84 Players Go Under the Hammer on IPL Mega Auction Day 1 in Jeddah
The first day of the IPL mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, saw a total of 84 players sold, with 72 players finding new teams and 12 remaining unsold. The teams spent a staggering Rs 467.95 crore, breaking records for marquee Indian cricketers.
India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant emerged as the most expensive player of the day, setting a new IPL auction record with a Rs 27 crore bid from Lucknow Super Giants. Pant surpassed Shreyas Iyer, who was bought for Rs 26.75 crore by Punjab Kings. Another major surprise was Venkatesh Iyer, who was re-signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 23.75 crore.
Here’s the list of players sold on Day 1, along with their prices:
Chennai Super Kings
Ravichandran Ashwin: Rs 9.75 crore
Devon Conway: Rs 6.25 crore
Rachin Ravindra: Rs 4 crore
Rahul Tripathi: Rs 3.40 crore
Khaleel Ahmed: Rs 4.80 crore
Noor Ahmad: Rs 10 crore
Vijay Shankar: Rs 1.20 crore
Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni
Mumbai Indians
Trent Boult: Rs 12.50 crore
Naman Dhir: Rs 5.25 crore
Robin Minz: Rs 65 lakh
Karn Sharma: Rs 50 lakh
Retained: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma
Rajasthan Royals
Jofra Archer: Rs 12.50 crore
Maheesh Theekshana: Rs 4.40 crore
Wanindu Hasaranga: Rs 5.25 crore
Akash Madhwal: Rs 1.20 crore
Kumar Kartikeya: Rs 30 lakh
Retained: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma
Gujarat Titans
Jos Buttler: Rs 15.75 crore
Mohammed Siraj: Rs 12.25 crore
Prasidh Krishna: Rs 9.50 crore
Kagiso Rabada: Rs 10.75 crore
Nishant Sidhu: Rs 30 lakh
Mahipal Lomror: Rs 1.70 crore
Kumar Kushagra: Rs 65 lakh
Anuj Rawat: Rs 30 lakh
Manav Suthar: Rs 30 lakh
Retained: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders
Venkatesh Iyer: Rs 23.75 crore
Anrich Nortje: Rs 6.50 crore
Quinton de Kock: Rs 3.60 crore
Rahmanullah Gurbaz: Rs 2 crore
Angkrish Raghuvanshi: Rs 3 crore
Vaibhav Arora: Rs 1.80 crore
Mayank Markande: Rs 30 lakh
Retained: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh
Delhi Capitals
KL Rahul: Rs 14 crore
Mitchell Starc: Rs 11.75 crore
Jake Fraser-McGurk: Rs 9 crore
Harry Brook: Rs 6.25 crore
T Natarajan: Rs 10.75 crore
Sameer Rizvi: Rs 95 lakh
Karun Nair: Rs 50 lakh
Ashutosh Sharma: Rs 3.80 crore
Mohit Sharma: Rs 2.20 crore
Retained: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel
Punjab Kings
Shreyas Iyer: Rs 26.75 crore
Yuzvendra Chahal: Rs 18 crore
Arshdeep Singh: Rs 18 crore
Marcus Stoinis: Rs 11 crore
Glenn Maxwell: Rs 4.20 crore
Nehal Wadhera: Rs 4.20 crore
Harpreet Brar: Rs 1.50 crore
Vishnu Vinod: Rs 95 lakh
Vyshak Vijaykumar: Rs 1.80 crore
Yash Thakur: Rs 1.80 crore
Retained: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Josh Hazlewood: Rs 12.50 crore
Phil Salt: Rs 11.50 crore
Jitesh Sharma: Rs 11 crore
Liam Livingstone: Rs 8.75 crore
Rasikh Salam: Rs 6 crore
Suyash Sharma: Rs 2.60 crore
Retained: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Ishan Kishan: Rs 11.25 crore
Mohammed Shami: Rs 10 crore
Harshal Patel: Rs 8 crore
Adam Zampa: Rs 2.40 crore
Rahul Chahar: Rs 3.20 crore
Abhinav Manohar: Rs 3.20 crore
Atharva Taide: Rs 30 lakh
Simarjeet Singh: Rs 1.5 crore
Retained: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head
Lucknow Super Giants
Rishabh Pant: Rs 27 crore
Avesh Khan: Rs 9.75 crore
David Miller: Rs 7.50 crore
Mitchell Marsh: Rs 3.40 crore
Aiden Markram: Rs 2 crore
Aryan Juyal: Rs 30 lakh
Retained: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni
List of Unsold Players (with Base Price):
David Warner: Rs 2 crore
Devdutt Padikkal: Rs 2 crore
Jonny Bairstow: Rs 2 crore
Waqar Salamkheil: Rs 75 lakh
Yash Dhull: Rs 30 lakh
Anmolpreet Singh: Rs 30 lakh
Upendra Yadav: Rs 30 lakh
Luvith Sisodia: Rs 30 lakh
Kartik Tyagi: Rs 40 lakh
Utkarsh Singh: Rs 30 lakh
Piyush Chawla: Rs 50 lakh
Shreyas Gopal: Rs 30 lakh
The auction continues on Day 2 with more action expected as teams strengthen their squads.