In the players’ auction on Friday 2023 IPL Auction List, the Indian Premier League (IPL) made its most expensive purchase ever as the richest cricket league in the world splurged in front of the 2023 season.

185 million Indian rupees ($2.23 million) were paid for Curran’s return to the Punjab Kings after a heated bidding battle with the Chennai Super Kings. Some of the most well-known figures in T20 cricket will be up for auction on December 23, 2022, in Kochi..

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23 Dec 2022, 09:15:56 PM IST
Royal Challengers Bangalore buy Will Jacks for ₹3,20,00,000 in players’ auction

Reece Topley ₹1,90,00,000

Rajan Kumar ₹70,00,000

Avinash Singh ₹60,00,000

Sonu Yadav ₹20,00,000

Himanshu Sharma ₹20,00,000

Manoj Bhandage ₹20,00,000

23 Dec 2022, 09:11:46 PM IST
Players purchased by Rajasthan Royals
Jason Holder ₹5,75,00,000

Adam Zampa ₹1,50,00,000

Joe Root ₹1,00,00,000

Donovan Ferreira ₹50,00,000

K.M. Asif ₹30,00,000

Abdul P A ₹20,00,000

Akash Vashisht ₹20,00,000

Kunal Rathore ₹20,00,000

Murugan Ashwin ₹20,00,000

23 Dec 2022, 08:58:20 PM IST
Players brought by Lucknow Super Giants(LSG) in the auction
Nicholas Pooran ₹16,00,00,000

Daniel Sams ₹75,00,000

Amit Mishra ₹50,00,000

Romario Shepherd ₹50,00,000

Naveen Ul Haq ₹50,00,000

Jaydev Unadkat ₹50,00,000

Yash Thakur ₹45,00,000

Swapnil Singh ₹20,00,000

Yudhvir Charak ₹20,00,000

Prerak Mankad ₹20,00,000

23 Dec 2022, 08:53:00 PM IST
Players brought by Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) in the auction
Shakib Al Hasan ₹1,50,00,000

David Wiese ₹1,00,00,000 N. Jagadeesan ₹90,00,000 Vaibhav Arora ₹60,00,000 Mandeep Singh ₹50,00,000 Litton Das ₹50,00,000 Kulwant Khejroliya ₹20,00,000 Suyash Sharma ₹20,00,000

23 Dec 2022, 09:08:17 PM IST

Players that Punjab Kings (PBKS) purchased at auction Sam Curran ₹18,50,00,000 Sikandar Raza ₹50,00,000 Harpreet Bhatia ₹40,00,000 Shivam Singh ₹20,00,000 Vidwath Kaverappa ₹20,00,000 Mohit Rathee ₹20,00,000

23 Dec 2022, 09:02:39 PM IST

Players brought by Mumbai Indians (MI) in the auction Cameron Green ₹17,50,00,000 Jhye Richardson ₹1,50,00,000 Piyush Chawla ₹50,00,000 Nehal Wadhera ₹20,00,000 Raghav Goyal ₹20,00,000 Vishnu Vinod ₹20,00,000 Duan Jansen ₹20,00,000 Shams Mulani ₹20,00,000

23 Dec 2022, 08:48:14 PM IST

Players brought by Gujarat Titans(GT) in the auction Shivam Mavi ₹6,00,00,000 Joshua Little ₹4,40,00,000 Kane Williamson ₹2,00,00,000 K.S. Bharat ₹1,20,00,000 Mohit Sharma ₹50,00,000 Odean Smith ₹50,00,000 Urvil Patel ₹20,00,000

23 Dec 2022, 08:44:35 PM IST

Shakib Al Hasan goes to KKR Shakib Al Hasan is next and he is sold to KKR for ₹1.5 crore

23 Dec 2022, 08:43:24 PM IST
Joe Root goes to RR
Joe Root is sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1 crore

23 Dec 2022, 08:42:11 PM IST
Players brought by Delhi Capitals(DC) in the auction
Mukesh Kumar ₹5,50,00,000

Rilee Rossouw ₹4,60,00,000

Manish Pandey ₹2,40,00,000

Phil Salt ₹2,00,00,000

Ishant Sharma ₹50,00,000

23 Dec 2022, 08:25:33 PM IST
Anmolpreet Singh, Murugan Ashwin goes to SRH and RR respectively
Anmolpreet Singh is sold to SRH for ₹20 lakh, Spinner Murugan Ashwin is sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹20 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 08:21:36 PM IST
Aussie spinner Adam Zampa goes to RR
Adam Zampa is sold to the Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.5 crore

23 Dec 2022, 08:38:12 PM IST
Players brought by Chennai Super Kings(CSK) in the auction
Ben Stokes ₹16,25,00,000

Kyle Jamieson ₹1,00,00,000

Nishant Sindhu ₹60,00,000

Ajinkya Rahane ₹50,00,000

Shaik Rasheed ₹20,00,000

Ajay Mandal ₹20,00,000

Bhagath Varma ₹20,00,000

23 Dec 2022, 08:27:27 PM IST
Mandeep Singh goes to KKR
Mandeep Singh is sold to KKR for ₹50 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 08:19:15 PM IST
Akeal Hosein goes to SRH
Akeal Hosein is sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹1 crore

23 Dec 2022, 08:17:03 PM IST
Litton Das goes to Kolkata Knight Riders
Litton Das has an opening bid which will be the closing bid with Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹50 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 08:15:11 PM IST
Riley Rossouw goes under the hammer
South Africa’s Riley Rossouw goes to Delhi Capital for ₹4.6 crore

Dec. 23, 2022, 7:51:59 IST
List of players that were sold to other franchises for $20,000
Punjab Kings make an offer, and Shivam Singh is sold for Rs. 20 lakh.

CSK purchases Bhagath Varma for Rs. 20 lakh.

Nehal Wadhera, an all-around player, gets sold to the Mumbai Indians for $20,000.

Mohit Rathee, an all-around player, gets sold to Punjab Kings for $20,000.

Ajay Mandal, an all-around player, is sold to CSK for $20,000.

Sonu Yadav, an all-around player, is sold to RCB for $20,000.

For $20,000, Rajasthan Royals acquire Kunal Rathore.

Nitish Kumar Reddy, a wicketkeeper, gets traded to Sunrisers Hyderabad for $20,000.

For 20 lakh, Swapnil Singh is purchased by Lucknow Super Giants.

Shams Mulani, an all-around player, gets traded to Mumbai Indians for $20,000.
Kunal Rathore is sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹20 lakh

Wicket-keeper Nitish Kumar Reddy is sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹20 lakh

Swapnil Singh is sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹20 lakh

All-rounder Shams Mulani is sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹20 lakh

Suyash Sharma is sold for a base price of ₹20 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 07:40:44 PM IST
Kulwant Khejroliya is sold to KKR for ₹20 Lakh
Fast bowler Kulwant Khejroliya is sold to Kolkata Knight Rider for ₹20 Lakh

23 Dec 2022, 07:37:28 PM IST
England all-rounder Tom Curran is unsold
Sam Curran’s elder brother Tom Curran remains unsold in the IPL auction

23 Dec 2022, 07:30:35 PM IST
Joshua Little from Ireland goes under the hammer
Joshua Little from Ireland who had a base price of ₹50 lakh and is sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹4.4 crore

23 Dec 2022, 07:27:16 PM IST
List of unsold players
Kirant Shinde, Akash Singh, Paul van Meekeren, Yuvraj Chudasma,Tejas Baroka,Jamie Overton,Richard Gleeson,Naveen UL Haq

23 Dec 2022, 07:22:57 PM IST
Donovan Ferreira is sold to Rajasthan Royals
Wicket-keeper Donovan Ferreira is sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹50 Lakh

23 Dec 2022, 07:19:23 PM IST
Prerak Mankad, Duan Jansen were sold to LSG, MI respectively
Prerak Mankad is sold to LSG for ₹20 lakh, Duan Jansen is sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹20 Lakh

23 Dec 2022, 07:14:39 PM IST
Mayank Dagar sold to SRH for ₹1.8 crore
All-rounder Mayank Dagar with a base price of ₹20 lakh, sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹1.8 crore

23 Dec 2022, 07:10:58 PM IST
Manoj Bhandage sold to RCB
Manoj Bhandage is sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for a base price of ₹20 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 07:09:56 PM IST
Harpreet Bhatia goes to Punjab Kings
Harpreet Bhatia is sold to Punjab Kings for ₹40 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 07:07:21 PM IST
Piyush Chawla sold to Mumbai Indians
Piyush Chawla sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹50 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 07:04:10 PM IST
First thoughts following Mumbai Indians’ purchase of Cameron Green for Rs. 17.5 crore On Friday, Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was acquired by the five-time champion Mumbai Indians (MI) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Kochi.

The young Aussie all-rounder caused a heavy bidding war between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals (DC). Things ended with five-time champions prevailing and picking up Green.

23 Dec 2022, 06:47:46 PM IST
First thoughts following Mumbai Indians’ purchase of Cameron Green for Rs. 17.5 crore On Friday, Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was acquired by the five-time champion Mumbai Indians (MI) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Kochi.

23 Dec 2022, 06:28:19 PM IST
First reaction from England’s Harry Brook after record bid from SRH
West Indies great Brian Lara, who is the head coach of SRH, said they went for Brook, keeping in mind finisher’s role. Brook recently struck three hundreds in as many games and set a new record for most runs by an England batter in a Test series in Pakistan.

23 Dec 2022, 06:24:10 PM IST
Top buys in IPL 2023 Auction
Punjab Kings: Sam Curran: ₹18,50,00,000

Mumbai Indians: Cameron Green: ₹17,50,00,000

Chennai Super Kings: Ben Stokes: ₹16,25,00,000

Lucknow Super Giants: Nicholas Pooran: ₹16,00,00,000

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Harry Brook: ₹13,25,00,000

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal: ₹8,25,00,000

Gujarat Titans: Shivam Mavi: ₹6,00,00,000

Rajasthan Royals: Jason Holder: ₹5,75,00,000

Delhi Capitals: Mukesh Kumar: ₹5,50,00,000

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Heinrich Klaasen: ₹5,25,00,000

23 Dec 2022, 06:18:39 PM IST
Kyle Jamieson goes to CSK
Kyle Jamieson with a base price of Rs1 crore has an opening and winning bid from the CSK

23 Dec 2022, 06:02:46 PM IST
Daniel Sams moves to Lucknow Super Giants from Mumbai Indians
Daniel Sams sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹75 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 05:59:01 PM IST
Capped all-rounders category next, first is Romario Shepherd
Romario Shepherd is sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹50 Lakh

23 Dec 2022, 05:54:20 PM IST
Will Jacks with a base price of ₹1.5 crore is next under the hammer
England batter Will Jacks with a base price of ₹1.5 crore sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹3.2 crore

Srikar Bharat goes to Gujarat Titans
Srikar Bharat is sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹1.20 Crore

23 Dec 2022, 05:01:40 PM IST
Nishant Sindhu is sold to CSK
Nishant Sindhu is sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹60 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 04:54:49 PM IST
Vivrant Sharma is up next under the uncapped All-rounder’s list
Vivrant Sharma had a base price of Rs20 Lakh and his current bid is ₹2.6 crore with the Sunrisers Hyderabad. He is sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad.

SRH head coach Brian Lara has to say on getting Mayank Agarwal and Harry Brook on board

Ben Stokes in yellow for Chennai Super Kings
England Test skipper Ben Stokes was the third-highest gainer, fetching ₹16.25 crore from CSK who pipped Kolkata Knight Riders in another intense bidding war

Cameron Green is next with a base price of ₹2 Crore
Aussie all-rounder Cameron Green sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹17.50 crore after an intense bidding war between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals

23 Dec 2022, 03:36:24 PM IST
Jason Holder is up next with a base price of ₹2 crore
West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder is sold to Rajasthan Royals for 5.75 Crore

23 Dec 2022, 03:33:44 PM IST
Sikandar Raza from Zimbabwe is next with a base price of ₹50 Lakh
Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza is sold to Punjab Kings for ₹50 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 03:31:20 PM IST
Odean Smith is up next with a base price of ₹50 Lakh
West Indies’ player Odean Smit sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹50 lakh

23 Dec 2022, 03:25:14 PM IST
Engand’s Sam Curran is up next with a base price of ₹2 Crore
England all-rounder Sam Curran sold to Punjab Kings for ₹18.50 crore.

Sam Curran comes into the IPL 2023 Auctions riding on the success of England’s win of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The young all-rounder had an outstanding World Cup, not only winning the Man of the Match award in the finals but also the Man of the Series award in the tournament

23 Dec 2022, 03:17:02 PM IST
Set number 2 now – Capped all-rounders. First is Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib-Al Hasan goes unsold at the first round of bidding for capped all-rounders

23 Dec 2022, 03:13:46 PM IST
Rilee Rossouw of South Africa is next with a base price of ₹2 crore
Rilee Rossouw of South Africa goes unsold in the first round of the auction has failed to entertain any bids from any of the franchise

23 Dec 2022, 03:09:57 PM IST
Joe Root is next with a base price of ₹1 Crore
Joe Root goes unsold in the first round of the auction

23 Dec 2022, 03:03:39 PM IST
Ajinkya Rahane is next with a base price of ₹50 Lakh
Ajinkya Rahane is next with a base price of INR 50 Lakh and he is SOLD to Chennai Super Kings

23 Dec 2022, 03:02:31 PM IST
Mayank Agarwal, India’s opening batsman, is up for auction with a starting price of 1 crore.
Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Chennai Super Kings all made bids for Mayank Agarwal before the player was eventually sold to SRH for 8.25 crore.

Dec. 23, 2022, 2:53:25 IST
The next item up for auction is Harry Brook from England, whose starting bid is 1.5 crore.
England’s Harry Brook, who cost SRH 13.25 crore, is the first player to sell for above $10 million in the IPL auctions of 2023.
Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals are now engaged in a furious bidding battle.
Dec. 23, 2022, 2:45:59 IST
For two crores, Gujarat Titans purchased Kane Williamson.

Kiwi batsman Kane Williamson sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹2 crore

Beginning of IPL auction bidding
The first group of batters’ cap-exempt players are put up for auction. Mayank Agarwal, Brook, Ajinkya Rahane, Joe Root, Rossouw, and Kane Williamson were all part of the auction’s first group.

23 December 2022 at 2:38:24 IST
The auction environment
In the mini IPL auction, ten teams will compete to recruit their top cricketers from a tiny pool of players that includes stars like Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, and Mayank Agarwal. It is expected that competitive bidding will be the norm.

Teams with funds remaining
Sunrisers Hyderabad: ₹42,25,00,000

Punjab Kings: ₹32,20,00,000

Lucknow Super Giants: ₹23,35,00,000

Mumbai Indians: ₹20,55,00,000

Chennai Super Kings: ₹20,45,00,000

Delhi Capitals: ₹19,45,00,000

Gujarat Titans: ₹19,25,00,000

Rajasthan Royals: ₹13,20,00,000

Royal Challengers Bangalore: ₹8,75,00,000

Kolkata Knight Riders: ₹7,05,00,000