IPL 2023 Auction list – All Players List (sold/unsold) Live Updates!
The wait is over. The IPL 2023 auction has arrived. The Indian Premier League is one of the most followed sporting events in the world. Its popularity and footfalls have increased immensely since its inception in 2008 because of the amount of excitement and thrilling clashes it presents.
In the last season, we got new champions in Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans (GT), while the other new team Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), introduced last season, didn’t make an impact.
As always, we expect to see intense bidding battles for numerous players among 10 IPL franchises right at the auctions in an attempt to produce the best results on the field.
IPL Mini Auction Player List
As per the list of retained and released players submitted by the franchises by 15 November, all 10 franchises have retained nearly 163 players and at least 85 players have been released. The table below shows the list of all the players who will be up for grabs in the IPL 2023 auction.
| Sr. No. | Name | Country | Specialism | Base Price [INR Lakh] |
Sold Price [INR Lakh] |
Sold to Franchise |
| 1 | Mayank Agarwal | India | BATSMAN | 100 | 825 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 2 | Harry Brook | England | BATSMAN | 150 | 1325 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 3 | Ajinkya Rahane | India | BATSMAN | 50 | 50 | Chennai Super Kings |
| 4 | Joe Root | England | BATSMAN | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 5 | Rilee Rossouw | South Africa | BATSMAN | 200 | 460 | Delhi Capitals |
| 6 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | BATSMAN | 200 | 200 | Gujrat Titans |
| 7 | Sam Curran | England | ALL-ROUNDER | 200 | 1850 | Punjab Kings |
| 8 | Cameron Green | Australia | ALL-ROUNDER | 200 | 1750 | Mumbai Indians |
| 9 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | ALL-ROUNDER | 150 | 150 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 10 | Jason Holder | West Indies | ALL-ROUNDER | 200 | 575 | Rajasthan Royals |
| 11 | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | 50 | Punjab Kings |
| 12 | Odean Smith | West Indies | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | 50 | Gujrat Titans |
| 13 | Ben Stokes | England | ALL-ROUNDER | 200 | 1625 | Chennai Super Kings |
| 14 | Tom Banton | England | WICKETKEEPER | 200 | – | Unsold |
| 15 | Litton Das | Bangladesh | WICKETKEEPER | 50 | 50 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 16 | Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa | WICKETKEEPER | 100 | 525 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 17 | Kusal Mendis | Sri Lanka | WICKETKEEPER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 18 | Nicholas Pooran | West Indies | WICKETKEEPER | 200 | 1600 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 19 | Phil Salt | England | WICKETKEEPER | 200 | 200 | Delhi Capitals |
| 20 | Chris Jordan | England | BOWLER | 200 | – | Unsold |
| 21 | Adam Milne | New Zealand | BOWLER | 200 | – | Unsold |
| 22 | Jhye Richardson | Australia | BOWLER | 150 | 150 | Mumbai Indians |
| 23 | Ishant Sharma | India | BOWLER | 50 | 50 | Delhi Capitals |
| 24 | Reece Topley | England | BOWLER | 75 | 75 | Royal Challenger Bangalore |
| 25 | Jaydev Unadkat | India | BOWLER | 50 | 50 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 26 | Akeal Hosein | West Indies | BOWLER | 100 | 100 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 27 | Mayank Markande | India | BOWLER | 50 | 50 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 28 | Mujeeb Rahman | Afghanistan | BOWLER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 29 | Adil Rashid | England | BOWLER | 200 | 200 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 30 | Tabraiz Shamsi | South Africa | BOWLER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 31 | Adam Zampa | Australia | BOWLER | 150 | 150 | Rajasthan Royals |
| 32 | Shubham Khajuria | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 33 | Rohan Kunnummal | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 34 | Chethan L.R. | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 35 | Shaik Rasheed | India | BATSMAN | 20 | 20 | Chennai Super Kings |
| 36 | Anmolpreet Singh | India | BATSMAN | 20 | 20 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 37 | Himmat Singh | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 38 | Corbin Bosch | South Africa | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 39 | Priyam Garg | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 40 | Saurabh Kumar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 41 | Vivrant Sharma | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 260 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 42 | Nishant Sindhu | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 60 | Chennai Super Kings |
| 43 | Sanvir Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 44 | Shashank Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 45 | Samarth Vyas | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 46 | K.S. Bharat | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | 120 | Gujrat Titans |
| 47 | Mohammed Azharuddeen | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 48 | Dinesh Bana | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 49 | Abhimanyu Easwaran | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 50 | N. Jagadeesan | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | 90 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 51 | Sumit Kumar | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 52 | Upendra Singh Yadav | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | 25 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 53 | Vaibhav Arora | India | BOWLER | 20 | 60 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 54 | K.M. Asif | India | BOWLER | 30 | 30 | Rajasthan Royals |
| 55 | Mukesh Kumar | India | BOWLER | 20 | 550 | Delhi Capitals |
| 56 | Shivam Mavi | India | BOWLER | 40 | 600 | Gujrat Titans |
| 57 | Lance Morris | Australia | BOWLER | 30 | – | Unsold |
| 58 | Yash Thakur | India | BOWLER | 20 | 45 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 59 | Mujtaba Yousuf | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 60 | Murugan Ashwin | India | BOWLER | 20 | 20 | Rajasthan Royals |
| 61 | Chintal Gandhi | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 62 | Shreyas Gopal | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 63 | S Midhun | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 64 | Izharulhuq Naveed | Afghanistan | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 65 | Himanshu Sharma | India | BOWLER | 20 | 20 | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 66 | Travis Head | Australia | BATSMAN | 200 | – | Unsold |
| 67 | Will Jacks | England | BATSMAN | 150 | 320 | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 68 | Dawid Malan | England | BATSMAN | 150 | – | Unsold |
| 69 | Manish Pandey | India | BATSMAN | 100 | 240 | Delhi Capitals |
| 70 | Sherfane Rutherford | West Indies | BATSMAN | 150 | – | Unsold |
| 71 | Mandeep Singh | India | BATSMAN | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 72 | Paul Stirling | Ireland | BATSMAN | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 73 | Rassie Van Der Dussen | South Africa | BATSMAN | 200 | – | Unsold |
| 74 | Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | ALL-ROUNDER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 75 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | ALL-ROUNDER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 76 | Jimmy Neesham | New Zealand | ALL-ROUNDER | 200 | – | Unsold |
| 77 | Wayne Parnell | South Africa | ALL-ROUNDER | 75 | – | Unsold |
| 78 | Daniel Sams | Australia | ALL-ROUNDER | 75 | 75 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 79 | Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 80 | Romario Shepherd | West Indies | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | 50 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 81 | Taskin Ahmed | Bangladesh | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 82 | Dushmanta Chameera | Sri Lanka | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 83 | Kyle Jamieson | New Zealand | BOWLER | 100 | 100 | Chennai Super Kings |
| 84 | Riley Meredith | Australia | BOWLER | 150 | – | Unsold |
| 85 | Blessing Muzarabani | Zimbabwe | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 86 | Sandeep Sharma | India | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 87 | Johnson Charles | West Indies | WICKETKEEPER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 88 | Andre Fletcher | West Indies | WICKETKEEPER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 89 | Shai Hope | West Indies | WICKETKEEPER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 90 | Tom Latham | New Zealand | WICKETKEEPER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 91 | Ben Mcdermott | Australia | WICKETKEEPER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 92 | Joshua Philippe | Australia | WICKETKEEPER | 75 | – | Unsold |
| 93 | Lorcan Tucker | Ireland | WICKETKEEPER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 94 | Piyush Chawla | India | BOWLER | 50 | 50 | Mumbai Indinas |
| 95 | Amit Mishra | India | BOWLER | 50 | 50 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 96 | Shahbaz Nadeem | India | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 97 | Ish Sodhi | New Zealand | BOWLER | 75 | – | Unsold |
| 98 | Sachin Baby | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 99 | Harpreet Bhatia | India | BATSMAN | 20 | 40 | Punjab KIngs |
| 100 | Ashwin Hebbar | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 101 | Pukhraj Mann | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 102 | Akshat Raghuwanshi | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 103 | Himanshu Rana | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 104 | Shoun Roger | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 105 | Virat Singh | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 106 | Will Smeed | England | BATSMAN | 40 | – | Unsold |
| 107 | Apoorv Wankhade | India | BATSMAN | 30 | – | Unsold |
| 108 | Manoj Bhandage | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 109 | Gerald Coetzee | South Africa | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 110 | Mayank Dagar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 180 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 111 | Duan Jansen | South Africa | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Mumbai Indians |
| 112 | Evan Jones | South Africa | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 113 | Prerak Mankad | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 114 | Abid Mushtaq | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 115 | Suryansh Shedge | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 116 | Jagadeesha Suchith | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 117 | Akash Vashisht | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Rajasthan Royals |
| 118 | Ricky Bhui | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 119 | Donovan Ferreira | South Africa | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | 50 | Rajasthan Royals |
| 120 | Baba Indrajith | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 121 | Sheldon Jackson | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 122 | Aryan Juyal | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 123 | Urvil Patel | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | 20 | Gujrat Titans |
| 124 | Kirant Shinde | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 125 | Luvnith Sisodia | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 126 | Vishnu Solanki | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 127 | Vishnu Vinod | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | 20 | Mumbai Indians |
| 128 | Aniket Choudhary | India | BOWLER | 30 | – | Unsold |
| 129 | Vidwath Kaverappa | India | BOWLER | 20 | 20 | Punjab Kings |
| 130 | Rajan Kumar | India | BOWLER | 20 | 70 | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 131 | Ravi Kumar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 132 | Sushant Mishra | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 133 | Arzan Nagwaswalla | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 134 | Ishan Porel | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 135 | Akash Singh | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 136 | Basil Thampi | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 137 | Paul Van Meekeren | Netherland | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 138 | Vyshak Vijay Kumar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 139 | S.Ajith Ram | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 140 | Satyajeet Bachhav | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 141 | Tejas Baroka | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 142 | Yuvraj Chudasama | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 143 | Peter Hatzoglou | Australia | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 144 | Karthik Meiyappan | UAE | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 145 | Suyash Sharma | India | BOWLER | 20 | 20 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 146 | Shivam Sharma | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 147 | Reeza Hendricks | South Africa | BATSMAN | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 148 | Christiaan Jonker | South Africa | BATSMAN | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 149 | Brandon King | West Indies | BATSMAN | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 150 | Chris Lynn | Australia | BATSMAN | 200 | – | Unsold |
| 151 | Karun Nair | India | BATSMAN | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 152 | Pathum Nissaanka | Sri Lanka | BATSMAN | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 153 | Jason Roy | England | BATSMAN | 150 | – | Unsold |
| 154 | Gurkeerat Singh | India | BATSMAN | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 155 | Harry Tector | Ireland | BATSMAN | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 156 | Najibullah Zadran | Afghanistan | BATSMAN | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 157 | Sean Abbott | Australia | ALL-ROUNDER | 150 | – | Unsold |
| 158 | Qais Ahmad | Afghanistan | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 159 | Charith Asalanka | Sri Lanka | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 160 | Michael Bracewell | New Zealand | ALL-ROUNDER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 161 | Dominic Drakes | West Indies | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 162 | George Garton | England | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 163 | Chamika Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 164 | Jamie Overton | England | ALL-ROUNDER | 200 | – | Unsold |
| 165 | Sandeep Warrier | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 166 | Ben Dwarshuis | Australia | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 167 | Richard Gleeson | England | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 168 | Naveen Ul Haq | Afghanistan | BOWLER | 50 | 50 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 169 | Lahiru Kumara | Sri Lanka | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 170 | Joshua Little | Ireland | BOWLER | 50 | 440 | Gujrat Titans |
| 171 | Dilshan Madushanka | Sri Lanka | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 172 | Mohit Sharma | India | BOWLER | 50 | 50 | Gujrat Titans |
| 173 | Billy Stanlake | Australia | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 174 | Andrew Tye | Australia | BOWLER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 175 | Luke Wood | England | BOWLER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 176 | Priyansh Arya | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 177 | Matthew Breetzke | South Africa | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 178 | Shivam Chauhan | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 179 | Rahul Gahlaut | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 180 | Sudip Gharami | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 181 | C. Hari Nishaanth | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 182 | Amandeep Khare | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 183 | Bhanu Pania | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 184 | Ekant Sen | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 185 | Akash Singh | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 186 | Himanshu Bisht | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 187 | Yudhvir Charak | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 188 | Mickil Jaiswal | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 189 | Shams Mulani | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Mumbai Indians |
| 190 | G.Aniketh Reddy | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 191 | Atit Sheth | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 192 | M. Siddharth | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 193 | Swapnil Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| 194 | Tanay Thyagarajann | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 195 | Sumeet Verma | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 196 | David Wiese | Namibia | ALL-ROUNDER | 100 | 100 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 197 | Sanjay Yadav | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 198 | Ajitesh Guruswamy | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 199 | Yash Kothari | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 200 | Suresh Kumar | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 201 | Kumar Kushagra | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 202 | Anmol Malhotra | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 203 | Robin Minz | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 204 | Agniv Pan | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 205 | Priyesh Patel | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 206 | Mitesh Patel | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 207 | Abishek Porel | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 208 | Nitish Kumar Reddy | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | 20 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 209 | Bharat Sharma | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 210 | Vivek Singh | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 211 | Abhijeet Tomar | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 212 | Basit Bashir | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 213 | Nandre Burger | South Africa | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 214 | Rasikh Dar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 215 | Sakib Hussain | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 216 | Waseem Khanday | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 217 | Ravi Kiran Majeti | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 218 | Lukman Hussain Meriwala | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 219 | Anuj Raj | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 220 | Ankit Singh Rajpoot | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 221 | Avinash Singh | India | BOWLER | 20 | 60 | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 222 | Prince Yadav | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 223 | Prithviraj Yarra | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 224 | Mushtaq Beg | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 225 | Rocky Bhasker | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 226 | Sanjith Devaraj | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 227 | Raghav Goyal | India | BOWLER | 20 | 20 | Mumbai Indians |
| 228 | Allah Mohammad | Afghanistan | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 229 | Lalit Mohan | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 230 | Bhuwan Rohilla | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 231 | Aman Sharma | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 232 | Manav Suthar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 233 | Tom Curran | England | ALL-ROUNDER | 75 | – | Unsold |
| 234 | Moises Henriques | Australia | ALL-ROUNDER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 235 | Afif Hossain | Bangladesh | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 236 | Scott Kuggeleijn | New Zealand | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 237 | Sisanda Magala | South Africa | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 238 | Craig Overton | England | ALL-ROUNDER | 200 | – | Unsold |
| 239 | Darcy Short | Australia | ALL-ROUNDER | 75 | – | Unsold |
| 240 | Dhananjaya Silva | Sri Lanka | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 241 | Dunith Wellalage | Sri Lanka | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 242 | Varun Aaron | India | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 243 | Sheldon Cottrel | West Indies | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 244 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | Australia | BOWLER | 150 | – | Unsold |
| 245 | Daryn Dupavillon | South Africa | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 246 | Matt Henry | New Zealand | BOWLER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 247 | Dhawal Kulkarni | India | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 248 | Tymal Mills | England | BOWLER | 200 | – | Unsold |
| 249 | David Payne | England | BOWLER | 75 | – | Unsold |
| 250 | Barinder Sran | India | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 251 | Glenton Stuurman | South Africa | BOWLER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 252 | Anirudh Balachander | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 253 | Gourav Choudhary | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 254 | Saurav Chuahan | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 255 | Kumar Deobrat | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 256 | Chirag Gandhi | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 257 | Arman Jaffer | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 258 | Madhav Kaushik | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 259 | Priyank Panchal | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 260 | Ayush Pandey | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 261 | Rohan Patil | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 262 | Sanjay Ramaswamy | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 263 | Siddharth Yadav | India | BATSMAN | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 264 | Rehan Ahmed | England | ALL-ROUNDER | 40 | – | Unsold |
| 265 | Prayas Barman | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 266 | Rahul Buddhi | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 267 | Vaisakh Chandran | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 268 | Writtick Chatterjee | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 269 | Prashant Chopra | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 270 | Harsh Dubey | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 271 | Tanush Kotian | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 272 | Ninad Rathva | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 273 | B. Surya | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 274 | Jordan Thompson | England | ALL-ROUNDER | 40 | – | Unsold |
| 275 | Shivank Vashisth | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 276 | Ankush Bains | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 277 | Christopher Benjamin | England | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 278 | Connor Esterhuizen | South Africa | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 279 | Mohd Arslan Khan | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 280 | Mamidi Krishna | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 281 | Fazil Makaya | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 282 | Akshdeep Nath | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 283 | Deepak Punia | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 284 | Kunal Rathore | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | 20 | Rajasthan Royals |
| 285 | Ateev Saini | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 286 | Bipin Saurabh | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 287 | B.R. Sharath | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 288 | Yashovardhan Singh | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 289 | Lakshay Thareja | India | WICKETKEEPER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 290 | Mohit Avasthi | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 291 | Ottneil Baartman | South Africa | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 292 | Gurnoor Singh Brar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 293 | Shahrukh Dar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 294 | Thomas Helm | England | BOWLER | 40 | – | Unsold |
| 295 | Pankaj Jaswal | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 296 | Venkatesh Muralidhara | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 297 | Geet Puri | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 298 | E. Sanketh | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 299 | Ajay Sarkar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 300 | Ashok Sharma | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 301 | Kanwar Singh | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 302 | Fabian Allen | West Indies | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 303 | Carlos Brathwaite | West Indies | ALL-ROUNDER | 75 | – | Unsold |
| 304 | Roston Chase | West Indies | ALL-ROUNDER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 305 | Rahkeem Cornwall | West Indies | ALL-ROUNDER | 100 | – | Unsold |
| 306 | Karim Janat | Afghanistan | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 307 | Keshav Maharaj | South Africa | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 308 | Pawan Negi | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 309 | Keemo Paul | West Indies | ALL-ROUNDER | 50 | – | Unsold |
| 310 | Shivam Chaudhary | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 311 | Ashwin Das | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 312 | James Fuller | England | ALL-ROUNDER | 40 | – | Unsold |
| 313 | Chirag Jani | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 314 | Akshay Karnewar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 315 | Bhagmender Lather | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 316 | Lone Muzaffar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 317 | Pulkit Narang | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 318 | Rohit Rayudu | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 319 | Sameer Rizvi | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 320 | Tunish Sawkar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 321 | Sonu Yadav | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 322 | Auqib Dar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 323 | Mukhtar Hussain | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 324 | Kulwant Khejroliya | India | BOWLER | 20 | 20 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 325 | Ashwani Kumar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 326 | Hemant Kumar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 327 | Nathan McAndrew | Australia | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 328 | Rajesh Mohanty | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 329 | Ravi Sharma | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 330 | Vikash Singh | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 331 | Ruben Trumpelmann | Namibia | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 332 | Koushik Vasuki | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 333 | Vasu Vats | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 334 | Shubham Agrawal | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 335 | Baba Aparajith | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 336 | Anshul Kamboj | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 337 | Azim Kazi | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 338 | Dev Lakra | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 339 | Ajay Mandal | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Chennai Super Kings |
| 340 | Abdul P A | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Rajasthan Royals |
| 341 | Jitender Pal | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 342 | Ritwik Roy Chowdhury | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 343 | Utkarsh Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 344 | Shubham Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 345 | Avneesh Sudha | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 346 | Asad Jamil Ahmed | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 347 | Bandaru Ayyappa | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 348 | Aashish Bhatt | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 349 | McKenny Clarke | West Indies | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 350 | Shubham Kapse | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 351 | Gourav Koul | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 352 | Raunak Kumar | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 353 | Trilok Nag | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 354 | Atal Bihari Rai | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 355 | Ramon Simmonds | West Indies | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 356 | Rajeev Singh | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 357 | Mohd. Wasim | India | BOWLER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 358 | Atharva Ankolekar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 359 | Khizar Dafedar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 360 | Naman Dhir | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 361 | Sahil Dhiwan | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 362 | Sampark Gupta | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 363 | Jordan Hermann | South Africa | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 364 | Hayden Kerr | Australia | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 365 | Salman Khan | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 366 | Sairaj Patil | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 367 | Divyaansh Saxena | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 368 | Purnank Tyagi | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 369 | Prince Yadav | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 370 | Deepraj Gaonkar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 371 | Shubham Garhwal | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 372 | Benny Howell | England | ALL-ROUNDER | 40 | – | Unsold |
| 373 | Deepesh Nailwal | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 374 | Arjun Rapria | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 375 | Shashwat Rawat | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 376 | Sumit Ruikar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 377 | Shivam Sharma | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 378 | Rajandeep Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 379 | Anunay Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 380 | Digvesh Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 381 | Pranshu Vijayran | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 382 | Prerit Dutta | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 383 | Ramakrishna Ghosh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 384 | Shubhang Hegde | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 385 | Shamshuzama Kazi | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 386 | Ayaz Khan | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 387 | Amit Pachhara | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 388 | Akul Pandove | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 389 | Mohit Rathee | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Punjab Kings |
| 390 | Garv Sangwan | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 391 | Shubham Sharma | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 392 | Nehal Wadhera | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Mumbai Indians |
| 393 | Amit Yadav | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 394 | Amit Ali | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 395 | Rishabh Chauhan | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 396 | Matthew Forde | West Indies | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 397 | Sammar Gajjar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 398 | Rajneesh Gurbani | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 399 | Divyansh Joshi | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 400 | Dhruv Patel | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 401 | Jack Prestwidge | Australia | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 402 | Aditya Sarvate | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 403 | Sagar Solanki | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 404 | Prenelan Subrayen | South Africa | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | – | Unsold |
| 405 | Bhagath Varma | India | ALL-ROUNDER | 20 | 20 | Chennai Super Kings |
IPL 2023 Auction
Due to two new IPL teams – GT and LSG, the previous IPL auction was a full-fledged affair, which means the IPL 2023 auction will be a mini-event.
IPL 2023 mini-auction: quick numbers
As many as 405 players will be available for grabs as 10 IPL franchises will clash for the IPL 2023 mini-auction. Of these 405 players, 273 are Indians, and 132 are overseas players. Also, 110 of them are capped players, while 282 uncapped aspiring players will hope to get a buyer. Though, in the IPL 202 mini-auction, all the franchises can buy a maximum of 87 players, out of which 30 slots are for overseas players.
IPL 2023 mini-auction: 5 sets
The IPL 2023 mini-auction will be played out in 5 sets. The first set is meant for the batters, then all-rounders, followed by wicketkeepers, fast bowlers, and spin bowlers. The auctions for the capped players will be conducted in these five sets, and then the bidding for the uncapped players will follow the same five sets.
IPL 2023 mini-auction: probable top picks
In the IPL 2023 mini-auction, franchises will also eye some of the finest allrounders like Sam Curran (INR Base Price INR 2 CR), Ben Stokes (INR 2 CR), Cameron Green (INR 2 CR), Shakib Al Hasan (INR 1.5 CR), Jason Holder (INR 2 CR), Sikandar Raza (INR 0.5 CR) and Odean Smith (INR 0.5 CR).
Among the top batters available for the grabs are Mayank Agarwal (Base price – INR 1 CR), Joe Root (INR 1 CR) & Harry Brook (INR 1.5 CR), Rilee Rossouw (INR 2 CR), Kane Williamson (INR 2 CR) and Ajinkya Rahane (INR 0.5 CR).
The franchises may also clash for wicketkeepers like Nicholas Pooran and Phil Salt, both with a base price of INR 2 CR. Overseas fast bowlers like Chris Jordan (INR 2 CR) and Adam Milne (INR 2 CR) and Indian bowlers like Ishant Sharma (INR 0.5 CR) and Jaydev Unadkar (INR 0.5 CR) are some of the key options in the pace department.
If we look at the available spinners, Adil Rashid (INR 2 CR), Adam Zampa (INR 1.5 CR), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (INR 1 CR), Tabraiz Shamsi (INR 1 CR) could be among the top picks. Trinidadian spinner Akeal Hosein and Indian leg-breaker Mayank Markande are also available in the spin department.
IPL 2023 mini-auction: spending capacities
Out of all 10 franchises, Sunrisers Hyderabad have the biggest purse of INR 42.25 Cr, which they can use to buy up to 13 players, including 4 foreign players. There are 11 slots available in KKR, but they can spend only up to INR 7.05 Cr. LSG, as mentioned, have only INR 5 Cr, and they have 10 slots to fill up.
CSK (INR 20.45 Cr), GT (INR 19.25 Cr) and RCB (INR 8.75 Cr) seek 7 players each, while MI (INR 20.55 Cr), RR (INR 13.2 Cr) and PBKS (INR 32.2 Cr) seek 9 players each. Delhi Capitals have INR 19.45 Cr and need just 5 players, including two overseas players.
Questions about IPL 2023 Auction
Here are answers to a few commonly asked questions for the benefit of the readers.
- When and where is the IPL 2023 auction organized?
IPL 2023 auction is scheduled on 23 December in Kochi, India. It will start at 2:30 PM IST.
- Is IPL 2023 auction going to be telecasted?
Yes, IPL 2023 auction is going to be telecasted on the Star Sports Network.
- Is it also going to be live-streamed?
Yes, IPL 2023 auction will also be telecasted live on the online platforms of JioCinema (the app) and its website – https://www.jiocinema.com.
Mini auction IPL 2023 rules
Let’s take an overview of some of the IPL 2023 rules.
Mini auction IPL 2023 rules about Team and players
Each time can have a maximum of 25 players before the auctions, including 8 overseas players. After the auctions, the franchises can have only up to 18 players in their final squad.
Also read -> The IPL 2023 Auction Date, Rules and Trading Window
Mini auction IPL 2023 rules Budget and spending
In IPL 2023 auction, all the franchises can use up to INR 5 Cr (INR 50 million) in addition to whatever amount they could save at the end of the previous auctions. For example, Gujarat Titans had spent INR 75.75 Cr in the previous auctions and saved INR 14.25 Cr. With additional INR 5 Cr Rupees, they can spend up to INR 19.25 CR this time to fill in the 7 vacant slots in their squad. It’s a boon for a team like Lucknow Super Giants, as they had exhausted all their money during the previous auctions, so they have at least INR 5 Cr to spend now.
Mini auction IPL 2023 rules about Right To Match card
As per the mini auction IPL 2023 rules, the Right To Match (RTM) card will allow a franchise to buy back a vital player whom the franchise had to release earlier. The RTM option was suspended during the previous auction due to the addition of two new teams (GT and LSG), but it’s brought back into action for the IPL 2023 auction. With RTM, a franchise can still retain a released player by matching the highest bid placed for him during the auctions.
LIVE UPDATES – IPL Auction 2023
- Kane Williamson, the New Zealand Legend, is bought by Gujrat Titans for the base price of INR 200 Lakh (INR 2 Cr)
- Harry Brooks becomes the first millionaire of the IPL mini auction 2023. Sold to SRH for INR 1325 Lakh (INR 13.25 Cr)
- Rahane Goes to CSK for the base price of INR 50Lakh.
- Root and Rilee Rossouw went undold. Again!
- Mumbai went to spend 90% of their available purse but was outbid by Punjab to make Curran the highest bid of the IPL. The player of the world cup goes with a boom!
- A new beginning for Sikandar Raza, as the prolific Zimbabwean all-rounder finds Punjab Kings as his new home.
- Green becomes Indians at the end of a nail-biting bidding war for INR 1750 Lakh (17.5 Cr.). So Surya, Brewis, David, and Green are in the middle. Dynamite alert!
- Ben Stokes becomes Yellow. So the two World Cup-winning captains blend together at CSK!!
- Money Machine Nicholas Pooran gets INR 1600 Lakh (16 Cr.) from LSG. What Luck!
- Another ‘Klass’en bid by SRH as the Proteas become Orange for INR 525 Lakhs (5.25 cr.)
- All-rounders' profit is the bowlers' loss, as none went above the base price. Jhye Richardson, Ishant Sharma, Topley, Unadkat, Markande.
- Adil Rashid goes for INR 200 lakh (2 Cr.) to SRH – a great catch for the price paid.
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Adam Zampa go unsold! surprise, surprise!
- SRH so far – Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Henrich Klassen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande – have they won today’s battle?
- K.S. Bharat books tickets to Gujrat with INR 120Lakh ( 1.2 cr) bid.
- N Jagdeesan becomes the first by for Kolkata Knight Riders with INR 90 Lakh bid. Jagdeesan was the favorite after his swashbuckling innings in SMAT, yet he goes for a low price.
- Vivrant Sharma bought by SRH for INR 260 Lakhs (2.6 cr) 13 times his base price. Representing J&K, Vivrant had scored 396 runs this season at an average of 56.
- GT wins the intense battle to land Shivam Mavi for INR 600Lakhs (6 cr.)
- Another fiery tussle for the bowler – Mukesh Kumar finds Delhi Capitals. The deal is worth INR 550 Lakhs (5.5 cr.) Mukesh Kumar fetched 27.5 times his base price. The best multiplier of the auction so far.
- Interesting Pick: Shaik Rasheed to CSK for INR 20 Lakh. He accumulated 376 runs in six games at an average of 75.2, including two hundred in this year's Vinoo Mankad Trophy.
- How much Stirling needs to prove to get into the IPL? Unsold once again!
- Manish Pandey to Delhi Capitals for INR 240 Lakhs (2.4 cr)
- Van der Dussen goes unsold. Wow. Nobody saw that coming.
- Will Jacks is another RCB pick with INR 320 Lakh (3.2 cr)
- LSG Grabs Daniel Sams and Romario Shepherd for the base prices of 75 Lakh and 50 Lakh each. Excellent Buys.
- Kyle Jamieson is back in the IPL with CSK.
- Veterans Piyush Chawala (MI) and Amit Mishra (LSG) found buyers for their base price.
- Donovan Ferreira saw some battle between KKR and RR. RR wins the race for INR 50 lakh.
- Joshua Little added some spice to the auction with an INR 440 Lakhs (4.4 cr.) bid from Gujrat Titans.
- Namibia makes it to the IPL with David Wiese heading to KKR for INR 100 Lakhs (1 Cr.)
- Teams ‘Rilee’d up over Rossouw – The in-form batter goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 440 Lakhs (4.4 cr.)
- Adam Zampa (RR), Litton Das (KKR), Naveen ul Haq (LSG), AND Akeal Hossein (SRH) made it to the IPL Wagon for their respective base prices.
- Merry Christmas to Joe Root as he finally finds a bid from Rajasthan Royals.
- He is coming Home! Shakib al Hasan becomes the final pic of the day to join Litton Das at KKR.
And thus ends the IPL mini Auction 2023.
Highlights of the IPL 2023 Auction day
The IPL Auction 2023 happened as expected by fans with some mind-blowing bids. All rounders owned the majority of the purse spent today, followed by the batters. It turned out to be an early Christmas gift for English players recently crowned as the World T20 Champions. The first bid went for more than 15 minutes. The all-format star Harry Brook who recently smashed three centuries in the Test series against Pakistan with a strike rate of T20s, was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1325 Lakhs (13.25 cr.).
Player of the tournament Sam Curran went for a whooping price of INR 1850 Lakhs (18.5 cr) to return to his first IPL team Punjab Kings. It will be interesting to see how PBKS will utilize him as an all-rounder. The second biggest bid was made for the in-form Aussie all-rounder Cameroon Green. Green was bought by Mumbai Indians for INR 1750 Lakhs (17.5 cr). This is part of the long-time investment Mumbai is considering under their next 10-year plan.
Ben Stokes found himself re-united with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Stephen Fleming at Chennai Super Kings. The trio was part of the Rising Pune Super Giants squad. Stoke’s inclusion in the middle will give stability to the CSK squad.
Everyone got surprised by the 2 million dollars LSG spent on Nicholas Pooran. Pooran, who had once scored 85 runs in 12 innings of the IPL 2021, fought back last year with 306 runs at a strike rate of 144.21. KL Rahul hopes that Pooran will keep the continuity of last year's fearless cricket.
With all the big money spent on the international players, Mayank Agarwal stood out as the Indian player with the highest bid received. He went to SRH for INR 825 Lakhs (8.25 cr.). With Agarwal, SRH filled the hole created by letting Kane Williamson go.
Indian bowlers went 15 times their base value! While Shivam Mavi fetched the deal of INR 600 Lakhs from Gujrat Titans, Mukesh Kumar also had a big payday. Kumar received INR 550 Lakh (5.5 cr.) from DC. Kumar was a much needed buy for Delhi in the absence of Khalid Ahmed. Jammu Kashmir’s Vivrant Sharma, a net bowler last season, was picked by SRH for his batting skills. Impressed? He got INR 260 Lakhs (2.6 cr).
Best Base Price Bargains: Sikandar Raza to PBKS, Kane Williamson to GT, Adil Rashid to SRH, Reece Topley to RCB, and Kyle Jamieson to CSK were the best base price bargains of the auction.
Silent Spectators: With the lowest purse and maximum vacant spaces, KKR remained calm during the initial phases, finally landing N Jagadeesan for 90 Lakhs (0.9 cr). KKR tried 6-7 openers last season. Jagadeesan will solve the problem this season. And those 5 back to back hundred in Vijay Hazare Trophy are enough for him to directly walk into the playing 11. KKR then went to grab Shakib al Hasan and Litton Das at the end of the auction.
Last Minute Shopping: Rilee Rossouw was the only player left unsold in the first group of the auction. But he made Delhi spend INR 460 lakhs (4.6 cr) for his services this year. Santa finally got a gift for Joe Root as he found his first team this year. He went to Rajasthan Royals for his base price of INR 100 Lakhs (1 cr.).
Hopefully, the IPL 2023 will turn out to be as eventful as the auction. Watch this space for exclusive coverage of the upcoming IPL season.