Furguson sold to RCB

20:39 Railee Rossouw sold to PBKS

20:37 Manish Pandey sold to KKR

20:11 Jhathavedh Subramanyan sold to SRH

20:10 Prince Choudhary sold to PBKS

20:02 Robin Minz goes to GT

20:01 Tanay Thyagarajann goes to PBKS

20:00 Shashank Singh sold to PBKS

19:57 Vishwanath Singh sold to PBKS

19:56 Ashutosh Sharma sold to PBKS

19:53 Sumit Kumar joins DC

19:51 Anshul Kamboj goes to MI

19:46 Naman Dhir goes to MI

19:42 Nuwan Thusara is in MI

19:41 Jhye Richardson joins DC

19:36 Mustafizur Rahman joins CSK squad

19:29 Spencer Jhonson goes to GT

19:25 David Willey joins LSG

19:21 Tom Curran goes to RCB

19:19 Ashton Turner goes to LSG

19:17 Sherfane Rutherford joins KKR

19:16 Accelatarted set up next

18:32 Shreyas Gopal joins MI

18:28 M Siddharth joins LSG

18:26 Manav Suthar joins GT

18:24 Uncapped spinners set up next

18:23 Rasikh Dar goes to DC

18:20 Kartik Tyagi acquired by Titans

18:18 Akash Singh joins SRH

18:16 Sushant Mishra goes to GT

18:12 Yash Dayal joins RCB

18:11 Uncapped fast bowlers set up next

18:07 Kumar Kushagra goes to DC

18:05 Ricky Bhui joins DC

Indian wicketkeeper goes to DC for INR 20 L.

18:04 Tom Kohler Cadmore joins RR

Young uncapped English wicketkeeper goes to Rajasthan Royals in INR 40 L.

18:03 Uncapped wicketkeepers set up next

17:44 Ramandeep Singh goes to KKR

17:35 Shahrukh Khan joins Gujarat Giants

17:33 Arshin Kulkarni goes to LSG

17:31 Sarfaraz Khan goes unsold

17:29 Uncapped all-rounders set up next

17:28 Angkrish Raghuvanshi joins KKR

17:21 Sameer Rizvi joins CSK

The young Indian joins the experienced side for a whopping INR 8.40 cr.

17:08 Subham Dubey goes to RR

Young Indian batsman joins the Rajasthan Royals for INR 5.80 cr.

17:08 Uncapped batsmen set up next

Welcome back after the break

16:00 No capped spinner found any buyer as they all goes unsold

15:55 Capped spinners set up next

15:54 Dilshan Madhushanka joins MI

15:48 Jaydev Unadkat goes to SRH

15:33 Mitchell Starc is the new most expensive player in the IPL history


The left-arm Aussie pacer crates record as Starc joins the KKR squad for a record 24.75 cr.

KKR and GT went through an intense bidding war, but the former came out victorious with a record total.

15:26 Shivam Mavi goes to LSG

Lucknow Super Giants have acquired the young Indian bowler’s services for 6.40 cr.

15:22 Umesh Yadav joins the Gujarat Titans squad

The veteran Indian bowler joins the Ahmedabad-based team for INR 5.80 cr.

15:16 Alzarri Joseph goes to RCB

15:15 Chetan Sakariya joins KKR squad

15:14 Capped fast bowlers set up next

15:13 Kusal Mendis and Josh Inglis goes unsold

15:11 KS Bharat is a Knight Rider

Indian wicketkeeper KS Bharat becomes the first buy of Knight Riders at the auction at 50 L.

15:10 Tristen Stubbs goes to DC

The South African joins the Delhi Capitals on the base price of 50 L.

15:09 Phillip Salt goes unsold

English wicketkeeper fails to interest any buyer.

15:07 Capped wicketkeepers set up next

14:41 Chris Woakes goes to Punjab Kings

The English all-rounder joins the Punjab Kings for a huge amount of INR 4.20 cr.

14:40 Daryl Mitchell is a Super King


Kiwi all-rounder joins his teammate Rachin in the yellow jersey at Rs 14.0 cr.

14:19 Harshal Patel goes to Punjab Kings

14:18 Gerald Coetzee joins the Mumbai Indians squad

14:06 Pat Cummins is the most expensive player in the IPL history

Aussie skipper creates history as he joins the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad for a record sum of Rs 20.50 cr.

14:04 Azmatullah Umarzai is a Titan

The all-rounder from Afghanistan joins the Gujarat Titans squad for INR 50 L.

14:02 Shardul Thakur is Super King once again

Star Indian all-rounder is set for homecoming as CSK acquires his services at INR 4 cr.

13:55 Rachin Ravindra joins CSK

The New Zealand star all-rounder will be seen playing under MS Dhoni in the 2024 IPL season.

13:53 Wanindu Hasaranga goes to SRH

The Sri Lankan all-rounder joins the Hyderabad franchise for the base price of INR 1.50 cr.

13:46 Capped all-rounders are set go to under the hammer in set 2.

13:39 Manish Pandey fails to find any buyer in the first round

13:38 Karun Nair and Steve Smith goes unsold

The star Aussie players fail to interest any franchise and go unsold in round 1.

13:35 Travis Head joins the SRH squad

SRH, after an intense bidding war with CSK, acquires the services of Travis Head.

13:25 Harry Brook joins the DC squad

English hard-hitting batsman goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 4 cr.

13:22 Rilee Russo goes unsold

13:15 Rovman Powell joins RR

West Indian batsman joins Rajasthan Royals for INR 7.40 Cr.

13:10 IPL 2024 auction goes live with capped batters in set 1

Auction stage set

BCCI shortlisted a total of 333 players for the 77 open slots, out of which 47 slots are reserved for Indian players, while 30 spots are open for overseas players.

All ten franchises were done with their final retention and first session of the trade window by November 26, as the first trading window closed down on December 12, while the next window will open on December 20, a day after the auction.

A number of star players are set to go under the hammer, including the ICC World Cup 2023 heroes Travis Head, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, and many more.

Many Indian veteran IPL players are also set to be under the hammer, which includes Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Harshal Patel and Manish Pandey.

Out of the ten franchises, Kolkata Knight Riders need the most number of players, i.e., 12, Followed up by Delhi Capitals who need nine players. There are four teams that need eight players, while four teams require six players, to complete their complete 25 players set.