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.

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