Young Ishan Kishan on Saturday became the most expensive player at the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction when he was re-signed by five-time champions Mumbai Indians for a whopping 15.25 crores in Bengaluru.
Kishan had plied his trade for the Mumbai Indians since 2018, enjoying his most-successive run in 2020 when he scored 516 runs, but was released by the franchise ahead of the mega auction.
File image of Ishan Kishan. Image: Sportzpics for IPL
Meanwhile, Deepak Chahar was snapped up by his former franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for Rs 14 crore, while Shreyas Iyer, too went for big money having been acquired by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs 12.25 crore.
Australian all-rounder Pat Cummins is also set to reunite with KKR for the upcoming season, having been snapped up by the franchise for Rs 7.25 crore.
RCB signed the likes of Faf du Plessis (Rs 7 crore) and Josh Hazlewood (Rs 7.75 crore), while also acquiring veteran Dinesh Karthik (Rs 5.5 crore). RCB’s costliest buy on Saturday were Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel (Both Rs 10.75 crore).
Punjab Kings spent Rs 61.35 crore on Saturday, signing the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and Kagiso Rabada, and have the most amount remaining in purse with Rs 28.65 crore.
MI, who signed Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Basil Thampi and Murugan Ashwin, have Rs 27.85 crore in their purse.
Here’s a statistical summary of the amount spent by franchises, amount remaining in purse and the players purchased:
Total Money Spent by 10 franchises: Rs 3,88,10,00,000 (Rs 3.88 billion)
Total players sold: 74 (Overseas 20)
Biggest Buy at Auction: Ishan Kishan (India, Mumbai Indians) Rs 15.25 crore
Chennai Super Kings
Amount Spent: Rs 69.55 crore, Amount Available: Rs 20.45 crore
Buys: 6, Retained: 4
MS Dhoni* (India wk-batter) Rs 12 crore
Ruturaj Gaikwad* (India batter) Rs 6 crore
Ravindra Jadeja* (India all-rounder) Rs 16 crore
Ambati Rayudu (India batter) Rs 6.75 crore
Robin Uthappa (India batter) Rs 2 crore
Deepak Chahar (India pacer) Rs 14 crore
Dwayne Bravo (West Indies allrounder) Rs 4.40 crore
Moeen Ali (England allrounder) Rs 8 crore
KM Asif (India pacer) Rs 20 lakh
Tushar Deshpande (India pacer) Rs 8 crore
Delhi Capitals
Amount Spent: Rs 73.50 crore, Amount Available: Rs 16.50 crore
Buys: 9, Retained: 4
Prithvi Shaw* (India batter) Rs 7.50 crore
Anrich Nortje* (South Africa pacer) Rs 6.50 crore
Axar Patel* (India allrounder) Rs 9 crore
Rishabh Pant* (India wk) Rs 16 crore
David Warner (Australia batter) Rs 6.25 crore
Mitchell Marsh (Australia allrounder) Rs 6.50 crore
Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh allrounder) Rs 2 crore
Shardul Thakur (India pacer) Rs 10.75 crore
Kuldeep Yadav (India spinner) Rs 2 crore
Ashwin Hebbar (India allrounder) Rs 20 lakh
Kamlesh Nagarkoti (India pacer) Rs 1.10 crore
Sarfaraz Khan (India batter) Rs 20 lakh
KS Bharat (India batter-wk) Rs 2 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Amount Spent: Rs 80.75 crore, Amount Available: Rs 9.25 crore
Buys: 8, Retained: 3
Virat Kohli* (India batter) Rs 15 crore
Glenn Maxwell* (Australia allrounder) Rs 11 crore
Mohammed Siraj* (India pacer) Rs 7 crore
Josh Hazlewood (Australia pacer) Rs 7.75 crore
Dinesh Karthik (India wk) Rs 5.50 crore
Harshal Patel (India pacer) Rs 10.75 crore
Faf du Plessis (SA batter) Rs 7 crore
Wanindu Hasaranga (SL allrounder) Rs 10.75 crore
Shahbaz Ahmed (India allrounder) Rs 2.40 crore
Anuj Rawat (India batter-wk) Rs 3.4 crore
Akash Deep (India pacer) Rs 20 lakh
Kolkata Knight Riders
Amount Spent: Rs 77.35 crore, Amount Available: Rs 12.65 crore
Buys: 5, Retained: 4
Andre Russell* (WI allrounder) Rs 12 crore
Sunil Narine* (WI allrounder) Rs 6 crore
Varun Chakaravarthy* (India spinner) Rs 8 crore
Venkatesh Iyer* (India allrounder) Rs 8 crore
Shreyas Iyer (India batter) Rs 12.25 crore
Pat Cummins (Australia pacer) Rs 7.25 crore
Nitish Rana (India allrounder) Rs 12.25 crore
Shivam Mavi (India pacer) Rs 7.25 crore
Sheldon Jackson (India batter-wk) Rs 60 lakh
Mumbai Indians
Amount Spent: Rs 62.15 crore, Amount Available: Rs 27.85 crore
Buys: 4, Retained: 4
Rohit Sharma* (India batter) Rs 16 crore
Suryakumar Yadav* (India batter) Rs 8 crore
Jasprit Bumrah* (India pacer) Rs 12 crore
Kieron Pollard (WI allrounder) Rs 6 crore
Ishan Kishan (India batter-wk) Rs 15.25 crore
Dewald Brevis (SA batter) Rs 3 crore
Basil Thampi (India pacer) Rs 30 lakh
M Ashwin (India spinner) Rs 1.6 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Amount Spent: Rs 69.85 crore, Amount Available: Rs 20.15 crore
Buys: 10, Retained: 3
Abdul Samad* (India allrounder) Rs 4 crore
Umran Malik* (India pacer) Rs 4 crore
Kane Williamson* (NZ batter) Rs 14 crore
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India pacer) Rs 4.20 crore
Nicholas Pooran (WI batter-wk) Rs 10.75 crore
Washington Sundar (India allrounder) Rs 8.75 crore
T Natarajan (India pacer) Rs 4 crore
Rahul Tripathi (India batter) Rs 8.50 crore
Priyam Garg (India batter) Rs 20 lakh
Kartik Tyagi (India pacer) Rs 4 crore
Abhishek Sharma (India allrounder) Rs 6.5 crore
Shreyas Gopal (India spinner) Rs 75 lakh
Washington Sundar (India allrounder) Rs 8.75 crore
Rajasthan Royals
Amount Spent: Rs 77.85 crore, Amount Available: Rs 12.15 crore
Buys: 8, Retained: 3
Yashasvi Jaiswal* (India allrounder) Rs 4 crore
Jos Buttler* (Eng batter-wk) Rs 10 crore
Sanju Samson* (India batter-wk) Rs 14 crore
Devdutt Padikkal (India batter) Rs 7.75 crore
Ravichandran Ashwin (India allrounder) Rs 5 crore
Yuzvendra Chahal (India spinner) Rs 6.50 crore
Prasidh Krishna (India pacer) Rs 10 crore
Shimron Hetmyer (WI batter) Rs 8.50 crore
Trent Boult (NZ pacer) Rs 8 crore
Riyan Parag (India allrounder) Rs 3.80 crore
KC Cariappa (India spinner) Rs 30 lakh
Punjab Kings
Amount Spent: Rs 61.35 crore, Amount Available: Rs 28.65 crore
Buys: 9, Retained: 2
Arshdeep Singh* (India pacer) Rs 4 crore
Mayank Agarwal* (India batter) Rs 12 crore
Shikhar Dhawan (India batter) Rs 8.25 crore
Jonny Bairstow (England batter-wk) Rs 6.75 crore
Kagiso Rabada (SA pacer) Rs 9.25 crore
Rahul Chahar (India spinner) Rs 5.25 crore
Harpreet Brar (India allrounder) Rs 3.8 crore
Shahrukh Khan (India allrounder) Rs 9 crore
Prabhsimran Singh (India batter-wk) Rs 60 lakh
Jitesh Sharma (India batter-wk) Rs 20 lakh
Ishan Porel (India pacer) Rs 25 lakh
Lucknow Supergiants
Amount Spent: Rs 83.10 crore, Amount Available: Rs 6.90 crore
Buys: 8, Pre-auction picks*: 3
KL Rahul* (India batter-wk) Rs 17 crore
Ravi Bishnoi* (India spinner) Rs 4 crore
Marcus Stoinis* (Australia allrounder) Rs 9.20 crore
Manish Pandey (India batter) Rs 4.60 crore
Mark Wood (England pacer) Rs 7.50 crore
Quinton de Kock (SA batter-wk) Rs 6.75 crore
Jason Holder (WI allrounder) Rs 8.75 crore
Krunal Pandya (India allrounder) Rs 8.25 crore
Deepak Hooda (India allrounder) Rs 5.75 crore
Avesh Khan (India pacer) Rs 10 crore
Ankit Rajpoot (India pacer) Rs 50 lakh
Gujarat Titans
Amount Spent: Rs 71.15 crore, Amount Available: Rs 18.85 crore
Buys: 7, Pre-auction picks*: 3
Shubman Gill* (India batter) Rs 8 crore
Hardik Pandya* (India allrounder) Rs 15 crore
Rashid Khan* (Afghanistan spinner) Rs 15 crore
Mohammed Shami (India pacer) Rs 6.25 crore
Lockie Ferguson (NZ pacer) Rs 10 crore
M Abhinav (India batter) Rs 2.60 crore
Rahul Tewatia (India allrounder) Rs 9 crore
Jason Roy (England batter) Rs 2 crore
R Sai Kishore (India spinner) Rs 3 crore
Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan spinner) Rs 30 lakh.
With inputs from PTI
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